Category Archives: Europe We’ve been at the airport all of fifteen minutes when baby Phoenix poops through his diaper, sleeper and onto my clothes. We have a 24-hour journey to France ahead of us that involves planes, trams, trains and cars. Was this explosive start to the trip a foreshadow of what was to come?  I’ve just returned from a mini Euro-trip to Barcelona, Carcassonne, and Bordeaux, and it was so, so fun! It wasn’t just great to be traveling again – after a two month hiatus – or that I got to discover three brand new destinations. It’s that I got to share the trip with two of my very bestest friends in the world!  2016 may not have been a year of great travel stats for Wandering Footsteps – it’s been more one of house-living, social visits, and the search for our new home-on-wheels. Yet, as I sit in a Walmart parking lot near Los Angeles reflecting on the past year, I can safely say it’s been one filled with important moments, special memories, challenges, and lessons learned. Happy New Year from us to you!  France doesn’t unveil itself to me from behind the lens of its tourist towns. It unveils itself to me at its long, food-filled tables. Increasingly, through these rituals of food and connection, France has ceased to be a two-dimensional place with a long list of places to see – instead, it has become a comforting, comfortable, community-filled home.  Totoyaya, our beloved camper van, has arrived in Canada! This practical post describes the ins and outs of the process of getting her from Europe to North America on a ferry, and gives an overall opinion on our experience with Seabridge Motorhome Shipping Company. |
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