Are you a tourist or a traveller in London? It seems that I, despite living in London for years, am still a tourist. Take a look, but don’t be too worried if you don’t pass the traveller test. If you love to travel ( we’ve travelled full time for the last 6 year) enjoy it …
I was very ill-prepared for our week in Umbria. I knew little of the region, other than its reputation for rustic, but delicious, food specialities (I have my priorities! See our Food in Umbria post here.) I certainly knew nothing about the gorgeous medieval town of Gubbio. To be honest, I hadn’t even heard of …
It seems so long ago now! On our first night in Lancaster county PA, in some nondescript but friendly motel, we were just settling down for the night when we hear a bellow from the next room: “Get yourself in that tub or I’ll be opening a can of Whoop-Ass on y’all!” We didn’t think …
If you’ve read our previous post One Year of Travel, What Did it Cost? You’ll know that we worked out our average daily spend for one year to be just under $100 per day. That’s for a family of 4 people, 2 kids, 4 continents, 12 countries, and two cruises. This is a realistic figure …
If you’re in London and want to discover what British food is all about, you need to visit Borough Market! This classic London Market, nestled beneath London Bridge, is very much worth visiting for all travellers interested in quality British produce and classic dishes. For serious foodies, with a want to learn more about this …
I know London pretty well, I’ve lived here for over 8 years on and off and I’m able to navigate my way around the city easily by foot, by car and by tube. Buses are a bit of a mystery to me, although my various travel passes (currently Oyster card) have included buses, I’ve very …
Discovering Umbrian food was a massive highlight of our week in Umbria with Our Whole Village. Everybody knows Italian food is like, but food in Umbria has its own specialities and local flavours. We dined incredibly well during our week and have the expanded waistlines to show for it. So a look at the food, …
The London Eyeis a major tourist attraction on the bank of The Thames in London. Enjoy spectacular views of The Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, and Central London. London Eye review, is the London Eye worth visiting? Things to do near The London Eye and hotels near The London Eye. The answer to is the …
If you think of visiting London you probably don’t immediately think fish, unless they are in batter, but London does have a world-class aquarium right on the banks of the iconic River Thames. We took the kids along to The Sea Life Centre London Aquarium to test it out and create this review. At the …
What to Look for in a Hotel for Your Family Holiday Choosing a hotel for your family holiday is a very individual decision, what we look for is probably the exact opposite of half the global travelling market. Location and Facilities Some families prefer hotels with child-friendly clubs, activities and surrounds, so parents and kids …
Family holidays are one of the greatest pleasures in life, but as with all good things, they can be quite a challenge! Skiing holidays can be full of fun, action and achievement out on the slopes, but it goes without saying that there will be extra considerations involved when planning an adventure sports trip for …
London has some of the best museums in the world and the completely fabulous thing about them is, they’re free. The Museum of Childhood, London, also known as Young V&A is perhaps a lesser-known museum, it doesn’t stand up against the South Kensington giants, but it’s well worth a visit if you have time when …
Today was declared computer free day, we’ve all been wired up to the internet far too much lately. I’ve been catching up on work after our Italy trip, the kids have been blissed out on endless Minecraft and You Tube. No screens today, that was the rule. So before the boys woke up I checked …
Should you choose an inside cabin or an outside cabin on a cruise ship? I should say stateroom, they call the cabins that. The decision ultimately comes down to personal priorities and how much you’d like to pay for your cruise. These are our feelings about making the choice between booking an inside or outside …
There are ways to save money on travel that are great, a good idea, the best ways. But trying to save money and travel on a tight budget isn’t so good sometimes. Best ways to save money on travel, and when not to cut travel costs. We’ve just completed one year of family travel on …
Our week-long Italy trip centered around the most amazingly family friendly villa in Umbria. I’ve actually never seen accommodation so geared up for families with children, from tots to teens. We had a week of great activities lined up but my boys ( 10 and 7), were thrilled enough just to stay at the villa. We spent a …
I’m never going to be able to eat dried pasta again after our time in Italy. Fresh, home-made pasta, produced with love from the finest ingredients is a totally wonderful eating experience. The pasta is softer, slightly spongy, and soaks up the flavours of the sauce. It’s delicious and very more-ish. A kids cooking class …
As we were tucking into a sensational plate of spaghetti with fresh black truffles the other night, it was mentioned that maybe, just possibly, we could go truffle hunting in Italy. A lady knew a lady who had a truffle dog and she maybe, just possibly, would take us on a truffle hunting expedition. Umbria …
The Gubbio cable car was a shock to me this morning. I knew our group was planning to take a ride from the ancient town of Gubbio up Monte Ingino to the Basilica di Sant’Ubaldo. I’d imagined a sort of gondola or ski lift style conveyance. Jaws hit the deck when we saw the contraption that was …
We are a family travel blog, travel with kids is easy and good for families and parents alike, often. Here are our tips on travel with kids or as a family, based on our experience of 6+ years of international full-time travel with kids. Travel with kids tips blog posts are thick on the ground …
Let’s rewind 2 months to our last night in the Americas. Dinner on Key Largo was a treat for us, a farewell to Florida, a state we love on so many levels and the last night of our Canada to the Keys road trip before we boarded our cruise back to Europe. That one meal outlived …
