Florence with Kids We love Italy. We've rented villas in Cortona and on Lake Como. We've hiked and cycled in the Dolomites. We had a family reunion in Rome, centered around my niece's baptism at the Vatican. We've taken a cruise from Sicily to La Spezia. And we've visited Naples twice for the sole purpose of buying umbrellas (a story I'll tell … Read More
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Paros Greece with Kids
Summer in the Greek Islands We love Greece in the summer. The islands are truly idyllic, with amazing food, beaches and cute towns and shops. The white houses with their blue shutters, and painted walkways through town, add to the vibe. Plus the islands are safe. We’ve felt comfortable letting our kids roam around by themselves from eight years old... Read More
Manitoba, Canada with Kids: Three Days of Animal Adventures!
Manitoba with Kids We’ve traveled with our oldest two kids to Canada several times, but my nine-year-old daughter had never been – a major oversight given how easy it is to visit Canada from California. It was time to change that! And given how much she likes animals and animal experiences, Manitoba was the obvious destination. Travel to Manitoba There... Read More
Soneva Kiri: Kid-Friendly Perfection in Thailand
Soneva Resorts The past few years we’ve become huge fans of the Soneva and Six Senses brands. We’ve previously visited Six Senses properties in Oman, the Maldives, Vietnam and the Seychelles, and Soneva Fushi in the Maldives. Why am I lumping Six Senses and Soneva together? Because they were founded by the same couple, Eva and Sonu Shivdasani, and the... Read More
An Amazing Week in the Faroe Islands (with Kids)
The Faroe Islands In choosing his annual destinations for one-on-one trips with me, my 11-year-old son has always gravitated towards islands. See my posts on Easter Island, Palawan, the Maldives, Seychelles and Greenland! So it wasn’t a surprise when he selected the Faroe Islands this year. Planning our Faroe Islands Itinerary I started planning our Faroe Islands trip in mid-January... Read More
Bodrum with Kids
Bodrum Family Travel Following eight very active days in Istanbul and Cappadocia, we wanted to relax. So we traveled to Bodrum, in southwest Turkey, where Turks go in the summer to…relax! We flew in from Nevsehir (Cappadocia), via Istanbul. It was supposed to be roughly an hour-long flight from Nevsehir to Istanbul and then another hour to Bodrum. Unfortunately a... Read More
How to Entertain Your Kids on Really Hot Days
Summer Travel In an ideal world we would only travel to destinations during the shoulder seasons, when the weather is perfect and the crowds have thinned. Unfortunately we’re restricted to school breaks, which means that not only do we need to venture places when they’re crowded, we also see a lot of heat waves. My kids hate hot days –... Read More