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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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Discovering the Azores: Nordeste Area, Sao Miguel
Our final tour in the Azores took us to the Nordeste area of Sao Miguel, on the northeastern part of the island. Cesar picked us up in the morning and took us to our first stop at Cerâmica Vieira Lagoa, a 150 year old ceramics factory that produces the signs that adorn many buildings and…
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Discovering the Azores: Sete Cidades, Sao Miguel
After a day touring Furnas Valley, we were excited to see more of Sao Miguel. Our second tour with Azorean Tours would take us to the western end of the island to Sete Cidades. The Sete Cidades volcano occupies 110 square kilometres on the extreme western portion of Sao Miguel, with two crater lakes known…
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Discovering the Azores: Furnas Valley, Sao Miguel
The first half of our trip to Portugal was spent in the Azores, an autonomous archipelago in the North Atlantic composed of nine volcanic islands. Over the course of four days, we toured around Sao Miguel, the largest and most populated island. We flew on Azores Airlines (Sata) via an overnight flight which took us…
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Travelling to Azores & Portugal with baby — lessons learned
Bom dia! We have just returned home from our first trip to Europe with little Teddy, who celebrated his first birthday while we were in Lisbon, Portugal. It was a wonderful trip overall and I look forward to sharing recaps of our itinerary in my forthcoming posts. To start, I thought I’d write a little…
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Dog-friendly vacation in Prince Edward County
After our family trips to New York City and California in the spring, we stayed local for the summer. Our most recent domestic trip to Prince Edward County allowed us to bring along our dog Gizmo, who has been left behind at grandma’s house on all our previous travels. Preparing for doggy travel While it…
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