For the Portugal leg of our European tour, we flew into Lisbon, but instead of staying in the capital, we went 30 minutes up the coast to the seaside town of Cascais. After having completed more than half of our trip we welcomed the chance to slow down just a little and spend a few …
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Heidi Country
The fourth country on our three-month Europe tour was Switzerland. As soon as we crossed the border from Italy on the train we were struck by the beauty of the countryside. At every turn as we wound through the mountains, we were wowed at the views. There are dramatic snow-topped mountains, green valleys and peaceful …
Hunting Graffiti In Padua
We love finding interesting street art during our travels. Previously we have posted about the stencil art around Ubud Bali, in Oaxaca in Mexico, and have explored the street art in Cape Town South Africa (blog coming later) and the laneways of Melbourne and even our home suburb of Mount Hawthorn. When we found out that Padua had some well-known street artists, …
Styling In Milano
Our final destination in Italy was the northern city of Milan. Our stay here was only short – we came here to visit Federica, a student we hosted at our house in Perth last year, while we passed through on the way to Switzerland. We were also keen to look around as it was somewhere …
Venice In A Day
We only had one day to explore Venice, while staying in a town called Cittadella, an hour’s drive away. Despite the cold and wet weather, we had a really great day. Even though it takes a little longer, we decided to take the train to Venice. It is much more relaxing than navigating the roads, it avoids …
Recharging In Tuscany
The original plan for our European holiday was to stay longer in a little village in Tuscany, base ourselves for a month or two, and really live the dream and relax. Due to the difficulty of getting a visa for that long, we reduced our total trip to only three months and allocated only a week in the …
Return to Pisa
We returned to visit Pisa after 12 years, and it surprised us that the tower was just as impressive as the first time we saw it. Also, just like last time, we got the obligatory photos of us holding up the Leaning Tower. This time we had to get the kids to do the same, though …
Experiencing Florence’s Art With Kids
Florence is renowned for its collections of significant artwork, and visiting the Academia and Uffizi galleries is one way to see some of it. However, travelling with three kids between 5 and 10, we know they would not be fans of spending a few hours strolling quietly through an art gallery. In our three days in …
Keeping kids happy in Rome
Rome is full of so many amazing places to see, but not all are of interest to our three little ones. For our own enjoyment and sanity we have tried hard to do and see things that they will enjoy, or at least make those that are not more bearable for them. Even though our …
A Greek History Lesson
The first stop on our European tour is Athens. We had a pretty rocky start to our visit here, but we soon got into travel mode. Athens is a very busy and expansive city with many great things to see and do. We had fun exploring the narrow streets of the city for shopping, eating …