We arrived in France for our big move August 23, 2016. We flew into Geneva with 4 very full suitcases. We tried to be pretty minimalist with our wardrobes but we had a ton of toys and books for the kids. It seemed like a lot at the airport, but really 4 suitcases to hold […]
The Experience of a Lifetime
Well as it goes with blogging it’s been far too long, and since my last post far too much has happened in our lives to not share here. The TL:DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) version is that we got our visas to go live in France for a year and as I’m writing this we’re […]
Where in the world are Craig and Amanda?
Hello, friends! Sorry for the delayed post! All is good in the world of the Hewitt family. Last time we posted, we were in Aix en Provence. Craig wrote about it already but I’ll summarize it by saying we love, love, loved it! In fact, we decided we wanted to stay in France much longer. […]
The Good Life in Provence, France
Know it’s been a while since Amanda and I have written but we’ve been busy seeing so many of the sites of France. Our time in Provence has just come to an end and it was absolutely beautiful. You hear about “The Provencial Life” a lot in the travel and health/wellness circles, but don’t really […]
Seville/Sevilla!
Say it or spell it how you like, we just left there and are now in Aix en Provence. Seville/Sevilla was a good stop for us. We didn’t do a ton because it was HOTT! Seriously it was Florida weather and since we’ve been staying in small apartments we need to spend a lot of […]
Heading to Our Final Stop in Spain
Today we’re traveling from the beautiful provence of Galicia and the town of Santiago de Compostela down to Andalusia and it’s capital, Sevilla. The south of Spain promised to be hot, dry, but also full of a lot of fantastic culture and great Paella. Our time in Santiago was our most “local” experience yet. The […]
A month in already!
Time does not register the same when you’re traveling. Some days it seems like we’ve been on the road for years, other times it’s like we are just getting started. This past week in Portugal was totally different from any way we’ve travelled before. Normally we have a hard time slowing down. In Portugal we […]
A View from Picturesque Porto
Well our little detour from “a month in Spain” to spend a week in Portugal has been a great move. Today is our last day in Oporto (as the locals call it) and it’s been a really great experience to be here for a few days. Porto is the 3rd biggest city in Portugal and […]
Living the Good Life in Lisbon
Greetings from Lisbon! The decision to cut our trip a week short in Madrid has turned out to be a good one thus far. We had originally planned on staying in the same place in Madrid for 2 weeks straight, which would’ve been great for the kids/not traveling, but we found that Madrid was a […]
Mad about Madrid
Ok, y’all, sorry for the delay. I couldn’t post because we were to busy living it up! And I haven’t taken hardly any pictures because I miss too much of real life when I’m looking through a lens. We arrived in Spain with no problem. The kids did great with the flight and we had […]
Ireland Wrap Up and Looking Ahead to Spain
Well we’re a week and a half into our trip and I think things are going really great so far. As I write this we are on the plane from Dublin to Madrid and have checked the first leg of our trip off the list. Ireland was really amazing. Our trip there (as Amanda documented) […]
Amanda’s Weekly Roundup: Dublin
Hello, friends! We just finished up 5 days in Dublin and are now staying on a farm in Clifdon, just outside Galway. We stopped at the Cliffs of Moher on the way here and the views were breathtaking. This part of the country is seriously the most beautiful place I’ve ever been. The green foliage […]