Top 10 Best Books For Babies, Toddlers & Young Children - Do you read to your baby? I confess, I’ve been reading to mine since they were in my womb. I read to them, sang to them and spoke to them while I was pregn...

Family-Friendly Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Recently I wrote about Montreal as a romantic destination. But it turns out that this beautiful, historic city is also very family-friendly offering up ton...

Nai Yang: The House Hunt Continues - A milk white moon, diluted by the translucent shadow of heavy monsoon clouds watches with an enormous, unblinking eye over the sleeping blue of the Andaman...

Travel bust! - Not really. Not entirely. But neither did it go absolutely according to plan. The plan? Saturday/Sunday: Drive daughter back to college for summer school ...

Giveaway: Win a Two-Night Stay for Two at a Home2 Suites by Hilton - We’re starting the week of right…we’re giving our readers the chance to win a two-night stay for two at a Home2 Suites by Hilton property of the winner’s c...

Top 5 Los Angeles Hikes - Hiking may not be the first thing on your list of things to do in Los Angeles, but it should be. With the diversity of terrain, wildflowers, trees and vist...

A taste of indigenous Ecuador - We recently went to visit Cañari (pre-Incan) and Incan ruins outside of Cuenca. This photo is a door an indigenous home. One of the most photogenic doors ...

Last call in Santa Barbara at Cold Springs Tavern - When we left Santa Barbara a year ago I felt like I wanted to kick the dust off my sandals. Over the past month our love for the American Riviera has been ...

How to plan a trip using the Preferred Family website - Preferred Hotels launches a host of new features on their Preferred Family website today, all of which help families plan a vacation. Never heard of Prefe...

Being our own example - ==This post is an excerpt from my upcoming book, One Family, One Dream, One Very Long Road. While we are hiking the Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango t...

Just breathe - Posting will be sporadic the next few weeks as I try to come up for air. My parents leave Monday, Jamie's parents are here this week and we're making over ...

Expats Unite – Twitter Party Just for You! - Travel Experta - Central America Travel Expert - I got news for you guys! BrokerFish hosted their first #expatchat twitter party where they got to meet ...

Finding Fun Among the Ruins: Fort Crown Point, NY - Hills of grass rippling with the breeze surrounding a centuries old stone stronghold guarding an international waterway. England? Scotland? Wales? No. Not ...

The Village Where Time Just Stopped - Up in the Chouf, the mountains that are home to Lebanon’s biggest nature reserve, a whirl of cedars, cypresses, golden broom and wildflowers, we make our w...

Last Chance to Win a Free Family Vacation from Omni! - Last call to win a free luxury family vacation from Omni Hotels & Resorts! Ciao Bambino and Poshbrood have partnered with Omni Hotels & Resorts to offer a ...

Largest Telescope in the World at Birr Castle - [image: Largest Telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland] Built on the grounds of Birr Castle in County Offlay during the 1840's, the 72 inch telescope was the la...

Largest Telescope in the World at Birr Castle - [image: Largest Telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland] Built on the grounds of Birr Castle in County Offlay during the 1840's, the 72 inch telescope was the la...

Could Glamping Be Right for You? - I realize traditional camping isn’t for everyone. Heck in the 7.5 years since we’ve been parents, we’ve only taken the kids camping once. *And we like spen...

History & Art in Baranco - The Arts Capital of Lima Lima, Peru has 43 districts, but none is as well known as Baranco. The historic and artistic distract of Lima called Baranco is ho...

Monday Madness- Win a 7-night stay at Esplanade Suites in Wildwood, NJ valued at $1500! - This week we are celebrating all things Jersey as we celebrate the launch of New Jersey on Trekaroo. But before we turn New Jersey orange, we figured we be...

What I Wore to The Hottest Race in Indy 500 History - The Indy 500 has a long history. In fact, this was the 96th running of what is called the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. So you know to break a record, it h...

Summer in Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Venturing out for another adventure in Wisconsin, we once again found ourselves along the shores of Lake Winnebego, Wisconsin’s largest inland body of wate...

One Man’s Weekend Getaway is Another Man’s Day Trip - Sometimes I wonder what the heck we’re doing. When my husband and I get antsy, it means that a day trip is in order. However, I’m pretty sure my family’s d...

My Birthday Weekend in Paris - By Lucy of Wardrobe Before the weekend of my 8th birthday, my mom said, “For your birthday present I want to take you to Paris.” She wanted to take me to s...

Paris With Kids - Balance My Life - My article this month at Balance My Life is about how Paris is a wonderful family destination.

Photo Of The Day – India Girls – Daniel Noll & Audrey Scott - Description: We took this photo in a market area on a side street in Madurai, southern India. The image feels like a record cover from the 1970s. The pin...

