There are certain cities where you arrive already knowing what they’re supposed to look like. New York has the Empire State Building. Paris has the Eiffel Tower. London has Big Ben. And Sydney has that harbor. The ...
Australia has no shortage of incredible beaches. We visited beaches in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Byron Bay and elsewhere during our trip. But if you asked our family to pick one place to go back to? Noosa. And it wouldn&...
The Gold Coast portion of our Australia trip did not go exactly according to plan. There was supposed to be considerably more sunshine. Instead, we got rain. A lot of rain. The kind of subtropical rain that doesn’t...
While staying in Surfers Paradise on Australia’s Gold Coast, we decided to cross into New South Wales for a day trip to one of Australia’s most famous beach towns: Byron Bay. On a map, it’s an easy road...
For my four-year-old son. there was a reason Brisbane was a very big deal. This is Bluey’s hometown. If you have young children, that probably requires no further explanation. Bluey is such a fixture in our house t...
Some destinations begin with a photograph, a movie or a recommendation from a friend. Brisbane began for me with stories. My grandparents lived here during the 1980s, and Australia was a place I heard about throughout my...
Traveling to Maui for Christmas sounds pretty idyllic. Traveling to Maui for Christmas with a three-year-old and a six-month-old? Still idyllic. Just considerably less relaxing. We spent a week on Maui over Christmas, st...
Paris is one of those cities where you can make yourself miserable trying to see everything. The Louvre. The Eiffel Tower. Notre-Dame. Musée d’Orsay. Sacré-Cœur. Versailles. Arc de Triomphe. You could spend a we...
There are trips you plan because you want to visit a place. And then there are trips where the destination almost doesn’t matter. On June 1, 2024, my dad and I were in London for one reason: Real Madrid was playing...
Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is one of the most visited cities in Central Europe. It’s affordable and draws travelers from all over the world to see its beautifully preserved Gothic, Renaissance and B...
