election 2008
This is the third U.S. presidential election in which I’ve been able to vote. Becoming a naturalized citizen of a new country is a strange experience that makes you question your own ethnic identity. From the outset, the WanderDad was eager to become a U.S. citizen, but I was not. I couldn’t imagine not being Read the Rest…
halloween blogapalooza
Tara, Ireland I grew up in a rural Irish town next to Tara, the mythical capital of Ireland. Today, Tara doesn’t look like much – all that’s left are the impressions much older structures left on the landscape. All the same, it doesn’t take much for me to imagine what Tara would have been like Read the Rest…
that’s news to me
Sometimes I come across articles on other people’s blogs or websites which are too good not to share. The ONLY way to travel: Apparently, if you travel with a Superhero, everything goes swimmingly. You have to smile as you read Amy Graff’s story of her recent airport experience with a child in a super-hero cape. Read the Rest…
travel, kids and cultural awareness
I read an interesting article the other day. It made me stop and think. So how do you teach your kids to be culturally aware? And is this even possible? I wrote a long response to the author’s question on this on the twittermoms forum, but I care enough about this topic that I thought Read the Rest…
celebrity pilot comes to the rescue and other travel tales
Who knew? Apparently Bruce Dickenson, lead singer with Iron Maiden, also works as a commercial pilot. He just had his own vacation cut short to help rescue passengers stranded in Egypt and Greece by the recent collapse of XL Leisure Group. Thanks to Lisa Mullins, the host of PRI’s “The World” for adding this tidbit Read the Rest…
The beary big firefighter
This is a bit of a gratuitous post just to take part in Debbie’s Photo Friday on DeliciousBaby. Any excuse to show off even more photos of my kids 🙂 The photo was taken at Melbourne Fire Station in Melbourne, Australia. When we visited in 2000, with some friends and their two sons, I was Read the Rest…
What happened to Kayak and Farecast ??
I wrote about how I was a huge fan of Farecast last march. I still am, now I use Kayak just as much, but overall I just love the idea of having a meta-search engine that allows me to easily find the cheapest airfare possible for wherever it is I want to go. BUT… I Read the Rest…
a theme park in Rome ???
I came across Disneyland in Rome (crazy idea) today on MSNBC. At first I thought it was a joke: I mean, seriously, who would think that Rome needs a theme park ?? There’s so much to see and do in the city already. But, it seems like this is something which is actually being considered. Read the Rest…
Travel, Kids and Blogging
I’ve just come home from a 4-week trip to Italy with husband and kids in tow. Before I left, I had great plans to blog regularly during the trip, telling fabulous tales of our adventures. But it was not to be. Total number of blog entries written while traveling: 0. Oh dear. We had an awesome trip. A Read the Rest…
Ways to get kids excited about exploring the whole wide world…
As a family, we’ve recently been watching some of the episodes on David Attenborough’s Planet Earth DVD. In all honestly, the reason we bought this DVD was to find a family movie which wasn’t Disney, Harry Potter or Cartoon Network. What we’ve discovered is worth writing about in this blog since it was such a Read the Rest…
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