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19 Days, 8 Countries, One Backpack: Everything We Packed for Europe
As you’ve probably figured out by now, I research everything. Google. Travel blogs. Forums. Facebook groups. Reviews. I like to get opinions from different sources, but I take both the glowing reviews and the horror stories with a grain of salt. The truth is usually somewhere in the middle. When I started reading blogs about…
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19 Days, 8 Countries: How We Built Our Slightly Insane European Itinerary
We knew we had 19 days, and Italy was our main event. We also liked the idea of fitting in as many countries as we reasonably could. So Allie and I sat down and figured out our non-negotiables. Our top five were pretty easy: Italy. London. Paris. Switzerland. Amsterdam. After that came the much harder…
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How a Graduation Trip to Italy Got Out of Hand
It started with Italy. That’s it. Just Italy. My daughter, Allie, and I had been talking about—and saving for—her graduation trip for years. Literally, years. Somewhere along the way, she landed on Italy as the place she wanted to go. Originally, this was going to be a family trip for all four of us. There…