Tag: food
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In and around Copenhagen: Designmuseum, Louisiana Museum, Tivoli Gardens
Following our first couple days in Copenhagen, we checked out a few other notable sites in and around the city. We started our third morning with a delicious Nordic breakfast at Hotel Kong Arthur and then put our Copenhagen Card to use again with a visit to the Designmuseum Danmark, which features an extensive collection…
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Exploring Copenhagen: Nyhavn, Nationalmuseet, Danish Architecture Center
Our first family travel in 2026 was a Scandinavian adventure in Denmark and Norway, starting our trip with five days in and around Copenhagen. Our inbound flight was on SAS Premium Economy which was a decent experience. Teddy is still generally a good traveller, although he is definitely more challenging to contain and entertain as…
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Festival season in Edinburgh, Scotland
After our short visit to London, we headed north to start the Scottish portion of our United Kingdom trip. After our debacle with Ryanair in Portugal last year, I have been hesitant to fly on budget European airlines with a baby, so we decided to take the train from London to Edinburgh, which was much…
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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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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: 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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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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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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NYC finale: Chicken & waffles and Times Square
Following our afternoon exploring a tiny bit of Brooklyn, we spent our final day in New York City in Manhattan. Mr. Chuckles was craving the chicken and waffles that we had the last time we were in the city, so we made the trip uptown to Amy Ruth’s in Harlem. Established in 1998, this restaurant…
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