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A Month in the Life of a Travel Writer (with Zappos and Blundstone)
Sponsored by Zappos When Zappos approached me with a month-long campaign with Blundstone Boots and follow my life as a travel writer, I said yes immediately. I don’t think there’s another brand that would fit into our lifestyle as well as Blundstone. And we use Zappos all the time, taking advantage of their… Read More
A Multi-Sport Adventure in Argentinian Patagonia
Multi-Sport Patagonia Every once in a while I travel without the kids. When I do, I try to add in activities that I wouldn’t really be able to do if the kids were there. This was the case last year when I headed to Florence with a friend for a… Read More
The Benefits of Traveling with Your Kids
Adventure From Birth We’ve been traveling with our kids since they were born, spending at least two months a year away from home. But I wanted more, so starting at the age of four, each of my kids also gets to pick any destination in the world for a one-on-one… Read More
15 Breathtaking Views That Will Make Your Jaw Drop
I love when Travelocity asks me to choose my favorite photos from around the world! This month they asked me which landscapes took my breath away. Here are my top 15.Note: I’m including the first few photos here. The full Travelocity post is HERE, and is linked at the bottom… Read More
Our Ten Rules of Family Travel
I’m writing this post from Prague at the end of our annual month in Europe. Czechia is our 47th country with kids and our 10th this summer alone. Over dinner we started talking about what we’ve learned through all of this travel and quickly came up with ten pieces of… Read More
How to Visit Borobudur
A Quick Visit to Borobudur The Borobudur temple complex in Indonesia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, had been on my travel wish list for years, and it moved up a little on that list every time I saw posts from there on Instagram. But Indonesia is a large,… Read More
Share Stories, Give Adventure
What is Adventure? It’s funny – the word “adventure” has been coming up a lot recently. This week a tourism representative from an Eastern European country asked me how I define adventure. I responded that, for me, it’s traveling to new places that are a little bit outside of the… Read More