Tag: travel

  • Flying solo…

    …or duet, in my kids’ case. Today we are sending our kids on their first flight alone to visit their grandparents.  Luckily, it’s only a 30 minute flight and they […]

  • Flying with my new Polish friend

    My 9 hour flight to London next to a very drunk Polish guy.  Each hour, new words of wisdom: Hour 1: “I did not choose this seat.  I was pushed!  […]

  • Kids with cameras – Part 2

    Continuing on the theme of my kids’ vacation photos: Here we have “lawn chair.”  Apparently this is fascinating to my children.  Probably because we neither have a lawn or a […]

  • Tips on traveling to Sicily

    Just back from a wonderful trip to Sicily.  If you are ever planning to travel there, let me give you a few tips: 1. Upon landing, send one person in […]

  • Switcherland

    Once again, we are on a trip where we switch planes in Switzerland.  This is really not helping with my argument that the country is not called Switcher-land.  The kids […]

  • Discount Airlines

    Let me tell you a little story about a trip we took on one of these discount airlines.  To protect the airlines identity, I’ll call them Lyin Air. We chose […]

  • Bugs

    One good thing about living in Sweden – a surprisingly small amount of bugs in the house.  No roaches!  Only fruit flies for 2 weeks of the year and maybe […]

  • Nap time

    I was reading an article in the paper earlier this week about activities on the subway.  Five people were polled regarding what they like to do while riding the subway. […]

  • New one for me

    I’m looking though Singapore Airlines webpage and trying to fill in a form.  I have to say, all the airlines I’ve ever used only give a choice of “Mr., Mrs., […]