Category: Travel
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Part II: Al-Baleed, Salalah, Oman
Boat at Al-Baleed World Heritage site, Salalah, Oman. Read the blog post from the trip to Oman here. ****************************************************************** Do you have a photo you would like to share as part of the Eye-Catching Architectural Detail series? Email it to me at willtravelwithkids @ gmail.com along with a brief explanation of the location. Please only submit…
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Eye-catching architectural detail, Part I: The Winterthur, Delaware
The last few inches of an elegant stairway bannister. A manhole, covering a storm drain, plastered with floral filigree. The ruffled ridge of a five foot clay pot. These architectural details catch my eye and I can’t help myself. I have to capture it on camera. Some artisan, skilled in his trade, has left his mark. Over the next…
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October 31 – Halloween pales in comparison
On 31 October 1517, one man took a single brave action and changed the course of western civilization. After a series of significant events and after careful study of the Bible, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. The wooden entrance of that church has since been replaced…
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Cast Out Fear – a post for autumn
Over the past two years, this post has become one of the most popular I’ve written. WordPress allows me to see how people find my blog – through search engines, Facebook posts and other online links – and this is one post people find through various searches on children’s literature and Barbara Cooney. Originally published…
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“Treasures” to toys
When we travel and stay with friends and family, we have time to do things I would like to do more often at home – like go on walks. Few other house responsibilities call and, without their regular schedule of activities and toys, I have to ensure the children have things to occupy their minds.…
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Part IV: BRUGES, Belgium
According to the venerable Rick Steves, Bruges is a “heavyweight, sightseeing destination, as well as a joy.” And if Rick Steves says it, it must be true. Over the course of two days my friend and I experienced this joy on bike and on foot, doing what we like to do when visiting any European…
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Part III: Fowl BRUTALITY in Lyon
While perusing the wares at the weekly international textile fair along Lyon’s Saône River, Little Man (11 months) let me know he was overdue for a feeding. Hubby took the girls exploring along the river walk while I found a bench in the shade. I got comfortable and baby started eating. . . and then…
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Part II: Beauty’s BOLLENE (or what it means to be French)
Mention any small, provincial town in southern France and we’re game to visit. The girls were content with our hotel in one such village, Bollène. They were content until the morning after our night in the ancient structure when we told them this was actually Belle’s village – a poor, provincial town in France. Then they were…
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Part I: Surprised by BOUNTY
The first time I experienced this bounty I was hiking an ancient trail alone in the hills above Genoa, Italy. The trail started near my youth hostel and I simply happened upon it while taking a walk that balmy fall evening before sunset. I was surprised when I espied numerous ancient Roman ruins in the…
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Happening Upon Solidarity – Stuttgart, Germany
One Saturday last month we walked down Koenigstrasse – King Street – in Stuttgart, Germany. Koenigstrasse is Stuttgart’s Michigan Avenue or Champs-Élysées of shopping and people watching. We were reliving memories of years gone by, years when we had only one baby. Now we have three children and they each needed a fresh German pretzel…
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