Leaving Paris for Chicago was bad enough. A 4:30 am wakeup call so we could leave this beautiful place we’d spent weeks exploring? That’s just torturous. We had to be out of the hotel by 5:30 am to have enough time to check in for our flight, validate and process our VAT return, check our Read more
Location is key when visiting Paris, even more so when you’ve never visited before. With three days in Paris planned for our big Europe trip, we knew that we needed to choose a good one. Paris hotels have a reputation for being on the small side, and my family does not travel light, so our Read more
Mornings that begin before 7:00 am are pretty awful. Mornings that begin before 7:00 am and you have to debark a cruise ship? They’re downright miserable. The cruise portion of our trip had slowly ticked by and then passed us in a rush all at once. Sometimes, it felt like we’d been away for the Read more
