About two weeks before every big trip, our movie nights change. Whatever we were watching gets bumped, and we watch something set wherever we’re going. The girls used to roll their eyes at it, but then my oldest spent an afternoon at the Acropolis narrating Greek mythology to the rest of us because of a […]

People assume a nine-day trip through three countries with three kids is either a points miracle or a second mortgage. Ours was somewhere in the middle. And the middle is the best story, because it’s the one you can copy. If you want the day-by-day version, our 9-day Greece and Croatia itinerary is where that lives. This post […]

Yes. It’s about two and a half hours each way from Dubrovnik, the border crossing takes under two minutes, and it was one of the most memorable days of our two weeks in Greece and Croatia. We almost cancelled it. Travel forums had us worried about border delays, and there’s a real advisory about staying […]

Nine days, two countries plus a day trip into a third, five people, and a rental car for half of it. Santorini, Athens, Dubrovnik, Mostar, Split, Zadar, Plitvice Lakes, and Zagreb. It was not a relaxing trip. It was one of the best ones we’ve taken. We went over spring break in April 2025, which […]