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Take Kids Traveling – Random Travel Advice #1

February 19, 2026

I was three years old when I first traveled on an airplane. It was to a magical island called Cyprus. I was five years old when I had my first big road trip. It crossed France, Austria, Germany, and Belgium (and possibly Italy, I can’t really remember. I was five. Maybe I’ll ask my mom). I was two years old when I remember my first travel to a foreign country, Italy. Some might think that it’s useless to take kids traveling. Because they won’t remember stuff (that’s not true). That it’s hard, tiresome, or completely impossible for them to enjoy traveling (not true). That it’s hard and complicated to travel with young kids (this one might be true). I don’t have kids myself, so I can’t really give advice on how to travel with kids. But I was a kid, and I do remember my first travels. I remember when

Watch Where You Are Walking – Random Travel Advice #2

February 23, 2026

No matter how, where, or why you are traveling, you will do a lot of walking. You’ll walk in cities, you’ll walk toward the beach, you’ll walk trying to get to a bar in Reykjavik before happy hour ends, you’ll walk to see the seventh identical waterfall in Costa Rica, you’ll walk to get to a viewpoint so you can see the lake from a slightly higher point of view (hence the name, viewpoint), you’ll walk toward the better buffet on the 4th floor (deck? I don’t like boats) on a cruise. Sometimes the whole point of a trip will be walking, if you’re doing a long-distance hike or if you just run out of money in Thailand and have to walk everywhere. The point I’m making is that you will be walking a lot. Even in everyday life. Unless you live in the States. Then you probably drive. But

Everything I Know About Driving in Morocco (2023) – Random Travel Advice #3

March 1, 2026

Driving in Morocco is pretty uneventful. You don’t use your horn as much as one would expect. You pass a lot of horse- and donkey-drawn carriages. Driving through the Atlas is wonderful. Gas stations are everywhere, and there is an attendant who will fill up your car. Which is weird, but nice. You don’t have to leave your nice AC bubble. If you park in cities, there are random folks who claim they’re parking attendants. And they just might be. You tip them, they watch over your car. They will even wash it for you. Weird, but nice. Is the traffic chaotic? Sure. But it has a logic, and you’ll get used to scooters and pedestrians jumping in front of your car in no time. But… If there’s a stop sign, bloody stop. Even if it makes no sense. There are police checks / checkpoints in Morocco. You need to