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  • At Disneyland without the kids?  Like yeah!
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    At Disneyland without the kids? Like yeah!

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2014July 8, 2021

    It might seem counterintuitive, but this past trip to Disneyland, we opted for grownups-only visit to the home of everyone’s favorite Mouse to take in all the holiday decorations.

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  • Mixing American history with holiday fun in Valley Forge and Philadelphia
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    Mixing American history with holiday fun in Valley Forge and Philadelphia

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2014July 6, 2021

    Every Dec. 19, an annual event commemorates the arrival of the rag-tag Continental Army to Valley Forge PA, and its determination to persevere against hardship to become the first American Army.

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  • A Sunday brunch to die for at the famed Hotel del Coronado in San Diego
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    A Sunday brunch to die for at the famed Hotel del Coronado in San Diego

    ByEileen Ogintz December 10, 2014July 12, 2021

    At the Hotel del Coronado’s famed Sunday Brunch there are over 100 items to choose from—freshly made ceviche and crab legs, calamari salad, fresh oysters and smoked salmon, trout, prime rib, ham and smoked turkey carved in front of us. That’s just to start!

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  • Relaxing and thinking fitness at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in CA
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    Relaxing and thinking fitness at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in CA

    ByEileen Ogintz December 9, 2014July 6, 2021

    The Omni La Costa in Carlsbad CA is considered a top wellness resort in the country with a fitness center, expansive spa with its own pool as well as café, yoga center, golf and tennis.

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  • Kids rule at London’s newly expanded Imperial War Museum
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    Kids rule at London’s newly expanded Imperial War Museum

    ByEileen Ogintz December 4, 2014July 15, 2021

    Follow the local kids. That’s a good plan when you are exploring a new city with your gang. That’s what we did recently at the newly expanded Imperial War Museum in London, which was teeming with enthusiastic British families.

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  • WOW moments on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas
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    WOW moments on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas

    ByEileen Ogintz November 27, 2014July 7, 2021

    Royal Carribbean’s new Quantum of the Seas is the first in a new class of cruise ships that the company says it going to up the number of WOW moments on every family’s vacation.

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  • How to light up your family’s holidays this season
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    How to light up your family’s holidays this season

    ByEileen Ogintz November 20, 2014July 2, 2023

    Since holiday lights have become more and more festive each year, create new traditions to see them, even as early as Thanksgiving weekend, wherever you find yourselves.

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  • Kids conquering fears and having fun on a canopy tour in Pennsylvania
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    Kids conquering fears and having fun on a canopy tour in Pennsylvania

    ByAndy Yemma November 15, 2014November 10, 2025

    We were at Spring Mountain, a modest ski area just outside Philadelphia but a mighty fine adventure place for a canopy tour with four expert guides — and six high-school scholars

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  • Learning Revolutionary War history in Valley Forge PA
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    Learning Revolutionary War history in Valley Forge PA

    ByEileen Ogintz November 14, 2014July 17, 2021

    On a beautiful fall day, the contrast could not have been more different than what George Washington and his Continental Army found here in Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78

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  • The beauty, charm and eco-friendliness of Nicaragua
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    The beauty, charm and eco-friendliness of Nicaragua

    ByEileen Ogintz November 13, 2014July 17, 2021

    The San Francisco family was inspired to come to Nicaragua by friends who had visited with their kids, they said, and didn’t want to spend all their time on the beach — as gorgeous as it is

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  • Cheesesteak and history for all – fun in Philadelphia with teenaged boys
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    Cheesesteak and history for all – fun in Philadelphia with teenaged boys

    ByEileen Ogintz November 13, 2014July 9, 2021

    Cheesesteak and ice cream. The Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and a galaxy of top-flight colleges… that’s what we found on a whirlwind day in Philadelphia with a group of teenaged boys.

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  • Enjoying our last night Italy and finding very-hard-to-find bad pizza
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    Enjoying our last night Italy and finding very-hard-to-find bad pizza

    ByEileen Ogintz November 7, 2014July 15, 2021

    Now, I’m determined to enjoy our last night in Italy—and it would be hard not to at the Four Seasons Milan — considered by those in the know as one of Italy’s top city hotels.

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  • Learning how to “e-bike” in the Lake Garda Region of Italy
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    Learning how to “e-bike” in the Lake Garda Region of Italy

    ByEileen Ogintz November 6, 2014June 28, 2023

    Before setting out to sample how Austin Adventures runs cycling tours in Europe, I should have — as they suggest — practiced on my bike at home. I didn’t. So I have no one to blame for my skinned knees but myself.

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  • Families love the greatly expanded National World War II Museum in New Orleans
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    Families love the greatly expanded National World War II Museum in New Orleans

    ByEileen Ogintz November 6, 2014July 15, 2021

    There are dented helmets, letters home, photographs, flight jackets and K rations, complete with chocolate bars and gum.

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  • Riding bikes in the Alps: our Italy adventure moves to Lake Garda
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    Riding bikes in the Alps: our Italy adventure moves to Lake Garda

    ByEileen Ogintz November 5, 2014June 28, 2023

    Yes the Alps. We’re out for our Sunday ride in Italy with my friend Ron van Dijk who directs European Operations for Austin Adventures and has been leading bike trips in Europe for more than 30 years

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  • Salamanders, giants, horses — a Renaissance palace
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    Salamanders, giants, horses — a Renaissance palace

    ByEileen Ogintz November 4, 2014July 6, 2021

    How many salamanders can you find? There are dozens carved into fireplaces hidden in paintings in the Palazzo Te in Mantova in northern Italy, a gem of a Renaissance City as yet undiscovered by American tourists.

