by Lucille | Jan 16, 2017 | The Ones About Travel
Having children does not mean you are doomed to a life of no travel, or boring package holidays (although all inclusive meals and kids clubs do have their appeal). Historical travel with your boisterous kids in tow is absolutely possible. My husband and I have always...
by Lucille | Jan 4, 2017 | The Ones About Travel
Its a little after 2am. I’m Googling where the nearest emergency room is. My phone gives off a pale light yet the darkness seems nearer, the world beyond hostile. My four year old son lies next to me, his rasping breaths come fast and desperate, and from the...
by Lucille | Oct 17, 2016 | The Ones About Travel
Traveling with baby. As I boarded the plane and made my way to my seat, I instinctively placed a protective hand over my five-week-old son’s face. He was strapped to me in a Baby Bjorn, his tiny head nestled comfortably on my chest. Some one ahead of me sneezed and I...
by Lucille | Apr 25, 2016 | The Ones About Expat Life, The Ones About Travel
Kalpazankaya, the mysterious incantation “Oh darlings, you’re here! Welcome. Welcome!” our host proclaimed as we arrived fashionably late to a dinner party at a chic restaurant on the Bosphorus, kissing us both on the cheek and enveloping us in the vapours of her...
by Lucille | Apr 19, 2016 | The Ones About Travel
Istanbul has a secret… As the ferry cut its course through the glistening waters of the Marmara Sea I looked back at the receding city and realized what a sprawling behemoth Istanbul is. The densely populated hills undulate down to the Bosphorus, the twinkling...
by Lucille | Mar 3, 2016 | The Ones About Expat Life, The Ones About Travel
‘Come on, you can do this’ I breathed as the stone staircase spiraled up in front of me, each step a 45 degree angle from the last. I gripped the thin cold iron railing, breathed in the stale, damp air and tried not to picture exactly where in the 109 meter...