I had the chance to visit Morocco for the first time this January, and it's one of those places that will stick with me for a long time. We stayed in the heart of Marrakech's Medina, a maze of narrow alleys that even Google Maps couldn't make sense of. Our riad was unremarkable from the …
2025 was a busy travel year for One Street Over, with small group tours, research trips, and family vacations that took us to France, Switzerland, Cuba, Ireland, and Italy! These were some of the highlights: medieval village Gevrey-Chambertin, in Burgundy a memorable boeuf Bourguignon in Chablis Colmar, in Alsace, decked out for the holidays snowy …
A highlight of this summer was a semi-spontaneous 18 day trip around the Mediterranean with my mom. What a fantastic time we had, with stops in Italy, France, and Spain. And, despite recent news stories about how Barcelona hates tourists, we didn't experience any squirt gun attacks while there. Our trip was bookended by a …
Rome City Guide Rome may not top your list of family-friendly destinations, but there is plenty to engage kids of all ages in the Eternal City. I first brought my two kids to Rome when they were aged 5 and 7 and it remains one of our favorite European destinations. Here are my top 5 …
Think you have to swap Europe for Disney once you have kids? Despite the extra work involved, overseas travel with your kids is worth it!
We arrive at our neighborhood in Trastevere through winding cobblestone streets lined with the faded ochre stone buildings that are unmistakably Roman. Graffiti covers every surface up to the height where a man with a spray can could reasonably reach without the aid of a ladder.
