To Budapest and exploring a new city through food and drink

To Budapest and exploring a new city through food and drink

In Budapest, The Hungarian Flodni layer cake with plum jam, apple, poppy seed and walnuts lives up to its reputation. Yum! So do the “Baselon,” (translated as a “friend’s ear”) — dumplings fashioned from potato dough with plum jam and sprinkled with brown sugar.

On a European river cruise with kids of all ages

On a European river cruise with kids of all ages

The all-inclusive nature of these cruises also seems to de-stress the experience — just choose which shore excursion you like, borrow a bike, enjoy complimentary wine and beer and more on some ships.

Taking the Kids — to a fall festival

Taking the Kids — to a fall festival

There’s a lot to celebrate in fall — not the least of which is the kids getting back to school and out from underfoot. There are festivals galore

To Acadia National Park in Maine

To Acadia National Park in Maine

Welcome to the only national park in the northeastern United States. Last year, when the park celebrated its centennial, it had its busiest year in 27 years, with a record 3.3 million visitors

Time traveling in Bath, England

Time traveling in Bath, England

The kids immediately saw life wasn’t much fun for slaves. We’ve time traveled back much farther than the United States before the Civil War, though. We’re in Bath, England where slavery was a way of life for the Romans 2000 years ago

Taking the Kids — to see the solar eclipse on August 21

Taking the Kids — to see the solar eclipse on August 21

We’re talking about a different kind of milestone, but one equally memorable — the 2017 total solar eclipse, something that happens only rarely in this country. It’s an event they’ll remember all their lives, and should be good for many science projects to come.

To ski country in summer when it is more affordable

To ski country in summer when it is more affordable

Hike one of Colorado’s famous Fourteeners — one of the 50-plus mountains that rise more than 14,000 feet — hike to Vail’s famous Back Bowls through a sea of wildflowers or mountain bike on miles of trails. Welcome to Vail in summer.

Walking in Jane Austen’s footsteps in southern England

Walking in Jane Austen’s footsteps in southern England

VisitBritain is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Austen’s death (July 18, 1817) with a year’s worth of exhibitions, talks, walks, writing competitions and performances here and elsewhere, like in Bath, where fans come to walk the streets that Austen

What’s new at theme parks this summer?

What’s new at theme parks this summer?

There is certainly lots to choose from this summer — 170 new rides, slides and experiences at 75 parks and attractions across the United States and in Canada