‘I wish I could live here,’ my daughter said half an hour after our arrival to the Family Hotel Amarin. I nod. This place has it all to keep the whole family happy no matter the weather. From swimming pools, beaches, to delicious food and playrooms, saunas and a park. I understand my daughter. I wish…
I don’t Want to Survive Travel with Kids. I Want to Have Fun with Them.
‘The secret to surviving a long car journey with children.’ ‘Travel With Kids on Long Flights, And Survive.’ ’10 Tips to Survive Holiday Travel With Kids.’ These three headlines and there are many more out there, all contain one word that really bothers me. Survive. Why and when have we started thinking about how to survive travel…
10 Tips for Making the Most out of Your Ljubljana Zoo Visit
Ljubljana zoo offers a variety of animals, a small petting zoo and great playgrounds, where kids will have a chance to make friends with the local youngsters. As locals, we go to the zoo often and here are our tips to get the most out of your experience. 1. Plan at least a couple of hours at…
All Aboard! Ferry to Scotland
How do we get from home to Scotland without having to spend the entire 14 days off driving? The answer: ferry to Scotland. More precisely from Amsterdam to Newcastle upon Tyne. But once we boarded the ferry with kids, what was meant to only be a means of making the journey easier, proved to be the…
Why We Always Plan Family Trips that are a Little Boring
We don’t plan boring family trips. At least not intentionally. Our kids might disagree – some of the time. It’s just that these are our days off work and we have to foot the bill, so we deserve the right to call the shots. If it was up to our kids they’d be in a…
Time to Say Goodbye
A thin barely visible line. It was all it took to turn my life upside down. Forever. It was a sign. Proof that I was about to become a Mum. From that moment on I would never be the same. I now walk a thin line between fear and joy. Even if birth and constant…
Mum and Kids Share: 10 Things to do in Tokyo with Kids
‘Did you know the tickets to Tokyo are 400 Euros?’ I say to my husband on the phone. I am met with silence. ‘Are you serious, babe, Tokyo? We can’t afford Tokyo. With the two of them? I don’t know. Let’s talk about it later.’ He hangs up and I admonish myself for being silly….
A Lazy Parent’s Guide to Travel
This is probably universally understood: my day consists of work, home and kids. Then repeat. Keep repeating. Indefinitely. You get me, we are probably in it together. Bottom line, when I have the days off, sure, I want to travel, but at the same time I kind of wish the travel would be switching from…
Day Trip to Morocco with Kids
“If we are going to Spain, then we are going to Africa,” said my husband as we finally picked our destination. I bobbed my head enthusiastically, because frankly after Japan, Spain seemed so tame. But add a day trip to Morocco with kids to the mix and we were bound to have an adventure. Yes,…
7 Tips for Visiting the National Gallery of Slovenia with Kids
Unlike the zoo, playground in Tivoli park or Dragon Bridge, National Gallery of Slovenia doesn’t sound like something you’d want to do with kids. But as someone who has taken their kids to this family friendly place often, I am here to tell you that you should. Because it is a great way to learn…
