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All Posts: Bringing help

The cobblestones, wet from an earlier rain, shone under the light from the cafés surrounding the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere. It was evening in early November, but the air was warm enough to sit outside, as Matt and I were doing, each of us enjoying a large glass of wine. We were admiring the [...]

Who is this chic Parisienne with the million-dollar smile you may ask? She is the secret of my success, the reason our trip is actually a lot of fun. One of the biggest tips I have for traveling internationally with small children is to bring help. When we went to Italy with Tommy in 2003 [...]

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