Monet for a Day Learning Adventure
Four years ago our family (my husband, our three girls, our dog and myself) sold everything, left our home, our family and friends to begin a one-year adventure traveling through Europe (which turned into 3.5 years!) and start Around the World Stories. And as...
8 Kid-Friendly Recipes from Around the World
Quick quiz. When you hear the word Italian, what do you think of? When you hear the word French, what do you think of? When you hear the word Chinese, what do you think of? If your answers were something along the lines of pizza, croissants and egg rolls, then you’re...
A year of holidays around the world
Remember in grade school when every couple of weeks class would end 30 minutes early because it was someone’s birthday? The whole class would sing, eat cupcakes and goof around? It was usually the best part of the day. If only our teachers could have turned that...
What travel means to me
My 15-year-old daughter, Maya, wrote about what travel means to her. I loved reading her thoughts and hope you do too... When people think of travel, they usually think of planes, tropical beaches, big cities like New York and Paris. Maybe that’s what travel means to...
Celebrating Chinese New Year with kids
ss Chinese New Year falls on January 25th this year. There will be family reunions, elaborate dinners, red clothes, fireworks, dragon dances, and the chance at finding a coin inside your dumpling! There's so much to love about this special holiday, and with kids,...
Hygge for families
I remember my first winter in Copenhagen. We'd arrived in late August and had the perfect Scandinavian fall -- walks in the woods, enjoying the city, playing on the beach. Then the oddest thing started to happen around mid-November, and it seemed so sudden. The...
Kindness and Light: Celebrating St. Martin’s Day
St. Martin’s Day, held each year on November 11th, is not one that makes many calendars outside Europe, but it's one of our absolute favorites. The message of compassion, the making of lanterns, the baking of sweet bread and the bonfire at night are all beautiful...
Bringing Europe into your New Year’s Eve
We love celebrating the end of the year and marking the new one with traditions we've discovered on our travels. The Danish tradition of smashing dishes on your friends’ doorsteps on New Year's Eve probably wouldn’t go over quite so well here in the US. And not many...
Story perfect gift guide
Ah.. the perfect gift! It's something we all aspire to give our loved ones - especially the littler loved ones. We wait for the look on their faces when they open it and the feeling we have when weeks and months later we see our gift being used, loved, worn in or worn...
Our precarious journey to England
We’ve arrived in the land of Shakespeare, Harry Potter, salt and vinegar crisps, and clockwise roundabouts. To be more accurate, we’ve settled ourselves in a tiny village in stunning Cornwall, England. We plan to enjoy cream tea (more on cream tea etiquette soon),...