Traveling with Parents
Traveling with parents is a conundrum. Travel is an escape. Parents??? Usually a lockdown for teens, but the fact of the matter is, traveling with parents is really worth it. Why you...
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Discover Toulouse: “The Other Paris…”
...well, actually there is no other city like Paris. But now that I’ve got your attention, here is a brief spiel about southern France’s secret little treasure that is a great place to visit. And...
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A Bus Tour in Scandinavia
What do you think you get when you combine about 40 senior citizens, a 15-year-old and a tour guide? Well you get a whole vacation full of fun. When I first arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark...
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My Summer in Sweden
This is the account of 11-year-old Madeleine’s CISV Village summer experience in Bastad, Sweden. For those who don’t know, Children’s International...
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My Foreign Language School In Spain
Malaga is on the Costa del Sol, in the south of Spain. It's the capital of Andalusia, the province that consists largely of the Southern coast. It has approximately 700,000 people...
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Ride the Rails with Thomas and Friends
Last summer my family and I went to Great Britain's countryside and took a tour on the Mid-hants Railway. Farmers used to call it The Watercress Line because they used it to get their crops to...
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My Trip To Italy With Grandparents
I was called up the other day by my grandfather and invited to go to Italy or whale watching. When I saw the pictures of the boats we would be using to see the whales in - so small that a baby wouldn't...
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Paris And London Through A Child’s Eyes
Taking school-age kids to Europe's fine capitals and enjoying their sophisticated reactions to all things chic, elegant and different is one of parenting's greatest pleasures.In preparation...
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