Understanding Electrical Conversions When Traveling Over Seas (2)
Posted 30 October, 2007 in Travel with Kids
One thing all travelers need to keep in mind is that different countries use different electrical currents. Using the wrong adapter or power converter might have expensive—or even explosive—results.
Understanding electrical current around the globe is fairly straightforward. There are primarily two standard systems in use today. North America, Central America, and much of Japan, use a 60 Hertz cycle at about 120 volts. The rest of the world, with a few minor exceptions, operates under a 50 Hertz, 220 volt system.
Children Traveling With Family or Friends (2)
Posted 23 October, 2007 in Travel with Kids
Sometimes it’s necessary to allow your child to travel with a close friend or family member. Maybe Grandmom is spending the summer in Europe and wants to take the grandkids along for a trip of their lifetime. Or, perhaps your child’s best friend is going to the beach during a school break and have invited your child along. These kind of trips are usually more stressful for parents than children.
To alleviate your concern, speak to the adult who will be in charge during the trip. Be clear on any conditions you may have regarding the trip. Maybe Grandmom can take Suzie to Europe to visit family, but you want to her to be with Grandmom the entire time, no babysitters, even family, allowed. Make these kinds of wishes clear.Â
Magic Madrid! (0)
Posted 16 October, 2007 in Spain
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Planning a Train Trip With Children (0)
Posted 16 October, 2007 in Travel with Kids
Let’s face it, if children were to pick their favorite ways to travel, trains would likely come in dead last. They ride along, staring at the same sibling across the car for the length of the trip. Kids can only stare out the windows at passing telephone poles for so long before they get bored. Forethought and planning are a necessity, in order to help mom and dad keep their sanity to the end of the line.
Infants are fascinated with new things and places, so they often handle traveling surprisingly well. Toddlers and preschoolers require a bit more thought.Â
When planning the trip, keep the kids in mind. While adults and older children might be able to handle a twelve hour layover without flinching, younger children will get tired of sitting in the same place for so long. If a layover is absolutely necessary, try to plan some kind of distraction, like a trip to a local park. Keep in mind that after being cooped up in a train car all day, they will likely have a lot of energy to burn off, so parks and playgrounds will probably work better than museums or theaters.
With most young children, the best time for the boring part of the trip—the actual traveling—is during the night or naptime. The rhythm of the train and the boredom will combine to put most children right to sleep.Â
If nighttime travel isn’t an option, then be sure to bring along things to entertain and occupy the kids. When selecting these items, gather a variety, rather than one or two favorites, because even a favorite book can get boring after the sixth reading.
Even the most boring of train rides doesn’t have to be a disaster. With careful planning ahead of time, most children will enjoy the “quality time†spent with their parents along the way.
Visit Charming Historical Springfield, Illinois (0)
Posted 9 October, 2007 in USA travel
When you first arrive in this city, you could be forgiven for not realizing that this is actually the state capital of Illinois – it lacks the hustle and bustle usually associated with most state capitals, and certainly lacks the energy of Illinois’s most famous city, Chicago. However, the gentle sereneness of Springfield are in keeping with its history, for this is Lincoln’s town. He was part of the group of people responsible for making Springfield the state capital, and this is his final resting place.
Apart from the limestone built capitol building from where Abraham Lincoln gave his “House Divided†speech, there’s also a Lincoln Home Visitors Center which shows a short movie on the Springfield that Lincoln loved, and where you can obtain free tickets to take a walk around the restored Lincoln home on 8th and Jackson Street. As a visual lesson in how people lived “back then†the home is an interesting place to visit.Â
Experience Nature inExperience Nature in the Everglades National Park, Florida the Everglades National Park, Florida (0)
Posted 2 October, 2007 in USA travel
As the 3rd largest national park in America, the 1.6 million square miles of the Everglades National Park is teeming with natural beauty. Its swamplands are as familiar a sight as the alligators and airboats used to promote the area. The ecosystem of the park is what draws many of the visitors here. Although there’s plenty of waterways, swimming isn’t an option because of the unfriendly wildlife who live there, but canoeing is one way of enjoying the water from the relative safety of a vessel.Â
There are guided tours around the park by staff who will talk about the wildlife of the park, and the various sites to see within it. These tours can be on foot, or by a regular tram, or even by boat – obviously one of the best ways to see the Everglades which are noted for their grasses which grow up through the shallow waters in much of the park.Â