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The Ultimate Road Trip Game
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. All opinions are mine alone. #ShareTheLyrics #CollectiveBias Road trips are awesome. There’s truly nothing like strapping yourself in a car with your closest friends or family members, and going on a trip together. I’ve found that it’s not always about the destination, the…
4 Bits of Parenting Advice From Around the World
Being a parent is an interesting beast to tackle, because we all come from one of the 16,000+ people groups/cultures around the world, and every culture has a different idea of what parenting should look like. People tend to be defensive about their culture, but parents are downright ferocious about their techniques and most are…
Father’s Day Gift Idea For the Traveling Dad
I know I’m not the only one that thinks buying Father’s day gifts is hard. Buying a wallet or a new tie can seem a bit hoe hum, but at the same time, we all know dad wants something useful, not a bouquet of roses or chocolates that would have been more than okay with…
How to Have an Epic Family Camping Trip
Family camping, sometimes fun, sometimes challenging, but why can’t the be epic too? Our best family camping tips! This post has affiliate links Figure out the bathroom situation – As you plan your trip, make sure you double check the bathroom situation before you choose to stay. Some campsites are outfitted with complete bathrooms, including…
The Life of a Medical Translator
I have been a medical translator for over ten years now. It isn’t my full time gig, but a few weeks out of the year I am called upon to use my Spanish for the medical community. They are always my favorite weeks because I get to see things most people never do without going…
What to Pack When Traveling With Baby
Taking a trip with a baby? We’ve pulled together some of the BEST things that you need to make your vacation with baby easier. This post contains affiliate links I always think it’s funny, traveling with an infant, because so many times you need more bags for baby than you do for mom and dad combined….
5 Steps to Mastering a Foreign Language
I am fluent in English, my birth language, and Spanish, which I learned as an adult. People constantly gawk at me like baby deer at their dear sweet mother when they hear me speak in the Spanish tongue. Especially since I am one of the least Latino looking people in the universe. And yet if…
The Crayola Experience at Mall of America
This past weekend I traveled to the Mall of America for a travel blog conference. There were several fun activities and tours that we were able to attend, and one of the highlights for me was the Crayola® Experience tour inside the Mall of America. I want to go back to the Mall of America…
4 Micronations You Need to Visit
Did you ever think, “I sure wish I could be the dictator of a nation I made up, and do whatever I want, and make whatever laws I want”? Like, do you hate Robinson Crusoe and think all the weak-willed fools who love it should be imprisoned and fined? It turns out, you can totally…