Travel

We spent the weekend in Lymington celebrating Josh’s 40th birthday and having fun with Rob’s work team. Josh is an amazing vegetarian cook and I jumped in to help with my party-planning expertise. Together, we cooked delicious dinner and brunch for 22 people.  The weather had been sunny and hot all week, but turned rainy…

A trip to a National Trust estate is an absolutely must-do for me when in England. The closest house to us in Lymington was Mottisfont – a historical priory, garden and country estate in Hampshire on the other side of the New Forest. We had absolutely perfect weather for our day trip there. We had absolutely…

Rob and Josh had a lunch meeting in Portsmouth last week. Lucille and I tagged along for a couple hours to explore. The island city is a famous navy port and full of old brick military buildings. Also famous as the birthplace of Charles Dickens and the site where Arthur Conan Doyle practiced medicine. It is…

The upside of a spouse who works for an international non-profit is that you get to travel a lot for his work. The downside is you sometimes have to get there on your own, with a baby in tow. Lucy and I flew to London last Friday to meet Rob for this latest European trip. I planned…

Our spring travel plans are coming together! We’ll be in Europe for five weeks in total, with stops in London and Geneva for work/visiting with friends. I am most excited about visiting Lisbon, Portugal for a couple weeks in the middle. Have you been before? Any advice? This will be our first long trip with…

Reykjavik is a lovely small city, but we wanted to spend the second half of our week in Iceland out in the countryside. Via Airbnb, I found a brand new country house in the Borgarfjordur region. We stayed in a small town called Bifrost, with a population of 700 in the winter that includes students…

On Tuesday, Rob and I had a bit of work to catch up on – and, frankly, I also couldn’t bear the thought of another long day spent driving. Our friends took the car and headed out early for more waterfalls and volcanos while we slept in. We ventured out for an early lunch with…

After the Blue Lagoon, the “Golden Circle” route is the other popular must-do in Iceland. After a hearty breakfast of gingerbread french toast on our second day, we loaded up our cars and drove to Þingvellir to start our day. It was overcast, cold and mossy as far as the eye could see. In one…

Iceland in November with a three month old baby…what a terrific idea! Rob was going to Reykjavik for work so why not pack up four friends, the stroller, the car seat and fly nine hours to an island in the arctic circle where there are just six hours of light each day? Despite all indications…

Rob is going to Reykjavik for a work conference in November. I’ll be flying out with the baby and a collective of her favorite uncles to meet him for a relaxed week of exploring, catching the northern lights and cozying up by warm fires with Lucille. We haven’t planned much of anything yet – would…