by Bambi Wineland | Jan 27, 2017 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, China, Heritage Journey, Heritage Travel, Travel
The day most people will celebrate Chinese New Year is Saturday, January 28, 2017. Although Chinese New Year is celebrated throughout the world on a specific date, in China the celebration often lasts for several weeks. New Year’s Eve (this year on January 27th)...
by Bambi Wineland | Jan 24, 2017 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Heritage Journey, Heritage Travel
When we plan trips for our clients, our primary goal is to help families create deeper connections. One way we can help families promote richer connections is by teaching them how to employ their happy chemicals! What are your happy chemicals? Dopamine is a pleasure...
by Bambi Wineland | Dec 27, 2016 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Heritage Journey, Heritage Travel, Travel
Understanding the different types of heritage trips: After my last newsletter about the fears and concerns that prevent parents from planning a Heritage Journey to their child’s birth country, I thought I might talk about some of the fundamentals – different types of...
by Bambi Wineland | Dec 7, 2016 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Guatemala, Heritage Journey
Last I shared with you I was in the middle of climbing Pacaya Volcano with my family as part our son Jac’s first heritage trip back to his motherland, Guatemala. You may recall, we were scrambling to the top just as I realized the horses passed the tree where I...
by Bambi Wineland | Dec 1, 2016 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Guatemala, Heritage Journey, Heritage Travel
Climbing Pacaya Volcano for the second time in a year was no historic climbing accomplishment, but climbing it with my 10-year-old son, Jac — who is from Guatemala, made this climb monumental. So on December 30, 2014, I embarked on one of the most important...
