The Terrific3 travel blog

I woke up at 245am today and the boys at 330am and we are now getting to bed at 730pm after long day of driving and touring. The worst thing about getting up that early is having to parent 2 mischievous and energetic boys. Once the day gets going, it’s not so bad as then…

I last saw the Taj Mahal when I was about my kids’ age and don’t remember a whole lot other than thinking it was beautiful and crowded and magnificently created and a very hot day. Funny the visceral memories of your childhood travels. So when the tour company asked me about when we wanted to…

It is 448am in Agra and we’ve been up for 2-3 hours already. oh jet lag at its best! Yesterday, we did a “quick” lunch at the Taj Palace in Delhi then headed out for the drive to Agra. It was amazing to be on the roads and see how much India has changed. The…

It is 1038am on Saturday morning as I lie in bed at the Taj Palace hotel in India. The room is dark and the kids are still sleeping as we finally got to bed at 4am after an extremely long 24 hours of plane travel that started on Thursday at 3pm. On the way to…

We are! We are on our way, via Amsterdam….to… I started planning this trip as soon as we returned from our summer trip to Asia. I was bit by the travel bug, of course! The first part of that planning was to note S’s passport expired March 2024 so I made an appointment from Bali,…

We are going to India very soon! Below are my clothes for the trip. Very different than our Asia trip where we spent lots of time in each place and traveled with a lot more stuff, we are traveling light here….we each have a rolling carry on suitcase and a bag pack. We’ll be in…

It’s now been 5 full days that we’ve been back to portland and it’s time for this post. I’m not sure if it’ll be my last for this trip…we’ll see. We moved to Portland 8.5 years ago from San Francisco. Z was born here and S was a toddler. I love Portland, but for a…

I’ve been meaning to write since returning, but life has been a whirlwind. Yes—the usual—adjusting to a new time zone, stocking up a house with food after 2 months, dealing with a mound of mail, the excitement of returning—these were part of the chaos, but not most of it….bear with me through the build up…

It’s 8pm in portland and we landed at 530. Our lovely nanny picked us up, I ordered Grubhub for all, we all showered, kids are in bed, and so am I. I don’t remember the last time I slept but I think it’s been well over 24 hours for all of us. It was a…

Even though we had a 330pm flight, it was a hectic morning. Z woke at 1am and was up much of the night as was I. Luckily he slept a few hours from 5-8am and seems to be in a good mood. Much of the morning was spent packing, weighing and re-organizing luggage. In the…