michelle gross

Tuscany is one of Europe’s most visited tourist destinations, and there’s no shortage of family-friendly activities to choose from. While you can’t go wrong with a stroll across the Ponte Vecchio in Florence or a trip to Pisa to pose with one of the world’s most photographed monuments, some of the best-kept secrets are tucked within the lesser known foothills and mountaintop villages. From cheese-making at a local family-owned dairy farm to grotto diving to truffle hunting, here are some of t...

The fabulous travel TV host and mother of twins discusses her new show, Places To Love, and her biggest tip for staying sane when traveling with kids.
Whether she’s dressing up head to toe in geisha attire to attend a traditional tea ceremony in Kyoto, or donning bright yellow waders to harvest oysters for lunch in Galway Bay, nobody knows how to embrace the spirit of travel quite like Samantha Brown.
After a two-year hiatus, the 47-year-old mother of four-and-half year-old twins Ellis and El...

The lovable host of the new PBS series Places to Love talks life on the road with her producer husband and 5-year-old twins.
It’s really easy traveling with kids — you just don’t bring them! All joking aside, we love traveling as a family. We especially enjoy Oregon [pictured above] and did a vacation there in an RV that we turned into an episode about the all-American road trip.
I wish we could take our kids everywhere, but at the end of the day I also have a job to do and it’s tough. We fil...