‘Oh crap, we have to check out in 30 minutes.’ I say, barely awake. Amanda mumbles something back, unintelligible. Our AirBnB has a 10am checkout. A quick text confirms they can’t extend our time. We like AirBnBs a lot –…

‘Oh crap, we have to check out in 30 minutes.’ I say, barely awake. Amanda mumbles something back, unintelligible. Our AirBnB has a 10am checkout. A quick text confirms they can’t extend our time. We like AirBnBs a lot –…
Emma is a month from being 18, and this is her last Spring break trip with us because college and high school vacations probably won’t match up. Emma took her first international trip with us at 6 months old to…
Le Crap! It’s late in the morning again. We overslept, or more accurately slept later than we intended. Yes, we are on vacation and can do whatever we want. But we try to fill our days with activities. Not as…
We wake scrunched and huddled and shivering in our thin beds. It got down to 40 last night and the airBnB has no heat. Well, it has a 1950’s looking three-coil heater that only has one working coil left. It…
It’s Wednesday and the hotel in no longer completely empty. There are a few more European couples, presumably here after spending Christmas at home. It’s still quiet. We chat with Soussan, who tells us her name means ‘Lily’ like the…