Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned and What Worked Well The trip isn’t over until the Lessons Learned have been documented.  So if you are headed to Europe, or planning a big trip with small kids, listed below are the things that we could have done better and the things that...
Day 12: On our way home!

Day 12: On our way home!

Making our way home We are all at the end of our ropes. Throughout this trip, we have had moments of thriving and moments of surviving. We are barely surviving now. Up early again today. Thankfully we made it quickly through the airport. No lines anywhere – no...
Day 11: Amsterdam Again!

Day 11: Amsterdam Again!

“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.” Anne Frank, a child in hiding for fear of death because of her ethnicity and religion Back to Amsterdam Is 11 too many days? Yes. Yes, it is. Today we got up at the crack of dawn to...
Day 10: Stones, Spires & Saints

Day 10: Stones, Spires & Saints

Any guesses on what we did today?  If you guessed Salisbury and Stonehenge then you are correct! I stole the clever subtitle from the kid-version pamphlet for Salisbury Cathedral. Check out Daniel’s summary video. Stones Stonehenge makes it on some lists as one of the...
Day 9: London – Windsor & Melanie!

Day 9: London – Windsor & Melanie!

Aunt Melanie This entire trip started as a mission to visit Melanie, Daniel’s sister, who has been living in England for the last two years. We began by signing up for Scott’s Cheap Flights – and found cheap tickets to Europe! (If interested – ask me to...