Climbing Mount Tom in Holyoke

Getting road-trip ready with kids

Today we embarked on an entirely different trip than our recent one to Paris: our annual three-week sojourn in Vermont where my father and stepmother live. We have done this every summer since Tommy was born save the year he was two, when we had just …

Two kids sharing a bed in Paris

A little travel-with-kids wisdom

I have been thinking about what information I can offer about traveling with children that our trip to Paris illustrates. I’d like to share things beyond the “tips” so often found on parenting sites (for example, I think by now that we all know …

Armed and ready

Well, the seven-page detailed itinterary is printed. I have made six dinner reservations in French. My garden is watered, the laundry is done (thank you Matt). Amazon has delivered books with walking tours both grown up and more kid-oriented as well …

Map of Paris monuments

Taking the family to France: Le plan de Paris

It's Wednesday, and we leave for Paris on Friday night. We're catching the red-eye from Newark. Unbelievably enough, we are actually flying Air India, which had the cheapest fares by almost half (even if Philadelphia is the more convenient airport). …