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This site is really peoples' stories, your stories of travels abroad with your children. These stories become the basis for "fun things to do." Listening to your tales, we feel as if we're there too. | ||
| Thank you (not in any order), Sue and Mark Warner, Laura Whitney, Dale Graham, Andrea and Richard Ehrgott, Louise Schraa, Adrian Vickers, Tom Welch, Barbara Welch, Sam Welch, Kathy Levitt, Deena Tyrrell Grossman, John Callan, Martin Pepper, Lynn Meisch, Donya Daian, Laurie Becklund, Jordan Lederer, Ned Lederer, Liz Dupuy, Sharon Seto, Steve Ediger, John Carnochan, Beata Ritz, Toby Volkman, Nick and Barbara Rosenlicht, Marilyn Brady, Luciana Silva, Nina MacConnel, Eduard de Jong, Barbara Groth, Catherine Martin, Deborah Fross, Jennie Preston, Fred de Jong, Ghislaine Gery, Mark Opperman, Eliane Slesberg, Dan Recht, Ana DeVedia, Scott Lake, Sebastian Hans, Dane Manes, Paul Kleppner, Jacee McHugh, Aya Sakimoto, Kim Sterling, Den Dolde, Roy and Michelle McDonald, Stavros Macrakis, Katy Galbraith, Sara Carnochan, Gini Walsh, Katy Galbraith, Marge Densley, Don Campbell, Sarah Blumenfeld, Richard Herrell, Glennia Campbell, Douglas Danel, Dale Graham; Brian DiBartolo, John Worth, Richard Herrell, Maura Greenman, the Agbanyani family, the Rudman family, Deborah Lustig and her family, Claudia Fainguersch, Iain Urquhart, Beth Pollock, Genesia Alves, Cyndi Isbell, Eleni and Clio Macrakis, Susan van Baardwijk, Barbara Zalewski-Zaragoza, Laura Lee, Jill Gaffigan, Tracey Scher, Sarah Edwards, Alla Handel, Yvette Yasui, Patty Freedman and the Freedman family, Beth Pollock, Kevin Strohmeyer, Tracy Darrow, Veronica Perez, Marissa Moss, Laura Curran, Mary Curran, Leah Curran, Helen Perry, Anne Hudson, Lorraine Charles, Cristiana Jurgensen, Chrystal Snyder, Barbara Sparks, Suzanne Kirkhope, Langley Allbritton, Veerle de Vos, Anja Phoenix; Scott Willoughby and Ruth Bonomo. | |||
| Thanks to Glennia Campbell and The Mother's Club of Palo Alto & Menlo Park for "Baby's First Flight: Traveling with an Infant." | |||
| Thanks to contributing writers: Traci Suppa (Tampa Bay, Winter Haven and Legoland Florida), April Lukacsko (St. Augustine), Kara Turner (Calgary), Amanda Calnan Vowels (South Africa), Andrew Penney (Singapore update), Christie Ritter (Lausanne, Montreux, La Cote Lake Geneva), Jane Snyder (Toronto update). | |||
| Thanks to Maureen Kringen for graphic design. | |||
| Thanks to Chronicle Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Bloomsbury Children's Books USA, Capstone Press, Clarion Books, Roaring Brook Press, Cricket Books, Viking Children's Books, DK Publishing, Scholastic Inc., Candlewick Press, Enchanted Lion Books, Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Front Street Books, Lerner Publishing Group, Holiday House, Children's Press, Walker & Company, Philomel Books, Atheneum, Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, HarperCollins, Random House, Soundprints, Oxford University Press, the Penguin Group USA, Walter Foster, Dawn Publications, Henry Holt and Company, David R. Godine, AOL Time Warner Book Group, Little Brown, Scholastic Library, Sterling Publishing, Frances Lincoln, Barefoot Books, Rizzoli - Universe, Hyperion, Tuttle Publishing, Tundra Books, Orca Book Publishers, Groundwood Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, National Geographic, Thomson Gale, Birdcage Press, Charlesbridge Publishing, Harry N. Abrams, Rough Guides, Pequot Globe, Lee & Low Books, for review copies of books and cover images. | |||
| And special thanks to Paul and John, the best travelers. | |||
