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    Taking the Kids featured in Associated Press Article Traveling with College-Bound Kids

    ByEileen Ogintz September 7, 2010June 28, 2023

    Eileen’s experience with traveling with older children was featured in this Associated Press article about traveling with a college-bound student.

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  • Fall is a great time to visit the Smithsonian Museums
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    Fall is a great time to visit the Smithsonian Museums

    ByEileen Ogintz September 6, 2010June 28, 2023

    Where else can you hold a hissing cockroach, hang on to a “shooting star” (actually a 4.5 billion year old meteorite), use real bones to solve a mystery CSI-style or, as I did, see what you’d look like as an early human

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  • Pasta making in Tuscany
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    Pasta making in Tuscany

    ByEileen Ogintz September 6, 2010June 28, 2023

    We’re at a restored picture-perfect farmhouse up in the hills of Lucca on the vineyard and olive groves that are owned by Piero Tartagini and Francesca Pardini, taking a cooking lesson from Zeela Rubenstein and her husband Mauro Gehigani

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  • A massive kitchen at sea: Disney Magic
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    A massive kitchen at sea: Disney Magic

    ByEileen Ogintz September 3, 2010June 28, 2023

    The 120 cooks, 48 stewards and 10 storekeepers on board the Disney Magic aim to make sure you’re not. How much weight you’ll gain is another story.

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    Taking the Kids featured in Associated Press Article Tips for Traveling with Teenagers

    ByEileen Ogintz September 3, 2010June 28, 2023

    Teenagers can be a handful when traveling, too! Beth J. Harpaz of The Associated Press comes to Eileen Ogintz for tips for keeping older kids happy on vacation.

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  • Gladiators, churches and fountains – a day in Rome
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    Gladiators, churches and fountains – a day in Rome

    ByEileen Ogintz September 2, 2010June 28, 2023

    Everyone is watching. We’re in the ancient Coliseum in Rome but these gladiators won’t fight to the death, thank goodness. They’re not slaves or prisoners of war.

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  • Mt. Vesuvius and Pompeii
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    Mt. Vesuvius and Pompeii

    ByEileen Ogintz September 1, 2010June 28, 2023

    It’s only a half mile but a steep 40 per cent grade makes it seem much longer. After all the eating aboard the Disney Magic (www.disneycruise.com) as we cruise the Med, we’re glad for the exercise as we head to one of the most famous volcano craters in the world. Mt. Vesuvius.

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  • Who says Disney cruises aren’t for adults?
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    Who says Disney cruises aren’t for adults?

    ByEileen Ogintz August 31, 2010June 28, 2023

    DAY SEVEN – Disney for adults. It’s all how you shake the cocktail. Who says Disney Cruises are just for kids?

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  • Touring the Big Apple with Big Apple Greeters (it’s free!)
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    Touring the Big Apple with Big Apple Greeters (it’s free!)

    ByEileen Ogintz August 30, 2010June 28, 2023

    Everyone visiting NewYork for the first time needs a friend like Coreen Bourke. The lifetime New Yorker and retired phone company administrator was our designated Big Apple Greeter (www.bigapplegreeter.org), volunteering her time to show visitors like us the New York neighborhoods she knows so well. It’s a free service underwritten by generous donors.

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  • Belly dancers and couscous — a day in Tunisia
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    Belly dancers and couscous — a day in Tunisia

    ByEileen Ogintz August 30, 2010June 28, 2023

    DAY SIX It’s all about the swish of your hips. We’re at Douar Laroussi about an hour from where the Disney Magic is anchored this morning in Tunis, Tunisia in North Africa.

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