Look What Came In The Mail: The Kiwi Crate - Look what those lovely people over at Kiwi Crate sent our way so we could try it out and share our findings. It's a sample of a subscription box service t...

Our Next Adventure: Beirut, Arabic & Summer on the Med - After a chilling winter in Beijing, I knew I wanted one thing: summer. I wanted sunshine, beaches, warm but not humid weather, lunches in outdoor cafés, s...

Review: Point Pleasant with Kids - If you’re looking for a traditional New Jersey boardwalk experience, Point Pleasant does the trick. It has rides, games, hermit crabs, taffy, fudge, grea...

Family airline fee – say goodbye to your family on your flight - Thought the days of airline fees were over? Think again. Now a new charge is being paid for premium seats on flights. Welcome to the family airline fee!...

Fitness Challenge: Day 71 - One of the signifiers of a neighborhood's arrival is a fitness studio. In Red Hook, Brooklyn, a free community center has a seasonal outdoor pool and one...

What’s Your Great Family Escape? - Tweet You can't underestimate the power of people. For better or worse, we make things happen. If there is one outstanding lesson I've learned since star...

Photos from First Friday Night in June in Saugerties & a stop at a spa social in Woodstock! - I love First Fridays in Saugerties! Last night I made my first stop at Cheri Voss Salon in Woodstock for a champagne toast to welcome the salon's new hire De...

Is this goodbye to Brain Child? - Well, in a way it is. As of May 31st Brain,Child Magazine has decided to shut down its print publication. August will be the last issue. 13 years after the...

Euro Nosedive - *Graph is courtesy of x-rates.com.* Just look at that nosedive the Euro has taken against the dollar! Woohoo for us! With any luck it'll keep on dropping ...

Flying with Kids: Surviving Early Flight - With so many stories both good and bad about flying with kids, I know it makes many parents think twice about booking their summer vacation that requires f...

A family trip to Egypt - Well not really. But can you guess where this photo was taken? I’ll be writing a full post about our adventure there next week, and also sharing the scoop ...

Photo Fave: Road trip THROUGH the redwoods - That’s us on one of our road trips last summer, returning from the Pacific Northwest through the magestic redwoods you may encounter along northern Hwy 1...

Camping with Kids in the Bay Area - It's almost time to go camping! I thought I'd do a round-up of things to think about when camping with kids. Here's a great post on what to make for brea...

Unjobbing: Spending More Time With Family, Less With Work - I have spent the last year attempting to learn how to make the 4 Hour Work Week a reality, or at least how to get as close to it as possible. I have repe...

Friday Finds: Helping Make Travel Easier and Less Expensive - Friday Finds is your weekly spot for travel tips, money saving travel deals and travel contests to enter. Get Friday Finds delivered to your reader or inbo...

A Windy Stop in Clifden Connemara Ireland - On a wet and windy April afternoon we stopped in Clifden, Co. Galway for lunch. It was so wet it was foggy. CAM joked that “the fog wasn’t really fog, it w...

Photo Friday: Space Needle - [image: Space Needle Seattle] Space Needle Seattle Next week will be Seattle week on DeliciousBaby, and frankly I can't think of a better time to tell...

Seattle’s Unexpected Arboretum Saves the Day - Seattle is bursting with green spaces. There are many that people know about but also a few hidden gems. We stumbled across one such spot while looking ...

Why I Hope My Kids Never go to College (a.k.a. The Rules Have Changed) : Huehuetenango, Guatemala - In the centro of Xela, Guatemala. An average ‘field trip’ for these kids ******** Don’t forget about the announcement we’ll soon be making. We’ve very exci...

Georgia Wakeboard Lessons: Summer School on the Lake - Georgia Wakeboard Lessons: Summer School on the Lake Watching from the boat is as much fun as boarding. What: Georgia Wakeboard Lessons Where: Jackson La...

Playing catch up - Sorry, it has been a while since I posted. It has been an eventful few months. After crossing the Nullabour into Western Australia, I then had to head ba...

Mittelalterlicher Stadt am Fluss / Medieval City on the River - As we boarded the train to Bamberg, we got run over by tons of school kids, who rushed to the only vacant seats! Yes, we were left to stand in the hot an...

Two Kids and a Map Has a New Look - It has been quiet around here for the past week or so, but that is because there was a lot of work going on in the background…well, a lot of work by a fant...

Which U.S. state is furthest west? - I'm not giving any options for this Travel Trivia question...take a guess!

World’s Largest Collection of Rock Music Memorabilia, Cleveland, OH - Where we went, and who was coerced into going: Last weekend, we took a road trip to Cleveland. At the top of our itinerary was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fa...

