The idea of this trip started when I read Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts. While we aren't exactly planning a "long-term" or "world" trip, there were enough interesting points in this book that sparked my interest. Most likely, this is because whenever we travel as a family, we tend to enjoy just spending time doing what we would normally be doing on a weekend at home, but transplanted into another city with new surroundings, people, and stimuli. We enjoy visiting the local parks and malls, taking the subway to new areas, dining at local hot spots, and sometimes even people watching while our kids play on a playground--all activities you'd probably find us doing on any given Saturday. At some level, this is a simplification of Potts'
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