Boquete, Panama with Kids: What We Learned From 5 Nights on a Coffee Farm
We spent 5 nights at a luxury coffee farm in Boquete with our two kids. Here’s what to do, where to stay, and how to get there without the stress.
Japan with Kids: The Complete Family Travel Guide (Babies, Toddlers & the Japan Preschool Exchange)
We’ve taken our kids to Japan three times. The first time, we had a baby and a toddler. Then we went for a full month living slowly in Hokkaido. Most recently, she attended the Japan Preschool Exchange, where she attended a real Japanese preschool for two weeks. Every single time, Japan made us look like genius parents. Because the country basically does the hard work […]
Posada Amazonas Review: What It’s Really Like to Visit the Amazon with Kids
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Summer Camps Across Europe for Kids: The Honest Guide for Traveling and Expat Families (2026)
There is a version of a European summer where your kid watches the continent go by from the backseat. And then there is the version where she spends a week learning to sail on Mallorca, cooks croissants at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, digs up actual Roman artifacts in Ireland, or learns flamenco in Granada, the city where flamenco actually comes from. The difference between […]
The Best Family Hotels in Europe: 7 Stays Worth Planning a Trip Around
After 26 countries and two kids under six, these are the best family hotels in Europe we’d actually book — honest picks with real Booking.com links and no fluff.
Moving to Italy With Kids: What Nobody Tells You About Small-Village Life
A quick heads up: some links here are affiliate links, which means they support this blog at no extra cost to you. I only share what we actually use and believe in. What does it actually look like to spend time living in an Italian village with kids? That is the question behind everything we have been building in Ormea, a 700-year-old village in Piedmont, […]