We tend to treat Mediterranean islands like the reward at the end of a European trip. But the right island can hold the whole thing: history, food, culture, landscape, and sea. Here’s the case for making the island the trip.
Stories That Inspire the Way You Travel
I've been traveling since before I could walk. Literally. So when I write about a place, it's not from a brochure. It's from a terrace, a back road, a kitchen table, or a train I took because the timing was right. Some pieces are practical — the timing that matters, the question to ask before you book. Some are just stories I couldn't stop thinking about long enough to keep to myself. Pour yourself a coffee. Or wine. Probably wine.
Pull up a chair. This is where the stories live.
The Maasai warriors were mid-dance when they pulled my grandson in. That’s the part of traveling with grandchildren no itinerary can plan and the part they never forget. On designing a trip for memory, not mileage.
The where is the easy part. What makes or breaks a multigenerational trip is the money, the pace, and the details nobody puts in the group chat — here’s how to handle all three.
“We’re thinking about a group tour.” It’s one of the more common ways a conversation with me begins, and it’s always a good starting point. Just not quite a complete one. Because group tour covers an enormous amount of ground — from a fifty-person motorcoach rolling through five countries in eight days to twenty travelers […]
