Tag: Family Travel
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From Express Trains to Italian Driving: Lessons Learned Getting Around Europe with Kids
Booking flights was one thing, but getting around once we landed was a different challenge. Our plan was to use a mix of trains, rental cars, and public transit. We looked into private cars for a few airport transfers, but they were more expensive and came with their own challenges. In the end we took…
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Beyond Hotels: Finding Our European Sanctuary with Kids
We are fortunate that we are able to stay mostly with family on this trip. This put accommodations on “easy mode.”. However, we still needed to find places for our first few nights in Rome and for the night before our 6:30 AM flight from Naples. We looked at hotels in both cities. As in…
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Dreams meet reality: How our European family adventure took shape
After the initial excitement of the sabbatical news the next big question loomed: Where in Europe should we actually go for three whole months with Tom (7) and Jerry (4)? For some families, this might involve poring over maps, spinning a globe, or making a collective list of dream destinations. For us, the starting point…
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So you want to take your family abroad? Here’s where we started.
Every five years at Automattic earns you an irresistible benefit: a two or three month paid sabbatical. I have no idea why someone would choose two months, but it’s there. My sabbatical is coming up in just a few weeks just in time for when the kids, who are four and seven, are out of…