International Travel
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Do as the Romans Do
If you haven’t been following along, the Oliver family set off on a two-week adventure to Europe in early summer 2026. Up to the publication of this post, the trip had taken us to Venice, Barcelona, Disneyland Paris, and Paris. With Paris complete, it was time for the final chapter of our journey: rounding out…
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Paris: The Third Time is the Charm
We had visited Paris before. I visited in my 20s for work, and then we visited as a family in 2022. Just by the heading, ‘Day 3 – The Day We Were Over-Ambitious: Paris’ in Over the Pond and Through the Cities, I’m sure you can take a guess as to how that day went.…
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En Jouant à Disneyland Paris
After visiting northeastern Italy and watching mom and dad play water polo for several days in Barcelona, the girls were itching for some true playtime. And is there any better playtime than two full days at Disney? In this post, we will be walking you through our time at Disneyland Paris including the rides that…
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Basking in Barcelona
After our visit to Venice, Lake Garda, and the Dolomites, we were off to our next destination: Barcelona. We arrived in the early afternoon and met our AirBnB host at the apartment we were staying at in Montjuïc. This was the perfect location for our plans in Spain: 1) exploring some of Barcelona’s major landmarks,…
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Venetian Views
When we originally started planning our 2026 summer vacation, we had planned out two full weeks in Italy. Our journey would take us from Rome to Florence to Pisa to Cinque Terre to Lake Garda, while finishing the last of our days up in Venice. About a week into our planning, the trip was completely…
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Euro(Road)Trip: Hamburg
When we were planning our Euro(road)trip, we came up with an itinerary that would allow us to visit with some friends that live in Hamburg, Germany. Although the trip to get there was rough due to a closed track, our friends were absolute rockstars and picked us up from the Hamburg train station late at…
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Ahí Vemos, El Salvador
Over the winter holidays, we started thinking about destinations we could travel to during the girls’ spring break. We had heard from two different families that El Salvador was an underrated, beautiful destination. After about a 30-minute perusal of El Salvador on the internet, we were pretty set: El Salvador would be our next destination.…
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Euro(Road)Trip: Antwerp
While visiting Amsterdam, we wanted to venture over to Belgium for a quick day trip. Before out trip, we asked a number of people which Belgian city would be the best to visit with young kids. Although we were most familiar with Brussels, the overwhelming consensus was to visit either Antwerp or Bruges. After doing…
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Euro(Road)Trip: Amsterdam
We wouldn’t be the Oliver family if we didn’t set our sights high and aim for not only visiting one country, but five countries over the course of two weeks. As is standard these days, our initial research for our next vacation consisted of searching for “best destinations to visit with young kids”. To our…
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Kimonos in Kyoto
Nara, Japan From Osaka, we took the train down to Nara to see the free-roaming deer for a few hours. Since we had our suitcases with us, we stored our bags in several storage lockers at the Nara train station and then walked over to the deer park. When you first enter the park, there…
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