Heads up to those of you entertaining thoughts of renting family-friendly villas in Europe! I recently discovered Oliver’s Travels, a company that makes it very easy to find family-friendly villas that are a good fit based on your children’s ages and stages—baby and toddler, grade school-age kids, or tweens and teens. You might also appreciate…
Thinking about Rome’s lovely tradition of the Befana this week (read all about it here) brought up some fun memories for me–like this day trip to Pompeii. Hope your New Year is off to a great start, and keep watching here for tips to fit more travel into your family’s New Year. Got a…
Careful, kids… the Befana may fly overhead any moment and see what you’re up to! Today, Travels with Baby Traditions returns to Rome, where for centuries the children have spent this very night, Epiphany Eve, anticipating a visit from the celebrated Befana. Sharing the Italian tradition with us is Valeria Spizzichino, a native Roman, mother,…
Chestnuts call as Rome’s “gite fuori porta” kick into full swing each October. Have you hear of the “Gite fuori porta”? If you have the good fortune to visit Rome in October – with children OR without – you won’t want to miss out on this savory, local tradition. Explaining the finer points of these…
Here is a snapshot from a favorite Mother’s Day when nobody greeted me with breakfast in bed (not that I am opposed to that in the least). I started the day with a jetlagged baby deciding we should rise before breakfast was even offered on our cruise ship: the Costa Fortuna. It was one of…
When I first read this note from a fellow Shelly (extra points for one “e”!), I thought this mom was admirably ambitious. But before I could respond, she contacted me with the news that she had since learned that she is also pregnant… with identical twins! Any of you who have visited Rome with children,…