Travel News - Gadget Related - June

Travel News - Gadget Related - June

Hotel Travel

Hilton Adds Free Showtime Streaming To Connected Rooms
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Travel Local - Kid-Friendly Family Travel To PA and NJ

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We took a Friday off and took a trip slightly south to Philadelphia and New Jersey. We were looking to avoid a lot of the crowds, however, the weather didn't really help that as it was cloudy and rainy the entire weekend. And so a few people had the idea of taking their kids indoors for fun activities. However, according to some of the attendants at the venues, these were not the number of people they would expect on a May weekend.

Top Travel Tech Gadgets Posts Of The Month - May

Top Travel Tech Gadgets Posts Of The Month - May

Second Go Family Travel to Aruba - Making Up The Experience

Our first trip to Aruba was not great. A lot of people talked about and recommended Aruba saying they enjoyed it and it was great for family travel.

Aruba Travel - Dutch Caribbean Island Restaurants Reviews

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Second Go Family Travel to Aruba - Making Up The Experience - Story continued

Casa Tau
First night in Aruba we went out to check out the strip across the road from our hotel. It has a lot of restaurants and shops. We didn't have reservations so our plan was to go to a restaurant that is likely to not have too long of a wait and open space. Casa Tau was very close and fit the other requirements. It is a pizzeria that offers also pasta, sandwiches, are other fares.
The food was ok. We got a Margarita pizza, a pasta bowl, and garlic bread. Since we are from NY and likely spoiled by pizza selections, we did not like it. It was too overdone and had very few ingredients in it. Kiddo, however, loved the pasta and the pizza. Though not sure if it was the fact that she was very hungry after all day travel and swimming.
The service also was not that great at this restaurant. We had several waiters come up to us but they asked the same questions and still forgot our garlic bread. The atmosphere was casual, though as the restaurant is located right near a few of the larger hotels and on a corner, it was very loud there.
It did work well in our plan overall as it was an easy decision and got us some food after a long day of travel.

Hungry munchkin 

We got some gelato afterward in pretty much the first ice cream stand we saw. We got more selective in the later days as we discovered much better spots for a cold dessert. I got the stracciatella flavor, which is a mix of vanilla ice cream and chocolate chunks. Best of both worlds for me.