We've been here
From Austin to Arizona, Paris to Pennsylvania, these posts describe places the Mother of All Trips family has visited.
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- A beautiful day at the Missouri Botanical Garden
- A bit of Marie Antoinette’s folly
- A change in plans
- A change in the itinerary
- A clown train
- A coin in the Trevi Fountain
- A day at the museum
- A day of accomplishments
- A few mud puddles
- A little chick in the Temple of Love
- A little family togetherness
- A return to Giverny
- A return to Italy is a runner up
- A royal trip
- A tale of two Vermonts
- A trip back in time with Thomas and the Strasburg Railroad
- A very different trip to New York
- Ah, Austin
- Ahhhh, Vermont
- Amusement, French style
- An urban hike
- And he’s off…
- Armed and ready
- Atlantis Kids Adventure
- Au revoir
- Aunt & Uncle = Happiness
- Baseball + grandpa = happiness
- Before and after
- Big and little in the Boboli Gardens
- Boston bound
- California dreaming
- Christ Church Philadelphia: A quick trip back in history
- Clearly I need to add North Dakota to our destinations list
- Conservation, in all its forms
- Day out in Paris with Daddy (or the homicidal orangutan)
- Day out with kids: Madison Children’s Museum
- Every carousel in Paris?
- Faerie houses at the Vermont Festival for the Arts
- Florence, Italy 1980
- For the love of maple
- Free fun at the Crown Center
- George Washington’s breakfast
- Goodbye summer
- Grabbing the brass rings
- Guest post: Obama inauguration Part 1
- Guest post: Obama inauguration Part 2
- Guest post: Obama inauguration Part 3
- Halloween treats around the globe – UPDATED
- Hello muddah, hello faddah
- In disguise at Miller Park
- Introducing our 60-mile-per-hour fabulous *budget* adventure
- Invasion of the autosaurs!
- Is travel relevant? This mom says yes
- It’s Blogapalooza time!
- It’s good to be queen
- It’s here! The *new* Mother of All Trips
- Juggling in the rain
- Keeping it simple, even on the road
- La perspective
- Le p’tit poulet
- Le plan de Paris
- Le train bleu
- LEGOs in paradise
- Long day’s journey into Paris
- Looking back…looking forward
- Mad River Glen: A skier’s mountain where everyone can be a skier
- Maple creemees
- MidAtlantic Wednesdays: Christmas at the Brandywine River Museum
- MidAtlantic Wednesdays: Peeps Fest 2009
- MidAtlantic Wednesdays: Skiing at Bear Creek Mountain
- MidAtlantic Wednesdays: Skiing in the Poconos
- MidAtlantic Wednesdays: The National Canal Museum & Crayola Factory
- MidAtlantic Wednesdays: The Reading Terminal Market
- MidAtlantic Wednesdays: Toy Magic in Bethlehem
- Miniature golf with a view – Vermont style
- MOAT takes Manhattan: Day one
- MOAT takes Manhattan: Day three
- MOAT takes Manhattan: Day two
- Mondays are for dreaming: A country fair
- Mondays are for dreaming: Boston
- Mondays are for dreaming: Christmas in London
- Mondays are for dreaming: Copperwynd Resort
- Mondays are for dreaming: Coram’s Fields
- Mondays are for dreaming: Florence
- Mondays are for dreaming: Home for the holidays
- Mondays are for dreaming: Hotel Lancelot
- Mondays are for dreaming: Jaipur, India
- Mondays are for dreaming: Ladurée
- Mondays are for dreaming: Lake Champlain
- Mondays are for dreaming: London
- Mondays are for dreaming: Lost city of Atlantis
- Mondays are for dreaming: Mad River Glen
- Mondays are for dreaming: Off to the Caribbean
- Mondays are for dreaming: Pacific Grove
- Mondays are for dreaming: Paris eats
- Mondays are for dreaming: Pasadena
- Mondays are for dreaming: Philadelphia
- Mondays are for dreaming: Playing in the Vermont snow
- Mondays are for dreaming: Santorini
- Mondays are for dreaming: Stoke Newington
- Mondays are for dreaming: Swimming with the dolphins
- Mondays are for dreaming: Tea, peace, welcome, Vermont
- Mondays are for dreaming: The Angel Tree
- Mondays are for dreaming: The gray whale migration
- Mondays are for dreaming: Vermont (or should I say “the driveway moment”?)
