We call them secret playgrounds because we hardly ever see them labeled on a map. Tucked between buildings and across from cafes, these wild spaces are a blessing to traveling families. Berlin is the only city where my kids come back to the hotel every night with dirty feet, a collection of sticks, and sand …
KW Institute of Contemporary Art is in a great neighborhood for anyone traveling with children. Our afternoon with the kids on Auguststraße in Berlin goes something like: playground by the skatepark bakery playground on the corner beverage art museum playground under the arch and through the courtyard dinner The galleries at KW are a maze of …
When my family and I visited the Gori Collection, we learned about the children’s tours designed by Stefania Gori. We took the general tour with our kids, but I saw pictures of children touching and playing with some of the artworks in their bookstore. They were engaging nature and art by pulling out sounds, textures, and …
Monday, I wrote about how much we enjoyed the playgrounds in Berlin! Our children were not old enough to visit the official “adventure playgrounds,” but they are old enough to start one in our backyard. In preparation for our favorite outdoor season, here is a video playlist on playgrounds from around the world that are built by …
After visiting Italy for two weeks, we took our family to Berlin for a few nights. And I can’t wait to go back. I loved that rose gardens and graffiti can go together in Berlin and that there were 5 different playgrounds on the 7 minute walk from out hotel to the KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Below is our basic travel list for …
Last summer we took an art trip to New York City and the Hudson Valley with our toddler and preschooler. New York City is one of our favorite adventures with kids. We chose to stay in the Meatpacking District for the hotel and the HighLine. Both gave us something fun to do in the mornings before we jumped on a subway or …
While traveling on winter break, we made our first visit to Isamu Noguchi‘s Playscape, a playground and a sculpture. Noguchi made furniture, gardens, dance sets, etc. and collaborated with people like John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Louis Kahn. He was committed to the social role of art, and playgrounds are a big part of a parent’s social life. In 1976, …