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traveling with an infant

Traveling Infant- Ideas for a Smooth Flight

How to enjoy a vacation when traveling with an infant! One of my readers was so kind as to not only share some of her family vacation memories with me but she also shared her ideas for her traveling infant. Brilliant! She has some great ideas that are so thoughtful and practical. Traveling Infant - What's in Mom's ...

offline map apps

Offline Map APPS to Keep Your Trip Organized

Maps or APPS or APPS with Maps: Does anyone still use paper maps or is everyone using APPS ? The answer is Yes! to both. There are still those persons who prefer that paper map over the offline map apps on their phone. As for moi? I like to look at the paper map before I hit the road so I have a general idea in my head as ...

travel guides

Travel Guide Resources and Interesting Links

Are you ready to plan that trip abroad but you are not quite sure where to get started. On this page you'll find travel guide resources for VISAs and passports, travel insurance, and even a great source for the serious budget traveler. My website focuses on France but there are other tourism destinations you may want to ...

2015 Bucket List

Happy New Year everyone!  Bonne Année à tous! I decided to celebrate the start of the new year by sharing my 2015 bucket list with you. 2014 started with lots of unexpected renovations/reparations at our house due to water seeping into our basement - quelle horreur! Our plan is for 2015 to be much improved experience! I've ...

France Travel Info City Guide

France is my passion and I want to help you make vacation memories in France like we have! How will we do this? To start with, I will share our travels to give you ideas of places you might want to explore. In addition, I will help you with the logistics of the metro, hotel ideas and flight information. We've even got ideas ...

packing tips

Packing Tips for Your Suitcase-How to Travel Light

Packing Tips - When packing a suitcase and I want to  travel light, I will look at a few of the "odd extras" needed that I use. Packing light will be our mantra. One suggestion that shows up time and time again is to lay out all your clothes that you think you will need and then put half of them back in the closet! (post ...

Indispensable Maps of France

Click on each of the maps of France to open in a separate window. The France Departments map will be indispensable when searching for a gite as your accommodation. Website list rural gites by departments. I've got a whole post on the newly formed Regions of France that gives more detail. Even if you have a smart phone to ...