Ideas and resources for planning a family reunion vacation. These are the actual family reunion vacations I’ve planned and taken.
We are planning our family summer vacation trip around art and design school visits for my oldest, Grasshopper and Sensei, who is a rising senior in high school. Her wish list for this trip includes a visit to the Chihuly Gardens in Seattle so we will be driving from San Francisco to Vancouver, British Columbia,…
We have to admit that our New York City college visit trip was a thinly disguised foodie trip but of the cheap variety. Count us in for dives, and assembly-line restaurants versus fancy food. There were some requests for things that are specific to New York City and must be sampled. The highest on that…
Our short but sweet driving vacation to Quebec City was a lot of fun. We always have a great time in Canada so much so that our youngest wants to move there someday. Last summer we drove to Ottawa to catch the Women’s World Cup Soccer Quarter Finals: U.S.A. versus China. This time, the old…
My husband grew up in Monterey Bay and just from living there, knows more about marine biology than I do, and I studied Ichthyology in college! I grew up in a beach town also in Seal Beach, Southern California, but there wasn’t an aquarium nearby back then. But now there is! The Aquarium of the…
Taking your children on vacation with you can be a rewarding experience. While you and your family make new memories, your kids can benefit from travel with an additional understanding of culture, history, and the way people live. Here are 10 great destinations that allow your kids to gain more through hands-on learning. 1. London,…
My son loves Canada. He was the first to declare that he would move to Canada if Trump won, and his sisters agreed. We’ve been to Canada a few times; it’s a road trip for us and we’ve visited Montreal, Toronto, and Ontario for the Women’s World Cup. Quebec City is considerably farther from our…
Grasshopper and Sensei did a five-week service trip through her YMCA sleepaway camp in Australia. It was a trip of a lifetime with about a dozen kids both boys and girls and two counselors! The International Camper Exchange Program (ICEP) goes to more than a dozen countries and anyone who has done sleepaway camp through…