Over the past decade I have travelled very frequently, taking some 30 flights per year at my peak. Flying has always felt like the norm to me. Like getting a bus. Then I had a baby, and things slowed down a bit. However, we did manage to take our first flight with her in March 2020. Then there was a pandemic and no one was flying for a while. As I started my...
Just like with our first experience of travelling with our newborn, our first experience of air travel with our baby gave us mixed feelings. Excitement at the fact that she would be going on her first flight, but nerves at how it would go. Normally I love air travel and airports (even those early morning flights). I love getting there and sitting in departures...
Going on holiday is seen as an indulgence in our modern, consumer culture. It is something that people do to escape the stresses and strains of their work and, quite frankly, put their feet up. But while lounging around beside the pool can be a great experience, some of us have this gnawing feeling that we’re wasting time. We have all this energy, and yet...
As with many stages of parenthood, I dived into the weaning stage with a mix of anxiety and excitement. I remember saying months ago that I couldn’t wait for our little one to try ‘real food’ mainly as I had hoped she would need less milk feeds, and therefore reduce the amount I would need to express milk for her. Starting to wean Initially we had...
Self-isolation with a baby. What a title for a blog post, and one which I had never thought I would be writing. 4 weeks ago, I was in Mallorca and excited to be writing things such as “flying with a baby” and “Mallorca, Spain: our first family holiday”. Hopefully, I will write those posts one day. Somehow it doesn’t feel that appropriate to be writing about travel...
Image source We are living in a society where stress, workload, depression, and anxiety are the deadly factors that are creating negative impacts on our society and its fellow beings. Everybody wants to deal with these factors and wishes to take out some time from the busy schedule and relax once in a while. One of the most popular ways of relaxing is going on...
Photo by C. Cagnin from Pexels The adventures ahead are exciting, whether you’re going to Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, or elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Maybe you plan to see all those places on a travel tour. Whatever you decide, it’s best to plan for a trip to Southeast Asia now so that you get more out of the experience. Research Different Flights If...
Packing for vacation is where the fun starts! You’ve spent ages planning where you will go, the best time of year, and even the best places to eat or hang-out. So it makes sense that you want to get the packing perfect. It doesn’t matter if you are off to Ibiza for the weekend or a month in Mexico. The principles of excellent packing are the same. Photo by Annie...
Image Credit Pixabay.com License CC0 When you travel the world and taste all of the amazing food that it has on offer, returning to UK cuisine can be a bit anticlimactic. Britain is not really known for its food on the world stage, in fact, it is quite often the butt of many an international joke. Of course, there are plenty of things that are great about British...
Before having a baby, my daily essential items would more or less consist of my phone, purse, keys and a bottle of water. If travelling I’d also have my camera and passport. When preparing to have a baby, we looked at a number of lists of so called baby essentials (google it, and you’ll get one hundred and one different lists). We also talked to friends...