A Family Travel Blog
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
The Best Cities in the World During the first pandemic lockdown, I asked my wife and kids to rate every country that we had traveled to. I added in my votes and ranked them, and the result was my post on the The Best Countries to Visit. Then, as more… Read More
2020 2020 isn’t going to be on anyone’s shortlist of favorite years. That doesn’t mean it’s a lost year though. For every cancelled trip, concert and sporting event, there was an opportunity to enjoy a slower way of life, and plenty of time to improve ourselves. In Southern California we… Read More
Single Parent Travel My oldest daughter just turned 14, which means that I’ve been taking one-on-one trips with my kids for 10 years. The short version of how the tradition started: my daughter, at 3, wanted to go to Antarctica. I told her that we could go when she was… Read More
Italy I love Italy. I studied in Florence in college and have returned a few dozen times since then, but I’ve also been branching out the past few years, both with and without my kids. We spent two weeks on Lake Como. We hiked in the Dolomites. I headed to… Read More
Icebug If you haven’t heard of Icebug before, you’re not alone. It’s a very cool Swedish shoe brand that’s big in Scandinavia, but is only now expanding to the rest of the world. Their shoes and boots are known for their excellent traction – both in the summer and winter.… Read More
Sweden I’ve never spent much time in Sweden. Blame my Norwegian roots. The Swedes and Norwegians traditionally haven’t gotten along, and as I’m 33% Norwegian and only 4% Swedish, the Norwegian side won out. I’ve backpacked around Norway. I studied two summers at the University of Oslo. I’ve spent holidays… Read More
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… Read More
The Best Places to Travel with Kids When Travelocity asked me to select 20 of my favorite family travel photos, I spent a lot of time narrowing down the list based on photos I liked and destinations I recommend. In the end I came up with 20 that I think… Read More
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
