We’ve lived in Costa Rica for nearly 6 years and have only crossed the border into Nicaragua once! Grant and I had first visited in 2018 while backpacking Central America and then once we moved to Costa Rica we went […]
I had been wanting to visit Ometepe for years! Grant and I were supposed to go on our 2018 backpacking trip through Central America but plans changed when my grandmother passed away. Then we were going to visit when I […]
We visited Japan for three weeks in October with our two todder sons, Marin age 3 and Hobie age 1. Needless to say traveling with toddlers is a full time job but we find it so worth it! Grant and […]
Talk about saving the best for last. Yakushima was the last stop of our three weeks in Japan, and it was absolutely incredible. Why did we go to Yakushima Island with Toddlers? To forest bathe of course! I listened to […]
We had a feeling we were going to like Fukuoka. We heard it was a foodie scene and expat hub. It is the birthplace of Tonkotsu ramen after all. Where to Stay in Fukuoka with Toddlers I loved our hotel […]
When planning our itinerary for three weeks in Japan with toddlers, I instantly knew I wanted to go to Nara. You can pet wild pygmy deer while they roam around beautiful temples…sign me up! I knew the kids would love […]
Kyoto had been on my list for years. I was imagining geishas strolling around pagodas admist the mountains, and while it is this in some sense, it is also a huge bustling city. Once again I underestimated the density of […]
When planning our three-week Japan itinerary I knew I wanted to get into nature and explore. While Japan is home to some amazing mega cities, when it comes to traveling with toddlers (our sons were 3 and 1 when we […]
I love Tokyo and had been itching to get back since I last left! Grant and I visited when we were newlyweds in 2016 and had a blast, flash forward to 7 years and 2 kids later and we were […]
I adore Europe and try to go every year. I feel like I was on a streak of nearly every year from my study abroad in 2011 to our 2 year backpacking adventure in 2018. But then I was pregnant […]