Costa Rica is well knows for its coffee and cacao farms. If you visit the country, especially in the higher altitude areas like La Fortuna or Monteverde, you will see lots of coffee and cacao tours on offer. They are definitely a great way to learn a bit of what makes Costa Rican coffee and …
Continue reading Where to learn chocolate making in Costa Rica – Bean to bar chocolate workshop
The Ardennes is a region in the South of Belgium of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges formed by the geological features of the mountain range with the same name. The mountain researches about 700 m in altitude at its maximum. Even if not as impressive as the nearby Alps, this is still a …
Continue reading Center Parks Les Ardennes: what to pack and what to expect for a long week-end
We spend New Year in 2015/2016 at Iguassu Falls, one of the most impressive waterfalls in the World. This was part of a 3 week itinerary in Latin America taking us from charming Buenos Aires to busy Sao Paolo. If you are looking for a Latin American highlights tour, this fast-paced itinerary definitely ticks many …
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Transfagarasan, the name of the road that links the South part of Romania with Transilvania was made famous in Western Europe by the British TV show Top Gear where it received the title of "best road in the world". But even before gaining this notoriety, it was considered one of the most spectacular roadrips in …
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I have been to Portugal a few times already. First, about 8 years ago, I travelled with my best friend to Porto and Lisbon. I have then spend a couple of week- ends in Lisbon with friends. And of course, the Azores in 2011. But in the August of 2017, looking for possible destinations for …
Continue reading Back in Portugal – 3 days at the beach and a taste of Lisbon
With our toddler well accustomed to the train travel, on our 7th day in Japan, we headed to Kyoto. From Takayama we first had to go back to Nagoya for 2h30 min on the Hida express train. We then changed in a hurry (consider that the Shinkansen is usually in another part of the train station …
Continue reading Japan – Kyoto and Kinosaki-onsen (part 2)
Japan was long on my list but somehow we never got the chance till this May to jump on a flight to Tokyo. As we traveled with our 18-month year old baby, this trip required a bit more preparation in terms of advance booking of accommodation and itinerary setting. I do plenty of research before …
Continue reading Hello, Hello Kitty! – 18 days in Japan with a toddler
We returned to Cyprus last year, in November. For residents of the European North, September is the month when we start to become itchy for another break in the Sun. This is especially when summer means two weeks with temperatures above 20 in June and two weeks again in August, if we are lucky. September …
Continue reading Discovering the European South – Beaches and mountains of Cyprus
I travelled well into my pregnancy, with the last trip to Puglia when I was about 7 months along. We also had a gorgeous 'babymoon' to Sri Lanka and Maldive that I shared on the blog. Still, after giving birth, I was again eager to discover someplace new and I started looking for a destination that …
Continue reading Tenerife- in search of the ‘real’ island in our first family vacation
From about the time I was pregnant, I knew I wanted to use part of my parental leave to travel. The usual yearly holidays are a good place to start but, as I was looking at a few extra months of leave once the LO would join us, I wanted to use them to travel …
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A family with a serious case of wanderlust
A family with a serious case of wanderlust
A family with a serious case of wanderlust
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