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Thanks to John Carnochan, Kathy Levitt (England), Mark and Sue Warner (Australia), Scott Palamar (Costa Rica, Eastern Sierra), Javier Arboleda (Spain), Sharon Seto and Steve Ediger (India), Nick and Barbara Rosenlicht (Italy, France, California), Aman Dhillon (Italy, Germany, California), Beate Ritz and Stephen Barr (Germany), Jacee McHugh (Guatemala), Richard Ehrgott (Malaysia), Roy McDonald (Bali, Greece), Aya Sakimoto (Japan), Tom Welch (Italy), Lillian Carr (Italy), Conrad Young (San Diego), Don Campbell (train photo, Turkey), Glennia Campbell (China, U.S.), Stavros Macrakis (Greece), Stephanie Yee and David Rivas (Paris), Pais Barton (Santa Cruz), Eduard de Jong (Switzerland), Kitty Rudman (Namibia and Botswana), Deborah Lustig (Kenya), Alla Handel (Amsterdam), Patty Freedman (Montreal), Simon Stahl and Marissa Moss (Turkey) for photos on this site, Christopher Ong (Singapore). Videos of San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Legoland California, SeaWorld San Diego by Conrad Young. | ||
| Travel Tips article "Choosing a family tour package" – family kayaking in Alaska courtesy of Thomson Family Adventures, family biking courtesy of Backroads ©Backroads/Ben Davidson, family tour Classic Journeys, family in Africa, Wildland Adventures. | |||
| Discovery Cove photos courtesy of SeaWorld. | |||
| Copyright © Photodisc for the following photos – Mont Saint Michel; Gargoyle Overlooking Paris; Notre Dame; Marseilles; Waterfront at Nice; Chateau Chenonceaux - Loire Valley, France; Pantheon - Rome, Italy; Tuscany View; Duomo in Milan, Italy; The Duomo; River Arno; Leaning Tower of Pisa, Detail; Field in Europe; Autumn at Loch Ness; View of Edinburgh; Eileen Donan Castle; Sunrise over the Thames; Apartments in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fitzroy National Park, Argentina; Santiago; View over Wailing Wall at Dome of the Rock; Pagoda and Dragon Snow Mountain; Windmills in Spain; Plaza de Espana; ; El Morro Fortress, Havana, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany; Castle of Charlottenberg; Lake Louise; Banff, Alberta, Canada, San Francisco cable car; Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Heian Jingu shrine. | |||
| Copyright © Corel Corporation for the following photos – A mountain in the Dolomite Alps, Murano; St. David's Head, westernmost point of Wales; Brecon Beacons National Park; Maritime Theatre, Hadrian's Villa; Pont du Gard, Provence; Berney Arms Windmill, on Langley Marshes, Norfolk Broads; Roman baths, Bath; Gabrielle and Jean, Auguste Renoir; Hadrian's Wall, England; Lake Villarica and volcano, Chile; Llechwedd slate caverns, Baenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd; Valley of the moon, Atacama Desert, Chile; Pompeii ruins from 79 A.D. eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, Italy; Piazza Grande, Santa Maria della Pieve, Arezzo, Tuscany; Snowdon horse shoe, Capel Curig, Wales; Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Gray Lake, Chile; W Standing stones, Carnac, Brittany; Llyn Padarn and Dolbadarn Castle, Snowdonia, North Wales; Caernarfon Castle and slate quay, Wales, U.K; Elaborate dim sum display, Maxim's Palace Restaurant; Birds at the Bird Market in central Hong Kong; Aberdeen, city of granite and roses; Ullswater, Lake District, England; Tokyo-Imperial Palace, lantern on slope of pond; Robin Hood's Bay at dawn, North York Moors; House of Shells, Salamanca; A coconut tree on a sandy beach, Goa, India; Canterbury, Kent; Tintagel Castle, North Cornwall; Castlerigg Stone Circle and Blencathra, Cumbria; Shetland ponies, mare and newborn foal; Ewe and lambs in meadow, Yorkshire Dales, England, U.K.; Brighton Pavilion, England, U.K.; The Moon Pond, Studley Royal, Yorkshire, England, U.K.; Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Eng; Arab spice market, Moslem quarter, old Jerusalem; Shrine of the Nativity marking Christ's birth, Bethlehem; Caesarea's inviting beach and crusader fortress; Domes of