Our Journey from Riga to Chisinau We flew airBaltic from Riga to Chișinău in August 2025, the four of us, straight after Marc’s Krauklis Cup tournament. The four tickets cost €432.96 in total (€108.24 each).…
Travelling for both rest and movement works best when a place encourages unhurried days while still offering something that nudges visitors outward. Some destinations feel heavy with agenda, but others allow a natural rhythm to…
We spent our first night in Riga at Bellevue Park Hotel, in August 2025: me, my husband Dumitru, Damian (12) and Marc (9), who was in Riga to play the Krauklis Cup. After that night…
In August 2025 we flew to Riga with both boys, Damian (12) and Marc (9), because Marc’s U11 team was playing the Krauklis Cup, a youth basketball tournament held every August. They came home with…
Every city we visit has its flavors, but Chicago stands out for its delicious mix of comfort food, creativity, and culture. From deep-dish pizza to Nutella-filled breakfasts, our days exploring the city were often planned…
Portillo’s is known for the Italian beef sandwich — thin-sliced roast beef served in its own gravy on a roll, with sweet peppers or hot giardiniera. Alongside it: Chicago-style hot dogs, cheese fries, and a…
Yes, you can just walk in. No ticket, no game, no charge. That is the question everyone has, because the statue is inside a working sports arena and it is not obvious from outside that…
Home Alone Filming Locations: 8 Spots You Can Visit We were in Brookfield, Wisconsin for a week while the kids did the Milwaukee Bucks summer camp. On the way back we drove ninety minutes south…
We ate at Lou Malnati’s in Brookfield twice in one week. That’s the review, really — with four people and a week’s worth of dinner options near Milwaukee, going back a second time is the…
We went to Fiserv Forum on a camp afternoon expecting to look inside the arena. We couldn’t — the building was closed to visitors that day. That turns out to be the useful thing to…
🏀We flew from Barcelona to put two boys through a week at the Milwaukee Bucks summer camp. It cost $350 per child — about €646 for the two of them — and it was the…
We stayed here for seven nights while our two boys did the Milwaukee Bucks summer camp, and of the three hotels we used across a two-week trip, this is the one I’d book again without…
We flew into Chicago from Barcelona with two boys, three days before we had to be in Milwaukee. We had never thought of coming to Chicago, but it came out to be one of the…
We spent our last Chicago morning at Lincoln Park Zoo before driving to Milwaukee, and it was the best day of the three. It also cost us nothing, which after two observation decks and a…
Navy Pier was the last stop of our second day in Chicago, after Millennium Park and a deep dish lunch. We arrived in the early evening, which turned out to be the right call. Here’s…
Giordano’s is the deep dish most visitors to Chicago end up eating, and the one thing nobody tells you before you sit down is that the pizza takes 45 minutes. Everything else about the meal…
360 Chicago was our third CityPASS attraction, after Skydeck and the architecture river cruise. Ninety-fourth floor of the John Hancock Center, 875 N Michigan Avenue, right on the Magnificent Mile. The thing to sort out…
We stayed across from Grant Park, so Buckingham Fountain became our evening walk rather than an outing. That turned out to be the right way to see it. It’s free, it’s five minutes from the…
Where To Visit For Your Next Family Getaway Planning a family trip can be tricky; finding somewhere that keeps everyone happy without feeling like a checklist. You want space for the kids to explore, comfort…
A short walk from the Nutella Café on Michigan Avenue, we found ourselves heading toward one of Chicago’s most beloved landmarks: Millennium Park and its centerpiece sculpture, Cloud Gate (popularly known as “The Bean”). That…
