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 3 - US Road Trip - Main to Niagra Falls
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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
Maine USA
The following morning we stopped at the...
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Canada and US trip - Part 2 - Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
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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
Prince Edward Island
We then had another 45 minute...
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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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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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Caribbean trip Pt-4 Guadeloupe
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Jul 10th, 2023
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I continued my trip through the Caribbean with a final and longest leg of the trip which was 1 week in Guadeloupe. For this part of the trip I would again have a car and would be doing a French course each week day that I was there and then sight seeing in the afternoon/evenings and on the weekend before I fly home.
The journey for this part of the trip started with me going to Ferry terminal in Dominica to get the ferry to Guadeloupe. As appose to the last ferry that I took this one was a lot...
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Caribbean trip Pt 2 - St Lucia
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May 27th, 2023
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I arrived late in St Lucia on my little plane at this tiny little airport in Castries and even though the plane was late the lady from the car rental company was waiting just for me. It was not hard to find the car in the parking lot as the airport parking only had space for 10 cars.
I headed out from the airport and found my hotel to check in. I asked the friendly staff where I could get something to eat and was advised that at that hour, nothing would be open except Dominos Pizza. I decided I...
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Caribbean trip Pt 1 - Barbados
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May 27th, 2023
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Caribbean adventures Pt. 1: 26 hours in Barbados
It was an early start to the day with a 7am flight from Geneva to London on BA. Thankfully Vanessa didn’t complain and was super kind enough to drop me at the airport rather than us doing some convoluted thing with the car so she could get it later.
The Geneva side of things was uneventful and I was soon in London with a 4 hour transit until my next flight. Off to the lounge where I grabbed a little food, a drink and then settled in to read my book and...
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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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