Antwerp with kids is fun (check out what we did here), but the city’s got a lot of interesting sights that would bore young children. When the opportunity to take grandma to Antwerp for the day came around, we thought no kids might be a good choice. In a previous Dutch Dutch Goose post, we …
Going on an overnight train has been on the kids’ travel “wish list” for a while now. Finland’s Santa Claus Express night train seemed like the perfect time to cross this off our bucket list. We were so sure it was going to be a good time we booked the train both ways. The 12 hour journey …
This past weekend I got to experience one of my “living in Europe dreams.” On Friday afternoon, after a full week of crazy kids, I packed up a small bag, grabbed the baby and met my girlfriend at the train station. We boarded the Thalys for a girls weekend in Paris. The goal was to enjoy …
Grandma’s been visiting the grandkids for two weeks, giving me lots of snuggle time with our new little one. I’m sure she loves all the child-friendly fun, but we wanted her to be able to explore Den Haag and learn a little about the Dutch Government. ProDemos offers a guided tour of several of the buildings …
With my bigs off camping and Grandma in town we were looking for a bit of a low-key afternoon with our little littles. We are lucky to live biking distance and public transportation distance from two large cities – Rotterdam and Den Haag. There is so much to do in both these cities for kids …
Dordrecht is the oldest city in the Netherlands and falls into the category of ‘ridiculously cute Dutch town.’ It is the fourth largest city in the provence of South Holland. The city is built in the Rhine delta, and like many Dutch towns is full of picturesque canals, bridges and boats. Our visit fell on Sinterklaas’ arrival …
The Peace Palace in The Hague is a monument to peace – a manifestation of man’s desire to resolve conflict through mediation. Tours of the palace are not offered very often and when they are offered, there can be little warning. When I saw a handful of English tours open in August, I jumped at …
We had one of those days. We had plans for a local day trip, home for nap and then to hop on the Thalys and head to Lille, France for the weekend. The day trip was quickly squashed when my four-year-old said he wasn’t feeling well and wanted to sleep. He is almost always raring …
The boys’ doctor is actually located just a few blocks from the beaches of Scheveningen. Usually we are rushing to make the last appointment after school, but since H is on school holiday we had a chance to combine our doctor visit with some exploration. We drove to the doctor appointment, but Jeff left with …
We arrived Oslo via the Bergen Railway into Oslo’s Central Station, which is quite large. The iPhone’s GPS was quite confused in the station, so we went out the exit toward the city but the phone quickly knew where we were. We decided to make the mile walk down Karl Johans Gate to our hotel. …