Travel

Italy Hotel Guide: Where We Slept this Summer

view of lake como from Mandarin Oriental

My Italy hotel guide details all the great places we stayed in Rome, Florence, Milan, and Lake Como during our recent summer family vacation. We just returned from a two-week vacation in Italy. Yes, it was hot (near 100 degrees one day in Florence). And yes, it was ridiculously crowded in the cities.  But we still […]

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Springtime in Paris: Our Trip Highlights

Notre Dame

What’s not to love about springtime in Paris, right?  We recently took our girls to visit over their spring break in late March.  Even though it snowed (or rather it dusted snow) during our visit, and we missed most of the spring blooms by a week or two, we still had a blast! Here are […]

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