C I T Y : Barcelona

Barcelona, Day One

Barcelona, Day Two

CULINARY ITINERARY: Alice Waters

Alice Waters’ Culinary Tour

CULINARY ITINERARY: from HAWAII to the WORLD and other revelations

I was trying to remember the Honolulu kid friendly place with Hawaii regional cuisine that we discovered a long time ago.

Finally found it, Sam Choy’s Breakfast, Lunch, Crab & Big Aloha Brewery and while it seems its yelputation doesn’t confirm my good memories, the family friendly atmosphere is still there, so maybe it’s still worth checking out.

And here’s all the itinerary and beyond, Bon Appétit

HAWAII REGIONAL CUISINE

• ALAN WONG
• Alan Wong’s Restaurant
• The Pineapple Room
• GEORGE MAVROTHALASSITIS
• Chef Mavro
• PETER MERRIMAN
• Merriman’s
• ROY YAMAGUCHI
• Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine
• SAM CHOY
• Diamond Head Restaurant
• Sam Choy’s Breakfast, Lunch, Crab & Big Aloha Brewery
• FARMERS’ & OPEN MARKETS ON OAHU

NG FOODS OF THE WORLD

As for travel guides, the HAWAII REVEALED series is the favorite:

Barcelona upside down

Next day’s destination was Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Montjuïc. But we found a very convoluted itinerary to reach it. The Pavilion is right near the Magic Fountain, so we started with the end: the night light show.

Here we have an itinerary ending at Font Magic, with La Boqueria appetit, Las Ramblas entertainment, and a delicious inspiration, a castle playground too:

We started our morning walk on Las Ramblas, with a delicious breakfast at La Montserratina Patisseria. The street shows always add color to an itinerary!

A refreshing stop and more color in La Boqueria, yum ananas-pitahaya juice!

Adventure trip to Castell: we took a bus to Paral·lel metro station, the funicular after that, and we topped it with a telefèric ride for best views.

Montjuïc trek to Fundació Joan Miró: kids are tired, museum crowded, we are all hungry, so we continue to the magic fountains looking for a place to eat too. We enter The Gardens of the Font del Gat, an invigorating surprise! We even find a cats restaurant, but it’s closed for a private party, arrrgh!

A somewhat unplanned stop at the Archaeological Museum, but this is such a lovely and kid-friendly museum that we cannot resist! It has a wealth of books for kids that I’m trying to find now in English.

We finally find a cafe between MNAC and Font Magic, yum! And a missed spot, Caixa Forum / Casa Ramona by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, adding it to the wish list for next trip.

We reach the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion and Font Magic, lights!

Montjuïc is definitely a huge park, a green city inside a city, and our itinerary can be easily split in several days. I definitely want to go back for Poble Espanol, we visited it in our previous trip and my memories make it a nice destination for kids. More beautiful Montjuïc itineraries, to be checked the next trip!

To Life!

Last day in Israel, we said goodbye to hospitable Caesarea, stopped at Ralli Museum for a short introduction to Dali‘s works, and found an eclectic exhibit to accompany Ceasarea‘s own archaeological artifacts too.

Went up to Haifa, checked out the shouk where we had some yummy burekas, didn’t have time for the Body Worlds at MadaTech, rushed on the new Kvish Shesh to the airport to beat the Tel Aviv traffic. We’ve made it in time to the airport, had some time for buy & bye and play too before the flight #3 to OTP.

There were so many places in Israel that we wanted to go with the kids …
we have a long wish list for the next trip, so T O L I F E for that!

Sunday Itinerary

This is London … full of interest.
On Sunday morning you can go to Petticoat Lane open-air market.

When in Rome do as the Romans do, and in London don’t miss the afternoon tea, especially on a nice Sunday afternoon, our first day in London! So I’m thinking the Orangery should be the perfect place with kids, just near the Princess Diana Memorial Park and the statue of Peter Pan.

Speaking of Peter Pan, a new production of Peter Pan comes to London, right in time for our trip, yay

More afternoon tea ideas at visitLondon and Orangery Restaurant

More kid-friendly restaurants.

More London Parks & Playgrounds