We made it to Gatlinburg! (Tennessee) My current view as I type this: (Edit: current view yesterday (Monday) morning as I started to write this post, but then an older couple from California got in the hot tub and we started chatting and I put my phone away 😅). Haha. Yes, always the hot tub.… Continue reading Travel days and we made it to Gatlinburg!
Feeling ready for a vacay!! I will be honest, part of me kind of wishes we were just jetting off somewhere REALLY WARM where I could sink into a lounge chair with one foot hanging off and toes in the sand and do not much else for the rest of the time. I'm just a… Continue reading Spring break + crowds
I have not done a great job of keeping up with my goal of going back in time to recap/ "immortalize on the blog" our past trips. (For any new readers, I love writing up detailed trip recaps of our family travels. I started this in 2020, when I started the blog. It's my version… Continue reading Flashback Friday: BARCELONA!
Wednesday, January 3rd Two days left on our trip! Wednesday was another pretty chill day, which worked out well since on Tuesday we did the volcano hike + spent the whole evening out at Ivan’s sister’s house. Ironically, not even 12 hours after we left her house, she went into labor! So by 8 a.m.… Continue reading Final days and homeward bound!
Aka: el Nevado de Toluca… On Tuesday January 2nd we finally hiked the local volcano! I’ve been to Toluca a million times now and yet we had never done this. The weather looked great and we had the time, so we did it! Just Ivan, the boys and I went; his parents stayed home. You… Continue reading Hike to the Volcano of Toluca
Sunday, December 31- New Year’s Eve! I think I last posted on NYE in the afternoon. Picking up there, we had a nice, pretty low key Mexican New Year’s Eve. I do not think we experienced Ivan’s childhood New Year’s Eve of “yesteryear”, when his whole family would get together and there would be a… Continue reading New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
I got a little behind after writing my Mexico City posts! Fortunately, the last few days have been rather quiet and relaxing, so I don’t have a ton to catch up on, really. Friday, December 29 We have done a lot of lazing around since Friday. I don’t feel we over-exerted ourselves in our Mexico… Continue reading Catching up and Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 28 Backing up a couple days… (writing this on Saturday 12/30). We had spent Wednesday night in Mexico City. Thursday morning we got up and had a fairly slow morning while Ivan’s aunt and mom made tortas for breakfast. Basically like extra delicious sandwiches on telera rolls with refried beans and cheese and… Continue reading Mexico City Adventure #4: Castle of Chapultepec
Wednesday, December 27th (continued) Picking up where I left off…. So after the Basilica, we split up and Ivan, his dad, the boys and I continued on to the Historic Centro, or “Zócalo”. This where the Cathedral is, the National Palace, and more. Various historical sights are here (or near here) and it’s basically the… Continue reading Mexico City Adventure #3- El Zócalo + Palacio de Bellas Artes
Wednesday, December 27th Ok, I didn’t technically number the first one, but I’ll call our Christmas Day outing to Coyoacán our tourist event #1 of the trip. Yesterday, Wednesday the 27th, we drove back to Mexico City for another overnight and more tourist adventures. I think I’ll split these into different posts to make it… Continue reading Mexico City Adventure #2
GRATEFUL KAE 