Find the best hotels for families in Venice. Remember, you won’t drive up to a hotel and unload all your stuff. And roller bags don’t work well on those bridges with lots of steps over the canals.
Read more…Travel the world – Read books out loud
You never know what kids will remember, especially from books read out loud. As a child, in summer our family camped in the California mountains; by lantern after dark and on rainy days, my mother read to us in our tent.
Read more…Sail the seas: Barcelona waterfront
The sea is the heart of Barcelona, and kids will have a great time exploring the Barcelona waterfront. Columbus dropped anchor in Barcelona when he returned from the new world, great war ships departed from the harbor, and today, take a sightseeing cruise, visit the Maritime Museum, and learn about Mediterranean sea creatures at L’Aquarium.
Read more…Eastern Sierra October holiday weekend
For the October three day weekend, we traveled to the Eastern Sierra in California – Mammoth and Reds Meadow Valley.
Read more…Fun food for kids Montreal
Lots of fun food for kids to try in Montreal – French pastries such as pain au chocolat, brioche, fruit tarts, muffins, Quebec specialties poutine and maple cornets, and bagels, Montreal style.
Read more…Montreal Gardens of Light
Every fall the Montreal Botanical Garden (Jardins Botanique) has a lantern festival, this year Gardens of Light (Jardins de Lumiere). It’s absolutely magical for kids to wander through the Chinese Garden, over a waterfall flowing into Dream Lake, going in and out of the pavilions – the entire garden is decorated with large silk lanterns. A parent writes, “My kids loved it so much we had to go twice!”
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