Luke and I just got back from a great short trip to Boston. We’ve been there a few times before so, this time around, we focused on walking through neighborhoods and hitting as many of the “must-try” restaurants as we could. If you are planning a trip, or eventually want to go to Boston, I’ve included what we did and how to navigate the city.

3 Days in Boston :: Where to Eat and What to See

I’m going to give you all the pretty pictures and what they are first and then, at the end, I’ll break down all the restaurants and places by location (and give you a sample 3 day itinerary).

I’m sure you’ve seen this view a few hundred times, am I right? Acorn Street is just as beautiful in person as you would expect. We ended up in the area around 10am and had the street to ourselves. I think this area can get really busy so plan your trip accordingly if you want to get a few pictures on the street without people.

How adorable are the window boxes? I fell in love with the window boxes all over town. Boston really knows how to decorate their buildings!

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I’m finally posting about the last half of our week in Spain. If you missed the first post, make sure to check out our kid-friendly tips for Madrid. Today, is going to be all about Barcelona! To catch you up, I found a great deal on plane tickets so we headed to Spain for a week over spring break. Greyson had never been outside the country, so the goal of the trip was just to let him have a cultural experience.

Picking up from the last post, we booked on Rail Europe and took the faster train from Madrid to Barcelona.

The train took just over three hours and was quite pleasant. We’d definitely recommend this if you are trying to get between the two cities.

Once we got to Barcelona, we took a taxi (they are everywhere) from the train station to our apartments.

We stayed at the Bas Apartments Barcelona. We had a two bedroom, one bath apartment that overlooked a small playground (which was PERFECT for Greyson) and was right around the corner from most of the sights. It was a really ideal location if you wanted to be in the older part of Barcelona. If these are things that you are looking for then I’d definitely recommend this apartment. We enjoyed our stay and the location.

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Back in March, Luke, Greyson and I went to Spain. We went over Spring Break so it was a pretty short trip but it was long enough to see Madrid and Barcelona. It was Greyson’s first international trip. We felt like seven was a good age to try to see a new culture, experience a walkable city and be able to take in the beauty of traveling. As with all trips with kids, it definitely had it’s ups and downs, but overall, it was really great. Today, I wanted to share about the trip but also give some handy tips for Traveling to Madrid with a Kid.

Luke and I love traveling so we hope to foster that love with Greyson. So far, it’s working. When you ask him the best part about the trip, he says the food. He loved the croissants, hot chocolate (which is totally different than hot chocolate in the states) and snacks that you pick up from little shops every time you stumble down a different street.

We arrived in Madrid after over 24 hours of traveling. We all slept a bit on the plane and, although we were tired, we wanted to get checked into our hotel and then set off to explore for awhile. The goal was to get on their timezone a bit more.

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