Tag: family travel
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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: 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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San Francisco finale: Baker Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf
Following our road trip to Monterey, we returned to San Francisco for the last day of our California vacation. We checked back into the Fairmont and in the morning kept our rental car to drive over to our family photoshoot. I had booked us a photo session via Flytographer, which is a service that connects…
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Baby’s first road trip: San Francisco to Monterey, California
After a few days in and around San Francisco, we departed down California’s central coast toward Monterey, where we would stay for a couple days. Driving down the Pacific coast We checked out of the Fairmont in the early morning and walked down the treacherous Mason Street hill to pick up our rental car in…
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Muir Woods National Monument, California
Following our day exploring Golden Gate Park and the Sunset district, we ventured across the Golden Gate Bridge to visit Muir Woods. The Muir Woods National Monument is part of the Golden Gate Recreation Area, located 12 miles north of San Francisco. It protects 554 acres of land, about half of which is made of…
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Golden Gate Park and Sunset district, San Francisco
Following our day trip to Filoli Historic House and Santa Cruz, we spent our next day in San Francisco within the city. We met up with Teddy’s grandma and uncle again, this time to visit the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. Golden Gate Park is the largest park in San Francisco, spanning 1017…
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Day trip to Filoli Historic House and Santa Cruz
On our first full day in California, we met up with Teddy’s uncle and Grammy (i.e. Mr. Chuckles’ brother and mom) for a day trip south of San Francisco. We spent the morning on a visit to Filoli Historic House & Garden in the town of Woodside, California. Also known as the Bourn-Roth Estate, Filoli…
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