About the blog (and us)

Tom and I moved to London in the fall of 2011, for a job opportunity he had here. Knowing that this wasn't going to be forever, one of our goals was to take full advantage of being able to travel around Europe so easily. And so between December 2011 and April 2013, we visited Marrakech (technically not Europe, but close enough), Paris (twice), Les Houches (France, just next to Chamonix), Prague, Barcelona, Thailand (also technically not Europe), Rome, Amsterdam, and Istanbul. 

Then, in May 2013, our son FDR arrived. He's awesome. And changed everything. We knew that we didn't want to stop traveling just because we had a baby, but we were brand new parents and had no idea how best to travel with a baby. How "baby friendly" are certain countries / cities / neighborhoods / hotels? How much do we need to bring with us? What are the best air travel strategies?

We decided for our first trip with him, at two months old, we would at least eliminate the third question with its infinite complexities and decided that taking the train to Paris was a good baby step (har har).

As for the second question, one of the things we ended up packing was a 24 pack of diapers for a Friday-Sunday trip. After going through 4 before getting to Paris, I wondered if "Paris on 8 diapers a day was too ambitious," and if we would have to buy Les Pampers at Le Monoprix or something.

Thus, the idea for this blog. 

This blog is for parents who travel, to give some tips and opinions on our trips with FDR, with the benefit of hindsight. It's what I wish I had before we, say, packed our giant Bugaboo Cameleon for a weekend in Florence. For all the information on the internet (TripAdvisor is a godsend and also a nightmare), there's not as much of the "DO this. DON'T do that." variety when it involves traveling with a baby. 

So enjoy, and I welcome your feedback!

Note: While the posts are dated when the events or travels approximately happened, the truth is I procrastinated setting this up until FDR's 1st birthday. The goal is to be caught up by the time we travel to Italy in July 2014. That said, forgive any strange leaps in verb tense or spotty details!