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Split to Paris to Boston

Traveling is always full of surprises! In a come from behind victory, our last location managed to blow us away with our breakfast option! We got coupons that we could

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Bonus Vis Day!

Our original schedule for the day was to leave it at the noon ferry and make our way to split for an afternoon in the old town. However, having had

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Vis Like a local

In general, we’re not awesome at doing nothing. Today we decided to try something new, doing basically nothing like most of the visitors to the island of bees. We had

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Komiza Wreck Diving

Morning came fast for us and at 8:30 we were out the door and 8:40 our cab was heading out of town. At 8:50 we got our first glimpse of

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Vis is Croatian for Amazing

When the cafe is literally out the front door and the bakery is 20m away you know you’ve arrived in heaven. The balcony was perfectly situated such that it was

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Trogir – Split – Vis

Sue and Tom are compatible travel partners. Tom does a bunch of research and then Sue asks questions Tom never considers like “is there a ferry directly from?” As it

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The Trogir Riveria

As usual, Tom awoke first. He set off in the warm morning air to find coffee and pastries as an alternative to the 5€, not included breakfast. The town was

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Back to the Coast

The Compton’s had flights to catch out of Zagreb so they were up and packing by 9am and were ready to roll by 10. We followed suit and by 10:30

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Plitvice is Fantastic

The reason to come to this region is to visit Plitvice National Park. The park is a series of a dozen lakes which cascade waterfalls between them. The karst rock

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From the Coast to Plitvice

The Segos were heading to Ljubljanska today while the Compton’s were heading with us to Plitvice National Park, 2 hours from Opatija. The Compton’s picked up their rental car and

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Opatija Luxury Living

One of the reasons that we decided to go to Croatia this summer was because two of our favorite Ohlone families (the Segos and the Comptons) were doing a week

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AquaColors – The Largest Waterpark in Croatia

When you stay at a five-star hotel, the morning breakfasts in Europe are off the hook! Multiple styles of croissants, dozens of cheeses and meats, fresh cooked everything, and cappuccinos

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Ljubljana to Trieste

We all slept like logs and the next morning went down to our quaint breakfast area. By 10 we were out exploring the town, actively avoiding anything that had stairs!

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Mountains 1, Kramers 0

By 7 AM most of the people were up and making their way down to breakfast. By 8:15 everyone was packed, fed, and starting our hikes. We set off from

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Triglav National Park

With our hiking plans set, we spent a lazy morning enjoying a fantastic breakfast before setting off around 11. We got to the Trail head around 11:30 and we’re on

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Bovec, Slovenia

Tom woke up early and got the tour of the breakfast buffet. Homemade jam, homemade butter, homemade honey, local cheeses, handmade desserts, you get the idea. It was a fantastic

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Welcome to the Julian Alps

Travel days, they’re the worst. Somehow no matter how much you prepare there is always some stressful loop you are throne for and you never know exactly what it’s going

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Another International Birthday for Sue

We started our day in casual fashion enjoying the comforts of the Turner’s fantastic home. Around 11:30 we set off for our only scheduled destinations for the day, St. Pauls

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4th of July, 20th Year of Marriage

We celebrated the Fourth of July with the Turners and the Yangs by going to a matinee performance of school of rock a fantastically American musical. The storyline was simple

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Churchill and Harry vs. Hitler and Valdemort

You get double bonus points as a parent if you are able to both educate and entertain in a single day. Today we might have even scored triple bonus points

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Harry Potter Studio Tour

Another job as a parent is to do your best to not have the kids hate you all the time. For that we decided to take them to the much

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Top of the Morning, Gov’ner

One of the jobs as a parent is to make your kids do things they don’t want to do but will benefit from. Today was one of those days. We

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Let’s meet in London

Today was not nearly as exciting as the day before, thankfully! For once we had to set alarms and by eight we were eating pastries and by nine we were

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The Fine line between pleasure and pain

You never know what a day has in store for you and the line between epic and fail is very thin. Today was a reminder of that line. We started

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Mont Saint Michel

Today’s the day we go to Mont Saint Michel. Tom look up early to get the rental car and was back by 9:30, we had a lovely casual breakfast at

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Saint-Malo for coastal cooling

June 27 What a beach! Our hotel is as close as you can get to the beach, directly on the promenade of Saint-Maio’s long sandy beach. The fluctuation between high

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Make them see art

June 26 ffArt is a new term we have invented – forced family Art. Today’s ffArt is the Museum d’Orsay. Eva stayed home while some workers assembled a new 7’

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First ‘real’ day in Paris

June 25 Today felt like the first day in Paris. The jet lag has subsided somewhat and the activities are in full swing. We started the day at an immersive

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Bon Jour Paris!

June 24  We woke around 10am and Tom and the kids set off for the first destination of the day – Sacre Cour. We took the bus almost to the

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Day 1 – Sierra Foothills (Dorrington, CA)

June 17, 2018 – Dorrington, CA It feels weird to be writing a blog about a trip that is so close to home and feel so familiar. We woke up

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