Sunday, February 27, 2011

Europe 101 With A Toddler - First Stop Getting There

Awe, the Holidays in Europe! What could be more fun? The snow, being in foreign countries, being with family, the food, the beer, and traveling! We didn't really know what to expect traveling with a toddler and we found out. I do have to say that miss d is a fabulous traveler, as she's been on several trips, I could NOT imagine do this kind of trip with a not so seasoned traveling toddler. But we sure figured out fast it makes for a whole different kind of trip!


Our friend Jeff Proctor runs a cyclocross camp in Belgium during the holiday's (that's when their racing season is). Matt's been craving going for a few years now so we figured what the heck let's go! We asked Auntie Beans to come join in on the fun. She was quite a trooper and flew in from Hawaii, packed up her winter gear, bundled up and off we headed for a winter European Holiday adventure. As you can see from the picture above it was a little snowy!

Here's the troops in Toronto switching planes. Funny as it looks as though we are traveling so light, which is a joke as anyone that has a little one knows the amount of gear you have to tow around with you! Matt was doing a filming project with the cyclocross camp so we had his gear as well. We really tried to keep things down to a minimum but we still managed to fill up our town car (our ride to the airport) and Auntie Beans had to get a ride with her boyfriend, Daryl. Oh and did I mention that Matt hurt his shoulder while racing in Bend just days before? A little crazy but come on it's us that's how we Clark's roll.

Since Dylan was under 2 she was able to travel for free on our laps for the 12 hour flight. Luckily I took Great Auntie Doris's advise and bought a DVD player which Dylan loved watching 10 straight hours of Curious George. Well hey she was happy as a clam! Dylan actually did really good on both the flight over and back. Here she is sleeping in her momma's arms.

And here's our little monkey on the other side of the world - still smiling!

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