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  • Mantova Italy – a hidden gem of history, art, music and literature
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    Mantova Italy – a hidden gem of history, art, music and literature

    ByEileen Ogintz October 31, 2014June 28, 2023

    We stay in Mantova, between Milan and Venice and near Verona, an off-the-tourist-track town that has an amazing history in art, music and literature. Shakespeare wrote that Romeo bought his poison here.

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  • Take it from the kids: San Francisco is a foodie’s paradise
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    Take it from the kids: San Francisco is a foodie’s paradise

    ByEileen Ogintz October 30, 2014July 10, 2021

    “Dim Sum is one of my favorite foods. Everyone likes Dim Sum!” said Andy, 14, one of the many local kids who contributed their ideas on what kids like for my new “Kid’s Guide to San Francisco.”

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  • Aging cheese, lots of cheese, at a special artisan shop in Italy
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    Aging cheese, lots of cheese, at a special artisan shop in Italy

    ByEileen Ogintz October 30, 2014July 15, 2021

    Welcome to Luigi Guffanti 1876 in the northern Italian town of Arona that has been buying cheese from the same production sites since 1876, then refining them in special “caves,” sometimes for years before they are sold around the world. They are artisans and specialists who oversee more than more than 200 kinds of cheese here.

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  • A special dinner at the Grand Hotel Tremezzo on Lake Como
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    A special dinner at the Grand Hotel Tremezzo on Lake Como

    ByEileen Ogintz October 29, 2014July 15, 2021

    It’s nice when a hotel can make the experience special for the youngest guests as well as their parents and those who may be here to celebrate a birthday, anniversary or an engagement.

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  • Exploring the beautiful villas along the shore of Lake Como, Italy
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    Exploring the beautiful villas along the shore of Lake Como, Italy

    ByEileen Ogintz October 28, 2014July 15, 2021

    Could this place be any more beautiful? The three-story villa is directly on the lake shore located in Laglio between Cernobbio and Tremezzo on Lake Como, with private dock and lake access.

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  • George Clooney’s temporary neighbors discover the virtures of a Lake Como villa
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    George Clooney’s temporary neighbors discover the virtures of a Lake Como villa

    ByEileen Ogintz October 27, 2014July 15, 2021

    I think George Clooney is lucky to have a villa in the tiny village of Laglio—just 700 people on Lake Como in northern Italy. I can say that from personal experience because I am the Clooneys’ neighbor—well, their temporary neighbor at a lakefront villa

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  • To Deer Valley, where guests say ‘no snowboarders!’
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    To Deer Valley, where guests say ‘no snowboarders!’

    ByEileen Ogintz October 22, 2014July 15, 2021

    Instead of frustrating hours at the airport, we spent a blue sky day on Deer Valley’s famously groomed slopes, stopping for an excellent lunch. (Deer Valley is as famous for its eats as it is for its grooming and customer service.)

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  • Using interpretation and technology to revive the 18th Century in Williamsburg VA
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    Using interpretation and technology to revive the 18th Century in Williamsburg VA

    ByEileen Ogintz October 16, 2014July 9, 2021

    The idea in the Historic Triangle — home not only to this recreated 18th-century city but also to the living-history museums Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center, is to use interactive activities, 21st-century technology and costumed interpreters

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  • After the wedding, time to explore the Charlottesville VA area
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    After the wedding, time to explore the Charlottesville VA area

    ByEileen Ogintz October 16, 2014July 9, 2021

    Correspondent Melissa Miller had time to spend touring the Charlottesville VA area after a spectacular wedding this month. Here is her report.

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  • A family visit to New Bedford MA, once America’s whaling capital
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    A family visit to New Bedford MA, once America’s whaling capital

    ByEileen Ogintz October 15, 2014July 9, 2021

    The New Bedford Whaling Museum is the largest museum in the country devoted to the story of whaling and the history and seafaring traditions of Massachusetts’ south coast region.

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  • Monticello is super kid-friendly, just like Thomas Jefferson was
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    Monticello is super kid-friendly, just like Thomas Jefferson was

    ByEileen Ogintz October 13, 2014July 9, 2021

    It is only fitting that the home of our third President and the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence is so kid friendly. Jefferson was very fond of his 12 grandchildren, many of whom lived here with him after his retirement

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  • A high schooler leaves his comfort zone in Costa Rica
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    A high schooler leaves his comfort zone in Costa Rica

    ByEileen Ogintz October 12, 2014July 7, 2021

    Luis Cruz had never traveled far from home. This summer he got the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica with a group that sponsors community service trips. This is his diary of the trip.

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  • What the kids say about 18th Century Williamsburg VA
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    What the kids say about 18th Century Williamsburg VA

    ByEileen Ogintz October 10, 2014July 9, 2021

    What’s it like to see 18th Century history unfold in the street of Colonial Williamsburg, VA? We asked some of the “junior interpreters” what they thought.

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  • 21st Century meets 18th in Colonial Williamsburg – huzzah!
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    21st Century meets 18th in Colonial Williamsburg – huzzah!

    ByEileen Ogintz October 9, 2014July 9, 2021

    21st Century meets 18th Century—that’s the idea of Colonial Williamsburg. The audience was enthralled by the street theater Revolutionary City where costumed interpreters play out different aspects of the politics surrounding the American Revolution.

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