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London is always a good idea, even when you have a short amount of time. As Kevin and I have previously spent time in London (want to see what a travel post in 2012 looked like? haha, blast from the past right here!), we decided that this trip we would...

I'm convinced Bourton-on-the-Water is the best home base when traveling with kids in The Cotswolds. Besides being an absolutely adorable little village, it is overflowing with kid friendly things to do.
Bouton-on-the-Water sits on the River Windrush, and has the most adorable little bridges throughout the village. In the summer, when we stayed there, kids were creek walking as the water is very shallow. Every evening we walked down to the green on the...

Without a doubt, the Cotswolds in England is one of my absolute favorite places in the world.
I'm not sure it it's the honey colored cottages, the quaint villages that exude charm at every twist and turn, or the friendliness of the people, but every trip I've taken to the Cotswolds has been magic:)...

It's no secret that Stow-on-the-Wold is my favorite Cotswolds village. I fell in love with it on my inaugural Cotswolds trip years ago, and every time we return to this charming corner of the world, I always find a way to pop in and say hello!
On this last visit, we spent a whole day exploring Stow with our kids. I introduced them to my absolute favorite tearoom in all of England...Lucy's tea room. If you're in the area, you must go for a cream tea, especially if you have food allergies. Lucy...