My friend J. - who's a mom of a delightful toddler and is currently pregnant with her second child - likes to travel with her son (OK, and husband too), and is looking forward to traveling more with her children. Recently, ...

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Murano I'm using a photo from Flickr for Photo Friday today, much as I would love to be sharing the photos I took while we were in Venice When I wrote about navigating Venice by Vaporetto, I ended by alluding to ...

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The joys of depending on the Italian train system. We had planned to have a lazy Monday morning in Lucca relaxing after a busy (wedding-filled) weekend, possibly catching an afternoon train towards Venice. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the train station on Sunday afternoon ...

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