Wednesday, April 22, 2026 This was our travel day from Paris to Nantes, so the morning started early. Very early. The kind of early where nobody is making thoughtful conversation…
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 By our third day in France, the time zone fog was starting to lift. Nobody slept much past 8:00 a.m., which felt like progress. We were…
Monday, April 20, 2026 Our first full day in Paris began with the rare luxury of sleeping in a little. We had tickets booked for the Louvre Museum at 10:30…
Saturday, April 18, 2026 – Sunday, April 19, 2026 We left home on Saturday, April 18, 2026, and arrived in Paris on Sunday, April 19, 2026, carrying that unmistakable first-day-of-international-travel…
Day 6 – Aitutaki Farewell: Sunrise Strolls and a Last Look at Paradise Date: November 18, 2025 Location: Aitutaki, Cook Islands We didn’t set an alarm. We didn’t need one.…
Day 5 – Aitutaki’s Lagoon Adventures: Crab Races, Survivor Islands & Plan B Magic Date: November 17, 2025Location: Aitutaki, Cook Islands There are days when you follow the plan—and then…
Day 4 — From Church Hymns to Car Trouble: Rarotonga to Aitutaki Date: November 16, 2025Location: Rarotonga → Aitutaki, Cook Islands Some Sundays feel like quiet, sacred pauses. Others sneak…
Day 3 — Market Morning Mayhem & a Birthday to Remember Date: November 15, 2025Location: Rarotonga, Cook Islands Some days start slowly.Some days start with birds singing softly outside your…
Day 2 — Rarotonga Jungle Safari: Jeeps, Fruit Trees & Lagoon Naps Date: November 14, 2025Location: Rarotonga, Cook Islands There’s nothing quite like being bounced around in the back of…
Cook Islands Arrival: Bananas, Bread & a New Beginning Date: November 13, 2025Location: Rarotonga, Cook Islands They say that when one door closes, another opens—but after 12 days on the…