This day is not about travel. It is about willpower. We flew overnight from our home in Texas to London Heathrow airport, arriving at 8:00 am London time. We chose an overnight flight so that we would arrive in London in the morning with the sun shining brightly. Our plan is to try to overcome our jetlag as much as…
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Lessons Learned While Lost in Greece
The Porch of the Maidens~Acropolis After a certain amount of traveling, experiences dictate a set of ‘rules of the road’ that your family will strive to follow. Usually each new rule is preceded by a less than perfect experience. If you’ve ever eaten at a roadside taco stand in Mexico, and then spend three days with food poisoning, you know…
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The Evolution of the Greek Backside
After our inauspicious arrival in Athens late the night before, we began a bleary eyed, but hopeful new day. To immerse ourselves in the antiquity of Greece, we planned to spend the morning at the National Archeological Museum of Athens. Traveler reports had cautioned that the museum was not well suited to children, but I had not traveled all the…
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Using Jet Lag to Soak Up St Peter’s Basilica
Jet lag is an inevitable part of traveling overseas, but rather than a negative to your trip, you can use it to your advantage. If you are traveling from the states to Europe, you can expect that you will be up early, sometimes very early on the first morning of your trip. On our first morning in Rome, Gary and…
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Singing Through the Sistine Chapel
When we exited St Peter’s, the lengthy lines were beginning to form around the courtyard. We were happy to have the immediate reminder why we rose before the sun. Around the corner, the line was forming for the entrance to the Vatican Museums. We were happy to be towards the front of the line, and had only about 30 minutes…
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