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I Survived Amsterdam
The other day I was picking up groceries when I bumped into a Mermaid. I mentioned that I was interested in seeing Amsterdam but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to make it a family or a solo trip. “I wouldn’t mind splashing my fins in the canals again”, she sighed as she plucked a piece of seaweed from her hair. Hmm a girls trip would be a nice break from the stress of planning and guiding my minions through another busy city. What could be more magical than a unicorn and a mermaid wandering the streets of Amsterdam? Little did I know I would end up carrying 30 gallons…
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Capturing Prague with Kids
Prague was a beautiful place to stroll and explore with family and friends! The hardest part was figuring out how to buy our tickets for the tram into town. Thankfully our hotel gave us a nice map and explained which type of tram tickets were available. Day One Making our way to the connection closest to us, we realized we had a different problem-finding a way to pay for our fare. Finally I spotted something green and the size of a trash can between two sheltered bus benches. Was that it? Yes it was. We guesstimated which line was the right one and hoped it would take us to the…
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Our Four Day London Adventure with Kids!
With my tourist hat on and our bags packed we headed to the one destination everyone was looking forward to-London! A joy and a challenge because we represent a wide variety of interest and we must figure it out in 4 days or less. Day One An early morning flight and a bus ride later we arrived bleary eyed at our hotel. We were in need of a late breakfast or an early lunch. Perhaps we could get lucky and find one on our way to the first point of interest, or maybe I needed to change the first stop of the day to put us closer to a pancake…
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Scouting New Places to Take the Family! Here are My Top 5
I love to travel the way some people can take solace in knitting a scarf. My friend calls this angry knitting. My step-mom describes this as allowing the magic to flow through you. All I know is if there is such a thing as a knitting chakra, it’s blocked. My travel chakra on the other hand is my center. Right next to that is my writing chakra. When I think of what helps me rebalance and recharge my life energy, it usually comes down to those two. Protecting the flow of what works is a serious keystone to being happy. For me that means sometimes we shouldn’t do something because we are…
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The Lessons We Learn While Wandering
There is no doubt in my mind that traveling is the soul of inspiration! It creates the right kind of energy you need for resiliency. It can help us find purpose. It can help us rediscover our identity. It also reveals the worst parts of ourselves. All of our irritations, prejudices, entitlements… are challenged when we travel. We simply cannot hide who we are when we travel. We cannot avoid other people and other customs. Sure we can reframe the experience and share only the best parts, but what we choose to do with that experience when we get home… is not the point of traveling. Traveling forces us to reflect on what…
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The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Visiting the Northern Coast of France
I promise you I started with very pure and innocent plans to visit one or two memorials in Normandy. That’s all. An easy peasy day trip, or so I thought. Then I began looking for places to stay and somehow my desires drifted along the coast of France. I found myself asking, “if you had a week in France, how would you spend it? Where would you go?” It turns out for me it was the lure that the northern coast of France is the home of King Arthur legends! It was the reason I spent days in our local library pouring through travel guides hoping for a hint of a medieval knight in shining armor tour… and…