St. Peter's; Soft coral, Red Sea; View of Dead Sea from north side, Israel; View of Sea of Galilee from south shore, Israel; Massada, Israel; Pyramid Of The Sun; An "Atlante" Or Warrior Colossus;" Maple Leaves And Temple - Mt. Takao; Tsurugaoko Hachimangu Shrine - Kamakura, Japan; Kamakura, Japan; Plaster Deity Displayed Near A Repulse Bay Beach; Skyline In Background; A Double-Decker Tram In Aberdeen; Fishermen At Cheung Chau Island; Punting on the river Cam, Cambridge, England; Hunslett Mill, Norfolk, England; Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England;Boscastle Harbor, Cornwall, England; View of the Loire River Valley, France, Canal in Bruges, Belgium; Harlech Castle, Wales; Conwy Castle, Wales; Beaumaris; Vallandry, the Loire Valley; Caerphilly, United Kingdom; Orkney, Skara Brae; Mallaig; Oban Castle Estate; Highland Cattle; Edinburgh, Castle Area; Orkney Islands, Cliffs; Orkney Islands, An Estate;Edinburgh, Greyfriars Bobby; House in Luneburg; Statues in the big garden, Herrenhausen, Hanover; House in Luneburg; Roman Imperial thermae in Trier; Old town hall, Trier; Old bridge, Heidelberg; Cathedral, Trier; River Rhine and castle; Lake, Bavaria; Harburg, Germany; Bamberg, Altes Rathaus, Bavaria; Wearing traditional costume on market day; Vibrant and stunning colors of Guatemalan textile weaving; The natural beauty and dramatic colors of Lake Atitlan; Facade detail on the church of La Merced; 'Cithera Player,' Etruscan, Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia; 'Flute Player,' Etruscan, Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia; 'Cupids as Parfumers,' Pompeii, Casa del Vettii; 'Eros Punished by Venus,' Pompeii, National Museum, Naples; Le 'Vieux Port' and its fish market, Marseilles, France; Sorrento, Campania, Italy; View of Isola Bella from Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy; Calcio, Florence, Italy; Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy; 'Pelican,' Caesarea, church outside the walls, Israel; 'Beribboned Doce,' Tiberias, Israel; Door, National Cathedra, Plaza de Armas, Lima; Balcony of Palaci Torre Tagles, Lima; Gold leaf adorns many of Lima's Catholic churches; Selva, rain forest; Orange and green plant; Peruvian jungle; Stelae, Mayan ruins, Copan, Honduras; Amphitheater, Caerleon Roman Fortress, England; Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall, England; Castle Campbell, Scotland; Paper dragon for Dragon Dance; Cockatoos at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore; Chinese shops, Singapore, Boat quay, Singapore, Chinese Bridge, Singapore; Orangutan; Hindu deities, Sti Mariamman Temple-Singapore; Singapore's national flower - the orchid; 'Second Chinese Horse,' Lascaux, Dordogne, France; Grazing Reindeer, Font de Gaume; River Dordogne with cafe, France; Five Horses and a Cow, Lascaux, Dordogne, France; Dinosaur Provincial Park, Badlands, Alberta; Desert badlands, Alberta, Canada; Aberystwyth Castle, Dyed, Wales, U.K, Elk by the road side, Jasper Park, Alberta; Athabasca Falls; Maya ruins at Tulum, Mexico; Waterfront, Akumal, Mexico; Xcaret, Mexican Caribbean; Asakusa, Kannon Temple; L'Arc de Triomphe, Paris; Papal Mass in Vatican Italy; York Minster, England; HMS Victory, Portsmouth, England; St. Michael's Chapel and tor, Glastonbury, England; Mine truck for ore, Mordelham Quay, Devon, UK; series of windmills, Kinderdijk; Keukenhof Gardens, Holland; Efteling Amusement Park, Holland, the great Buddha at Todaiji temple, Nara; Reflection, temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto, Kofukuji Pagoda, Nara; Toei Uzumasa Movieland, Tokyo; Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima; Cranes of peace and longevity, Hiroshima; Wishing well at Ryoanji temple, Kyoto; footbridge in Autumn, Arashiyama; Temple pond, Nara prefecture, Kiyomizu