Portugal Packing List for Families (What I’…
I used to pack for Portugal in twenty minutes. Here’s my Portugal packing list for families, and the things I’m deliberately leaving at home.
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Getting Around Portugal With Kids (What I’d Do With a Toddler)
Getting around Portugal with kids: where I'd rent a car, where I'd take the train, and the car seat rules I did not expect.
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Putting the garden to bed for winter takes me three short sessions, not a whole weekend. Here is what I clear out, what I leave standing, and why.
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What actually works to keep an old house warm in winter, from someone in a drafty farmhouse. The cheap fixes, what I would skip, and what to do first.
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Is Portugal Expensive? What I’m Budgeting for Our Family Trip
Is Portugal expensive with a family? I budgeted ten nights for the three of us, and the flights cost more than the whole trip on the ground.
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Ten nights is my number for Portugal with kids. Here is the honest math on how many days in Portugal with kids you actually need, and what I cut.
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I'd go in May, and late September is the other right answer. Here's the best time to visit Portugal with kids, month by month, plus the two nights I'd plan around.
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How to Slow Down Your Life (You Don’t Need a Farmhouse)
The honest way to slow down your life is subtraction, not more practices. What I actually did, starting with the calendar instead of the morning.
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Toy rotation for toddlers the way it actually runs in our farmhouse, including the parts I gave up on and the version that works on a bad week.
View PostWhere to Stay in Portugal With Kids (What I’d Book Now That I’m a Mom)
I have booked Portugal eight different ways. Here is where to stay in Portugal with kids, and the flat, boring apartment I would pick now.
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