Destinations
Our travel destinations around the globe as a family. Travelling is our favorite hobby!
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New York City with family | Part I
The two looks are beautiful, but I prefer those sitting… Who followed my instagram a few weeks ago, we spent almost 1 week in New York, in the company of Diego's sister, her husband and our goddaughter / nephew beautiful. New York City is that thing, as much as you go there multiple times over the years, there are always things to do, explore and revisit. Spring leaves the city super beautiful (and super full – say in passing). See our tours there in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012. We rented a car and drove, the four of us, from Ottawa to Secaucus, where our hotel was. By the way,…
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Tulip Festival | Ottawa 2016
This year I couldn't help but check out the Tulip Festival in Ottawa (or Canadian Tulip Festival) as spring was being mild, with ideal temperatures for these flowers. Yes, I know, it's in my city, but this time of year is usually full of activities and in the two weeks that the festival takes place, there is not always time to go to one of the parks and admire with time. Because this year, I promised that I would and although I stayed super for the last minute (the next day, we were going to travel), I ended up quickly passing through one of the festival's locations, on the banks…
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Seville – Spain | Family travel
Our last stop on the old continent was in Seville and despite being at the end of the trip and we were already a little tired, the city ended up closing our first visit to Spain with a golden key. You know the first thing that crossed my mind while walking down some alleyways in town? What a romantic city, a good option to spend your honeymoon. Only then I went to read that yes, Seville is considered one of the most romantic cities in Spain. We took the early train in Valencia and arrived in about 4 hours later in Seville, the city of flamenco. The trip is quiet,…
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Canadian Museum of History | the most visited in Canada
During the March Break, which is that week of school holidays for the children and already Alice was at home and in great need of activities, we visited the Canadian Museum of History, just across the Ottawa River in Gatineau. It is considered canada's most visited museum, with its 25,000 square meters of exhibitions and an exclusive online collection. The museum is one of the great sights of the region and should certainly be included in a visit to the capital, being also easy to reach, both on foot and by car / public transport. The only thing I didn't realize was the amount of people who had the same…
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Valencia – Spain | Family travel
Visual explosion at Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Our visit to Valencia, Spain very short, but we managed to visit several of the most important sights. The city that emerged as a Roman colony in 138 BC. has a lot of history to tell, as well as a lot of recent things to visit. Of course, leaving Barcelona, it seemed that we would not be dazzled by little, but now recalling those days, I think Valencia gave a show, in his own way. We had 2 whole days to tourist in Valencia, the third largest city in Spain, behind only Madrid and Barcelona. We got there by train…
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Ottawa Winterlude – 2016 version
The Ottawa winter festival, Winterlude took place from January 29 to February 15 this year and about 2 weekends ago, we took a hop at one of the venues of the event, across the river in Gatineau. We chose Jacques Cartier Park for the tour, because it is the one that has the most activities for children and that weekend the skating on the Rideau Canal was closed, because of the high temperatures (for this time of year) that week, so we did not go to the center of Ottawa see the sculptures on occasion. Even though we wanted to do all the activities there at the festival, Diana no…
