Kristen Oliver
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“Everything is AWESOME” at Legoland and Lalandia
When we were doing our initial research on destinations, Amsterdam and Copenhagen were at the top of the list. We just had to figure out how we were going to get from point A to point B, and how many days we were going to spend in each spot. Since we have some friends that…
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Danke schön, Bavaria
When we returned home from Europe last summer, we decided we wanted our next big trip to be a trip back across the pond. We started our research and found Germany is one of the top countries that cater to families with young children. Due to a water polo tournament we had heard about from…
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24 Hours in Salzburg, Austria
When we were looking into day trips from Munich, the vast majority of our research was pointing us to Salzburg, Austria. We decided to add this day trip to our itinerary and it ended up being one of the highlights of the entire trip. To preface this post, if you plan on visiting Salzburg and…
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Sweet, Sweet Wintertime in Turks and Caicos
When we had originally set our eyes on Turks and Caicos, it was around Thanksgiving 2021 with an anticipated travel date of late January 2022. We wanted a nice, care-free, hassle-free vacation where we could just relax at a resort that catered to young children. With that criteria identified, we found Beaches Turks and Caicos,…
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The Pura Vida Life Continued
Before we starting having kids, we made the decision to continue traveling once we did have children. Since we loved our Costa Rican honeymoon so much and felt as though it would be a great destination for a small child, we set our sights on visiting the beautiful country again in December when our oldest…
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The Start to a Pura Vida Life
Highlighting our Costa Rican Honeymoon in 2016 With everything that went into planning a wedding, we made two definitive decisions about how we were going to handle our honeymoon: 1) we were not going to travel far since we just wanted to get to a destination and relax and 2) we didn’t want to do…
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A New (Adult) Family Tradition is Born
As a preface to this post and following our latest adventure: in both 2017 and 2022, Austen and I were out of town for the first few games of the World Series and watching our boys from the comfort of a hotel room or bar. Both years, the Astros won. Ipso facto, you’re welcome and…
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Over the Pond and Through the Cities
After two, very long-awaited years, we finally embarked on our trip to London, Paris, and Lisbon. We had originally scheduled this trip in May 2020 but as I’m sure we all know, #thanksCOVID. At the time, our oldest daughter was almost a year and a half old and I was 4 months pregnant with our…
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Hawaii, aloha au ia ‘oe
As mentioned in our previous blog post about our family adventure to Maui, Hawaii has been one of our more frequented destinations as both a couple and a family. Not only do we love the beautiful beaches and the wonderful people we have met on each of the islands, but we love the different types…
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“You’re Welcome” – Maui
One of Austen and I’s more frequented destinations has been Hawaii. Prior to having kids, we had visited three of the major islands; Hawaii, Kauai x2, and Oahu. Since most of our planned international travel destinations were still questionable due to the ongoing pandemic, we set our sights on visiting Maui with the family. Although…
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