When you are a budget traveler, you are aware of shoulder season and how much it can save you in costs. But the reason there is shoulder season is because of parents like me. In the 2021-22 school year, 49.4 million children enrolled in US public schools. Since the late nineteenth century school has generally…
Sometimes we eat at Michelin star restaurants. Sometimes, we eat at the taco stand down the street. But regardless of how much we spend, or how fancy the place, we always eat well wherever we travel. Food is an important consideration when we decide where to go, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that San Diego is…
On an unassuming corner in the Coyoacán area of Mexico City, you see a blue house with a long line of people outside. That is the Frida Kahlo Museum, or La Casa Azul. Frida Kahlo, the now world renowned artist, known for her bright, bold art and colors, a feminist icon, her tumultuous relationship with…
When you are coordinating a trip for seven people, you need to figure out how you are going to get everyone through the big sites, preferably as economically as possible. That is where Rick Steves came to the rescue. I had everyone in our group download the Rick Steve’s Audio Europe App. Using this app…
When people think of the United States, they don’t always think about history. Compared to the rest of the world, our history is so short. We are not even 250 years old. But what I love about Washington DC is that it basks in our country’s history without shame. The city itself is one of the oldest…
The food, the art, the history…there is so much you can see and do in Mexico City, it’s hard to know where to start. Our trip in February was such a rich experience of color, culture and taste. We didn’t have a bad day or a bad experience (except for the one time stuck in 5…
You can’t imagine visit Rome without imagining the giant Colosseum and ancient Roman Ruins. Towering over Rome, it’s the central place people think of when they want to visit the ancient city. I visited back in 2002 when I was a young backpacking twenty year old, but my husband had never been to the ancient…
Recently we went to get our fourth passport for my son and I had a revelation. This would be the last minor passport I would be getting for my son and I was floored. I have in total gone through the process for seven minor passports and it’s never as easy as I would like. But…
On a non-descript side street in the 10th arrondissement, through plain doors you enter one of the cutest boutique hotels in Paris. I found the Hotel Mademoiselle through Airbnb of all places but found what turned into the perfect location for our group of six when we were in Paris. From the pleasant and helpful…
When I think of year 2022 I think about the famous first line in Great Expectations: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” After two years of COVID restrictions, we got back to travel in a big way this year, doing extensive travel in the US and Europe this year.…