I'm an independent traveler who likes making my own arrangements. (Or, to rephrase that for the people who know me and will want me to tell you the truth: I'm a travel obsessive with a need to usually control every aspect of a trip.)
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Traveling with kids can be all manner of things—educational yet exhausting, transformative yet taxing, magical yet maddening. In this week’s episode, three listeners share dispatches about the joys and challenges of seeing the world alongside children of all ages, from chasing a total eclipse in Dallas to seeking out new adventures in Japan. Plus, look out for more stories on the topic on the Condé Nast Traveler site next month.
Lale Arikoglu: Hi there, I'm Lale Arikoglu, and in today's episode of Women Who Travel, we are talking about something that I admittedly don't know that much about. It's traveling with kids. From chasing a total eclipse in Dallas to encouraging your kids' sense of independence in Japan, three listeners share dispatches about the joys and the challenges of embarking on an adventure with children of all ages. First up, Sharyn Jackson from Golden Valley, Minnesota.
Sharyn Jackson: My wife and I went to Nebraska to see the total solar eclipse in 2017, and it was the first time we'd done such a thing and it just blew us away.
LA: Sharon saw her first total solar eclipse while pregnant with her first child in 2017.
SJ: I think two days before we went to see that eclipse, we had gone to the doctor's office and seen the very first ultrasound of the baby and something about looking up at the sun and seeing, well, the moon really, and then the sun around it glowing in black and white, it looked just like that ultrasound image looked to me from the bed at the doctor's office looking up at the screen and seeing this black and white pulsing thing. When we saw the eclipse, it was like we both had this recognition that there was some cosmic connection to this being we were creating and this major event happening in the universe.
LA: So when the next total solar eclipse came around earlier this year, it felt like a full circle moment, and Sharon wanted to share it with her now six-year-old, just two days after his birthday.
SJ: So I chose Dallas because there was a direct flight from Minneapolis without any stopovers, but a few days before we left, the weather forecast was just abysmal for Dallas, and it seemed like we might not see it at all. So there was a lot of scrambling about, "Should I change and should we go to Montreal instead," and I got kind of stressy about it because I got sucked in a little bit to the eclipse chasing idea. But ultimately we made the decision about two days before to stay with Dallas.
LA: So the whole family flew to Dallas.
SJ: So we had a birthday party that morning and then basically went right to the airport and it was just, that part
I'm an independent traveler who likes making my own arrangements. (Or, to rephrase that for the people who know me and will want me to tell you the truth: I'm a travel obsessive with a need to usually control every aspect of a trip.)
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