continued from Exploring Abu Dhabi with Kids: A One-Day Itinerary On our first full night in our Dubai apartment, we learned that our room was adjacent to a popular dance club. While the rest of the family was able to sleep through the pumping dance music, I was not as lucky. My best sleep was after the club closed around 2AM. We had a 10AM ticket to the Burj Khalifa…
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Exploring Abu Dhabi with Kids: A One-Day Itinerary
Read moreLast Christmas we surprised the kids with tickets on an Emirates A380 direct from San Francisco to Dubai. The trip would take place over February break. Much to their chagrin, we did NOT splurge on Business Class, but they were excited nonetheless. Our 16.5 hour…
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How to Make a Week in Spain Kid-Friendly
Read morecontinued from Unforgettable Adventure in Portugal in Just Three Days! We left early in the morning to begin our five-hour drive to Estepona, Spain with the plan to stop in Seville for a quick visit. I had read that the parking situation was not optimal…
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Unforgettable Adventure in Portugal in Just Three Days!
Read moreBefore we embarked on our three day roadtrip through Portugal, we had a to first connect in London. Our flight to Lisbon included a connection in London that put us on an A380 (the “pilots” preference). We were fortunate to meet the flight crew in…
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A Roadtrip through New England
Read moreIn early July, we flew from Sacramento to NYC on a red-eye. We have taken red-eye’s a number of times, but I guess when you are only flying across the country and not the world, it hits you a little harder. Anyway, when we landed…
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Twenty-Four Hours in Martha’s Vineyard
Read morecontinued from A Roadtrip through New England Originally called Noepe, or “land between the streams” by the indigenous inhabitants of the Wampanoag Native American Tribe, the Island of Martha’s Vineyard was renamed in 1602 by a British explorer named Bartholomew Gosnold. Bartholomew chose to name…
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Hiking Around Acadia National Park in the Summer
Read morecontinued from A Roadtrip through New England We arrived in Bar Harbor Maine on a Sunday afternoon. Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island and serves as a gateway to the mountains and cliffs of neighboring Acadia National Park. I had booked us…
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One Day in Budapest in Winter
Read morecontinued from 4 Amazing Days in Salzburg and Vienna at Christmas On the three-hour drive from Vienna to Budapest we passed through Bratislava, Slovakia. The goal, to add another country to our list for this trip. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. The day was…
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4 Amazing Days in Salzburg and Vienna at Christmas
Read moreLeaving Germany behind, we arrived in Salzburg late on Friday evening. Our lodging for the next two nights would be at the Hotel Garni Frauenschuh. After unloading the car, we settled in to watch downhill skiing. Downhill skiing is self-explanatory. We did not need to…