Hello, I’m Jess.
Welcome to my blog where I share stories of my travels and food adventures from around the world.
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City break in London, England with a toddler

We wrapped up our final international travel plans for 2025 with a visit to the United Kingdom, spending two weeks in London and Edinburgh. This was my fourth time in London but our first time as a family of three including one unruly two year old. It was definitely our most challenging family trip so…
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Everything we did on our family vacation in Maui, Hawaii

Upon arriving at Hyatt Regency Maui Resort following our long journey from Toronto via San Francisco, we started our 8 night vacation in Maui. Much of our time was spent at the resort enjoying the pool and beach, but we also had the chance to go on several excursions around west Maui throughout the week.…
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Adventures with a toddler in Maui, Hawaii

Greetings, friends! We just returned from our first trip of 2025, a one week visit to Maui. I booked this travel in autumn 2024 before all the political turmoil, so we opted to go ahead with the trip, but it will probably be our last time crossing the US border for a long while. We…
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Our Portugal finale: Sintra and Belem, Lisbon

As we wrap up 2024, I realized that I neglected to finish my Portugal blog series from our trip back in August! I’m sure you’ve all been waiting with bated breath to read about how we spent our last couple days in Portugal. 😉 Exploring castles and alchemy in Sintra After landing in Lisbon and…
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The streets and food of Lisbon, Portugal

After spending a whirlwind few days in scenic Azores, we departed for mainland Portugal for the last half of our trip. We landed in Lisbon in early afternoon and were picked up by our driver to bring us to our hotel. We stayed at Martinhal Chiado, a family hotel which offers serviced apartments. Our studio…

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Hello! My name is Jess. I’m a traveller from Toronto, Canada making my way around the world and documenting my adventures for all to see. Also, I love food. (Read more…)
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