Worldwide Shambles

21/02/2018

If you only read one of my blog posts from the last six months, let this one be it. I mean, yes, I've only published one post in the last six months, but still, this one's worth the read. Nothing could have surprised us more. Enjoy! :)

22/09/2017

The girls tried new food in Dubai... Spoiler alert, it was Burger King and they loved it. :) Enjoy!

Hi! It’s me. I did it again. I went on another trip and didn’t mention it on my blog. Instead of making more excuses for this unfortunate trend, I’m going to just dive right in to…

17/04/2017

We leave for Dubai and Serbia in a little over a week but I'm just now finally getting another post up about last fall's trip to Europe. In it, I drag my toddlers up some cliffs and feel like a bad parent. Enjoy!

01/02/2017

Almost denied boarding twice and she's not even three yet. Enjoy!

It has come to our attention that Millie might not have the best luck with travel. Don’t get me wrong, she’s got a great attitude, and since she’s only two and a half, she’s…

12/01/2017

The second blog posts in two days! And I finally mention our latest trip. Enjoy!

11/01/2017

It's a snow day and my sister is outside diligently building an igloo with the girls which leaves me inside finally getting a chance to work on my poor, neglected blog.

We went to the Panama Canal! Two years ago! Better late than never. Enjoy!

26/09/2016

Holy cow guys, don't make international travel a mountain when it's really just a molehill if you've ever tackled camping!

Earlier this summer we did our first camping trip with the girls. Back in the day, our packing list for camping included pretty much just a tent, sleeping bags, hot dogs and beer. Let me tell you, …

22/09/2016

My newest post is up. The title says it all.

“Oh my God! Do you need to borrow a pair of socks?” A Dutch guy said to Andy incredulously. “And I actually have an extra sweater too.” Then his girlfriend looked at me. & #8…

03/08/2016

My newest post. It's a super important one about super important travel stuff. Just kidding, it's about a weird laundry room. Enjoy!

We’re moved into our new house now and we’ve all been running ourselves ragged with house projects. The house is great, but it’s possible that we’ve bitten off a bit more th…

12/05/2016

It's like the floating in the Dead Sea... except you're in Chile and the lake doesn't actually have a name. Got another blog post up, enjoy!

I’m sure you’ve heard of the Dead Sea – where the salt levels are so intense that you can just float without any effort. Before our Chile trip, I didn’t know there were othe…

23/04/2016

What happens to your sightseeing prowess when you book last minute... you have no clue what you're doing.

Did you know that when you pick travel destinations based on flight times syncing with nap schedules you run the risk of not having a clue what there is to see when you get to said destination. Yea…

20/04/2016

So much easier!

Talk about building suspense, right? I post a crazy explanation about how we’re taking a whirlwind trip to South America and then leave you all hanging for almost a month probably wondering w…

29/02/2016

We're leaving for South America next week. Last week at this time, that was most definitely not the plan. Read on and enjoy!

If it seems like I’m coming out of no where with this next trip it’s because I am. It wasn’t really supposed to be a last-minute trip but here we are, leaving for South America ne…

23/02/2016

In case you want to start your morning hearing about a psychedelic glass grotto or cannibalistic fish, here's my post on some cool facts about Utila, Honduras. Enjoy!

Years ago my mom spent a fair amount of time on Utila, an island off the coast of Honduras that's home to some 2,500 people. I don't remember too much of what she did there; I know she learned to s...

02/02/2016

I'm blaming it on sleep deprivation but I would have sworn, for one day in Belgium, I was getting the hang of it. Happy Tuesday and I hope you enjoy my linguistic and mental travel failure!

I like to joke that you can't fake French - to which you could argue that it's pretty hard to fake any language. When I say this, I don't mean that one might have an easier time faking Japanese or ...

28/01/2016

I can't make decisions in Scottsdale... thank goodness for bossy friends!

