Before Christmas, I wrote about Making a White Christmas a reality for your kids and said that this year we would – well we did. We were very lucky and won a week’s ski trip to France to spend Christmas in one of the best ski areas in the Alps for families. The Paradiski area…
Skiing with kids as we discovered at Christmas time is a whole different experience than skiing with your parents or with a group of friends. Finding a resort that will meet the needs of a family with young kids is extra important especially when you ski early in the season or late in the season. Les Menuires one…
Growing up, we alternated between La Plagne and Val Thorens for our family ski holidays. Both of these resorts being at high altitude, we knew that there was likely to be snow. At the time, we really didn’t mind which of the two we went to, as long as there were pistes to challenge us and Apres…
Ever since I was little I have been dreaming of a white Christmas. The words of the song going around my head and for close to 40 years I spent Christmas in the UK and I’m still dreaming despite predictions of snow at Christmas living in the South East it’s never happened. This year though…
Skiing in spring – WHAT ARE YOU KIDDING! Well no Spring is an ideal time for a family ski trip – well any ski trip really especially in France which has some of the highest resorts in Europe and are geared up for skiing right through to the end of the ski season well into…
One of our favourite museums in Oslo to explore with kids is the Viking Ship Museum. This fabulous museum contains 3 Viking ships and the artefacts that were discovered alongside them where they were buried. Check out our review and information about visiting this fantastic museum with kids when you explore Norway. THE VIKING SHIP…
Growing up I was always fascinated by The Netherlands, windmills, tulips and so much history even more so for me as I knew that my family originally were Dutch. So when Duinrell contacted us with the opportunity to visit we jumped at the chance and headed off for an October Half Term break just across…
Ever wondered what it would be like on a cruise ship? Well, I have and on April 18th 2015, we boarded the newest ship within the Royal Caribbean Fleet the Anthem of the Seas a quantum class ship that is the most technologically advanced ship in the world. I didn’t know when we stepped on…
One of the highlights of our visits to Mallorca and the Serra de Tramuntana region of the island has always been taking the Palma to Soller Vintage train. The kids have loved this narrow gauge electric railway that runs through the mountains on the island and takes you to the picturesque town of Soller. They…
Although we loved visiting the museums in Oslo with the kids we also visited the fabulous silver mine museum in Kongsberg Norway with the kids and took the tour down in the mines as well. Travelling with our Norweign friends we split up in the mine and they took the tour in Norweign whilst we…
Don’t get us wrong we love the beaches on Mallorca and do spend time splashing and playing around in the sea. However, there is so much more to see on the island and we’ve put together our top 3 places to visit with the kids in Serra de Tramuntana on Mallorca that aren’t the beach….
When we travel with kids we very rarely stay in hotels instead we are drawn to self-catered accommodation like apartments or villas. On Kefalonia the last few times we have stayed at the Olive Garden Apartments in Lassi. Olive Garden Apartments – Lassi One of the reasons that this appealed to us when we first…
One of our top places to visit on Kefalonia with Toddlers is the Drogarati Caves. Unlike the Melissani Lake Cave where you have a guided tour on the boat, this is easy to explore on foot. I’ve visited a number of times over the years and it still leaves me with a sense of awe…
On the Paphos end of Cyrpus, there is just so much to do. Along with the ancient Greek and Roman ruins, there are also lots of natural history. One of our favourites by far was Avakas Gorge. Located on the Akamas Peninsula we only did a bit of the gorge walk with our kids but…
If you’ve read our Top 3 Things to do with Toddlers on Kefalonia post you will know that these are extra to the beaches. There are so many wonderful beaches and everyone has a favourite. But when you travel with kids you want beaches that are pleasant to sit on, with facilities and are safe…
Before meeting my husband I worked as a marine biologist on a Sea Turtle project in Costa Rica. For 3 years I patrolled the beaches and protected the leatherback sea turtle nests from poachers. It’s greatly influenced where we go when we travel because if we discover there is a turtle project we try and…
We are very fortunate to have friends that live in Norway so last summer we visited for a long weekend a took a day to visit some of the places in the capital of Oslo. There was so many to choose but we picked our favourites and we’ve put together them in these top 3…
The first time I visited Kefalonia I was only 10-years-old myself. I remember it seemed like something from the movies or a travel show. The island was just opening up to tourism then and we visited blonde kids out of season staying in a little apartment in the capital. One of my favourite places on…
One of the highlights of our first family holiday with toddlers on Kefalonia was visiting the fantastic Melissani Lake. This is an underground lake on the island which you explore with a guide on a boat as they tell you all about how it was formed. Here’s our guide to Melissani Lake and visiting it…
Our first trip as a family abroad was to one of our favourite Greek Islands Kefalonia. Situated in the Ionian Sea we have visited it many times before both on land and by sailboat. Travelling with a toddler though is very different than travelling as a couple or as a teen on board a boat…
Over the summer, we were lucky to spend some time exploring some of Switzerland and the area around Saint Moritz in the Engadin region of the Swiss Alps. Now I don’t know about you but to me Switzerland brings back pictures of snow covered mountains and I won’t lie I did see snow as there…
When we first had kids I could never see a point in our lives where we would be able to explore and travel the world. The thought of 2 kids on a flight for hours, screaming, not sleeping or just getting agitated because they are uncomfortable and want to get up terrified me. Suddenly in…
Switzerland for me brings back memories of ski holidays as a child, pistes full of snow for hours and days of fun going up and down chair lifts, building snow castles and making snow angels. Returning this summer to the Engadine region of Switzerland with the kids for a long weekend break at The Grand…
I have a goal for the summer whilst we’re at home to get at least one of the kids cycling without their stabilisers and also looking at getting myself a bicycle – why because in the future I would like some of our family time to be spent out exploring and exploring the countryside on…