Christmas in Tunisia
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May 16th, 2024
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For the Christmas Holidays in 2023 we decided to take the family to Tunisia. Somehow, even though we say no more MENA holidays, we keep ending up there and we do keep enjoying ourselves.
We were shocked at how cheap the flights and hotel were and how short the flight was. We flew on EasyJet on the 24th December to Enfidha El Hammamet airport for CHF 700 for the whole family with luggage, and the flight took less than 2 hours and is in the same timezone as Switzerland. We had booked a car at the airport with Avis for...
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Canada and US trip - Part 4 - Toronto and New York City
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Feb 20th, 2024
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What do you do when you have 10 days without the kids and a chance to go on a holiday. Plan a 2700km car journey and 900km train ride across the US and Canada, taking in the culenary and natrual beuty along the way. Finishing up in New York.
Part 1 - Journey to Halifax and Halifax area
Part 2 - Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
Part 3 - US Road Trip - Main to Niagra Falls
Part 4 - Toronto and New York City
Toronto
Our next stop that day was Toronto. We had...
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Canada and US trip - Part 1 - Travel and Halifax
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Feb 20th, 2024
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What do you do when you have 10 days without the kids and a chance to go on a holiday. Plan a 2700km car journey and 900km train ride across the US and Canada, taking in the culenary and natrual beuty along the way. Finishing up in New York.
Part 1 - Journey to Halifax and Halifax area
Part 2 - Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
Part 3 - US Road Trip - Main to Niagra Falls
Part 4 - Toronto and New York City
In September 2023 we were in the luxurious position of...
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Family holiday in Lithuania 2023
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Jan 22nd, 2024
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This year we decided to do our holiday away with the kids as a camping holiday in Lithuania and Latvia. We drove with the kids and the dog in a very packed car, with 4 bikes on the back and a completely full roof box for what was supposed to be a 2 weeks of camping across Lithuania and Latvia.
I am no stranger to long drives and so when we were planning our holiday, I didn’t even think twice about booking the trip to drive there. It seemed the obvious way to get there and allowed us to use...
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sirens airplanes and ambulances in a Rega baltic medical adventure
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Dec 30th, 2023
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Our fun family trip to Lithuania and Latvia took an unexpected turn when just as we were finishing up our week of camping in the Curonian Spit, our 5-year-old daughter began complaining of very painful sores on the insides of her thighs. For a few days prior, we had been trying to keep them clean and covered with bandages but to no avail. On the last day of the Lithuanian leg and as we were on our way to Latvia, Samantha was in so much pain and discomfort that we decided to stop in Klaipeda and find a hospital to...
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Tbilisi weekend getaway
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Jul 25th, 2023
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This July we decided to get away for a long weekend with some friends in Tbilisi, Georgia. This was planned very quickly to be both a random place where most people's response when we tell them we are going is “why”, and also easy for our group to get to (not entirely true: Tbilisi had been on our hitlist for a while, and we knew it was well-known as a bit of a hidden gem)
While there are no direct flights from Geneva to Tbilisi, the flights on Lufthansa via Munich were easy and affordable although admittedly still pricey at...
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Heli Ski weekend in Romania?
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May 21st, 2023
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This year we decided to try and book another heliski trip as it is so much fun and Vanessa has missed out each time I did it in the past.
When thinking of ski locations, Romania is probably not one of the first to come to mind, especially if you are then thinking of heliski as well. But I have been receiving the brochure from HeliSki Romania (HELISKI Romania - home page) for a while now and we really wanted to give this team and the ski area at Muntele Mic and the vast mountains outside...
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Family Camping Trip to Germany and Europa Park 2022
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Apr 27th, 2023
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This post is a bit after it happened, so bear with me when it comes to some of the details.
Last summer we decided to take the kids on a camping trip to Germany that would allow us to go to Europa Park but also to do a few other things in the area. I spent some time finding a camping site that would be able to take our huge family tent, the dog, be in a good location for ironman training and not too far from Europa Park.
We settled on the great campsite Campingpark...
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A fun night out at HDiner Geneva
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Dec 19th, 2019
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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...
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