I found France Passion the way I discover most crazy travel ideas – through Pinterest! While Googling ideas for a French RV trip I ran across this article from Beer and Croissants about staying on farms in a motorhome while traveling around France. I was instantly intrigued. We had toyed with renting a camper van …
When you’re living in the Netherlands you can’t miss a flower season, even if a trip to Keukenhof is considered “touristy.” This year my mom and her friend came into town to see the blooms and I was more than happy to show them around. With my Big Little in school for the day, I …
This year for Easter we knew we needed to head somewhere sunny. There are so many things to love about our life in the Netherlands but the weather is not one of them. With our sights set on some sun and sand we booked a trip to Mallorca with friends. Getting There Mallorca with Kids …
Our trip to Prague got off to an interesting start. The normally dependable NS Intercity Direct from Rotterdam Central to Schiphol was more than 10 minutes delayed. We had plenty of time but we were all worried it was an ominous start to our trip. We flew out of Terminal M, a new terminal at Schiphol for …
We knew that no trip to Portugal would be complete without some time spent on the coast so we set our sites on Sintra and the surrounding area. Its about a three hour drive to Sintra from Porto. The boys got hungry around 11:30 and we did not want to mess around with trying …
While we were staying in Porto we decided to venture out of the city on a day trip to some of the sights to the north. There are plenty of bus tours that head out this way, but since we had the rental car we went on our own. Although we sometimes got a bit …
Porto was my favorite city in Portugal. The city is packed with things to see and do but had a relaxed atmosphere. We were able to walk everywhere and public transportation was easy to navigate when needed. We had the strangest hotel of the trip in Porto: Pao de Acucar Hotel. The hotel is actually located …
We ended our Portugal trip in Lisbon. Lately we’ve been ending trips in a larger city. We love that we get to dump the rental car and enjoy the city car-free for a few days. After great weather for most of the trip, we had terrible rain in Lisbon. Even with bad weather we were …
Unsure where to go in Europe in February? Try Portugal. Jeff has a Portuguese coworker who suggested that Portugal would be a great winter getaway from the dreary Dutch weather. We were hesitant, thinking that February anywhere in mainland Europe would bring unpredictable temperatures and rain. Portugal turned out to be a perfect winter getaway …
This is one of those Pinterest finds Jeff hates. I send him a random picture and say “We have to go here!” This one wasn’t hard to find. The Livraria Lello Bookshop is quite popular, so popular you need a ticket to enter. If you buy a book, the 4 Euro price is subtracted from …