Our next stop on the 18-day, three-country, five-city family friends adventure was a quick three-day pass through of Paris. Why so quick? Well, and here is an unpopular statement – Paris with kids isn’t that great. Okay, don’t come at me. I know that there are tons of great activities Read more…
I’ve had a bit of writer’s block trying to think about this Lyon trip. I’m afraid that I won’t do Lyon the justice it deserves. Not because I didn’t really like it, but because I don’t remember it very well. We were a bit sick when we made our short Read more…
In early November we popped on the train with our dear friend, Maria in tow and headed to the city of lights for five nights. This would be Maria’s first visit to France and only our second. In the name of brevity (we saw and did and walked a lot) I Read more…
What do you do when it’s your daughter’s sixth birthday and you’ve moved her across the globe away from friends and family? Well, if you’ve read any of my previous posts, you know the answer. And the answer is… you overcompensate!! And we overcompensated the hell out of this one. Read more…
We aren’t always adventuring about from city to city/country to country. Sometimes life is slow and steady in the Dordogne. I thought I would try to capture some of what we’ve done in the in-between times. Play areas: Why must these exist all over the world? Are you with me Read more…
We knew we were pressed for time in between all of the Halloween shenanigans and an upcoming trip to Paris, but we still wanted to do a quick weekend getaway and we settled on Toulouse. We had 48 hours to soak in as much Toulouse as we could. We Read more…
Okay, so a little word of warning to anyone thinking of uprooting your only child from all of her family and friends and making her travel Europe with you for a year – you will feel guilty, especially on holidays, and you will overcompensate. Like, A LOT. So much so that Read more…
Bonne Annee!! Happy 2022. Wishing you all a happy new year. Hoping that the upcoming year is magical and full of joy. We all deserve that, right? In the name of a new year and a new start, I”ve decided to make some resolutions for 2022. And, in the name Read more…
Thinking of you all on this the thankful-est day of the year. Well, except here in France, and come to think of it, everywhere else in the world outside of America, where it’s just a normal Thursday. But you know what they say, you can take the Richardsons out of Read more…
During our two week stay in Pau, we made two separate day trips to Lourdes. Lourdes is a small city at the very base of the Pyrenees a little less than an hour drive from Pau. The first trip we made was to Lac de Lourdes for a little Read more…