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Aix-en-Provence Epiphany Parade: a Complete 2025 Guide

by Bea Cińska 19 comments

Aix-en-Provence Epiphany Parade or La Marche des Rois in French is one of our favourite street events in Provence. We like it for several reasons. For one, it extends the …

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The Colourful Houses of Reykjavik: Photo Essay

by Bea Cińska 4 comments

The Colourful Houses of Reykjavik If you’ve ever been to the capital of Iceland, you will have noticed the colourful houses of Reykjavik in its downtown core. This kaleidoscope of …

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Tenerife: A Guide to A Perfect Family Holiday

by Bea Cińska 4 comments

Tenerife embodies everything we require for a perfect family holiday. And it might not be what you think. While the island may have plenty of all-inclusive resorts, that is not …

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10 Reasons Traveling with Kids is Awesome

by Bea Cińska 16 comments

Let me tell you why traveling with kids is awesome. We’ve been traveling with our son since he’s been a bun in the oven and we can’t imagine our adventures …

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Best Hikes on Gran Canaria (with Kids)

by Bea Cińska 4 comments

Gran Canaria has some of the best hikes we’ve ever been on. It is an unbelievably beautiful island replete with hiking opportunities as varied as its landscapes. After all, where …

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My Solo Hike Through Canmore

by Bea Cińska 18 comments

My Solo Hike Through Canmore When life gives you lemons, forget the lemonade. I prefer to make limoncello instead. And that is exactly what I did when I went on …

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    I traveled to Volunteer with Refugee Children in Poland

    by Bea Cińska July 3, 2022
    July 3, 2022
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    How to Best Prepare for a Volunteering Trip Abroad

    by Bea Cińska June 26, 2022
    June 26, 2022

    Have you ever felt an itch to travel abroad for a good cause?

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    Meow Cats Cafe in Aix-en-Provence

    by Bea Cińska February 26, 2022
    February 26, 2022

    I am sitting at a table in Meow Cats Cafe in Aix-en-Provence, a tiny coffee shop tucked away in one of the narrow streets of this town in the south …

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    Letters from France: first impressions of our new French life

    by Bea Cińska May 25, 2023
    May 25, 2023
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    Pack Your Bags – Dream, Travel, Live Anywhere

    by Bea Cińska June 3, 2022
    June 3, 2022

    Pack Your Bags, Family! Pack your bags, family! Let’s all now go somewhere new. To a place we’ve never been, Where the skies are always blue. Pack your bags, family! …

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    Vacation Home Rentals: Unique Places We’ve Stayed At

    by Bea Cińska January 11, 2022
    January 11, 2022

    Can’t decide between a vacation home rental and a hotel? When we travel we prefer to stay in vacation home rentals rather than in resorts. Why? We believe that discovering …

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    Switzerland with Kids – 10 Places Swiss Families Love

    by Bea Cińska August 1, 2021
    August 1, 2021
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    The Doors of Tunisia – Photo Essay

    by Bea Cińska December 13, 2021
    December 13, 2021

    We came for the ruins of Carthage but we stayed for the doors of Tunisia.  We have a million reasons why we travel. And sometimes we travel to see beautiful …

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    Expat Story Collection: the Realities of Living Abroad

    by Bea Cińska January 11, 2022
    January 11, 2022

    If you have been pondering whether or not to move to a different country, the below expat story collection will shed some light on the realities of living abroad. Like …

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    One Family’s Inspiring Journey Around The World

    by Bea Cińska August 1, 2021
    August 1, 2021
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Welcome to Pack Your Bags! We are a little family that could. Years ago, when our son was still a bun in the oven, we knew that life didn’t need to be ordinary. Life could be a grand adventure. We believed in our dreams and neither the naysayers nor our serious inner voices could have stopped us. And today, we live in the south of France, work online, travel often and, like in the photo above, occasionally even find ourselves skiing in Africa. We can’t imagine living a “regular” nine-to-five life ever again. In this blog, we write about our passions - travel, living abroad and working as digital nomads. For more about us and what you’ll find on our blog, click here.

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