temple, Kyoto; Himeji; Burrard Inlet, Vancouver;s Totem Pole, Stanley Park, British Columbia; Butchart Gardens, Victoria; Capillano Suspension Bridge; Niagara Falls, Ontario; Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario; Stratford Bridge over the Thames River, Ontario; Cilgerran Castle, Cardigan, South Wales; Cardiff Castle; St. David's Cathedral; Lake Vyrnwy, East of Dolgellau; Lake Bala; Remains of Castel-y-Bere; Angelsey, Beaumaris Castle; Tower of London, England; Statue of Juan Rodiquez Cabrillo, Point Loma; Campanile, Mission San Diego de Alcala; Dolphin feeding, Sea World; Coronado Ferry, San Diego Bay; Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Island; The Cove at La Jolla Bay; Old Ferry Landing, Coronado Island; Botanical Building, Balboa; Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas; Koala, San Diego Zoo; Promendade, Marina Park; Sailing, San Diego Bay; Tiger, San Diego Wild Animal Park; Museum of Man, Balboa Park; Desert flowers, Anza Borrego State Park; Olvera Street Mexican Village, Amtrak Union Station; Watercourt entrance CA Plaza, Olvera Street donkey mascot; Little Tokyo Plaza; LA Public Library; Security Pacific Plaza; Point Reyes National Seashore- Palomarin; Mist trail along the Merced River; Badger Pass; Mariposa Grove of sequoia trees; Grizzly Giant in Mariposa Grove; Sea otter; part of wall mural in Marine Museum, Vancouver; Pt. Reyes National Seashore - Sculpted Beach, fountain of Latrona Fountain, Versailles; Great Cathedral at Chartres; Cathedral at Chartres, the North Rose Window, Chartres; Palais Versailles, Diana drawing room, Sandstone hoodoo formation, Alberta; Mule deer, Waterton Lakes, Alberta; Bow Lake, Banff, Alberta, Peyto Lake, Banff, Alberta; Chateau de Chaumont, Loire Valley, France; Chateaux of the Loire, Villandry Castle, France; Chateau Amboise; Chateau Azay-le-Rideau; Anglesey, Beaumaris Castle, North Wales; Old Jerusalem, Israel; The Damascus Gate, Old Jerusalem; Restormel Castle, Cornwall, England; Bodiam Castle near Robertsbridge, East Sussex; Windsor Castle, England; Candelbros, Paracas; the Roman Arena, Arles; old Chateau Vaison-la-Romaine; Colzean Castle, Ayshire, Scotland; Inverary Castle, Argyll; Glencoe; Cathedral and City Wall, Canterbury, Kent; Fordwich, near Canterbury, Kent, Bronze sculpture, Poseidon, Greece; Agora, Corinth, Greece, "Valley of Rocks near Lynton, Exmoor; dramatic fish eye shot of Houndtor, Dartmoor, Malahide Castle, Ireland, "Daruna" Jindaiji Temple Tokyo. | |||
| From iStockphoto.com – Kiyomizu Kannondo temple; Pompidou Centre, Les Calanques; Peaceful place Bois de Boulogne; bridge over the Dordogne, Palawan Beach Sentosa Island; Sentosa Bridge, Buddha (Hong Kong); Acrocorinth peak in spring; Sea walls of Acre; Haifa's Bay; Dome of the Rock; Cable car at Ros Hanikra; Silhouette of palm tree, Ein Gedi; Architecture II, model of Jersusalem; Red rocks, Timna Park; Sea of Galilee; Falafel in pita bread; Alcazar Palace Sevilla; Anadluzia; Muralla de Avila Espana; Alhambra 03; Alhambra 22; Gaudi detail; Durham Cathedral; Cinque Terre, Autumn at the Falls of Dochart (Perthshire); Family of guanaco in Patagonia; A boat in the south of Chile; Two penguins returning to the beach (Patagonia); London's Tower Bridge from the south bank of the Thames; St. Paul's Cathedral, London; Shakespeare's Globe Theater; Pompeii and Vesuvius; 10,000 Buddhas monastery and temple in Hong Kong; elephant Toronto Zoo; Colca Canyon, Peru; Mountain stream, Isle of Skye; Loch Morlich, Stirling Castle; Merlion, Singapore; Orangutan, Singapore Zoo; Tower with oaks, Lucca; Dutch windmill 3; Arcade Jerusalem; Castle in Ghent; Manneken Pis 1; Swans and medieval buildings (Belgium); the US capitol; National Cathedral, Washington DC; Capitol Building in Washington DC; Jefferson Memorial and Cherry Blossoms; Smithsonian