Faro Family Fun

Going away on a multi family multi child trip… here’s something new. I remember these holidays as a kid and loved them, but don’t really remember how my parents were. Now that getting a night out with friends is a …

Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast (mostly)

Leaving Lake Bled in Slovenia we drove south-west (about 3 hours) to the coast to the historic town of Rovinj, in Croatia. There are a lot of beautiful smaller, lesser known coastal towns in the north of Croatia that are …

Cornish Adventures: Padstow & Rock

After St. Ives we spent a weekend in Padstow, often referred to as Padstein due to the abundance of Rick Stein restaurants in town. We sampled a lot of great food and drink whilst in town and also explored Rock, …

Escaping London – Touring Kent

With not much on and some nice weather predicted for the weekend we decided to see a bit of Kent and get to know our own back garden. Setting off early we drove down to Knole Park (GBP 4 for …

Road Tripping Ireland

When we lived in the U.S. people were always taking their two-week holidays to Europe – all the places that were on the doorstep as a Brit, but lost out to places in Asia or the Americas which were more …

Dorset Bank Holiday Weekend

Now that we’re settling into the UK life, I wanted to make sure Katie got to see some different parts of the country. Knowing a lot of the appeal to Americans is the history we have to offer we decided …