I am sorry to have to tell you that this blog is now on indefinite hiatus. It's been a lot of fun; please do come to visit me on my Family Travel blog, the Perceptive Travel blog and if you're interested in motorsports, over on Fast Machines. Links to my other published items, online and in print, are on my Web site.

Until we meet again on the road....

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I thought it was worth noting that the prolific Rick Steves, this generation's Arthur Frommer for Europe, is now writing Blog Gone Europe, a blog on his already extensive Web site.

Rick is just like many people; he backpacked around Europe when he was young, but instead of stopping there, he's made an entire multimedia industry of helping people learn how to travel "through the back door" by showing us how to find unique, local experiences. Some would say that his rather Spartan… Read More

At some point, it seems as though every child attending middle school or high school will read "The Diary of Anne Frank."

Written by a young Jewish girl in Amsterdam in World War II, it is the story of her time with her family in hiding, trying to avoid discovery and deportation by the Nazis. We read in Anne's own words how the noose tightened around the Jewish community with restrictions and required yellow stars, then how the Franks went into hiding… Read More

Yes, I know it sounds painful, but right now is really the time to make plans, buy airline tickets and set up lodging for one or two fall getaways with your family.

Most of us don't have the luxury of long stretches of time off, even in summer, and certainly not in the busy fall months. Many parents are "doubling up" their work-related travel and taking kids on business trips; sometimes it's great to have family around, and sometimes the work… Read More

I've come across some helpful sites and posts recently that I think you'd like, so here's some speedlinking:

** Arthur Frommer, the original "Europe on $5 a Day" budget travel guru, has started blogging and offers three little-known Web sites that can take you on a better trip.

** The online magazine Brave New Traveler has a great post on 5 Places to Watch Free Travel Video Guides. Isn't it great to see a place before you go?

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If you're looking for a great combination of living U.S. history combined with theme park fun, consider the "Historic Triangle" of Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown in Virginia.

There's not a better place for one-stop learning about our country's colonial history, including one of the first European settlements at Jamestown, a colonial world brought to life in Williamsburg and the battlefield at Yorktown where we won our freedom after a decisive defeat of the British forces. Just… Read More