The Terrific3 travel blog

My kids work at 8am today and that’s because I chose to make some noise blow drying my hair. I don’t think they’ve ever woken that late in their lives. Our hotel is excellent—good AC, comfortable beds, and yes some hotel noise but not bad for being in the Latin quarter. It’s 2pm in Paris…

We left London today. It was so nice to arrive and be with family for a few days. I’ve seen my London cousin who we stayed with 4 times in the past 3 years, which is incredible—more than I see most of my family in the U.S.! I’m glad my kids are connected to the…

I felt I did well last night making it through until a 9pm bedtime and was hopeful I would sleep through the night. But I woke up enough times that my Garmin registered no sleep, and was up for good at 1:55am, though stayed in bed close to 5am. I learned S was up since…

We ended up leaving portland an hour late on our flight last night, which means our 50 minute connection in Iceland dwindled to zero. I am proud of the kids. They’ve become such great travelers—managing their stuff, what they need during the flight, and even how to sleep in tight uncomfortable seat on the plane.…

Our flight tonight leaves PDX in the evening, so we got to enjoy the day. I knew earlier in the day that it was delayed 30 minutes, leaving us with only a 20 minute connection in Iceland. I did stress about it and tried to call the airline (not the best customer service on the…

Wow, it’s been over a year since I’ve written about our travels. It’s not for lack of travel, but we haven’t done anything BIG aa a family as we’ve been saving up for this upcoming EPIC (I hope!) trip. I know some of you know what we are up to, but I’m going to keep…

We started the day off early today awaiting a 730am pickup with Isabel’s tours, recommended to us by the concierge at our hotel. Btw we LOVE our hotel—the Windsor court. I hardly ever stay in hotels so this was a treat and they have a great family suite with 2 queens beds and a sofa…

This is the view we awoke to today, all after a thankfully good night’s sleep. So gorgeous! Z and I did some treadmill and strength work at the gym and then we went to Bear Cat cafe for breakfast. The food was much higher quality than Mother’s restaurant, though I was sorely disappointed that my…

It is spring break, and time for another family trip. Our last one was the famed December one to Italy that ended oh so…badly…. Unless you think finally getting home in a Depends diaper is the way to travel! We arrived here yesterday afternoon and promptly went out to get beignets (to the initial disappointment…