Last week, my husband and I took our first holiday alone after having kids. We spent four days in Paris and it was too short and too long at the same time and I thought I would take you through it.
First of all – I’d like to make a little note of how our traveling style has changed. For example, before kids, hotels were a big deal. I always wanted to stay in a very nice place, because I’m a priss and pretentious like that. After kids, for family vacations I still focused a lot on hotels, simply because the amenities can be so useful, but on this trip, after having two kids…just having a bed and no designated wake up time was heaven enough. Though our hotel was still great (more on that later).
Second – All photos you will see are via the iPhone. Yes, before kids I lugged a DSLR but Paris was in a heat wave up to 95 degrees while we were there and I really didn’t want to carry a giant camera. And since this was the sort of trip people encourage you to take to “strengthen your marriage” I didn’t think forcing my husband to lug my electronic equipment around would be the sort of Relationship Building Activity we were after. But I think the photo quality is not bad, no? Let me know your thoughts. Continue Reading