Castle from the garden; Spirit of St. Louis at the Smithsonian; White House in spring; Washington Monument; Excursion barge in the C& O Canal; Mount Vernon, Virginia; Ferry boats crossing harbour in Hong Kong; Paper decorations outside Tin Hau temple; Television tower in Shanghai; Baby pandas Beijing Zoo in China, Forbidden City in Beijing; Beijing China opera; Roof ornaments Forbidden City, Beijing; Summer Palace in Beijing; Chinese girl contemplating the pond of a garden Summer Palace Beijing; Beautiful temple in Xi'an; Terra cotta warriors in Xi'an, China; Dragon in garden (Shanghai): Television tower in Shanghai; Xian warrior; Forbidden City wall, Beijing; A view inside Forbidden City China; Tiananmen Gate, Beijing; Female lion, Forbidden City, Pei Hai (Bei Hai) Park and Gardens; Temple of Heaven, Beijing; Watchtower Great Wall China; Battlement of Alhambra, Granada; Cambridge - dreaming spires; Blue fishing boat Aldeburgh, Suffolk; Carmel, California; Cruise ship, Vancouver; Golden Gate Bridge and SF Skyline; Toronto in summer; Toronto skyline; Church on central square, Lima Peru; Wooden canoes Amazon; Blue and gold macaw; Sea lions Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco; Golden Gate Bridge in mist; River Ouse; York Castle; Torre de Oro; view of San Diego from Coronado Island; Fiesole (stone and concrete art); Ponte Vecchio (the most beautiful bridge in the world); Duomo, Florence; cupid in Boboli Gardens; Onion domes of St. Mark's Basilica; Burano colored houses; Bridge of Sighs, Venice Italia; Rialto Bridge; San Giorgio Maggiore; Winter church and trees, Austria; Westminster Abbey, London England; Tower on Ile de la Cite Paris; Paris Seine cruise; boy and boogie board; kids at the beach; Roman arena Arles; Sand harbor, Lake Tahoe, Nevada; Lake Tahoe, viewed from Heavenly Valley ski resort; little boy skiing downhill; waterfall, Lake Tahoe; "sliding" at Lake Tahoe; Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe; deserted beach, Lake Tahoe; Ile Sainte Marguerite, Cannes; Train line in north of Scotland; view of Mt Eiger and the train station; Florence Campanile and Duomo; Baptistery Door, Florence, Italy; Patagonia sea lion; Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park; Southern Atacama Desert;Magic Nahuel Huapi Lake in Patagonia; Gaucho country; Argentina railway "trochita": Cuban Girl at Varadero Beach; Vinales Valley, Cuba; Girls walking on the pier; Sea lions in the sun in Monterey Harbor; Christmas fair in Augsburg, Germany; Statue in front of the Romer, Frankfurt's famous landmark; Barge on the Main Riber in Frankfurt Germany; Lions before the Welfenscholoss in Hannover Germany; Town hall and Masch Pond in Hannover; St. Kastor basilica in Koblenz; mixed forest in Saarland Germany; typical street scene in Rothenburg, Germany; buildings in Nuernberg Germany; women's church in Nuremberg Franconia; castle in Wuerzburg, Germany; Fueseen "High Castle;" Nymphenburg park in Munich, Germany; Milan - a tower of Castello Sforzesco; Castillo San Felipe Rio Dulce Guatemala; Olympia in Greece; Red fort in Old Delhi; Chichen Itza pyramid in Mexico; Flamingos in the Yucatan; Daibutsu in Kamakura; Dogashima Islands, Izu, Japan; fisherman carrying reed boat, Peru; Dartmoor ponies; Trosky castle; Dorset Hive Beach Jurassic Coast; Brooklyn Bridge; Young boy looking over New York; Statue of Liberty; Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center; Buildings as seen from Central Park; Weather station (Belvedere Castle) in Central Park, Manhattan; Clock at Grand Central; Skyscrapers tower over New York City; American Falls, Niagara New York; Boat tour American side Niagara Falls; Twin sisters at Niagara Falls; Niagara Falls and Maid of the Mist Canadian side; Niagara Horsehoe Falls; Antique baseball and glove; Path long the Erie