One of the questions I also ask in my interviews with parents who travel internationally with kids is what they hope their children will get out of these trips. A common response …

I’m always trying to capture the best scenery shot and get everyone to smile (no fake smiles allowed). Unfortunately, that doesn’t always work out. This week’s Photo Friday post is one of those moments.

Lucca is one of my favorite cities in Italy—with and without kids. The walled-city is perfectly preserved and despite it’s relatively small size, visiting the city is a unique cultural experience.

I thought it would be fun to branch out this week for Photo Friday and do a pre-kids travel post. We spent several months in Asia in 2001 and we were lucky enough to spend time in Bhutan.

Ecuador is a country that is full of adventure and natural beauty. During the two years that I lived there, I was continually amazed and grateful for the opportunity to experience …

Sometimes the best-laid plans are the first ones to fall apart. Last summer we planned a trip to Italy with our two daughters, Lily and Charlotte (ages 1 and 3, respectively). We rented a villa in Tuscany, forty-five minutes outside of Siena.

This week’s Photo Friday Post is about the Monterey Peninsula in California. This has to be one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in the world …

This is one of those photos that makes me smile whenever I look at it—then 2.5-year-old Devon checks out the guard in front of St. James. Although at the time we unsuccessfully tried to remove …

We are an active family. We don’t run marathons and my children are not likely to make the U.S. team in any sport, but we do, nonetheless, spend much of our free time enjoying some form of physical activity.

We arrived in Puerto Rico last night and I was reminded about the last time we were in the Caribbean had a life-changing sunset experience. The sky turned an insane crimson …