Our Roman Holiday: 3 - 7 Day Itinerary

Rome has a-million-and-one things to do AND, unless you plan to live there for a year, there's no way you can see all of it. So, here's my "must-do" itinerary - we did it in 3-ish days (can...

Setting Up a Home Base near Rome, Italy for Language Immersion Travel

I am so excited to share considerations, planning, and lessons-learned from setting up our home base fo our 10-week language-immersion nella bella Italia. If I could do most of this on my own with...

Five Festivals of Brighton

Bohemian Brighton, situated on the South Coast of England boasts a wealth of annual events and festivals. Sadly, this year's festivals were a write-off, but here we take a look ahead to 2021 with a...

Hiking with Children

Before we had children, my husband and I would often grab our hiking gear and food, hop in the car and go on long weekend hikes. Usually our hikes would be overnight consisting of around 13 miles...

Koalas Around Brisbane

There are plenty of wildlife parks in the Brisbane/South East corner area, and they all have Koalas for you to see as well as other native animals. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is the place to...

Visiting Glacier National Park in Winter

A nature lovers heaven, Glacier National Park is a must to visit. As of today, the Traveling Family PNW has had the pleasure of visiting this majestic park twice. Once in the winter and most...