Continuing with our winter destinations, this week it’s all about Sri Lanka. For such a small island, Sri Lanka offers an amazing variety of landscapes, climates and people. Here are the 7 places/activities that our kids will never forget about our trip to Sri Lanka: 1. The Sea Turtles Along the west coast of Sri Lanka, there is a conservation project that studies and helps turtles in their nesting and hatching habits. It’s called The Kosgoda […]
With the holiday season approaching and people making plans for the winter break, I decided to gather my “intel” about some of the destinations for which we have a Leap & Hop. Every week, I will focus on one destination and provide some tips gathered from my own family’s experience or trusted sources who travel the way we like to travel with our kids. Let’s start with Cambodia and, more specifically Siem Reap with kids. As […]
The summer is upon us and many will go to or through New York. This blog post will give you a taste of the stuff that’s in our Leap & Hop New York and a little more. With kids of different ages and interests it’s hard to find the right balance. When I say “balance”, I mean balance between museums and playgrounds, nice restaurant and street food, public transportation and taxis, etc. You are pressed for […]
During our visit to Sichuan, the first day was dedicated to cooking. Sichuan cuisine is so unique, that the only way for the kids to fully appreciate (and maybe tolerate) the various spices was to learn how to prepare a traditional Sichuan dish or two. Grandma was also very pleased to have new exotic recipes to bring home. On the menu: cold noodles, cooked greens, meatballs, ma po tofu, and kung pao chicken. The class began in […]
It’s cold, it’s raining, it’s Paris in February, no surprise there. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still the most beautiful city in world. Traveling with my 11-year old son in my hometown, I realised that if I was going to jump from the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower I needed to get some warming fuel on the way. To fight the cold and the intermittent rain, we spiced things up with pit-stops in search of that scrumptious hot chocolate. Our […]
It’s this time of the year again in Paris: time for the Harvest Festival in Montmartre. This edition will be the 82nd Harvest Festival and the theme is “Our Planet”. Starting in 1934, Parisians have celebrated every year the harvest from the small vineyard perched on top of Montmartre in the north of Paris. This is the only time of the year that the vineyard is open to the public. Reservations are necessary for the visit on October 9. […]
Kids are back at school, time to plan the next vacation! So what’s it going to be? If you’re a temple-hoping kind of parent, Cambodia should be in your top 5 all time destinations. It can be a little intimidating with kids as there are more than 70 temples in the Angkor complex and more is yet to come. You simply have to manage YOUR expectations. It is not going to be enjoyable if your children are […]
For some of us, the summer vacation is not quite over, there are a few days left. Kids are back and hopefully over the jet-lag. How can we make the most of these last moments if we are trying to hold on to this vacation feeling. Let’s pretend we’re just visiting Hong Kong. Here are a few ideas of things the tourist in us will enjoy with the children. 1. Treasure Hunt in Sheung Wan I-discoverasia and the Hong […]
Photo Credit: Boddi Chrin With a few more weeks left of summer break and for those lucky ones (still) in Paris, here is an activity that will delight little and big ones as they stroll through the mesmerizing garden of the Musée Rodin. As an artist, Auguste Rodin spent his life focused on movement. He used to say: “I always tried to convey internal feelings through the representation of muscles in motion”. In his study […]
Photo Credit: Boddi Chrin It’s July, you’re in Paris with your kids and it’s unbearably hot. I’ve been there, I grew up there, so I know … Paris is not always equipped to handle such crazy temperatures. After you’ve exhausted all the big museums and reached your limits with hoping from shop to ice cream parlour, you may want to try other “cool” places to take your little ones that generally don’t make it to the top 5 places to […]
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