- Mondays are for dreaming: Zilker Park
- My children aren’t the only ones who ride carousels
- My favorite road sign of all time
- My year in Florence at Italiakids.com
- No time for The Thinker
- Not for the kiddoes
- Now for the good stuff
- Old (and new) friends on the ferry
- One more post…
- Out and about with kids: Calvert Farm
- Out and about with kids: Cape Ann, from the archives
- Out and about with kids: Children of the corn
- Out and about with kids: Havre de Grace
- Out and about with kids: Lions, bears, and purple tigers at the Philadelphia Zoo
- Out and about with kids: Please Touch Museum
- Out and about with kids: The Eric Carle Museum
- Out and about with kids: Welcoming fall at Longwood Gardens
- Outside Charles de Gaulle Airport
- Paris in its proper order
- Paris is our oyster
- Pioneer history at the Milton House
- Pizza with heart
- Playing catch on the PA Turnpike
- Portrait of the artist in Paris
- Pretty as a picture at Giverny
- Racecars, pottery, and stuffed animals – oh my!
- Rain, rain…and a cold
- Riding the Red Line
- Riding the Santa Train
- Ski it if you can – wherever you are
- Sleeping like a baby in Boston
- So did you notice the tabs?
- Some road trip stats
- Spring break, Arizona style
- Strolling on the Common Road
- Suddenly I’m traveling with bigger kids
- Summer dreaming
- Summer treasures: 111 and counting
- Summertime, pure and simple
- Sweet Caroline
- Take me out to the ballgame!!!
- The Atlantis Resort from top to bottom
- The Magic House: A little less than spellbinding
- The magic of Monet
- The old swimmin’ hole
- There are no children in this picture
- Three little monkeys
- To Atlantis or not to Atlantis? That’s the question.
- Trafalgar Square, Fall
- Travels with my parents: India
- Trekaroo stops in Philadelphia and The Mother of All Trips is on board
- Trip planning: Arizona Science Center
- Trip planning: Desert Botanical Garden
- Trip planning: For the grownups
- Trip planning: The Heard Museum
- Water, the White House, and words for Obama
- We {heart} Shelburne Farms
- We’re going to Washington DC!
- Well now, we’re glad to have you: Austin eats
- We’re in Washington DC…what time is it?
- Wheeee!
- When kids get jet lagged
- Where in the world is MOAT?
- Who wants to go to the movies?
- Wild turkeys and tame tigers: A (mostly free) day out in Madison
- Worst trip yet
- Writing about travel: It runs in the family
- “Mommy, don’t help me!” More on traveling with big kids
Reverse chronological order:
I don’t know if it’s because of my recently-published essay about Florence or the fact that I’ve been sent a few books about Tuscany to review, but I’ve had Italy on the brain lately. This photo offers evidence that Tommy will be returning to Rome, having thrown his requisite two coins in the Trevi Fountain [...]
One of my favorite travel websites is Wanderlust and Lipstick, which recently sponsored the terrific WanderWomen Write contest. Although I didn’t win a trip to Vietnam, I am proud to share that my essay “The Return” was a finalist in the Family Fun category.
I hope you enjoy this story about my first visit to Florence [...]
There are lots of things I love about writing a travel blog. I love how it brings a sense of possibility into the most dreary of days. When I’m feeling homebound or tied down all I have to do is poke around my own site for a few moments to remember all the places I’ve [...]
A glorious October day by the fountain in Trafalgar Square. Of course, here’s what we really want to do:
And this:
All this before sitting down for a snack of raisins in front of Nelson’s Column:
And then riding the double decker bus home:
Looking at these photos I realize how long it’s been since we were in London. [...]
Since I got the entire family excited about skiing at Mad River last month, I decided that I should start exploring some of the ski areas in eastern Pennsylvania. My hope is to find a place where next year we could maybe buy a season’s pass or discount card so that we can spend some [...]
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