Having been traveling with the kids over the past year and my daughter now in kindergarten, I felt more guilty in taking her out of school to travel. Scheduling vacation around school holidays is very expensive, even if I plan one year in advance, travel companies know those dates 🙁 With 2 free night Hilton… Read More Birthday Weekend Getaway at Hermitage Bay, Antigua
Sunrise from our hotel room window overlooking the Loire River, another beautiful day to explore the Loire Valley! Breakfast was very basic at the hotel – Château Le Prieuré – La Maison Younan. The best item was croissants; I haven’t had a bad croissant in France! The breakfast room: After the quick breakfast, we drove… Read More Loire Valley Road Trip – Château de l’Islette where kids get to dress up and Château d’Ussé
Another beautiful sunny day to explore the fairytale chateaus of the Loire Valley! After breakfast, we checked out of the hotel and started our road trip to explore more chateaus along the way to our next stay at Château Le Prieuré – La Maison Younan near the town of Saumur. The first chateau we visited… Read More Loire Valley Road Trip – Château de Chaumont, Château Royal d’Amboise, and staying in Château Le Prieuré – La Maison Younan
We spent 5 nights over the Christmas holiday week at my favorite tropical island – Bora Bora! When I saw that the newly rebuilt (used to be Le Meridien) opened as the Westin Bora Bora, and the points rate was around 80K Marriott points per night over the Christmas week, I immediately booked 2 rooms… Read More Christmas in Bora Bora at the new Westin Bora Bora Resort
Happy New Year to all of you! Hope your 2025 was fruitful and adventurous! In 2025, our kids visited 13 countries/territories and we added 4 new countries to our list! We started the year with a quick trip to Atlantis in the Bahamas over Martin Luther King’s long weekend to spend our Marriott 35K free… Read More Happy New Year! A Look Back At Our 2025 Adventures 🙂
The morning sun started to light up Château de Chambord as I peeked out the window. I got ready first and then went to wake up the kids, no time to waste as our reservation at Château de Chenonceau was at 9 AM! Breakfast was included as we are Hilton Gold members, the spread wasn’t… Read More Loire Valley Road Trip – Château de Chenonceau, Château de Cheverny, and the largest Chinese buffet ever!
I have been dreaming of having a road trip to visit the fairytale chateaus of the Loire Valley for years; our last visit was over a decade ago via a day trip from Paris on a van tour. The day trip was really rushed to see four chateaus in a day so this time with… Read More The Fairytale Chateaus of the Loire Valley – Chateau de Chambord and its Horse Show
Our 2nd day in Paris, we took the train to Rouen since we had never been there and it was a quick and inexpensive train ride – only $10 per adult, half price for my daughter, and free for my son. We walked to Gare Saint-Lazare and on our way, we picked up breakfast at… Read More Paris Day Trip to Rouen by train
From Vienna, we did a “stopover” in Paris for 2 nights to use Jason’s 3 Marriot 50K free night certificates. Our flight arrived at 8:00 PM so instead of taking public transportation, it was easier and actually not that much more expensive to take a taxi because taxi from the airport to central Paris and… Read More Paris with kids – see Van Gogh’s paintings at Musée d’Orsay, sail boat at Jardin du Luxembourg, Seine River Cruise
Our last full day in Vienna, we took a tram to Belvedere Place for some quick photos. This palace is a museum, not the royal palaces kind that my daughter loves. Thus, we stayed at the gardens only. It was chilly in the morning! The other side of the garden with the lower Belvedere on… Read More Vienna Sightseeing – Belvedere Palace and Furniture Museum
