Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) begins this weeks – celebrations include wishes for good fortune, prosperity, long life and abundance in the coming year. Decorations, food, flowers, performances have special meanings and significance.
Read more…California Gold Rush Museums
Fall is a wonderful time to explore California Gold Country. Here’s four of our favorite gold rush museums in Old Sacramento, Auburn, Coloma, and Mariposa, where kids can find out how the gold rush began, life in boom towns, and of course, see bright gold nuggets.
Read more…Smiles at Auburn Community Harvest Festival
Yesterday in Auburn, it was the Community Harvest Festival, a fun for kids local event, with scarecrow and costume weighing contests, pumpkin painting and cookie decorating booths, costume parade, horses to pet, food and live music.
Read more…Guest post: Top 5 Things for Your Family To Do in Costa Rica
Costa Rica has everything you crave in a family vacation – exotic flora and fauna, awesome multisport options, luxurious and kid-friendly lodges, year round weather. The real challenge when you take your family is how to pare it down to size. I’ve had 25 years of curating Costa Rica for families, and here are five essential moments that ring everybody’s bell every time!
Read more…Guest post: Now is the time to visit South Africa!
South Africa is one of the most exciting and memorable family adventure destinations anywhere in the world. There are many reasons why this is such a magical place to travel as a family. And there’s never been a better time to visit than now!
Read more…World of Ice Cream: San Francisco
Why is ice cream green? What flavor is purple ice cream? Why is strawberry sorbetto so red?
Here’s Travel for Kids list of favorite San Francisco ice cream shops, organized by neighborhoods – have fun tasting familiar and international flavors of ice cream!