Bristol, EnglandStories 6
- Post22 Aug 2026
What we actually packed for a toddler
The list we wish we'd had: what earned its place in the bag over three weeks, and the eleven things that came home unused.
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Lisbon to Galicia, slowlyMay 2026Twenty-three nights, one toddler, two regrets
What the whole trip cost, what we'd change, and the flight home, during which Pip was perfect and I was not.
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Sintra, where pushchairs go to retire
A fairytale palace on top of a mountain, reached by a bus that drives like it is being chased by one.
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- PTLisbon to Galicia, slowlyMay 2026
Seventy-four stairs and a pastel de nata
Lisbon is built on seven hills, and our flat was at the top of the steepest one. A love letter, with complaints.
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- PTLisbon to Galicia, slowlyMay 2026
We are taking a two-year-old to Portugal, on purpose
Twenty-three nights, five beds, three trains, one hire car and a person who is 89 centimetres tall and has opinions about all of it.
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JapanMar 2023Two lines in Kyoto
On day six I went into a Kyoto pharmacy for something for a headache and came out with something else entirely.
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