The London Science Museum is one of the very best museums in London and is perfect with kids and interesting for adults. It is a short distance west of Central London at South Kensington, and is easy to get to for most visitors to London. Our post covers, admission, tickets, how to get to the …
We’ve been “Living the Dream” for 2 years now. We’ve been travelling full-time, seeing the world and spending most of our time together as a family while hardly working, other than on the blogs. Before we set off on this journey we weren’t rich, we were a very normal family struggling to make ends meet …
Legoland Windsor, near London in England is the Legoland for Great Britain. This Legoland Park was Legoland 3 for us, having already visited Legoland Malaysia and Legoland Florida. Both were great fun for the whole family so we couldn’t wait to check out the UK’s version. A review of the UK’s Legoland park, where to …
We don’t travel light. We travel with 2 large backpacks, 2 small kids’ backpacks and 2 pieces of adult carry-on luggage, both containing laptops. It’s the absolute maximum we can carry, just within weight limits for planes and our bodies. We believe that travelling light with kids is extremely impractical, it’s also not a budget-friendly …
London Zoo is one of the best zoos in the world, we think. Is London Zoo worth visiting? Yes London Zoo is an excellent zoo. Is it a good zoo for kids? Also yes, London Zoo has fantastic playgrounds and experiences for kids and families. Find out what makes London Zoo so good in our …
We attended Forest School in London for 2 or 3 terms during our second year of full-time travel. We incorporated this fun, outdoor get-together into our world schooling, homeschooling or unschooling. It brought us together with other kids and families in the area while giving us a half-day in the woods once a week. It …
We’ve just completed one year of non-stop family travel. We made it from Australia, to Asia, to Europe, to Central and North America and back to Europe. We are very into food, my husband is an exec chef, I’m just a big food freak. We’ve tried some amazing new dishes, but what were our food …
Now in year 5 of full time travel, I can’t believe we travelled so cheaply in year one. We had $30,000 to spend and we were trying to make it last as long as possible. That sum was for 4 people and you’ll see below how long it lasted and how much travel we got …
Why visit Hawaii? Well why not? Here we are in London, loving everything the capital has to offer, but still, the dreams and the plans are with us and as strong as always. We’re slowly stashing away the travel bucks and getting ready to spend them next year, but where, where will we go next? …
This post was written after our first full year of homeschooling around the world. We continues homeschooling worldwide for another 6 years until lockdowns forced us to stop home or world schooling. This is our year end wrap up after homeschooling in Sri Lanka, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, the UK and many more countries. We even …
We’ve had our share of ups and downs over the last 12 months of non-stop travel. We’ve had a fantastic year, go check out our travel highlight post to see our best bits, but there have been some absolutely stinking times. Some we’ve written about and shared before, some we haven’t. This post is very …
Travel highlights from the first 1 year of a multi-year trip. Yes, it’s true, we’re just coming up to one year of non-stop travel. It’s flown past, it really has. We thought we’d share our travel highlights, our absolute favourites, the things still fresh in our memories and the things that make us go wow! …
Since I was a kid watching wildlife shows on TV, I’ve wanted to take an airboat ride in the Everglades, yet for some reason, despite visiting Florida before, I’d never done it. We usually head to Florida for the Disney parks, we’ve been 3 times now and loved every visit, (check out how we visited all …
So what on earth are we doing in Lloret de Mar, one of those places in Spain famed for package tours, foam parties and full English breakfasts? Is Independent travel to Lloret de Mar with children even a thing? Our cruise on Norwegian Epic dropped us in Barcelona and we wanted to stay in Catalonia for this …
Hello from our Atlantic Crossing cruise on Norwegian Epic! Epic is a beautiful ship and we’re off to a good start on our second cruise with Norwegian Cruise Lines this year. I can’t check in to social media as often as I normally do because satellite internet at sea isn’t cheap. Connection is difficult, but …
I’m no princess. I’ve travelled on night buses many times. We take them as often as we can, it saves us paying for one night of accommodation but the night bus from Flores to Guatemala city was not my favourite, that being said, on a global scale, it’s not a bad bus at all, there …
The highlight of our time in Guatemala was Tikal National Park, the most incredible set of Mayan ruins in the world. But Tikal with kids, is that really going to work? Is it safe? Is it too hot, too high, too boring, too far? No way, the boys had a ball. It’s always important to learn …
Good Friday, two religions in one day. Ancient Mayan traditions in a steamy sub-tropical rainforest at Tikal and an evening Catholic procession in the town of Flores. During our month in Antigua Guatemala we saw the Sunday processions and flower carpets of the build-up to Easter in Antigua, the big day itself, Easter Sunday, will …
Wow, what a day, what a place, what a huge amount of learning! We are in Guatemala for Easter and it just happened that our visit to Tikal, the most incredible site in the Mayan world, fell on Good Friday. We’ve already experienced the huge build up to Easter in Antigua Guatemala, the biggest Easter …
Breakfast foods are possibly the most interesting and variable as you travel around the world. Through 6 years of travel, 50+ countries, we sampled traditional breakfasts in many countries. Here’s our take on the best, and worst, breakfasts from various countries around the world. Are you a morning person? I am, so that first coffee and …
Dedicated followers (there are a few!) will know that we just spent a whole month in Antigua Guatemala quietly getting on with life before catching the bus from Antigua to San Pedro La Laguna up on Lake Atitlan. It’s like stepping into another world. Antigua is lovely but we’re really falling in love with San …
