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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Where will your children take you?
Laura Peters
- Jan 24
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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
- Oct 4, 2023
- 3 min
Weihnachtsmarkt - Offspring Tourism Style
You may wonder why I’m writing about Christmas Markets in Germany in October, but I will tell you. It is so you can book your trip to...
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Laura Peters
- Jun 16, 2023
- 3 min
Amsterdam Anytime
After a little offspring tourism in March 2023, I booked a flight home out of Amsterdam. Luckily, I have a dear friend who lives there...
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Laura Peters
- Jun 2, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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
- Jul 19, 2022
- 5 min
Safe Travels: How to Safely Navigate Foreign Law When Traveling Abroad
What do Marc Fogel, Brittney Griner, Emilia Semrau and Otto Warmbier have in common? They all, sadly, did not know that when you leave...
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Laura Peters
- Jul 5, 2022
- 3 min
Uniting a Village: A Kitten called Peepo
Driving into Indus River Camp, a forty acre natural reserve nestled in the Indus River Valley of the snow capped Trans-Himalayan range...
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Laura Peters
- Jun 24, 2022
- 3 min
The Negligent Blogger
Dear Reader: Yes, my last post was on April 23rd. It is now June 24th. I won’t give into the temptation to say, “I don’t know where the...
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Laura Peters
- Apr 23, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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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Laura Peters
- Jan 24, 2022
- 2 min
Santa Fe
Offspring tourism started when, in 1983, I invited my parents to attend the Santa Fe Film Festival called, “The Spirit of Zoetrope,”...
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Laura Peters
- Jan 16, 2022
- 1 min
It All Started with a TV Ad
By the time I was six years old I was captivated by the idea of far away lands. A babysitter I had was an elderly woman from Switzerland....
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Laura Peters
- Jan 10, 2022
- 2 min
Raising Global Citizens
When I was 28 years old I was offered a very cool job in New York, but, although I had visited the Big Apple, I had never lived there and...
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