A few weekends ago I took a leave from decision making. It wasn't my intention and it's not my usual travel M.O., but there I was, in Scottsdale, AZ on a fourth annual girls trip, reveling in the f...

11/12/2015

Feeling guilty about not being a perfect parent? Do you let random people stick their hands in your infant's mouth? No? I do... read about my fails and feel instantly better. Enjoy!

Like every other good, terrified parent, Andy and I are trying our best to not screw up our kids. If I've learned anything from my 16 months of being a parent, it's that there are a lot of rules. W...

03/12/2015

Want a quick break from the cold on this dreary Thursday... read my post!

Half of our Panama trip was spent on Isla Taboga. The small island, with a population of about 1,500, landed on our itinerary because of its close proximity to the capital (just 12 miles away) and ...

25/11/2015

New post is up! We go to a toy museum and one of us doesn't stop running the entire time.

One time in Prague, my sister and I were faced with a tough decision: spend part of our very limited budget on admission to some culturally relevant museum or instead, check out a traveling Barbie ...

22/11/2015

And as promised, I shatter the illusion that we have it all together... http://seejulestravel.com/2015/11/22/wild-extremes-traveling-family-part-ii/

(This is continued from yesterday's post.) Okay friends, it's time to shatter yesterday's illusion of us being the family who always has it together. Gotta keep the blog real, I suppose. I can hear...

21/11/2015

Here's another Panama post! Tomorrow we may be a disaster, but for today... today we are great!
http://seejulestravel.com/2015/11/21/wild-extremes-traveling-family-part-i/

Travel is like real life, but condensed. The highs are higher and the lows are lower. One minute your skipping along, on top of the world and the next, a stranger is cursing at you while you wipe h...

16/10/2015

I got another post up! Highlights include a story about a drunk guy in the 1600s and also how you can end up someplace and not have a clue how to pronounce it. Enjoy!

A long time ago, the moonlight hit Mechelen's St. Rumbold's tower in such a way that made some drunk guy think it was in fire. In his liquored up state he rallied the townspeople to come help put o...

14/10/2015

We went to Europe and I published another blog post. Somehow publishing the post feels like more of a feat. Enjoy! I think you'll like it!

Here is the conversation I've been dreading. I've played it out a million times in my head and now the time has come to start an open dialog about it. Here goes nothing. Me: We're back! You: What? ...

21/05/2015

The first Panama post is up. Enjoy!

We all survived our first international trip with the twins. And let me tell you... Survival. Was. A. Feat. Overall, the trip went really well. It would have gone better had the girls not gotten si...

02/05/2015

The journey to Panama has begun! Here the girls are helping me pack and here the girls are at the airport hotel. (We leave super early in the morning and I had enough Expedia points for a free room.) The girls are currently asleep in their little travel tents. Wish us luck tomorrow on the plane!

18/03/2015

A new post is finally up and it's all about where we're going on our first trip with the twins. Enjoy!

Yep, it's official. We are headed out into the world on our first trip with the twins. Since we had the girls, Panama has been on my mind as a viable first trip option if nothing came up with Andy'...

31/12/2014

Better late than never for this post. All about what to pack for a trip to Dubai. Enjoy!

I started this post before I'd even left for Dubai but never got around to posting it. While it's not exactly relevant to me at the moment I think it's still worth putting it out there in the blogg...

23/12/2014

A little recap about our last year and a half... including how we found out about the twins and how much I weighed there at the end. Yikes!

It's been about a year and a half since Andy's surgery. It feels like a lot more than that. A lot can change in a year. Actually, in the summer of 2013 we learned a lot can change in just two month...

07/12/2014

My newest post is up! Enjoy!

The government wants to know how tall the twins are. Someone get me a ruler! Years ago, on the evening before our first trip to Europe, my friend Jen and I drove around downtown Portland looking fo...

21/10/2014

My newest blog post is up!

I have exactly one recurring dream. The overall gist of the dream is that I've procrastinated hard for a science project and instead of facing the music I keep skipping the class to the point where...