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… Read More
Tips for Visiting Paris on a Budget
Paris on a Budget Recently I wrote a post on where else people can go for the same cost as a Disneyland vacation. When I was making a short list of destinations to include, I immediately thought of Paris. After all, it’s visited by almost 18 million people a year… Read More
The Best Age to Travel Everywhere
The Best Age to Travel 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 the family.… Read More
Where Else Can You Go for the Cost of a Disneyland Vacation?
Disneyland Prices Disney just released its 2019 ticket prices, and they’re going up. Way up. Our kids have never been obsessed with Disney, but we’ve never been anti-Disney either. We’ve been to Hong Kong Disneyland once, Disney World twice, and Disneyland maybe ten times (we were annual pass holders for… Read More
11 Amazing Big City Hotels
The Best Big City Hotels This month Travelocity asked me to write about my favorite big city hotels, as a complement to my post on amazing destination hotels. I loved doing this post and thinking through everywhere we’ve stayed in the world’s largest cities, and which hotels really impressed us… Read More
Adventure in Tuscany: Hiking from Torrenieri to Montalcino
Adventure in Tuscany Florence is my favorite city in the world, and I’ve visited dozens of times over the years. But the past few years I’ve been branching out to explore Tuscany’s adventurous side. I’ve cycled. I’ve rented a Vespa and driven around the countryside. And last month I hiked… Read More
The Beauty of Unplugging in South Greenland
Note: I wrote this post for Visit Greenland. I’m including an excerpt below. The entire post is at Visit Greenland’s site. My 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
90km of Fun through Tuscany: Hiking the Via Francigena
The Via Francigena If you haven’t heard of the Via Francigena, you’re not alone. The pilgrimage path dates to the 9th century and connects the Canterbury Cathedral in England and the Vatican in Rome, but pilgrimages have been declining since the Middle Ages, and the path is now overshadowed by… Read More
The Importance of Learning Foreign Languages
The Right Way to Travel I’ve thought a lot about the right way to travel, and have essentially come to the conclusion that the right way to travel is however you want to travel. While we like to travel deeper, explore cultures and culinary scenes, and search out lesser-known destinations… Read More
Kid-Friendly Adventure in Trentino, Italy’s Stunning Val di Fassa
The Dolomites with Kids When we were planning our visit to Trentino, Italy, we decided to split out time between two areas: Val di Fiemme and neighboring Val di Fassa. We technically could have based out of one place, but there’s decent traffic in the summer and we didn’t want… Read More
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