We woke up to Easter church bells and a slew of WhatsApp messages from parents in our cohort planning a park outing. After pancake brunch, not enough coffee, and some inexplicable splashing in the bathroom sink, off we went with our folding stroller & skateboard attachment to a nearby park (with a café!). Although we’d…

The photo above is the view from our kitchen window. It’s the perfect Spring – the shade is cool and the sun is warm; the air is crisp and the strawberries are deliciously in season. We flew in over the Alps, the Dolomites (I think), and the Tuscan hills to Florence, where Sergio picked us…

Borough Market has undergone considerable construction since Guillermo and I were last here in 2019, although the delicious food vendors are seemingly the same. Our beloved duck confit sandwich, which 15 years ago cost £3 (USD $4.75), is now an astonishing £11.50 (USD $15), with wraps and salad bowls costing up to £13 (USD $17).…

We flew into London to break up the long trip to Italy, in the hopes of calmer flights and better (time) adjusted kids before classes begin. The kids slept a whole 90min on the 11hr flight, which left a lot of time for stickers, stories, and letting everybody on the plane know what they thought…