A New Tradition Five years ago my college roommate texted me out of the blue: “Any chance you’ve got an opening for a quick trip to Florence?” Of course! It would be fun to get back to my favorite city and a great opportunity to reunite with an old friend,… Read More
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Our Favorite Restaurants in Florence, Italy
The Best Florence Restaurants So of course I can’t tell you what the best Florence restaurants are. That’s part of the fun of traveling to Florence – you get to stumble upon tavernas and find your own favorite places. Then you can return, and return again, and you’ll see how… Read More
Florence, Italy – What to Do and Where to Stay in Our Favorite City
Florence with Kids (or Without Kids) We love Italy. We’ve rented villas in Cortona, in Positano 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. I hiked across Tuscany. We’ve taken a cruise… Read More
Why You Should Never Do A Day Trip to Rome or Florence
A Day Trip To Rome | A Day Trip to Florence You’re on a cruise ship traveling up the Italian coast and you’re docking in the port town of Civitavecchia solely to head to Rome for a day, or in Livorno to visit Florence. Or you’re staying elsewhere in Italy… Read More
Florence Can Be Kid-Friendly: Just Follow These Tips
Written for wendyperrin.com When I won Condé Nast Traveler’s Dream Trip contest, it was based on my essay about wanting to take my kids to Florence, a city I loved but that I didn’t think of as kid-friendly. Wendy and her WOW List expert Maria Landers from Concierge in Umbria crafted a great… Read More
A Perfect Trip to Florence with Kids
A Note from 2020 This post was originally written as a series of personal Facebook posts, long before I started travel writing. We’ve since returned to Florence many times, and I summarized all of our favorite things to do in Florence in this post, and our favorite restaurants in Florence… Read More
Our Best Jet Lag Tips for Family Travel
Tips for Jet Lag I get asked about jet lag all the time but I’ve never written about it. I’ve always thought of it as a necessary evil. When flying across multiple time zones, it simply takes your sleep patterns a while to adjust. I’ve flown several million miles at… Read More
Naxos Greece: Our Favorite Island
Naxos Greece Greece is our favorite country. We go at least once a year, typically to Naxos and/or Paros every other year, and then to other islands or mainland destinations in the off years. Naxos remains our favorite island. I wrote about our first two trips to Naxos in this… Read More
The 10 Best Places in the World to Get Your Kids Outside
Family Adventure Vacations We’re always heading off on adventures around the world. Just the way we travel is an adventure – around-the-world trips with the kids, taking float planes to remote islands, walking across Tuscany – but we’re also active, hiking, kayaking, climbing and cycling wherever we can. I’ve previously… Read More
Letting Your Kids Plan Your Travel
Family Travel Planning I have a tradition with my kids that goes back fourteen years: starting at the age of four, each of my kids gets to choose any destination in the world every year for a one-on-one trip with me. It began when my first daughter, at three, said… Read More
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