Sightseeing

We travelled to Seville on our way to Morocco from Northern Spain

My cousin was playing professional American Football in Aix En Provence, France and so I went to visit him and took a small trip to Paris beforehand.

I went to Amsterdam on a long weekend trip when I was studying abroad.

My dad and I went on a trip here together.

Met friends there on study abroad

Traveled there for a wedding and visited a friend who lives there as well.

I lived there for 2 years but have been on multiple weekend trips to visit friends.

Since we always head east to see family for Christmas, Thanksgiving became our time to travel wherever we want (just the five of us). Initially we took beach vacations to islands, but then we decided it was time to start exploring the different areas within the United States, more specifically the National Parks.

For this trip, we didn’t have a full week, so we decided to start with three parks that were relatively close to each other.

Also, since my youngest was in fourth grade, we wanted to take advantage of the US Government’s Every Kid Outdoors (everykidoutdoors.gov) program, which provides all fourth graders and their families free access to national parks, lands, and waters for a full year! This is an amazing program—increasing access to outdoor recreation for everyone!

Heard about it from a friend at a hostel in Florence, so we wanted to see it for ourselves

My mother lived in London for a year when she was a college student, so I thought it would be fun to go back there with her. I've always wanted to visit the West End as well and see a play in the theatre district.

I wanted to show my kids the Florida Keys and the Everglades

Surprise 65 birthday present to my mother from my brother and I. It’s been her dream since our family dates back to Cork County Ireland

To celebrate my best friend's birthday, we decided to go on a trip where we could embrace our love of all things spooky.

I first fell in love with idea of visiting Barcelona when I watched the movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona as as teenager. I was entranced by the beautiful, unique culture and the architecture of Antoni Gaudí. When the day finally came to plan my bachelorette trip, I knew exactly where I'd like to go with my three best friends.

My personal bucket list and my daughter was interested in Paris since she was young, also direct flight, and air fare was responsible. A change from beach and resort spring break too.