This trip was different from all our previous international travels. For the first time, it was just the two of us. The kids stayed with my parents —because we felt Thailand isn’t really a kids-focused destination the way Bali, Europe or Japan were for us. Travel dates were fixed:
Japan planning Around March 2025, we started thinking about our next big trip. The initial dilemma was Japan vs South Korea. Each of us had a different reason pushing toward Japan: * I wanted to visit Hiroshima * The kids wanted Universal Studios Japan * My wife wanted to experience the cherry blossom
We flew from Zurich to Rome on October 11th, reaching Italy around 3:00 p.m. A pre-booked taxi took us from the airport to our Airbnb — located not in Rome itself, but in Castel Gandolfo, beside Lake Albano. The stay was intentionally remote. Quiet, elevated, and away from the
Arrival: Iceland to Switzerland On October 8, 2024, we flew from Iceland to Zurich on SWISS Air, landing around 9:30 p.m. We had pre-booked a taxi through Klook, and by midnight we reached Spiez, our airbnb booked stay. Our stay overlooked Lake Thun. After Iceland’s isolation, this
Transition: Paris to Iceland On October 5, we flew from Paris to Keflavík Airport, Iceland, on PLAY Airlines. This marked a clear shift in the character of the trip — from crowded cities to open landscapes. We landed in Iceland around 3:00 p.m. From the airport, a shuttle took
Our Europe trip covered France, Iceland, Switzerland, and Italy — a journey that felt dense in a very different way from Bali or the Maldives. Out travel dates are from October 1st to October 14th, 2024. The Schengen visa process itself isn’t straightforward and deserves a separate post altogether, so
Maldives was our second international family trip, done in June 2024, from June 14 to June 17. It was a short stay — three nights — and very different in intent from Bali. This trip was planned barely ten days in advance. Our kids’ summer holidays were coming to an end, and
Bali, Indonesia, in October 2023 was our first international family trip. Post-COVID, Bali had quietly become one of the most talked-about destinations. Almost everyone I spoke to had either just returned from Bali or was planning a trip. That popularity made me curious and decided to visit.. The first real
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