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5 tips to prepare your kids for a trip
Traveling with kids is always an adventure. You can never truly cover all your bases. However, these tips will get you much closer to happy kids invested in your vacation. Read books about the place you are visiting. I read Anne of Green Gables to my boys on our way to Prince Edward Island (my ...
How to score really cheap flights with Skyscanner
Skyscanner is my number one travel tool. I really don't ever travel without it and here is why you should use it, too! Stop what you are doing and download it now and follow along to learn how to use this powerful tool. Download the free skyscanner app: Skyscanner iOS App Download or Skyscanner ...
My Perfect Irish Brown Bread
When I first went to Ireland almost 20 years ago all the meals I ate out were really mediocre. We ate a lot of under-seasoned meat and potatoes, and I thought Irish food was not something I would miss, until . . . . . I tasted Irish brown bread! This beautiful, rustic, nutty, crusty, hearty slice of ...
Saratoga Springs, NY
This charming town in the capital region of Albany, NY, has captured our family’s heart. It's strange how certain towns can do that while others that are just as charming don’t. Our first experience with Saratoga was almost 8 years ago. We were planning a long fall weekend to the Berkshires, and I ...
How to avoid the dreaded “Are we there yet?”
Are we there yet? No other phrase can make a grown adult want to scream! I remember asking it myself as a kid, and my parents groaned, and I never understood why. So why do kids all ask, "Are we there yet?". My theory on the never ending “are we there yet?” Is that young kids really have no grasp ...
Edinburgh with kids
Welcome to part 2 of our Scottish adventure. If you haven't read part 1, click here. It seems that Edinburgh is a word that no American can manage to say. You have probably heard it pronounced rhyming with Pittsburgh. You may have heard the popular Edinboro or Edinburrow. But the Scots pronounce ...
New England Fall Foliage-What to do when Vermont is all booked up.
New Englanders are serious about their fall foliage. September rolls around and hotels are already sold out every weekend with leaf peepers. The good news is that 2018 is predicted to be one of the most beautiful falls we have had in a decade! The bad news is that most hotels in Northern New ...
How To Do Scotland In One Week
Scotland's national animal is a unicorn! Wouldn't you want to visit a country that has unicorn statues abounding and has a unicorn on its coat of arms? Scotland has been associated with a unicorn since the 1300's. A unicorn stood for purity, nobility, and masculinity and was the natural enemy of the ...
Brattleboro, VT
When you think of Vermont do you picture rolling hills of deciduous trees, beautiful streams, and a scent of maple syrup in the air? You would be mostly right! In Brattleboro it was the scent of cheese in the air that drew us to it. More specifically the Grafton Village Cheese company. Brattleboro ...
Hotels vs. Home rental
When our family goes on longer vacation we tend to stay in home rentals. With the advent of Airbnb we have even stayed in a home over a long weekend. A number of people have asked us why we tend to favor home rental, so I thought I would do a pro and con of hotel vs. home rental. If you have never ...