Hello! It’s been awhile. We spent the first half of February in the Dolomites, one of my favorite places on earth, where Stella was at first afraid of the snow then proceeded to eat as much of it as she could and scream ‘ball!’ over and over at my husband and brother as they made her snowball after snowball.

It was nothing compared to the blizzards across the U.S., but reminded me that I do like snow, despite my anti-winter stance.

We were in Italy for the Olympics! More on that at Be a Better Traveler. And a family guide to the Dolomites coming next week. We also spent a month there last year, which I feel sooo lucky to have done, and I hope an Italian mountain trip can be a new winter tradition.

As for January, we were home in Belgium, where it is decidedly not sunny or snowy, but gray and rainy. Every. Day. It was a very hectic past few months with work and family visiting for the holidays, but going forward this newsletter is about to get a lot more exciting. Which brings me to…

Travel Better With Kids is now on Beehiv! It’s no longer a Substack publication. If I did everything correctly, there should be no major change for you. Your email has been moved over (of course you can unsubscribe at any time) and you shouldn’t notice any disruption.

Why the switch? Beehiv lets you create articles that only post on a website and aren’t sent to email. I’m hoping to turn this into more of a family travel magazine over the next few months, and this means you won’t get annoying emails every time there’s a new post.

You WILL get a weekly email digest (likely on Wednesdays) highlighting everything that’s been posted that week along with some other random thoughts, links and recommendations. So stay subscribed for that!

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Thanks for reading and see you next week!

—Rebecca 💛