England
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WE DID IT!
2 adults 3 kids 3 hotels 1 head wound 6 time zones 48 nights in a hotel 12 suitcases 6 backpacks 534 pounds of luggage 6 rental cars 2 fire alarm evacuations 1 deceased bat a few curse words 47 big emotions countless hugs 1,372 hours sitting on the floor, in front of a suitcase, Continue reading
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HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
How are you feeling? It’s been the question of the hour for several weeks (months?) now. Sometimes I feel fine. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed. Sometimes I feel like a good cry. Sometimes I feel on cloud nine. That’s normal, right?! What’s interesting is that this question has always been posed within my British circle of Continue reading
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THE *LAST* LAST HURRAH
Before my dad’s second visit to Germany, I asked him what he was interested in doing. He said he wanted to go back to all the same places I had taken him the year prior. “Why?” I asked. “There’s so many new places we can explore.” Then, he said something that I will never forget: Continue reading
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THE LAST HURRAH
This is it. The last day, of the last holiday. What to say, what to say? Two+ years ago, Joe and I set a goal that we would travel every half-term and term break in the kids’ school schedule. And we did! Sure, we had a list of places we wanted to go. But, we Continue reading
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CASTLE DAY
We have William the Conqueror to thank for yet another castle visit! We started the day at Corfe Castle, another Norman motte and bailey. It was shrouded in fog, which the kids thought was “a little spooky”! We did some solid exploring and solid playing before heading to lunch. We finished the day at Lulworth Continue reading
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ONE SISTER
On our way to the Jurassic Coast, we stopped at Seven Sisters, another set of chalk cliffs along the southern coast. As we walked to the beach, we were pleasantly surprised to find…ponies! I certainly wouldn’t call them semi-wild Exmoor ponies, but it was fun to see them. T3 went from elation to terror as Continue reading
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WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER
The next day we set out for the infamous White Cliffs of Dover. There was no way we were going to venture onto a boat, after our Cliffs of Moher experience. And good thing, because the weather threatened to soak us all day long. But mainly, I was really hoping to set sights on the Continue reading
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DOVER CASTLE
“Woah, it’s huge!” “And it’s not ruined.” As we approached Dover Castle in the car, we were all astounded by the sheer size of it! “What time period is it from?” was T1’s question…as it always is when we visit a castle. I told him it was Norman. Then I explained that it was the Continue reading
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SPORTS MUM
About this time last year, the future was filling me with dread. As the end of the school year drew near, I knew that the upcoming school year for T1 would include a transition from pre-prep to prep school. This, in turn, meant that compulsory competitive sports would become part of the curriculum. And with Continue reading
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SUTTON HOO
We pass a sign for the ‘Anglo-Saxon Village’ four times a day, to and from school. And four times a day, I used to think: ‘Geez, that’s cringey. How is that appropriate?’ But then, it became part of my daily landscape and I stopped thinking about it. Until T1 started coming home and astonishing us Continue reading
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