Canal, Rochester New York; Niagara Falls in summertime, Canadian side; Rouen, Place du Marche; Ferris wheel Chicago; Buckingham fountain and downtown Chicago skyline; Chicago Museum of Science and Industry; T rex skeleton Field Museum; Take a river boat through Chicago; Wrigley building in Chicago; Rustic building near banks of Mississippi River; Amusement park rides at Chicago's Navy Pier; Hugging a snowman; group of elephants, Etosha Park, Namibia; Young seal Skeleton Coast Namibia, Namib Naukluft National Park; Dune 45 in Namib Desert; Two lioness and lion cubs Masai Mara, Kenya; Colorful wares cloth merchant Mombasa Kenya; Flamingos on Lake Kakuru; Hippopotanmus in Lake Naivasha; baby in airport luggage trolley in front of check-in sign; child playing with toy plane before departing on holiday; a little boy enjoying the surf; California beach scene; Mission Santa Barbara; Chinese dragon on Ramblas Street, Barcelona Spain; Two young girls looking at Barcelona from the Parc Guell; Bridge over the Tagus River, Toledo; Shield and armour, Toledo; View from hillside near Balmaha, Loch Lomond; Glasgow University Bell Tower; Tall Ship Glenlee; Yulong River; Li River Mystery; Gateway of India; Plaza Mayor and Philip III; city wall at Avila Spain; Stained glass Segovia Spain; Girl collecting seashellls on the beach - Vancouver; Chinese lions in Vancouver; White whale Vancouver aquarium; Gastown Vancouver; Sunset on El Capital; River play (Merced River); Desert peek (Arizona); Sandcastle; Grand Canyon from Bright Angel Lodge; Grand Canyon North Rim: Grand Canyon at Desert View; Majestic Grand Canyon; Grand Canyon Rafting; Begging Squirrel Grand Canyon Arizona; Blooming flowers in spring; Bodie; Morning calm (Mono Lake); Mt. Whitney from the Alabama Hills; Hot Springs (Hot Creek); Yosemite Valley; Devils Postpile #2; Children skiing together; Fisgard Lighthouse; Drake's Bay; Smeaton's Tower Lighthouse; Lighthouse and Rocks; Castel Dinas Bran Ruins; Walden Pond; Young blond tourist at the Colosseum; Precious (baby girl in pink); Berney Arms Mill, Norfolk Broads; Ely Cathedral; Boy in vineyard; Chateau Vaux le Vicomte; Happy kids playing at the beach; Sandcastle (boy at the beach); Pigeon Montpellier; White horse Sigean, Languedoc-Roussillon; Playing in the snow (Zugspitze); Can't catch me (kids at beach); Village of Beynac-et-Cazenac; Alpine scenery - Dolomites; Balconies and windows, Arezzo, Tuscany; close up of alligator, Everglades Florida; Kids exploring a tidepool; Children at the beach; Boat leaving Ballard Locks; Mount Rainier; Sea stacks Washington coast; Olympic mountain range; downtown Seattle from a ferry; Yaquina Head lighthouse; Haystack Rock Cannon Beach; Green sea anemones, Oregon; Driftwood on beach at Heceta Head; Steamboat on the Columbia River; Columbia River Gorge; Cannon Beach; Apples in paradise; Griffith Park; Summer swimming fun; Ancient abbey near Narbonne; Jasper information centre, Alberta; Ocean fun; Sunny beach of Playa la Ropa; downtown Tampa; Pair of pelicans, Florida; Lion, Busch Gardens; Little girl on beach (Florida); Surfside pier - Clearwater; Girl and fish Tampa aquarium; Palm tree at the beach; Florida beach with waves' Don CeSar beach resort; Happy children (swimming pool), Biosphere structure; Ice skating Mount-Royal; Maple sugar; Touring boat Montreal; Passing by - clock tower Montreal; Pedal boats Montreal; Yellow canoes (quebec); Yellow maple; Martello Tower 1 Quebec City; Ascensor of Valparaiso; Lighthouse of Malaga; Little cowboy (Montana); Waterton Lakes National Park; Young black tail deer; Fort Mose; Through the Gates St. Augustine; Castillo de San Marcos; Proud lion; St. Augustine, Florida; Castillo de San Marcos; St. Augustine Lighthouse; Hot springs in Yellowstone; Bison in Yellowstone National Park; Geyser Yellowstone Lake; Edge of