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Details of our adventures as we take our infant son Paavo around the world.

A Month in the UK: A little rainy, but we’ll be back

By Julie | November 6, 2018 - 8:57 pm |November 6, 2018 Baby Abroad, Travels
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We liked you UK, and though you were a bit rainy, we’ll (eventually) be back for more What: We spent a month in the UK (if you didn’t guess that already) Where: We flew in and out of Manchester, spent a week in the Lake District in the small town … Continue reading →

Raleigh: Paavo’s happy place

By Matt | April 16, 2018 - 11:59 am |April 16, 2018 Baby Abroad, Travels
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Paavo had arguably the best week of his life! Nuff said. Itinerary: 7 nights in Raleigh, NC We were in town for the Umstead 100/50 mile races. I was running the 100 and my sister Emily was doing her first 50 miler. The entire family was showing up to support. … Continue reading →

Bellingham: Nice Getting to Know You!

By Matt | March 30, 2018 - 2:56 pm |March 30, 2018 Baby Abroad, Travels
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In looking back at all the locations of note on our Bellingham map, I quickly realized that the majority of our key spots were restaurants – lots of good eating! While there was more than just eating going on in our short Bellingham stay, eating was definitely one of the … Continue reading →

New Zealand: Unfinished Business

By Matt | March 26, 2018 - 1:52 am |March 30, 2018 Baby Abroad, Travels
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The short: there is so much more to explore in New Zealand and we want to go back. Itinerary: 6 nights in New Zealand. 1 night near Auckland airport due to late arrival; 3 nights in Rotorua, 2 nights in Auckland We have always wanted to come to New Zealand. … Continue reading →

Bali: A Mixed Review

By Matt | March 26, 2018 - 1:40 am |March 30, 2018 Baby Abroad, Travels
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While Australia hit it out of the park for us, connecting on all categories of interest, Bali was more of a mixed bag. And while we want to love Bali, and there are plenty of reasons to love it, there are some things that just didn’t do it for us. … Continue reading →

Australia: You had me at G’Day

By Matt | March 10, 2018 - 2:25 am |March 30, 2018 Baby Abroad, Travels
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We loved our three weeks in Australia. The entire visit here checked the boxes for us and we had a lovely holiday! Hands down one of our best trips ever. Itinerary: 1 week in Gold Coast, 1 week in Melbourne, 1 week in Sydney This has also been one of, … Continue reading →

Melbourne: When can we come back?

By Matt | February 24, 2018 - 6:50 am |March 30, 2018 Baby Abroad, Travels
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Melbourne was one of our hands down favorite cities we’ve traveled to. It checked all the boxes and felt homey to us from the moment we arrived. Some of my favorite memories that I don’t want to forget are: Paavo eating vegan gelato for dinner at Vegie Bar. It was … Continue reading →

The Mythical Travel Lifestyle

By Julie | February 17, 2018 - 5:05 am |February 17, 2018 Baby Abroad, Travels
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The Motivation I’ve been wanting to write on Urbyville again for some time. My main motivation is because I think it’s important to take time to reflect on what we’re doing with our lives, and blogging our story is good for that. I’ve also been wanting to write more of … Continue reading →

Traveling in Japan (with a baby, as a vegan, as a runner)

By Julie | April 7, 2017 - 12:35 am |April 7, 2017 Baby Abroad, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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Traveling in Japan was a completely unique experience. Not that we didn’t expect it to be unique, but we simply didn’t quite know what to expect at all. Well, we did expect to like it based on really good reviews from quite a lot of other travelers that had already … Continue reading →

Traveling with a Baby Lessons Learned

By Julie | December 24, 2016 - 12:22 am |December 24, 2016 Baby Abroad, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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This post has been a long time coming and one that Matt and I think about all the time. What have we learned along the way while traveling with a baby? What would we do differently the next time around, or better yet, as we go along? I’m sure we … Continue reading →

How Was Your Trip?

By Julie | November 9, 2016 - 9:55 pm |November 9, 2016 Baby Abroad, News and Updates, Travels
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It’s a simple question, “How was your trip?” with a not-so-simple answer. It’s the post-travel question that everyone asks, and I find myself doing a quick assessment on every person that asks it, gauging how short of an answer they want, what sort of information they’d find interesting, and how … Continue reading →

Magic Hair and Dad Lessons

By Matt | October 25, 2016 - 12:28 pm |October 25, 2016 Baby Abroad, News and Updates, Travels
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For a brief time I became the king of the bedtime routine. And while my kingdom has now become an oligarchy, with Julie and I sharing duties and power in the realm of food and sleep, I learned valuable Dad lessons during my time on top. I also had what … Continue reading →

Letting Go of My Former Self

By Julie | September 16, 2016 - 7:47 am |September 16, 2016 Baby Abroad, News and Updates, Travels
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***I wrote this post when Paavo was 5 months old and I was feeling very overwhelmed by motherhood, a feeling that has lessened now that Paavo is 9 months old. Every day is still hard, tiring, and full to the brim without much of a break, but that feeling of … Continue reading →

Crewing for UTMB

By Julie | September 11, 2016 - 4:39 pm |January 18, 2017 Baby Abroad, Running, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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If you can’t run it, crew it! Crewing for the 2016 UTMB race was a great experience, yet one that I couldn’t find much information on when Matt was preparing for the race this year. I wanted to share information on how we crewed for Matt, what stations we went … Continue reading →

