We’ve just walked in the door from visiting our local greenhouses. One weekend a year greenhouses all over the country open their doors to visitors. This special weekend is called Kom In De Kas Kan Alles. You have a chance to peek inside and see the many wonderful things growing in your backyard. We live …
Although we live an hour by train from Amsterdam it often feels like we just don’t have enough time to explore everything the city has to offer. With friends coming into town, we decided to rent a houseboat and stay for the weekend, giving us plenty of time to explore the city. Sleeping in a houseboat …
In the woods adjacent to Delftse Hout lies a little deer park. A little fenced-in area is home to deer, ducks, geese, chickens and rabbits. This section of the woods is also quite popular for dog walking, so we almost always run into some dogs as well. It’s on the way home from town for me …
Knus, or as H calls it “the boat house” is basically the most perfect place for mom and kids when the weather is nice. I had no idea why it was constantly where we met for the first few months here, but now I know it is because the warm weather is fleeting. The playground …
Tips for the Paris Metro with Kids. Overall we found the Paris Metro easy to use. Rainy and cold weather are the perfect reason to head underground and get around Paris using the Metro. Here are a few tips to make it easier to navigate with kids. Kids Tickets. Kids under 4 travel for free. Buy …
We love the playgrounds in Europe. I daily have to shove all the feelings of danger that (a) being American and (b) having taken a few tort classes has instilled in me. The Dutch way is to let kids experience some danger and if they get hurt then they learn from it. You won’t find …
Paris is three-hours from our house in Delft door-to-door. The weather is quite similar to what we have here in the Netherlands this time of year. We figured we could be cold and wet at home, so why not be cold and wet in Paris? Booking 90 days out on the Thalys, the high speed …
Topping off H’s 2016 Travel Wish List was the “upside down railroad” from his Big Book of Trains. Turns out the Wuppertal Suspension Railway is driving distance from our house and was on the way to some work related travel Jeff had scheduled. Our first stop in Wuppertal though was the Wuppertal Zoo. Parking is …
Our kids are right in the zone for a character-filled visit to Disney. We spent a week at Walt Disney World before we left the States and had a blast, so when I found a deal for a February Disneyland Paris visit we booked right away. We did not tell the kids. I found the package …
After our jaunt into the Sahara we thought it would be nice to have a home base for a few days. A riad is a house arranged around a central garden which is also located inside the medina (walled city). There are many riads inside Marrakech available to rent at all price points. Many are used …