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...know Christine away from parents and siblings and to have the fun of introducing her to new experiences. Beyond that, they wanted to pass on the history of their family and an idea of how it connected to history in a larger sense. They want all their grandchildren to understand, as Ellen puts it, that "this is our world. You're not separate from these other countries...
Today's grandparents are more affluent, fit and travel-savvy than grandparents ever. Whether they live near their grandchildren or at a distance, they feel a need to get away with them one on one. Typically, one grandparent travels with one grandchild, or a couple takes one or two kids...
Overwhelmingly, grandparents say, the greatest benefit is getting to know their grandchildren better--and having their grandchildren know them. Phyllis Bierstedt, 68, of Wilmington, Del., took her 16-year-old granddaughter Calli Speakman of Dover, Del.--one of 11 grandkids--to France last summer on a Familyhostel tour. "Having her alone and learning and seeing together created a bond that didn't exist before," she says. "It was really a gift to me as well, because my husband died a year...
...other every which way. Men and women show off beautiful costumes and masks at a village festival, where they dance to folk music. Women queue up outside church to congratulate a mother on her just-baptised baby boy. The grandfather recounts the glory of Alexander the Great to his grandchildren, while huddled round a fire. But there are more sinister details as well. A money lender fondles Apostolis to determine what degree he will overcharge him. A Turkish merchant, terrified of Apostolis’s physical power, nevertheless professes to be unable to pay back his debt. Ottoman soldiers storm...
...That attention to quality has not faltered as his children and grandchildren join Berthillon in running the business, though their dedication to tradition does have some drawbacks. Despite its continued popularity, Berthillon still closes for most of France's July-through-August vacation season...