Peberdoo's Blog

While searching around on the net a month or so ago I came across a company called KiwiCo. They do age appropriate boxes of fun activities to promote STEAM (previously stem, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) from 0 to 104 (according to their site). You can get individual crates or a monthly subscription. The concept looked great so I ordered a 12 month subscription. A week or two ago Kieran's first KiwiCo create arrived and we worked together today to make it. The instructions are very simple to follow, all the parts are pre cut and there...

This one has taken too long to get around to writing, but a few weeks back we went out with the family to HDiner in Geneva and had a great night. This restaurant is a Harley Davidson themed American diner serving up classics like burgers, hotdogs and ribs while surrounded by plenty of memorabilia. But what really made our night was just how friendly the staff was and how accommodating they were for the family. To start with we were running a bit late, kids will do that at the best of times, and we were also not expecting so...

Last night we had the pleasure of trying out the newly opened Bowling Hotel in Signy. This is brand new bowling complex with resturant, bar, arcade, pool tables and og course plenty of bowling lanes. My children and I got there last night before any of the rest of the group, we were meeting a bit late for their dinner so I had to get there early to get the little man some food. The staff were really friendly and had no problem getting me and the kids seated and food ordered while we waited for the rest of the...

Jura Parc The Jura Park is a great little parc hidden up in the hills between Vallee de Joux and Vallorbe that has wolves, bears and buffalo. This place is great for taking kids to for a number of reasons. THEY SERVE FOOD ALL DAY! Now, we have been caught out enough times ourselves with not being able to be served in Switzerland and France because we showed up too late to a food place. But here they serve kid friendly foods all day. You can even try some buffalo here from their breeding stock. The whole park...