258: Beyond Souvenirs: The Real Treasures of Our European Trip
Maximized Minimalist Podcast
Katy Wells
4.8 • 879 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
I'm beyond excited to share this episode with you because I just returned from an incredible 17-day road trip through Southern France and Spain with my family. 🚗✨
We traveled through 20-25 towns and villages, soaking up the charm of quaint villages, indulging in delicious local foods, and creating priceless memories. From the vibrant streets of Barcelona to the picturesque cliffs in French national parks, our journey was a beautiful reminder of the power of choosing experiences over material possessions.
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
- Why we chose experiences over stuff and how it transformed our trip
- The magical local festival we stumbled upon in a small French town
- Boating through a stunning gorge with turquoise-green water
- Attending the epic Monaco Formula One qualifying race
- Exploring ancient caves and medieval fortresses
- Simplifying our packing: How we managed with just three carry-ons
- Tips for embracing experiences over stuff in your daily life
Join me as I recount our adventures and share insights on living a simplified, intentional life. Whether you’re planning a big trip or looking for ways to add more meaningful experiences to your everyday routine, this episode is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | What does it mean to live more with less? I'm Katie Wells and welcome to the Maximized Minimalist |
| 0:07.7 | podcast. If you found yourself caught up in the hamster wheel of modern day motherhood and want to |
| 0:14.1 | rewrite the script, congratulations you're in the right place. I'm here to be your guide and help you take |
| 0:20.6 | back your motherhood |
| 0:21.6 | and achieve a simpler, more joy-filled life. Cheers to being a maximized minimalist. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:29.7 | Hey friend, Katie here. I am so excited to share this episode with you today because I just got back |
| 0:35.5 | from our family's two and a half week road trip through |
| 0:38.5 | southern France and Spain. So over the course of 17 days, we covered a ton of ground. We had a |
| 0:45.4 | rental car the entire trip by design. We really wanted to pack as much in and see as much as we |
| 0:51.4 | could at a comfortable pace, of course, with two kids with us. |
| 0:54.6 | My sons were seven and nine were with us as well. |
| 0:57.6 | And I haven't done the final tally yet, but I think we spent like quality time, a good |
| 1:02.8 | amount of time in between 20 to 25 towns and villages in some bigger cities, spending |
| 1:09.0 | most of our time, about 95% of it in southern France, |
| 1:12.4 | including some bigger cities like Nice, Saint-Trope, Leon, and a whole bunch more little villages. |
| 1:17.9 | I won't even try to pronounce, but we're absolutely magical. We also spent a few days in Barcelona, |
| 1:23.8 | Montserrat, and then Figueras, Spain. So we really, we packed a lot in. And this trip was just such a |
| 1:30.0 | beautiful reminder of some key principles that I think we tend to learn and relearn and are, |
| 1:38.0 | you become more open to us, I think more apparent to us when we travel. And I think it's a good |
| 1:43.2 | conversation for all of us who are trying to continue to live more simplified when we travel. And I think it's a good conversation for all of us who are |
| 1:44.7 | trying to continue to live more simplified, intentional lives. And one of the principles I wanted to |
| 1:49.5 | share, and this is something like, no joke, I thought of this every single day on the trip. |
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