it showcases the Eiffel Tower, one of their favorite travel memories. And at the National Gallery in Washington, DC Teddy especially loved this painting because the mother is nuzzling the nose of one of her children, just as he likes to do with …
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Family travel tips: Skiing on a holiday weekend
If you're a downhill skier with school-age kids, you know that one of the challenges is finding time to ski. School holidays are the obvious choice, but unfortunately that's true for everyone else as well, leading to crowds and long lines. But before …

Family travel tips: How to get kids ready to downhill ski
As we get ready for a long weekend of skiing and other fun at Smugglers' Notch I thought this would be a great time to continue my series of posts focusing on the "how-to's" of family travel. Today I share tips on preparing your child for downhill …

Family travel tips: Planning holiday fun
So we're all in the thick of it now, preparing for the holidays. Whatever and however you and your family celebrate, you are likely headed for some vacation from school and work next week, an ideal time for some fun family outings. Better still, with …

Family travel tips: Traveling with a food allergy
This post is part of an new not-quite-weekly series at The Mother of All Trips focused on the “how-tos” of family travel. Rachel Alembakis is an expat American living in Melbourne with her husband and two daughters (you may remember her posts …
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