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Vegan in Chamonix Valley

By Julie | September 8, 2016 - 4:58 pm |September 8, 2016 Baby Abroad, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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Summary: Options: Very few. None in Les Houches and a few in Chamonix with vegan options; nothing strictly vegan Proximity: If staying in Chamonix, the few places offering vegan options are within walking distance Value: Good at Monkey. 11 Euros for a huge falafel wrap and 4 Euros for a … Continue reading →

UTMB 2016 Preparations

By Matt | August 23, 2016 - 12:51 pm |August 23, 2016 Baby Abroad, Running, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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I am more prepared for this race than for any ultra marathon I have ever raced. I’ve run hundreds of miles on the course. I have done race-specific training like never before. I’ve been running with this god-awfully heavy pack of required gear for well over a month now. I’m … Continue reading →

How we Finance our Lifestyle

By Matt | August 3, 2016 - 6:34 pm |August 3, 2016 Baby Abroad, News and Updates, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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Common question. Something that is often on our mind. Something that is rarely talked about. Money and finance. How do we do it? First, this is a topic that I’m really interested in. Second. It is a topic that we think about and are working on constantly. Lastly. It is … Continue reading →

Running in Geneva

By Matt | July 31, 2016 - 5:40 pm |July 31, 2016 Baby Abroad, Running, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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  -Where did you run? – specific routes or areas Call me lame, I ran the same route both nights we were in Geneva, both times around Lake Geneva. I was also blown away by the place. Perhaps it’s because we had just spent two months in Mexico and Geneva … Continue reading →

Pros and Cons of Baby Abroad

By Julie | July 28, 2016 - 6:00 pm |July 28, 2016 Baby Abroad, Travels
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We left Seattle on March 23rd, spent time visiting friends and family in the Midwest in April, then started our Baby Abroad trip on May 1, flying to Mexico City. Since May 1 we’ve been to several cities in Mexico, including Mexico City, Toluca, San Miguel de Allende, Saltillo, Queretaro … Continue reading →

Running in Madrid

By Matt | July 24, 2016 - 6:15 pm |July 24, 2016 Baby Abroad, Running, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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  -Where did you run? – specific routes or areas Retiro Park – Within a half mile of our hotel and a determining factor in which hotel we chose for our two days in Madrid. We’ve run here before and finished a marathon in this area a few years back … Continue reading →

Running in Cancun

By Matt | July 21, 2016 - 7:25 am |July 22, 2016 Baby Abroad, Running, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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-Where did you run? – specific routes or areas Right – In the hotel zone, you’re on a narrow swath of land with only two options, right or left. I went right (toward Cancun city center) on all but one of my runs. This proved to be my favorite of … Continue reading →

Baby Abroad Travel Gear

By Julie | July 18, 2016 - 11:49 am |August 11, 2016 Baby Abroad, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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I love a good gear review when it comes to thru-hiking, so I thought it would be worthwhile to compile a list of our gear for our travels thus far, along with why we brought it and how it fits our needs. First, How We Travel With our thru-hiking background, … Continue reading →

Running in Queretaro

By Matt | July 13, 2016 - 12:37 pm |July 13, 2016 Baby Abroad, Running, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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-Where did you run? – specific routes or areas Parque 2000 – I literally ran here for all 70 miles while in Queretaro. I ran the 4+ kilometers too and from our airbnb place in the central historic district on some of the days and on others we took an … Continue reading →

Running in San Miguel de Allende

By Matt | July 5, 2016 - 6:42 pm |July 5, 2016 Baby Abroad, Running, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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-Where did you run? – specific routes or areas Trails just outside of town. On day one I ran with new friend David on a 5k loop just outside of town. There was minimal climbing, but that was on purpose because he was tapering for a 100k a couple days … Continue reading →

Living in Mexico City

By Julie | July 3, 2016 - 9:55 am |July 5, 2016 Baby Abroad, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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Vibe of the city: Bustling nearly all hours, friendly, crowded, some pockets more laid back than others, where there are parks, coffee shops, vegan/vegetarian restaurants, and people strolling along down tree-lined streets. Why did we choose it: We always want to improve our Spanish, we have some connections to Mexico … Continue reading →

How an Ultra Happens on a Whim

By Matt | June 29, 2016 - 11:14 pm |June 30, 2016 Baby Abroad, Race Reports, Running, Travels
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“Lets do this” the email from the race director said, capping off a wild Thursday, full of new adventure plans concocted by David and me. And while battling conflicted feelings, Julie could not help but admit that this was one of those life opportunities presenting itself to us, we just … Continue reading →

Running in Mexico City

By Matt | June 25, 2016 - 9:03 pm |July 5, 2016 Baby Abroad, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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-Where did you run? – specific routes or areas Chapultepec Park – This place is easy to find. Look on a map of Mexico City and you will see this huge green space on the West side of the city. There are lots of entrances and lots of parts of … Continue reading →

Vegan in Mexico City

By Julie | May 14, 2016 - 7:12 pm |June 29, 2016 Baby Abroad, Tips, Guides and Reviews, Travels
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Before deciding to go to Mexico City, we repeatedly had the thought, “What will we eat as vegans?” We assumed most street food and restaurants would be off limits and that we’d be doing most of our cooking at home. While we did in fact cook at home a lot, mainly because … Continue reading →

Baby Abroad

By Julie | May 5, 2016 - 8:21 pm |May 19, 2016 Baby Abroad, News and Updates, Travels
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May 1st marked an important milestone for our family– Paavo received his first passport stamp when we arrived in Mexico City, where we’ll be staying for the next two months. For at least the rest of 2016, we will be calling the world our home, as we have left Seattle … Continue reading →

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