This is my yearly reminder that practicing being lost is a great safety tool! While you're waiting in lines at the fair this season, or at the pumpkin patch, or at the airport, ask your kids this one question: "If you were lost right here, what would you do?" This isn't meant to be a scare tactic or anxiety inducing, More like a game or a drill akin to a fire drill. Every time we are in a crowded space, we take the opportunity to help our kids practice finding "safe adults". For us, that means e

An abandoned villa hidden in the middle of a city, shielded from the outside world by a high surrounding wall. Slipping inside unnoticed was a challenge – every step careful, every glance alert. Once inside, the contrast was striking. Behind the silence of the garden walls, life had long moved on, but within these crumbling rooms time felt completely frozen. The tall ceilings, heavy doors, and fading details still hinted at the pride once invested here. Yet the decay was undeniable: plaster peel

A short travelogue visiting the most mysterious parts of Peru. | Lost World Museum