Our best family summer vacation: a camp!
Growing up, my husband's and my family were not camping families. We never stayed in a camp for a summer holiday. We had always stayed in a hotel, a hostel, or a private rented apartment. But both of us had always, always wanted to try camping for summer vacation. Now with two kids, for some (stupid) reason, we had been always delaying this plan. This summer finally we decided to at least try to be... (read more)Cruising with little kids: our story
For the first time, we sailed with Costa Pacifica with two little kids during Halloween holidays of 2017. Read more of our story including how we lost a child in the ship!
To leave or not to leave a baby for business trip
In this world we're living today, we all get judged for everything.
Especially if you're a mom. Unless you're a mom who lives in a cave deep
in the jungle with no one else around. We're judged for formula
feeding. For breastfeeding. For leaving the kids for work. For staying
at home. For putting a baby in a crib. For sharing the bed with the
baby. Everything we do is wrong. Smirks in the park, hate comments in... (read more)How long is too long?
How long can one enjoy a holiday before wanting to be back to normal
life? Some people enjoy traveling for months, or even for years. I never
see myself being on of them. There's always a point of a holiday when
I'm basically ready to head home.
As I'm typing this, we -the kids and I- have been away from home
for forty three days. In normal circumstances, when we'd be away for a
vacation somewhere new, it probably... (read more)The kids' first festival
The whole idea of going to the festival was, of course, my husband's. He accidentally found out that one of his favorite bands during his adolescence, Ugly Kid Joe, was part of the three-day long "Beer and Flowers Festival" organized annually in Laško, a small town in Slovenia. Taking a toddler and a baby to a rock concert, although not mainstream, sounded acceptable to me. But taking them to a three-day... (read more) Dad travels solo with a toddler. Would you try?
A few days ago I read an article on the Huffington Post of
a father from China who decided to travel solo with his two-year-old to
Taiwan for a week, leaving the mom home. Not only they had tons of fun
(he claimed that it was one of the best trips in his life), but also
they had their relationship redefined, in a very good way. He learned a
lot of new... (read more)Send us postcards?
People get things on their trips, collect different things they can keep
and look at everyday to remind themselves of the sweet memories of the
trips. Some people collect cute magnets, my husband collects model
planes (and football club jerseys, and Hard Rock t-shirts, and pencils,
and whatever things come to his mind -he's basically a hoarder), my mom
collects little ceramic plates and foreign coins, my sister-in-law
collects seashell from beaches, a friend collects snow globes from
different cities, another friend collects foreign stamps, and the list
goes on... (read more)New year resolution: More traveling with (more) children!
Happy new year!
It's officially my first post in 2017, but also officially the beginning
of our trips with two children. We're parents of two now! My newborn
joined us in the morning of January 2nd this year, made us a family of
four now. Well, babygirl is still my babygirl, but I feel like I have to
find another nickname for her in this blog, since our newborn is also a
girl. Having said that, from now on babygirl... (read more) My toddler ranaway from the daycare, and I think she's cool
Babygirl has been going to the daycare since I came back to work from
maternity leave, and that was when she was exactly a year old in April
2015. A year and a half going to a private daycare, in September this
year she finally got into a public daycare and started her days in the
new place. Although the adaptation period was planned to last around a week to get
each child used to the new environment, babygirl needed... (read more)Would you move abroad with a child?
I did move abroad. Six years ago. For good. But I didn't have a job
then. I didn't have a child. Would we move abroad, now that we're a
family, with jobs and a mortgage? Honestly, we probably would. We don't have any good reason yet to move for good -like that dream job
offer, for example, in some place warm by the sea. But there are some
shorter terms options, like secondment my husband might someday get, or
longer-term... (read more)A spark, a cactus, and a hurricane
Six years. One child. Seven countries. 120.000 km. This is a story about
our little red Chevrolet Spark. Which we sold today. This morning we
signed a contract with the buyers and we handed the beloved car to them.
And I'm feeling very, very emotional about it. Not many people feel so emotional about a car. It's just a car. But I
love cars. I watched Top Gear more than I ever watched Friends in my
life. Or Sex and... (read more)Between disappointment and anger -Canceling a trip
"Canceling" a trip is not a correct term to use here because we just had
to postpone our trip. But I was very disappointed, so "canceling" seems
to be a stronger word. So what happened?
Back in May we decided to go on a cruise around Mediterranean sea. We
wanted to do this for a long time and finally had the money and the time
to do it. So we booked... (read more)Planning a trip far ahead, yay or nay?
I'm far from spontaneous. I'm obsessed with organization. I honestly
admire people who can decide in a second where they're going the next
day, sit down and buy a ticket, pack and fly the same moment they
decided what to do. I'm far from that. It's not only because I'm now a
mother, I never was spontaneous even as a young single traveler. I need
lots and lots of planning, for a sense of security, but also for
financial... (read more)Babymoon, yes or no?
I've always been the traveling pregnant woman. And I'm a fan of
babymoon. I've got several travel stories during my first pregnancy and
they were all positive. With my pregnancy with baby girl, we did two big
road trips at six-week pregnant. I flew to Warsaw at eleven-week
pregnant. And I enjoyed every trip. On the other hand I know some ladies who think that traveling during
pregnancy is a no no. Whether they don't feel... (read more)When your baby is no longer a baby
Every parent has a hard time realizing how fast their children grow up.
Moms want their babies to stay little forever, and dads want their
children to never leave for college. Unfortunately, they do grow up. And
they do it quickly. How did this happen to me? My baby girl still sleeps in the same crib.
She still eats while sitting on her high chair. I still carry her on a
baby carrier. She's still in diapers! What changed? The price... (read more)"Why taking her? She won't remember!"
It's one of the phrases we usually hear when we're sharing our travel
plans with someone (of course, who doesn't know us that much). Other
that that, there is "why not leave her (with grandma) and enjoy the trip
(just with your husband)", or "poor baby, it's such a hassle, she will
suffer the whole trip!" Now let me get this straight, my baby girl
doesn't suffer... (read more)Why child miles collection program is a good idea
If you fly frequently, whether for business or pleasure, you're probably familiar with miles collecting program. There are the ones that are provided by alliances that consist of many airline companies such as Miles and More program from Star alliances and Frequent flyer program from Skyteam... (read more)Post holiday syndrome (Daycare problems!)
Baby girl started to go to the daycare right after her first birthday because my maternity leave ended on the day she turned one. I had to go back to work, and we didn't really have other choice except daycare. It took us two full weeks to get used to life in the daycare. She was still breastfeeding (she still is), and she spent her whole first year of life only with me, more or less. It's not that my husband didn't get involved with the upbringing... (read more)
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