A good pair of shoes is a very important thing. Especially when you consider the significant percentage of your life that you spend wearing them. The same should be said for a good suitcase. Especially when you travel as much as we have recently.

Emily’s school ended at the end of June and, on the first week of July, we packed our suitcase for a week in England. We returned to spend a couple of weeks in Barcelona before we packed our suitcase again for… wait for it… another week in England! August saw us spend another week in Barcelona before we packed our suitcase again and headed to a sweet villa by the beach down in Sitges along with 10 of our closest friends. We had to return to Barcelona for the manic Festa Major de Gràcia, but then we packed our suitcase again for a lovely stay with Juls & Co. down by the beach in Calafell. Now we’re back in Barcelona. And guess what we’re doing? That’s right. We’re packing our suitcase one final time for our Spanish summer swan song: Mallorca!!

This will be the holiday to end all holidays. At least for this summer. Traveling with our good friends Isabella, Andrés, and Catalina, we’ve opted for the “todo incluido” package at a hotel on the northeast coast of the island where we’ll be enjoying what we hope to be a full week of rest and relaxation by one of the various pools or maybe down by the beach inside a glorious rocky cove. All meals, all snacks, and all drinks (yes, all drinks!) are included. The big question is how successful the Kids Club will be. Will this guarantee a level of child autonomy, during which time the grownups may enjoy the Margarita-till-you-drop special? I’ll let you know when we get back 🙂

Now I’ve just got to get me a good pair of shoes…