Laura Peters
Offspring Tourism in Reverse!
We here at Offspring Tourism love the saying, “old stomping grounds.” In the 1950s, my dad used to use the term all the time. “Oh, the...
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Laura Peters
Jan 243 min read
Tracking Lost Devices While Traveling
Before I leave on a trip of any length I upgrade to the newest operating system and I confirm that all my apps are up to date on each of...
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Laura Peters
Dec 10, 20233 min read
Snap, Crackle, Pop - New Years Eve in Europe
My husband, John, and I pressed our backs against a wall while we scanned the throng of people in the Cologne street just past midnight....
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Laura Peters
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Is it Travel or Commuting?
In early December, I will fly to Germany to celebrate Christmas with my family. I love visiting them - time together there is the...
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Laura Peters
Oct 31, 20233 min read
Camping Italian Style
In April 2023, it was time to plan some offspring tourism. This time, my family and I decided to vacation in Italy in July. I was...
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Laura Peters
Jun 2, 20232 min read
And Then This Happened
A photo of my late husband, John. We were hiking in Königsforst in Germany. Always a good sport, he posed with my gnomes who were hunting...
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Laura Peters
Sep 6, 20222 min read
A Celebration in Leh, Ladakh
Offspring tourism means stumbling on amazing events wherever your progeny take you. In 2019, my daughter, Rebecca, arranged our itinerary...
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Laura Peters
Aug 16, 20224 min read
The Boba Tour
The college tour is a rite of passage for many high school juniors. Applications to colleges are due by the end of the first semester of...
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Laura Peters
Apr 23, 20222 min read
Cherry Blossoms on the National Mall
Sometimes when you’re traveling with others via offspring tourism or with friends, you have to break with the program, or work around it,...
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Laura Peters
Apr 8, 20224 min read
The Foxless Fox Hunt - Tally Ho!
Offspring tourism has taken me and my husband, John, on some unexpected adventures. One such surprise came in January 2019 when we...
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Laura Peters
Mar 20, 20222 min read
Travel Quest
Have you ever set a quest when you travel? I can’t remember when I started setting a daily quest when I’m away from home, but my...
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Laura Peters
Mar 7, 20227 min read
Healthy Travel
What I have learned about keeping healthy when traveling from - drinking the local tap water on an upper floor of a home in England...
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Laura Peters
Feb 25, 20221 min read
Can you hear me? The phone plan for International Travel
I'm still a big fan of Google Fi as a phone carrier if you like to use an Android, specifically a Pixel phone, it's great, but now that...
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Laura Peters
Feb 20, 20222 min read
The Blind Masseuse
When I arrived in Bangkok in 2017, I had a painful stiffening in my shoulder called, ”frozen shoulder.” I literally could not raise my...
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Laura Peters
Feb 15, 20221 min read
Top 5 Ways to Relax When Traveling
1. Have a beautiful pool to swim in. The one pictured here is at the Majestic Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Utterly delightful! 2. Go...
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Laura Peters
Feb 14, 20221 min read
Streetfood in China
Although, I'm into street food, I have found a few foods where I drew the line - like live scorpions in Beijing, China. They're actually...
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Laura Peters
Feb 14, 20221 min read
Street Food in Kolkata!
After thoroughly enjoying a street food tour in Bangkok, Thailand in 2017, my daughter, Rebecca, thought we would benefit from a similar...
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Laura Peters
Feb 12, 20223 min read
When the Scenic Route Hits a Road Block
In 2019, my daughter, Rebecca, and I flew from Leh, Ladakh to Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, both in India. If we had thought the security...
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Laura Peters
Feb 3, 20222 min read
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
In 2012, my middle daughter, Claire, had arranged to spend the year studying Japanese in Sapporo, Japan. Since I had never been to Japan...
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Laura Peters
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Sometimes You Don’t Ram the Mercedes
I have no idea why I woke up thinking about the day my daughter, Rebecca, did not ram into her father’s Mercedes as she backed out of the...
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