Category: Travel

  • Travelling to Iceland with Kids

    Is Iceland Child-Friendly? ‘Mummy can I go with you so we can throw snow at each other?’  Madame Age 6 In December, I had the opportunity to go to Iceland for a few days, I’d been once before about 14 years ago and my  husband coincidentally was there for work back in October, now I’m…

  • How to avoid the dreaded Motorway Services

    How to find a decent place to eat when on a road trip in the UK I have a deep hatred of UK Services on the motorways.  Please don’t take this personally, but I vividly remember experiencing my first UK Motorway services about 14 years ago; after badly navigating the one way system almost exiting…

  • Things to do with Kids in Bucharest, Romania

    Travelling to Romania with Kids – Suggested Itineraries As an intrepid traveler when I was first invited to join Easyjet’s inaugural flight to Bucharest, I jumped at the chance, then it donned on me…. ‘Where the h*ll is Bucharest?’ I’ve been to Budapest in 2000 for the Solar Eclipse, but drew a blank on Bucharest,…

  • Things to do near Birmingham during the school holidays

    Warwick Castle, Warwickshire During the school holidays we were heading to the West Midlands Safari Park near Birmingham for a day out so we thought we’d make a mini break of it as I had a few more days off left. On route to Birmingham we stopped at Warwick Castle for a few hours.  We…

  • Creating Childhood Memories in London

    Things to do with kids in London In association with Direct Rail ‘We recently took the girls into London and had a fabulously random day! ‘ Taking children to London can provide then with memories that will last well into adulthood. For children, central London can seem like a giant playground. Everything looks like it’s…