Family World Trip: Medical Preparations
I wrote the Health And Safety chapter in the Traveling With Kids book. To do that, I used my own experiences of traveling pre-kids and my experiences traveling with my children in Europe and South America. I spent a lot of time reading the excellent information on travel medicine on the Centers For Disease Control Read the Rest…
A Busy Day On Maui
We started our day with a hike on Haleakela.
Ten Tips For Flying Internationally With A Baby
I hope you enjoyed the posts this week on flying with a baby. I thought it would be helpful to wrap up this series with a distillation of the mom-tested words of wisdom from the series. Don’t over pack, have a diaper/nappy bag with just nappies and wipes in it. That way you’re not digging Read the Rest…
Flying With A Baby: Arrival + Jetlag
This is the third post in a series of guest posts by my sister Trish on her marathon 28-hour trip from Sydney to London – with a five-month-old baby. The second installment of this story, Flying With A Baby: On The Flight, was published yesterday. Today, she talks about arriving at their destination and dealing Read the Rest…
Flying With A Baby: On The Flight
This is the second post in a series of guest posts by my sister Trish on her marathon 28-hour trip from Sydney to London – with a five-month-old baby. The first installment of this story, Flying With A Baby: Pre-Trip Planning, was published yesterday. Today, she talks about how she chose what to bring on Read the Rest…
Flying With A Baby: Pre-Trip Planning
This week I have a series of guest posts by my sister, Trish describing her first flight with her infant son. This past December she traveled from Sydney, Australia to London via Kuala Lumpur. The flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur is eight hours, from Kuala Lumpur to London, 13 hours and they had a Read the Rest…
Spring Flowers In Seattle
Clematis Armandii: if you’re looking for an early-blooming climbing plant, this one has a powerful fragrance which I find distracts me from our usual grey spring weather. Per Mr. Wordsworth: “a host, of golden Daffodils;” It’s early February folks, and it’s Seattle. I know the rest of the country is dealing with “snowmageddon” but these Read the Rest…
Villars, Switzerland – A Family Friendly Ski Village
A couple of years ago we were invited to Villars with some friends on a skiing holiday. The first thing that struck us was that this Swiss village, unlike any of the other ski resorts we had previously visited in France; Tignes, La Plagne or Les Menuires, is not a purpose built ski resort but Read the Rest…
British Comfort Food In Seattle
Looking for a tasty British-style pot pie in Seattle? Check out Pies & Pints on 65th Ave NE (a block east of Whole Foods). Pies & Pints is one of our favorite weekend brunch spots with large tables and booths and an all-day breakfast menu that keep our boys happy – while we indulge in Read the Rest…
Western China And The Silk Road
We’ve always planned to include visiting China on our family world trip. Until last weekend this wasn’t much more than an item on the list of countries we plan to visit. Then, while flipping through maps in the excellent Wide World Books and Maps travel store, my husband threw me a “how about we go Read the Rest…
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