All Over the Map
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Raising Global Kids at Home
I’ve gotta be honest. One reason we started this website about traveling with kids is because neither of us is doing it as much as we’d like to. We’re pretty firmly established here in our neighborhoods, the kids are doing sports and theater and swim team and, by the way, it’s kind of expensive to more »
Don’t forget the… gifts for family travelers
Ah… the Christmas cookies are baked, the Festivus pole stands proudly bare in the corner, the Kwanzaa candles are lit, the house is toasty warm and ready for whatever holiday you can throw at it. If you’re like me, you stop to savor the moment, and maybe a little sip of scotch, and then panic more »
What makes a good family travel partner
“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” – Mark Twain What seemed like a good idea at the time: going up to San Francisco from our home in L.A. to spend a weekend with more »
5 Things to do in Puerto Rico with kids
Puerto Rico is a delight any time of year, with an average temperature of 76°F year round, easy (passport free!) flights from the US and beaches galore. But with a little planning, a trip with your kids to Puerto Rico can be absolutely magical. Explore the forts in San Juan The section of the city more »
Debunking Family Travel Myths: The Picky Eater Will Starve
We’ve found that whenever we discuss experiential family travel with other parents, a lot of times people look at us like we’re crazy. Well, OK, people do that no matter what we’re talking about, but that’s another story. In this series of posts, All Over the Map will attempt to debunk common misconceptions about traveling more »
Andrew McCarthy goes All Over the Map
A few weeks ago, Vero and I headed over to the National Geographic Society (one of the many benefits of living in Washington, DC) to see a conversation between two award-winning travel writers, Don George and Andrew McCarthy. Yes, we were perhaps a bit giddy. We sat in the front row and tried to not more »
Eating the Donkey
This post was first published on June 5, 2011 as a guest blog on The Great Family Escape. How we managed to get an eleven-year-old all-American girl to knowingly eat donkey meat was a story in itself. We did not trick her, exactly.* I think it was just that we’d been walking all day, she more »
The amazing people you meet in your travels… and at home
I pulled up to the stop sign near my house, as I do several times every day. I looked left, I looked right, and saw nothing there. There is never anything there. I pulled into the intersection to make my turn and realized to my horror that there were, in fact, cars coming from both more »