Three Important Tips for Planning Your Family Stay at Zion National Park - Unlike many National Parks that provide lots of room to roam, most of Zion’s well known landmarks and hiking trails are only accessible off the 6 mile lon...

How Do You Measure A Year? – Wisconsin - Author: Steve Ok . . . well . . . I don’t know what else to say other than, “IT’S OVER”! We didn’t plan it this way but this is our 100th blog . . . we nev...

The Best Of Both Worlds - What would your perfect life look like? I’m not talking about winning the lottery, I’m talking real world. If you could set yourself up to live your dreams...

Good bye Costa Rica, Hello Brazil - It´s sad to leave a place I lived for one year and a half. I had time to root down, make friends (or I wouldn´t have lasted so long), have been to amazing ...

The origins of a bike-touring family (Part 1) - After realizing we wouldn’t be able to make it out to Boston due to time restrictions, we were pretty bummed. It wasn’t because we would be missing out on ...

Learning made easy: The immersive benefits of travel for kids - I didn't get to travel much as a child. My father was a dentist and lost revenue every time he closed his office, and we spent our few holidays at my gra...

Best Family Friendly Destinations In The US This Summer - Best family friendly destinations in the US this summer Taking the whole family on vacation can be a real pleasure if you can find the right destination, a...

A Stroller Broken on a Flight: What can you do? - The unthinkable happened on our recent flight to Thailand – my double stroller was broken and in a state where it couldn’t be used! We delivered it safely ...

It’s Really Much Greater in Person: The Taj Mahal - It is one of those places. You know, one of those places you think about traveling to see…someday. One of those that capture your imagination from a you...

Sigiriya: Terrifying but awe-inspiring - [image: Water Gardens Sigiriya] Awe-inspiring. Beautiful. And without a doubt one of the most terrifying mornings of my life. What am I referring to? *C...

Operation Short Shorts - We are still enjoying our U.S. vacation. We've been in Rhode Island for some time now, where Operation Short Shorts has not been as successful as it was i...

On The Road To Forever - Today, as Mr. Man and I celebrate 15 years of wedded bliss, I'm reminded of the words of Izaak Walton: Read more »

Vancouver Aquarium | Penguin Point - [image: IMG 1375] The Vancouver Aquarium's latest inhabitants are none other than six endangered African penguins, found in the new outdoor Penguin Poi...

Bow down to the best car ever! - Steam puffed around us few seconds after a man across the street gesticulated to turn the car off. After more than 2000km of flawless service (ok the ...

Fear of Flying - A couple (few?) years ago, the kid and I watched the TV series, Lost (a guilty pleasure, sorry). For those of you who might have been living on the moon wh...

Walmart, Mothers and a place for girls in India - Imagine what is involved in taking in and raising 72 children? Imagine how much good your money could do.

Flannelettes to Business Shirts – Generation X Gets Old - I am a Gen X’er. What this actually means still seems to be a subject of debate for academics the world over. Speaking for myself, one of the things that...

California Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside, California - When visiting California, our family’s goal was to learn about some of the history and culture of the state as well as visiting attractions like Disneyland...

Family, falling in love, and fly fishing - I know I’m not the only person in the world who can say that I grew up fishing. I started young; I was about five or six. Like many family traditions, fish...

Day of Rest - It’s Day 11 on our Camino de Santiago and after 303km (that’s 188 miles to us Americans) we opted for a day of rest in the city of Burgos. A quick look on ...

The best camera is the one you have with you - As a keen photographer, I love to get creative with my SLR. I don’t claim to be a great artist, but I am competent. I always use the manual settings and I ...

Sedona and California - Back to Sedona & Beautiful California Index Page << Red Rock Country of Sedona Montezuma's Castle & Tuzigoot The hills surrounding Sedona contain c...

Passports: One Child at A Time - Almost a year ago, I joined 600+ other travel bloggers in Vancouver, BC for the annual TBEX Conference to network and get inspired by their stories. During...

My Biggest Mistake in Paris - If I could do it all over again, this is the first thing I’d do differently: *I’d buy the Paris Museum Pass*. But when I was planning our trip, I thought ...

Saigon’s Busy Streets - Saigon 131 Originally uploaded by JoeDuck Vietnam Trip, Feb 2011: We returned to Saigon / Ho Chi Minh CIty after three quiet days in Sa Dec. It’s impossibl...

Tom Bihn Ristretto Bag - I’d been hearing my travel buddies sing the praises of Tom Bihn bags for a while, but when you’re not a part of the band, it’s hard to get on the wagon. So...

