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As former San Franciscans, my husband, toddler, and I quickly felt at home in Bristol.The progressive UK port city boasts an iconic suspension bridge, heaps of counterculture, and — not least because it’s the birthplace of Banksy — a vibrant creative scene.We’ve found comfort in these parallels, but we’ve faced…
My family and I had been in Tanzania for two days and found ourselves in Zanzibar. We had just moved from Texas and came to the beautiful archipelago for language learning. Quickly, we realized that we had no idea what it would be like to adapt to a new culture.It…
As a travel writer, I consider myself a vacation expert — which means I like to be in control when planning family trips.However, as the self-appointed trip director, I find the self-inflicted pressure to curate the perfect trip can get overwhelming.For a recent family vacation, though, my father-in-law did the…
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A year and a half ago, my wife and I decided it was time to leave Savannah, Georgia, after living there for two years, and return to the Midwest. While the decision initially felt right, I entered months of self-doubt and indecisiveness. In retrospect, it’s obvious to me that my…
Last summer, after a devastating house fire that left them homeless, our son, pregnant daughter-in-law, and 4-year-old grandson moved in with me and my husband. Considering their circumstances, it seemed like the most sensible option until they could rebuild. Still, we all felt pretty apprehensive heading into this living arrangement.For…
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Eleven years ago, we moved into the house next to our new neighbors who were then both 79.Only separated by a narrow alleyway between our two terraced houses, which were built during the first few years of 1900s, my husband and I knew we quickly needed to extend friendship to…
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