Yellowstone Lake, Waiting on Old Faithful; Geyser Reflections at Twilight; Moose in early light; Moran reflection; Winter mountain (Tetons); Mule deer; Historic Amsterdam touring boat; Houseboat on Amsterdam canal; Alhambra (Courtyard of Lions); Door in the Arabic wall; Sevilla-Azulejos; Castle tower (Fuengirola); Albaicin view from Alhambra, Spain; Sand dunes (Death Valley); Scotty's Castle; Mother and daughter (Joshua Tree); At the seaside (Chicago); Pamukkale; Old grave (Hierapolis); Aphrodisias- Antique City; Kybele goddess; Library of Celsus, Ephesus; Troy; Troy archeological site; Camels (textile); Cappadocia landscape; Goreme church; Turkey flag and map; Ceramic wall tiles - Topkapi Palace; Topkapi Palace; Charioteer driving two horses (Istanbul); Grand Bazaar, Istanbul; Turkish spices; Galata Tower; Castle (Istanbul); Blue Mosque at sunset Istanbul; Mosaic of Virgin Mary and Infant Jesus; Basilica Cistern; Imperial Hall (Topkapi Palace); Children waiting for a wave; Seals taking the sun; Eschenheimer Tor; Neuschwanstein; Garmisch-Parenkirchen Garten; Scenic valley and town (Bavarian Alps); Village in the Alps; Calgary downtown; At the rodeo (Calgary); Calgary Tower; Dam intake (Hoover Dam); Hoover Dam hydro electric power; Equestrian statue Ernst August I (Hannover); Aztec calendar; Chalupas in Xochimilco; Batu Caves, Malaysia; Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur; Old Town Helsinki; castle ceiling (Cardiff Castle); Sgwd yr Eira falls (Wales); Old castle of Foix; Ancient wall and hiking trail in the Pyrenees; San Clemente Pier; Bucket and spade on beach; Redwood forest; Coastal spring; Point Bonita lighthouse; Winery in South Africa; Leopard (Kruger National Park); Cape Town and Table Mountain; Boulder Beach; Misty forest; Baby elephant; Dolphins jumping; Baby hippo (St. Lucia); African masks; Drakensberg mountain and river; Lassen Peak; Lassen Cinder Cone; Sulfur springs; Lassen Volcanic National Park; Old medicine show wagon (Calico); Sled dogs; McKinley panorama; Cruising Kenai Fjords; Falls surrounds Matanuska Glacier; Talkeetna sign; Portage Glacier; Totem Ketchikan; Dall sheep ewe and lamb; Tidewater Marjerie Glacier; Seward Harbor One; Mt. Kinley; Summer vacation fun; Kluane Lake; Alice Lake' Squamish - Howe Sound; Gondola at Whistler; Dog sledding; Shannon Falls; Log cabin (British Columbia); Cheakamus Lake; Hikers Whistler; Whistler Inukshuk; Totem pole British Columbia; Giant sequoia (General Sherman Tree); Upward view of two giant sequoia trees; Morning at Red Rocks; Desert blue; Ancient petroglyphs, Valley of Fire, Nevada; Elephant Rock desert landscape; Palm Springs vista; Patagonia; Young American alligators (St. Augustine); Chinese fishing nets, Cochin; Kathakali traditional dancer, House boat (Kerala); Two arches at sunrise; Canyon waterfall; Rock and tree; Capitol Reef National Park; Girl overlooking the canyon; Girl overlooking canyon; Happy granchild and grandmother on vacation; The Narrows; Girl with tulips; Group of kids in forest walking over log; Coyote (Arizona); Sonoran Desert; Southwestern architecture; Little boy ready for surfing; Performers in medieval costumes (Siena); Iguazu; White tiger's portrait; Sentosa Beach; Singapore financial district; Abbey at Whitby; Statue of Leonardo da Vinci; Chillon Castle Montreux, Switzerland; Thun Castle; Chillon landscape; Switzerland mountains; Cable car in Grindelwald; Eiger north face and Kleine Scheidegg; Laussane (Lausanne); Gruyere; Eisgrotte on Rhonegletscher; Over ther rooftops (Lake Maggiore), Isola Bella; Brussels square with flower carpet; Outdoor girl canoeing; Chapel Bridge over River Reuss; Scenic meadow in Emmental region; Rhine Falls; Baby giraffe and mother; Bok Tower Thu Trees (Florida); White ibises (Florida); Pool fun; Garden of Claude Monet; Squaw Valley; Humpback