Walking On Travels

At the top of the high street, known as the Royal Mile, is Edinburgh Castle, while at the bottom you will find Holyrood Palace. This royal estate is one of the Queen’s royal residences, has hosted dignitaries across the globe, and is a sneak peek for visitors who want to check out royal life. We had seen the outside of Holyrood, the giftshop and the café, after hiking Arthur’s Seat with the kids, but I wanted to get into those walls and see what was housed there. We celebrated the end of the rain with scones and ice cream at the Holyrood Palace cafe, before walking back up the high street towards our rental apartment.

Where to stay in Austin, TX Most of Austin’s main family-friendly attractions are located near the University of Texas, in downtown Austin and just south of Lady Bird Lake. While Austin’s food scene is definitely “maturing” and there are some truly awesome restaurants, there is plenty of basic fare for kids and parents to love. so I recommend you start with Mando Rayo’s awesome and exhaustive blog, Taco Journalism, or check the best tacos in Austin on A Taste of Koko, which is dedicated to all of the best food in Austin, Texas. Enoteca on South Congress has really fabulous, reasonably priced Italian food and an awesome kid’s menu, including a gluten-free pasta option.

Nelson’s book is part memoir and part history book, giving an “intimate portrait of a place that has provided respite and rejuvenation, community and contemplation for generations of African Americans. While telling her family’s personal story, she also weaves in other Black American stories, telling the tales of loss, love and displacement that happens as populations move to look for a better life. Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors One topic that not many people talk about when tackling the reality of racism is the relationship of the Black community with the “great outdoors” and nature. The gals behind the “Dairy of a Traveling Black Woman” want to show the world that you CAN travel as a Black woman to the places you have only read about in story books or seen in movies.

Your kids can definitely share a hotel bed if you book a room with two queen beds. When my youngest was just starting to sleep in his own bed after moving out of his crib and climbing out of his travel crib, we had to figure out how to have the kids share a hotel bed. If your children don’t want to share the sofa bed, splitting it horizontally doesn’t work (see above) or you have more children than bed space, grab the sofa cushions to make a comfy bed on the floor for your child, placing a sheet under and on top of the cushions. No, instead, if you are looking for some extra room in your hotel room, open up the closet doors for added floor space.