The Golden Pass Railway is a wonderful way to see the Swiss Alps with kids. There are several route options, making the railway easy to fit into your Switzerland itinerary. The Golden Pass Railway will take you from Montreux to Lucerne, but is broken up into several smaller pieces. We took it from Montreux to …
As you likely know by now my kids are train obsessed! When we heard there was a Train Hostel in Brussels we knew we had to check it out. Brussels is a two-hour drive for us, so a quick overnight was easy to arrange. We easily found street parking outside the hotel. At reception they were …
Fairytale Wonderland (Sprookjeswonderland) is a lovely little amusement park just north of Amsterdam. The park is reminiscent of The Efteling, but smaller and geared toward children under 10. It was perfect for our 2 and 4 year olds. Each winter Fairytale Wonderland opens for three weeks fully decorated for Christmas. We decided to make the 1.5 hour …
Leiden is home to an adorable train museum and working steam train. It is amazing it took us a year to visit, despite driving past the place every few weeks. Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden uses the old Valkenburg train station as its home base. Buy your train ticket at the ticket booth (8 Euros/adult) and then proceed to …
Inverness and the surrounding area is full of attractions. It is a tourist hub and therefore crowded in the afternoons as the buses stop here mostly for afternoon and evening adventures. Staying in the area though gave us plenty of time to enjoy Loch Ness without the crowds. When we booked a hotel we had …
You are going to think we are totally crazy when we tell you that even with our train obsessed kids we bypassed the Jacobite Steam Train. The Jacobite Steam Train, which was featured in the Harry Potter films as the Hogwarts Express runs out of Fort William. The trip is several hours long though and we knew …
We arrived in Alford in the late afternoon and started the “train” portion of our journey. Our boys love trains, but we try to target smaller journeys as they also have short attention spans. This particular part of Scotland had two great train journeys for our kids. The Alford Valley Railway is a little train …