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  • Blue and bouncy castles

    The forecast was calling for rain so we thought it would be a good chance to drive around and see some different sights. We still needed to find Madeline a… Read more

  • Jardim da Estrala

    If you look up best playground in Lisbon the Jardim da Estrala makes almost every list. The playground itself is set inside a nice little garden that has you feeling… Read more

  • 5km in 5h

    We drove from Madrid to Lisbon yesterday so we had a fairly uneventful day. The drive went pretty smoothly – we stopped for lunch at a “diner” on the side… Read more

  • Madrid

    After a long day of travel (8+ hour layover in Toronto 😐) we made it to Madrid. We made it through all the boring, time consuming necessities – got our… Read more

  • Up in smoke

    We stopped for the night in Saint-Hyacinthe, just east of Montreal. It would leave us just shy of 11 hours of driving left for the next day. We got settled… Read more

  • Ottawa

    With the promise of more rain Saturday we packed up the car and headed out of Toronto first thing in the morning. We thought it might be nice to break… Read more

  • Levi’s and LEGO

    When we first decided to join Jacob in Toronto, it was mostly because we assumed the weather would be nicer in upper Canada. I was expecting to be able to… Read more

  • Niagara Falls

    Wednesday was a pretty uneventful day. Jacob was busy schmoozing for the whole day and evening so the kids and I had a nice day relaxing at the apartment. Thursday… Read more

  • CN Tower

    Tuesday was the first day of the conference so Jacob headed out mid morning. The kids and I took that opportunity to head out to Mississauga for the morning to… Read more

  • Ripleys Aquarium

    Our AirBnB is in a super convenient location – we are one block from the king street street cars and about 7 feet from the queen street ones. It’s always… Read more