Museums
NORMANDY, France
Bryant and I have taken the children to Normandy, France before. Baguettes and carousels, aside, Normandy and its WWII beaches, is sacred ground. Our first visit, years ago, we were careful how we introduced our young children to the atrocities of war. We prepared appropriately for that visit. But our children have matured in the past few years. …
NEW YORK, New York BUCKET LIST
For “Family Home Evening”, we made a NYC bucket-list. And, with two weeks left in the city, and Aunt Amelia with us for the duration, we set to work! ROCKAWAY BEACH is a long bus ride from home, but body-boarding on the waves made it worth the trek. Though visiting this beach was not a …
WASHINGTON, dc
Guest Blogger: E Blanchard is an accomplished author, violinist, artist, runner, and an award winning scientist – first place in the 4th Grade science fair. And she is currently working on her portfolio as a photographer. Enjoy this, and future excerpts from her travel journal, via guest appearances on Livingandtravelingwithkids.com. Our family …
LONDON, England
Are you planning a jolly holiday in London? Our time in the City was just shy of three years. Not insignificant, to be sure. But not qualifying us as experts, either. That being said, the following is a compilation of the many emails I have sent over the years, in answer to the blog’s most frequently …
MADRID, Spain
While in the car, nearing Madrid, L called from the backseat, “Is this our destiny?” I do not know that Madrid’s our “destiny”, but it was our destination that evening, and where we spent just a short time as a family. Our Spanish flat was located above a city bakery. Score! TOP TEN in MADRID: Teleferico de Madrid. …
VIENNA and SALZBURG, Austria
Arriving in Slovenia around lunch time, we dipped our toes in Eastern Europe just long enough to enjoy a cheese pizza and some ice cream. We then drove on to Austria, with Vienna as our next destination. When we finally drove across the border into Austria, we were welcomed with “Gute Fahrt!” If the tolls …
ROALD DAHL MUSEUM, London, England
We have always been Roald Dahl fans. And, after we learned of it, we hastily made plans for a day-trip to the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, just outside of London, where the author once resided. (This picture comes directly from the museum website) Our family opted to take London public transportation to our destination – we …
NORMANDY, France
We left our London flat at midnight, in order to catch the 2am train bound for France, via the ‘Chunnel’. A 31.4 mile rail ride under the English Channel, and a three hour drive once off the train, brought us to Normandy, France, home of the WWII D-Day landing beaches. You can manufacture weapons And you can purchase …
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands
Our family took the Eurostar train from London, through Belgium, and north to the Netherlands. Past windmills and colorful miles of rows of tulips – every kind of tulip you could never imagine – and into Amsterdam. This Spring holiday was arranged as a home-exchange, in fact. And we stayed just south of Amsterdam’s Vondelpark, off Noorder Amstelkanaal. WARNING: The mosquito …
Ireland
Primary school let out for one week. The children attributed it to Halloween. The borough attributed it to half-term. Either way, we packed up our backpacks and flew the family to Ireland. In E’s words, as she closed our day with prayer, I am off to “dream of all the things we can do and …