Twenty Dollar Discount Tickets to LEGOLAND and a Chance to Support the Schools-Best Bargain Ever! - As you know LEGOLAND is one of my favorite places on the planet, so I wanted to share with you an excellent way to visit LEGOLAND at a discount and to supp...

Mickey Mouse Show Live - The only English performance of this show is on Friday 27, April at 6pm. Tickets can easily be purchased in English on Rakuten's international shopping web...

The Brothers -

- Yesterday was one of the best days yet! i got to go on the best tour ever called Kipu Ranch on Kaua'i Island with Outfitters Kauai Indiana Jones Rope Swin...

Kidical Mass to Pedalers' Fair - Just back in town after a Brompton-NYC-work-trip (another in a long list of posts I should write), and barely in time for Pedalers' Fair this weekend, in...

Palais Royal Apartment in Paris - This apartment was slightly (really) over our budget, but it included everything on my apartment rental wish list: two bedrooms, bathtub for kids, washer/...

Packing a Toddler’s Airplane Carry-on Bag - A few weeks ago, we went to Hawaii. It was an amazing trip, but there was one big hurdle before we got there: the airplane trip. Ten hours, one very short ...

Quiet - "How you live your days, is how you live your life." Annie Dillard It's been two years today since we departed on our RTW adventure, a fact that's truly hard...

Back to ‘normal’! - 10 weeks and 4 days after our arrival home to Australia, life is back to ‘normal’. I’m still amazed by how quickly we have just slotted back into life. M...

Two winters - We may be nearing the end of a Bulgarian winter, so it’s time to reflect. All too soon the forgiving, concealing blanket of snow may be gone, though as I w...

"What Is Suez Canal?" - Something didn’t seem right when reading about the Suez Canal in our Lonely Planet guidebook for “Egypt.” The book talked about the engineering wonder bein...

Life out the saddle: Returning home after long-term travel - So, it’s now 4 months since we boxed our bikes, boarded our flight and landed back here in blighty- and 4 months since the ToddlerOnTour blog has seen an u...

How to Learn About the World from the Suburbs - Are you curious about the world but have little opportunity to explore it? Do you love adventure and culture and the beauty of humankind, but find yoursel...

- COUNTRIES WE VISITED ON THIS TRIP:        ** Denotes Countires Not Previously Visited Before Canada Cambodia** China** India Indonesia Malaysia Philippine...

the adventure continues in Vail, AZ - This past month we sold our fifth wheel RV and moved back into our house in Vail, AZ. Our 20,000 miles around the country taught us a lot of things – one o...

Life’s Challenges in Sabbatical Planning - It’s been over a month since my last post and you may be wondering what’s been going on. Is something wrong? Why the lack of updates? Did we make the mo...

FEAR - Day 6 of Bootsnall's 30 Days of Indie Travel - Throughout the month of November, Bootsnall is inviting bloggers from around the world to participate in their 30 Days of Indie Travel. Today's prompt? ...

One Love – We Get to Share It - My husband and I have been U2 fans going on 25 years now. Collectively we have seen them over 30 times, across 3 countries, and in countless cities with ma...

A Weekend Trip with Kids to the Olympic Peninsula - This summer, Mariah Voutilainen went on a whirlwind weekend trip through the Olympic Peninsula with her husband and two children (ages 3 and 5). In just th...

The Spa at Equinox Resort, Manchester, Vermont. - I fell asleep for the first time ever during a massage at the Spa at Equinox. Guess how highly I recommend this spa?!

Stepping Back Into Ordinary - Marlie caught the bus to school today; her first day in a classroom in more than a year and a half. I think I was more misty than when she first left for...

Backyard Tourist: Riverdale Farm - In the last 17 months, I have learned that there is almost nothing more rewarding than a child who is napping from sheer exhausted joy. That's what JR is ...

A weekend in Burlington, Vermont - Take a long weekend in Burlington, Vermont to just unwind and relax. We recently made the trip. Refreshed, we are sure to do it again before the end of the...

New home … - After a year of trying to keep up this blog, I’ve decided I need more time to travel and less time spent on blogs. while I won’t blog here anymore, I’ve me...

Easter Wonderland 2011: Desserts at Tokyo Disney Ambassador Hotel - Hard to believe, but I still have two more food posts from the 2011 Easter Wonderland event that wrapped up at Tokyo Disneyland last week. For seasonal eve...

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A Lake Tahoe Winter Getaway in June - Our road trip to Lake Tahoe last weekend marked the beginning of a long anticipated summer break for our family. But, as you can see, the weather had other...

Hint, hint. - Now, if you’ve got a traveler on your Christmas list – and I’m not talking about the kind who is after cheap holidays to Benidorm or Disney cruises or all-...