Contents
- 1 Where To Stay in Osaka Japan: A Room With A View at the Marriott Miyako Hotel For Modern Luxury
- 2 Don’t Miss Visiting The Thermae Spa Bath in the UK (And Take Your Older Kids Too!)
- 3 Why You Should Make Time To Take A Tokyo To Nikko Day Trip
- 4 Why We Loved Our Hakone Onsen Day Trip to Kowakien Yunessun (And You Will Too!)
- 5 Why You Need To Visit The Monster Cafe Harajuku (+ 20 More Ways To Encounter Tokyo Kawaii Life)
- 6 A Complete 2 Week Japan Itinerary for Travellers Seeking Affordable Luxury (Including With Kids)
- 7 Why Your Next Trip to Japan Should Include the Kii Peninsula
- 8 How Street Art in Houston is Jazzing Up Its Downtown (And 7 Top Houston Wall Murals Perfect for the ‘Gram)
- 9 The Three Best Plantation Homes in Louisiana To Visit With Kids
- 10 The Best Tips and Ideas For Your Southern USA Road Trip
- 11 Discovering the Delights of Belfast and the Antrim Coast in Northern Ireland
- 12 Why You Should Visit Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic Now!
Where To Stay in Osaka Japan: A Room With A View at the Marriott Miyako Hotel For Modern Luxury
When I was in Japan on tour in 2010, I felt like I was 30 years into the future. I love technology and they are so advanced with their phones, computers, everything. - Soulja Boy When we were searching for where to stay in Osaka Japan, we were not short on options. We...
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Don’t Miss Visiting The Thermae Spa Bath in the UK (And Take Your Older Kids Too!)
Can you imagine swimming in rain water that fell 10,000 years ago? The mind boggles. Yet, that is precisely what you are doing when you visit the Thermae Spa Bath in the UK. I am a big fan of spas and my children have visited thermal spas in Iceland, Japan and...
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Why You Should Make Time To Take A Tokyo To Nikko Day Trip
Tokyo is an exhausting city which is why it’s always good to leave it for short breaks. In addition to our day trip to Hakone, we went to Nikko, a UNESCO World Heritage town set in the mountains north of Japan which is home to one of Japan’s most famous shrines....
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Why We Loved Our Hakone Onsen Day Trip to Kowakien Yunessun (And You Will Too!)
During our two week trip to Japan, I was thwarted from visiting a Japanese onsen (hot springs) spa town favored by people in Kyoto by a child with an ill-timed ear infection. In Tokyo, however, I knew that the nearby Hakone hot springs were famous, too. Our last full...
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Why You Need To Visit The Monster Cafe Harajuku (+ 20 More Ways To Encounter Tokyo Kawaii Life)
The Kawaii Monster Cafe Harajuku can only be a Japanese creation. The word “kawaii” is Japanese for cute, and the Japanese love their cutesy things. You could armchair psychoanalyse it as an obsession with childhood. Like so many people the world over, the best times...
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A Complete 2 Week Japan Itinerary for Travellers Seeking Affordable Luxury (Including With Kids)
As far as I am concerned, 2 weeks in Japan is not nearly enough because this small country packs so much into its borders. Needs must though - adults need to work and children need to go to school. I prepared a 2 week Japan itinerary for my family encapsulating the...
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Why Your Next Trip to Japan Should Include the Kii Peninsula
When the Lonely Planet announced the Kii Peninsula in Japan as one of the 10 regions to visit in the world in 2018, I wondered where it was. A quick look on the map showed that it was where I lived for 2 years. Oops. I had no idea it was called the Kii Peninsula. I...
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How Street Art in Houston is Jazzing Up Its Downtown (And 7 Top Houston Wall Murals Perfect for the ‘Gram)
In addition to being known as the home of US space exploration and humidity that can add curl to an Afghan Hound’s fur, did you know there is a burgeoning street art scene in Houston? Downtown Houston has embraced graffiti and murals with a Texas-sized enthusiasm...
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The Three Best Plantation Homes in Louisiana To Visit With Kids
With so many restored Louisiana plantation homes to visit, how do you narrow down your choice of Louisiana plantation homes when you are travelling with children in tow? My husband and I would have loved to have seen as many plantation homes in Louisiana as we could...
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The Best Tips and Ideas For Your Southern USA Road Trip
Where do you start when planning a Deep South road trip itinerary? There’s so much to see and to do in the Southern States. That’s the problem I’ve been having because we are in the process of planning a Southern USA road trip. We have driven through some of the...
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Discovering the Delights of Belfast and the Antrim Coast in Northern Ireland
Growing up we heard repeatedly on the world news about Northern Ireland -- but not in a good way. The strife tearing Northern Ireland apart regularly made international headlines until the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Recently Belfast and the Antrim Coast has been...
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Why You Should Visit Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic Now!
In my opinion, no where is better for sun and sand vacations than the Caribbean. My kids have been lobbying for Turks & Caicos for their October half-term vacation. Turks & Caicos is downright beautiful with stunning white sand beaches and turquoise blue water. I am...
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