A Family Travel Blog
Why Uganda? This trip started with a ticket credit on Qatar Airways that was about to expire. I looked at the airline’s route map and Entebbe, Uganda jumped out at me. Uganda would be a new country for me (my 99th) and I’ve seen a lot of friends posting about… Read More
Doha, Qatar with Kids Last year I flew to Doha with Qatar Airways and did absolutely as much as possible in Doha and out in the desert over three days. It was a great trip and I was impressed with Qatar and its people, but I wished that I had… Read More
Qatar Airways and the Qsuite Last month Qatar Airways invited me to fly from Los Angeles to Qatar with them. I usually turn down airline invitations since I fly enough anyway. Another 30+ hours of flying for the sole purpose of flying? No thanks. But this was different. Qatar Airways… Read More
Palawan, Philippines When my son chose Palawan for his 8-year-old trip with me, I was excited. It looks amazing in photos – turquoise waters with islands everywhere and beaches surrounded by palm trees. Plus I had never been to the Philippines. I didn’t want to take him out of school… Read More
Ethiopian Airlines – a flexible Star Alliance Carrier Africa – it’s not exactly a place where one can stick to a schedule or have firm plans. And that’s usually fine. As they say in Swahili, “pole, pole” – slow, slow, take it easy. Years ago some friends and I were… Read More
Flying with Kids We’ve flown probably 500 flights with our three kids – ages 10, 12, and 14. Most have been family trips. Some have been one parent and any combination of 1, 2 or 3 kids. I’m frequently asked for tips on making flying with kids easier. Every family… Read More
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
Antarctica for Kids When my oldest daughter Evelyn was three and in Pre-K, her class studied penguins. She came home excited and said that she wanted to go on a trip to Antarctica to see penguins in real life. So I did some research and decided that eight was a… Read More
