Travel Tips
Travel Tips: Traveling with Children
Our 16-year-old teen daughter learned a lot – not just about the places and the people we visited, but little things that make life more functional like how to navigate putting your passport somewhere you can reach it quickly, or paying attention to addresses and train numbers so you know what’s happening and can get around.
She was really struck with one piece that was a tower of audio devices that started with a base of old radios and ended a the top with bluetooth speakers. As she walked away she said, “..it kind of freaks me out when I look at it, but I like it.”
Urged forward by a bitingly cold wind, we arrived just in the nick of time at the Globe where our gregarious actor/tour guide was laying the scene of London in the 1500’s. Seeing the Globe was fabulous, and our guide was funny, informative, and deeply invested.
We got back to the village just in time for the pub to fire up the kitchen and the hearth. The fish and chips came with the ever notorious minted mashed peas. I kind of enjoyed it. Kinda.
Travel State of Mind
We’ve never been to Japan and are excited to dive into a completely different culture. I’ve been reading the Fodors Guide to Japan all month and as I flipped through the bible paper thin pages of microscopic text I realized that just about everything I know about Japan has come from movies and TV.
Our 16-year-old teen daughter learned a lot – not just about the places and the people we visited, but little things that make life more functional like how to navigate putting your passport somewhere you can reach it quickly, or paying attention to addresses and train numbers so you know what’s happening and can get around.
In preparation for our trip to England I’ve been reviewing the stereotypes I carry around in my head about England – so that I can thoroughly enjoy busting them with reality.
We are always refining our travel ‘kit’ and have tried a lot of different products, but are always trying to overcome some travel inconvenience, or comfort issue.
This list of See Love Fly’s 2023 Travel Essentials includes some old favorites, and some new surprises tried out on a recent trip to Scandinavia.
As I began to travel more and found myself looking for products to make certain parts of the travel process more comfortable, I kept stumbling across Travel pants. I furrowed my brow a bit and thought, “These look like just pants, what makes them so special?”
Kids are unique, and the way they preserve their memories of travel is unique also, including not preserving them at all. Let them discover the way that works for them.