whale; Three Sisters mountain range; Child beach Cornwall St. Agnes; VOC ship in Amsterdam; Deer in park (Yosemite); Summertime-boggie board girl; Canoes in Amazonia (Ecuador); Casa Loma; Toronto City Hall skating rink; Polar bear swim under water; Toronto city view, Toronto, Canada; Little brothers chatting; Toucan, SPQR manhole cover; Swans on Bowness at Windemere; Daisies Meadow and Lake (Windemere); Ullswater Lake; Back from treasure hunt (Horseshoe Bay Vancouver); Chateau d'If; Roof tiles St Stephens Vienna; Belgian waffles; Lincoln Memorial; Humpback whale diving; Ancient wall painting (Greece); Mount Rainier wildflowers sunrise; Mountains in monochrome; Mount St. Helens; Japanese pine (Hama-rikyu Gardens); Sumatran tiger (Ueno Zoo); Sunset in Tokyo; Tokyo Skytree horizontal view; Crepes for Sale in Tokyo; Diwali oil lamp; Montreal biosphere; Nativity scene statue (Sagrada familia); French delicious pastries at bakery in Paris; Big koala, Taronga Zoo Sydney; Windmills at Zaanse Schans; Bicycle in Amsterdam Canal; Plymouth Rock; San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden; Chinatown Gate (Los Angeles); Sunburst anemone; Happy boy surfing (San Diego); Male giant panda in the (National Zoo,Washington DC); Inside the dome - US Capitol; Machu Picchu4; Girl Playing on Sand Dunes; Gold miner illustration; Eruption of Old Faithful. | |||
| WikiPaintings public domain: Hokusai - "The Ronin Attack the Principal Gate of Kira's Mansion," "Portrait of Matsuo Basho," "Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo" Kuniyoshi - "Women," Rembrandt "The Nightwatch," Botticelli "The Birth of Venus," Michelangelo Sistine Chapel ceiling, Winslow Homer "Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)," Leonardo da Vinci "The Last Supper." WikiMedia public domain Shakespeare's Monument painted by John Hall 1748.jpg. |
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iStockphoto.com - Pina Colada (Leafcutter ants video); Tropical Rainforest & Idyllic Island (Green Iguana video); Underwater Ambiance and Bubbles (Barrier reef Belize video); Rainforest Sounds & Music (Toucans); African Lullaby Kalimba Solo & Ambiance - Breeze in Trees (Howler monkey video); Flauta India (Caracol video); African Sunset (Belize Butterfly video, San Diego Zoo Safari Park lorikeets); Fuji in Winter (Golden Dragon Dance video); Shanghai 4 (Ueno Park Tokyo video), Bossa Nova (Sumida Aquarium video); Garage Rock Trio Reprise, Constant Water Bubbles (Tsukiji Fish Market video); Smiling Sun (Legoland California video, San Diego Zoo Safari Park Baby elephant video, SeaWorld San Diego Dolphin Show); | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pond5.com - Japanese Dream (Tokyo Store Murals video); Bubbles power (Fish Feeding Atago Shrine Tokyo video); Acoustic Loop 34 (San Diego Zoo Panda video); Topical Island Loop 1 (San Diego Zoo monkey video); Supa mama mandinga, Water Lake (San Diego Zoo hippos, San Diego Zoo Safari Park giraffes); Machu Picchu (San Diego Zoo animals eat lunch, California condors); Forest Asia (San Diego Zoo Safari Park tiger family); African Drums (San Diego Zoo Safari Park rhinos); Ukelele with clapping and whistling (San Diego Safari Park baby elephant video); Quiet rolling ocean waves (SeaWorld Journey to Atlantis video); Calypso Fusion (SeaWorld San Diego Shamu Show); Ambient sun dreamy, ambient under water (SeaWorld San Diego Shark Encounter). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Where do we get the information for this site? Much as we'd like to do each fun thing listed on the Web site, Travel for Kids is based on our own experiences, travel experiences of other families, supported by information from tourist boards in each country. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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