Category: Parts Unknown
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The In Between
So far this has really just been a place to capture the large events of the trip – the national parks, the sightseeing, the exciting bits. But really, the majority of the trip is made up of the moments in between: in the days at “home”, in the driving, in…
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ON the road
Jacob and I have been talking about pulling the kids out of school to show them the world since before the kids even existed. This isn’t exactly when or how we thought we would get to this point, and I’m not sure we would have thought Ontario would be our…
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The last two surprises
The last part of our trip saw us back where we began – London. Our trip back down south on the train wasn’t quite as civilized as the trip to Scotland. We happened to be travelling on the weekend of the English Football League finals – and it also just…
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Final Days
Our last couple of days went basically the same as all the others. We finally hit a few days of really nice weather and we soaked it up as best we could. The kids spent some more time at kids club while I spent some more time recharging poolside. The…
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Flying solo
Adam has been back in England off and on since September so when Kayla said she was going to fly over to see him in February I jokingly said I would join her to help her on the flight. Somehow that joke turned into reality and on Wednesday we took…
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New York City!
A trip up the east coast wouldn’t be complete without a stop in the Big Apple. Cities are not necessarily my thing, but NYC has always been one of my favourites. There’s just something about it. It’s not even necessarily the recognizable landmarks or the stuff you can do, it’s…
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Washington DC
No me definitely had not planned on another extra week of this already extended vacation. Neither did we think at any point that we would be driving home. But since we obviously are we are trying to make the most of it. Thankfully the eastern seaboard had some pretty great…
Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids 