These always start the same, don’t they? I feel like they do. We book a trip (probably a month before we leave, unless we’re going to Europe). I write about how work keeps me busy (always true) and how things snuck up on me and suddenly, we’re leaving. This time, I kind of knew these Read more
Waking up in our hotel room in Barcelona brought mixed emotions: I was so sad to leave Barcelona, a city I can never get enough of, but if I’m going to leave this magnificent city for anything, the Carnival Vista is certainly a worthy reason. We’d planned on waking up at 7:30 am, finishing our Read more
For all of the boasting I did the day before about conquering jetlag, I was still dealing with a few minor side effects. I wasn’t feeling quite the obvious punch Stephanie was. I just…wasn’t able to sleep. So the 7:30 am wake up that came ahead of our day tour on our second day in Read more
How did we get here? I feel like that’s been the mantra running through my head for the two weeks leading up to this, as I’ve prepared for a big, splashy Europe trip that somehow feels like an extension of last year’s trip (…which somehow feels like yesterday and not an entire YEAR ago!). Through Read more
I don’t know if it was the late night at Disney World or maybe the fact that this was our 19th cruise in the past 11 years, but waking up on the morning we were embarking on the Carnival Sunshine didn’t give me the exciting rush of energy I was used to. Maybe our Europe Read more
