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Category: Family Travel

From tips and tricks for maintaining sanity while traveling with the family to specific travel experiences and reviewing products tailored to family travel.

London, UK - Photography by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom

Traveling with baby: My essential gear

by Lola AkinmadeFamily TravelPosted on November 26, 2014May 3, 20162 Comments

Since most of my travels as a writer and photographer are working trips, these are the main large items I take along for convenience when traveling with baby.

Mauritius - Travel photography by Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Traveling with Toddlers: How I keep my sanity

by Lola AkinmadeFamily TravelPosted on June 19, 2014December 2, 201511 Comments

Here are a couple tips I always use when traveling with my toddler…

Wedding cake - Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Dear Annikki – On celebrating life-long friendships

by Lola AkinmadeFamily TravelPosted on June 6, 2014June 6, 20145 Comments

Did you ever have a penpal? Were you able to reconnect and rekindle your friendship later in life?

Martinhal: Notes on possibly the best beach in Portugal

by Lola AkinmadeFamily TravelPosted on September 30, 2013May 4, 20176 Comments

I was in Europe’s southwestern-most point at Martinhal Resort located right next to the sleepy seaside town of Sagres in the least developed part of Portugal’s Algarve region.

Moroccan Hammam - Casablanca, Morocco - Travel Photography by Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Finding my 2013 focus word in a local Moroccan hammam

by Lola AkinmadeFamily TravelPosted on February 9, 2013May 4, 201711 Comments

Since 2009, I’d stopped doing resolutions and often chose a symbolic focus word to encapsulate what I’d like to accomplish in all facets of my life during that year. My previous words have been focus, discipline, growth, and nurture.

Traveling with baby - Marrakech, Morocco - Travel photography by Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Traveling with baby: Practical tips for exploring Marrakech with infants

by Lola AkinmadeFamily TravelPosted on February 2, 2013May 4, 201719 Comments

Practical tips for enjoying Marrakech while towing your infant along with you.

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  • Dragging in a deep breath to anchor me, I dip my right foot in, slowly sliding down before drawing my other leg into the tub. The sensation is instant. Tiny sharp pricks racing across my skin as my body tries to regulate and protect itselt from the jarring shift in temperature.
I close my eyes, a palm over my heart, focusing on my breaths under the expert guidance of Dr.
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Doctor”) - @drrobwilliams 

Two minutes in an ice-cold plunge bath, steadying my breathing, reminded me that in a fast-paced dizzying world, I already hold power in stillness.

Read the rest of my thoughts and reflections from @synergyretreatshow over on my @substack - LINK IN PROFILE 

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  • Every October in Sweden, we celebrate the lives and contributions of Afro-Swedes historically and in the modern day all month long.

Organizations such as @afrosvenskarnas_riksorg , @afrosvenska_forum_for_rattvisa, @afrosvenskhistorievecka, @blackarchivessweden, @southnord, @africa_nmwc_swe, and @etnografiska, among others, have events planned all month long in celebration and honour of those who have come before us and who continue to lift us up.

On this end with ÅFRÖNỌ̀RDÍC and ÅFRÖSWÈ̩DÉ̩, we have some exciting upcoming announcements which we are eager to share, and which will continue to take this visual celebration globally and regionally.

Learn more about  the History of Afro-Swedes here - https://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/en/projects/afrika-pagar/the-history-of-afro-swedes/

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  • I am excited to be heading to @synergyretreatshow in Croatia this week, a country I adore and have returned to roughly 20 times now.

It is the only trade show dedicated to wellness travel and I can’t wait to experience this transformative community - https://www.theretreatshow.com/

Beyond meeting some incredible partners, companies, and facilitators within the travel wellness snd retreat space, as invited media, I’ll have the opportunity to (in their words):

- Disconnect to reconnect

- Connect to my intention

- Let go and let in

- Inspire and be inspired

- Let connection spark creation

- Flow into my creativity

- Step into presence

Everything my brand, purpose, and life mantra are all about, so needless to say, I’m thrilled. You can learn more here -> https://www.theretreatshow.com/

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Dragging in a deep breath to anchor me, I dip my right foot in, slowly sliding down before drawing my other leg into the tub. The sensation is instant. Tiny sharp pricks racing across my skin as my body tries to regulate and protect itselt from the jarring shift in temperature.
I close my eyes, a palm over my heart, focusing on my breaths under the expert guidance of Dr.
Rob Williams, PhD (known as ”The Breath
Doctor”) - @drrobwilliams 

Two minutes in an ice-cold plunge bath, steadying my breathing, reminded me that in a fast-paced dizzying world, I already hold power in stillness.

Read the rest of my thoughts and reflections from @synergyretreatshow over on my @substack - LINK IN PROFILE 

#synergytheretreatshow #travel #wellnesstravel #inspiration #womenintravel @synergyretreatshow
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Dragging in a deep breath to anchor me, I dip my right foot in, slowly sliding down before drawing my other leg into the tub. The sensation is instant. Tiny sharp pricks racing across my skin as my body tries to regulate and protect itselt from the jarring shift in temperature. I close my eyes, a palm over my heart, focusing on my breaths under the expert guidance of Dr. Rob Williams, PhD (known as ”The Breath Doctor”) - @drrobwilliams Two minutes in an ice-cold plunge bath, steadying my breathing, reminded me that in a fast-paced dizzying world, I already hold power in stillness. Read the rest of my thoughts and reflections from @synergyretreatshow over on my @substack - LINK IN PROFILE #synergytheretreatshow #travel #wellnesstravel #inspiration #womenintravel @synergyretreatshow
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Every October in Sweden, we celebrate the lives and contributions of Afro-Swedes historically and in the modern day all month long.

Organizations such as @afrosvenskarnas_riksorg , @afrosvenska_forum_for_rattvisa, @afrosvenskhistorievecka, @blackarchivessweden, @southnord, @africa_nmwc_swe, and @etnografiska, among others, have events planned all month long in celebration and honour of those who have come before us and who continue to lift us up.

On this end with ÅFRÖNỌ̀RDÍC and ÅFRÖSWÈ̩DÉ̩, we have some exciting upcoming announcements which we are eager to share, and which will continue to take this visual celebration globally and regionally.

Learn more about  the History of Afro-Swedes here - https://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/en/projects/afrika-pagar/the-history-of-afro-swedes/

Music by two iconic AfroSwedes - @seinabosey and @w.aterbaby 

#blackhistorymonth #afroswedishhistory #afroswedishhistoryweek #afroswede sweden
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Every October in Sweden, we celebrate the lives and contributions of Afro-Swedes historically and in the modern day all month long. Organizations such as @afrosvenskarnas_riksorg , @afrosvenska_forum_for_rattvisa, @afrosvenskhistorievecka, @blackarchivessweden, @southnord, @africa_nmwc_swe, and @etnografiska, among others, have events planned all month long in celebration and honour of those who have come before us and who continue to lift us up. On this end with ÅFRÖNỌ̀RDÍC and ÅFRÖSWÈ̩DÉ̩, we have some exciting upcoming announcements which we are eager to share, and which will continue to take this visual celebration globally and regionally. Learn more about the History of Afro-Swedes here - https://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/en/projects/afrika-pagar/the-history-of-afro-swedes/ Music by two iconic AfroSwedes - @seinabosey and @w.aterbaby #blackhistorymonth #afroswedishhistory #afroswedishhistoryweek #afroswede sweden
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Quick Postcard: Poreč, Croatia 🇭🇷 

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