Europe

Families replaced college friends. Cars substituted bicycles. A van displaced a trailer and carried all the water. We were back in Belgium.

A friend mentioned the proximity of Greek slopes. Research was completed. Plans were then made. And plane tickets were purchased.

For spring break, our family fell into a ski trip to Greece. Before that, here are five few Greek facts.

Vienna from 24 years ago, the Vienna Opera House, people dressed as Mozart, and Hotel Imperial Vienna, didn’t jive with my current reality.

One residency card sparked unneeded drama with Egyptian authorities. I hoped this to be a restful week of Family Travel in Cyprus.

Before our Christmas vacation starts at Cairo American College, there are six unique facts about Cyprus to know before traveling there.

In the hustle and bustle of a spirited day in the Vatican, we strode up inconspicuously to the very friendly Eugenio. A grandstand of L’Espresso and Guerin Sportivo magazines surrounded him. Quickly glancing to his left and right, he handed over an unmarked envelope with two tickets inside. Two tickets to the Papal audience this day.

The popular intercity hike through the five Cinque Terre towns was the activity of choice for the three Bissonnette girls, and being outnumbered, that is what this White boy had to do.