After two long days touring London, we rested our tired feet Sunday evening and got up early on Monday for our Legoland adventure. The kids were super excited and it was easy to convince them to do things, because...
London with Kids: Museum of Natural History
If you are following along, yesterday we visited the Tower of London on our first British outing with the kids. At the end of the day, we tried queuing to have the kids’ pictures taken with the Harry Potter...
London with Kids: Tower of London
Our kids are getting to that age (ages 4 – 11) that are the perfect age for theme parks such as Disneyland. You know. That magical age where they are old enough to walk (no baby buggies!) and go...
Prague with Kids – Part 4: Prague Astronomical Clock Tour & the Valdštejnský palác
Officially acclimated to the warm weather, we set out early to Old Town hoping to explore a few things before our scheduled tour at the Prague Astronomical Clock. I really love Alphonse Mucha and have admired his artwork since...
Prague with Kids – Part 3: Praha’s Astronomical Clock, Old Town, and the Lego Museum
Refreshed from an easy second day in Prague, we decided to spend Day 3 exploring the Astronomical Clock located in the Old Town of Prague. This walk took us through a much more busy shopping district toward Old Town and...
Prague with Kids – Part 2: Children’s Island
After a long, hot day the day before, we decided to stay indoors for our second full day in Prague. The forecast was ominously predicting 28C-30C which is about 85F. The heat was already making everyone grumpy and listless...
Prague with Kids – Part 1: Charles Bridge and Petřín Hill
After five days in Munich, we were ready for the next part of our adventure – Prague! I had been to Prague many years prior in 1999 and was very interested to see how this beautiful city had changed...
Skipping Stones in Wicklow Town
For the Easter holidays, my mother-in-law came for a visit from the U.S. She came last year during the same time, and we had a grand time walking around with the kids and visiting different nearby sites like Newgrange...
Paris with Kids: des Catacombes de Paris
After starting our cultural exposure to the Gothic masterpiece of Notre Dame Cathedral, we moved to our top Paris bucket list item, the des Catacombes de Paris. I’m not sure why the catacombes appealed so me, but I am...
Paris with Kids: Notre Dame Cathedral
High on J and my list of places to travel in Europe has been Paris. How could I not love Paris after I memorized all the words to “Twilight in Paris” by Jem and Holograms in 1985. Seriously. I...