In less than a week, we will be traveling to Spain and France for a couple of weeks. Because our trip spans over 2 countries, it will probably be a lot warmer in Spain than the North of France so we have to be prepared for different weather scenarios. I hope that we will be able to spend a couple of hours at the beach in Spain’s Costa Brava so we are bringing our bathing suits. In keeping with my desire to be a light packer, each child’s oufits will be packed in packing cubes. I should be able to do laundry at the end of the first week so…

  This past weekend, we had a short family getaway to Savannah, GA. Savannah is about a 4 1/2 hour drive from our house.I have traveled there with my husband and also some friends on different occasions for an overnight trip as well as day trips. This time we decided to have a mini vacation because we were going to be halfway there since my oldest was being recognized at a Duke Tip ceremony for his SAT scores as a 7th grader near Macon, GA. While this trip still was fun, because I had not planned it out as well as I usually do a trip (with ideas of where…

This is one of two posts dedicated to what I am packing for France. This post will focus on what I am packing for myself while the next one will be about what I am packing for my 4 boys. Next Monday, I will have a post showing some of the outfits that these following items can create. We will be traveling to France end of May/beginning of June for 2 weeks including our traveling time. We will fly to Barcelona, Spain and travel up north to my friends who live east of Paris with stops on the way to visit other friends. From our past trip in 2013, I…

Over the years, I actually I have started to pack less for my children’s entertainment. As they get older they do not use as many things and as I like to pack lightly, I have learned from our experiences. This post is dedicated to plane rides since I usually try to bring less. Food Yes, food is entertainment. It helps pass the time and can pacify children. Baby: My youngest will be 18 months old on our next flight to Europe. Travel times will be around 11 hours but actual plane time will be close to 8 or 9 hours. I will pack the following for the plane: fruit loops…

Welcome back to our little series recapping our trip to the Republic of Georgia. Today I will share our 3 day excursion outside of the capital. We were hosted in a little house on someone’s property in the town of Surami. It is about a 3 hour drive from Tbilisi. Our hosts welcomed us with a meal when we arrived and the rest of our meals were prepared in our little kitchen with the food we brought with us. Electricity was turned off a few hours that evening and we did have access to spotty wifi which we only needed for posting pictures on Facebook and Instagram. We spent one…

Welcome part to my series of post about our trip to the Republic of Georgia. Today I will share about the food (I could fly there right now just for some hachipuri or kinkali!) and my visit of the market. Fresh food One thing you will notice when you visit the Republic of Georgia is the fresh food. Meals are most often served with a tomato and cucumber salad, cheese and fresh bread. Ingredients come fresh from the market if possible and our experience at Hotel Gomi and our stays in the country proved that! The food is delicious! The market After our first visit, I knew that I wanted…

I wanted to dedicate several post to our trip to Georgia last May because if you are like I was a couple years ago, you may not know where Georgia is on the map and may not know there is a country called Georgia. We actually have a number of Georgian friends and had already been introduced to the culture and food. Georgia borders Russia and Azerbaidjan as well as Armenia and Turkey. It is a beautiful country full of history, Orthodox churches and monasteries, and breathtaking scenery. This past trip was our second trip there. We are grateful to have friends there and each time my father in law…