If you ever have the opportunity to have an “extended layover” in Iceland, I have the perfect itinerary for you–the Golden Circle. This was our last day in Iceland, but it makes the perfect one-day snapshot of all Iceland has to offer–a volcanic crater lake, a soak in a hot springs pool, a thermal area…
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…
I had a “Family Travel Reality” epiphany this past weekend. Something I think I should have realized long ago. We are a U.S.-Postal-Service travel family. Let me explain: We were in Budapest, Hungary, for a two-day, one-night weekend trip and there was a high heat advisory. Like high, high– around 100 degrees with 104 heat…
Iceland (Day 3)–European Vacation Summer 2022
I’m not going to write a lot about what we did on our second day in Iceland (day 3 of our trip)–the pictures speak for themselves so I mostly just want to share those. It was a lot of driving, but totally worth it. We drove three and a half hours out from our hostel…
Brie and Baguettes
A reminder not to sweat the small stuff In 2019, Christian taught a semester-long course for Wake Forest at their study abroad program in Venice, Italy. We took all four of our kids who were then 16, 13, 10, and 6 years old. We spent thousands of dollars going to 8 countries, saw the Eiffel…
Iceland (Day 2)–European Vacation Summer 2022
Y’all, Iceland is da bomb. Seriously. If you’re an outdoorsy, National-Park-kind-of-traveler like me, Iceland is your playground. It’s like one big National Park–everything is gorgeous. Let’s call this “Day 2” of the Summer 2022 European Vacation even though it really all felt like one reeealllly long day (with a nap on our “red-eye” flight from…
Travel Day (Day 1)-European Vacation Summer 2022
Annnd we’re off! First stop: Iceland (3-day layover en route to Germany) The first “day” was sooooo looong. Stay tuned for details below but first, here’s a preview of some picture-perfect-blog-type pictures of what our first day in Iceland looked like: And here are some pictures of reality: We started with a two-hour drive to…
Grandma’s Swimsuit–Why we travel with kids
This is a selfish post. I need to remind myself why I do all this. I am in the throes of packing and prepping–mentally and physically–for a 6-week European trip to 6 countries with our family of 6. And it’s not pretty! My house is a wreck, my mind is a mess, my to-do lists…
Welcome to Our Waughsome Reality Travel Blog
I’ve been “threatening” to start a travel blog for years now… and finally, here I am. My perfectionism has stopped me time and time again from getting started. When you research how to start a travel blog, it’s easy to get bogged down in all the details–you’ve got to figure out your blogging niche, get…