A Family Travel Blog
Note: I wrote this post for Visit Greenland‘s website, where it resided for several years. I’m now reposting it here. My primary blog post on our Greenland adventure is HERE. Traveling Unplugged I love traveling with my phone, and I use it all the time. If I’m in a taxi,… Read More
Things to Do in Ojai, California Ojai has long been a perfect Los Angeles weekend getaway. The town of 7,500 is less than two hours from LA, but worlds apart, set in a valley of sage and oak and surrounded by orange and avocado groves. It’s easy to find activities for couples, given… Read More
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
A Month by Month Guide to the Best Vacations for Kids The most frequent request I get is for a list of suggested destinations by month (i.e. the best vacations for kids by month). I could easily do posts for Where to Travel in January, Where to Travel in February,… Read More
Cool Hotels I spend an inordinate amount of time choosing hotels when we travel. My criteria: But no matter how amazing a hotel is, it’s primarily a place to base out of when you’re seeing a city…except when it’s not! Sometimes a hotel is the reason for the trip, a… Read More
The Dolomites Several years ago I visited the Dolomites for the first time with my family, splitting our time between Val di Fassa and Val di Fiemme. I absolutely loved the trip, but I admit that I still didn’t have a good feel for the Dolomites overall. There are 12… Read More
Why Syros? I’ve written a lot about Greece over the years. It’s our favorite country after all. I first visited in 1990 and 1992 with friends in college (Athens, Olympia, Delphi, Hydra, Poros, Aegina and Mykonos) and then my wife and I traveled to Athens and Santorini in 2009. We… Read More
Your Pre-Travel Checklist If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I travel a lot. On average I fly somewhere once a month – mostly with my kids. That’s a lot of trips to coordinate, and a lot of details to think through. I’ve always used spreadsheets to track… Read More
The Beijing Taxi Scam In traveling through more than seventy countries, I’ve had very few bad experiences. And I’ve become a better traveler because of each one. This is the first in a series of posts about the worst things that have happened to me on the road and how they changed my travel… Read More
The Best Age to Travel the World A question I get a lot is: what is the best age to take my kids to _______. Fill in the blank with anywhere: Hawaii; Europe; Africa; Australia. The answer is to some extent specific to the place, but it’s also specific to… Read More
