Hellenic Motor Museum Athens Greece One of Explorason’s (and my) passion is for a good motor car. I used to own an old English sports convertible car – a Triumph Spitfire and my parents had a couple of oldies, so I guess I grew up loving classic cars. When we saw that we could visit […]
Yay – we explore Athens on a Segway How excited is this nine-year-old? On our world journey, we have tried several times to ride a Segway, but due to Explorason’s age, we never found a company that allowed it. But Athens Segway Tours were different. They have special smaller Segway that short adults and older […]
A boat ride 250 meters underground through Diros Caves – Mani Peloponnese Greece Down the mouth of the cave, we go, donning life jackets and stepping precariously into a very flat small wooden boat. It is a tight squeeze. We must leave backpacks and handbags in the car. And we are told not to move or […]
Attraction Name: Istralandia Aqua Waterpark Address: Brtonigla, near Novigrad, Croatia Phone: 052 866 90 Website: http://www.istralandia.hr/en/ Date visited: September 2014 Child-friendly: Definitely Review: Yesterday we decided by default to come to Istra, the top part of Croatia. And why? Because of a sign. A road sign that leads us here! We had checked in and talked to the […]
Lost in an amazing maze Attraction Name: Monts de Guéret Giant Labyrinth Where: Gueret, Dept of Cruese, France Explorason loves mazes. The last one we did was well over a year ago. Early in our trip, we did the Dole maze of Hawaii. So we were long overdue for another one. We got there and […]
London Eye and River Cruise, England Attraction Name: London Eye Location: Riverside Bldg, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7PB, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 871 781 3000 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLondonEye Website: http://www.londoneye.com Date visited: June 2014 Child-friendly: Yes Review: Last weekend when we were in London we decided to finish off our time with a twilight cruise, and a sunset slow […]
Chessington England is educational and fun We are staying with friends who used to live in Australia. They have a son 2 years younger than mine, and the boys are getting along so well. They were only 2 and 4 years old when they played last. What a change! As soon as we were in […]
Legoland Windsor, England I have a 9-year-old son who is addicted to Lego. And I mean seriously addicted! This is out 3rd Legoland. We have “done” San Diego and Florida in the USA and now we are in England and here we go again. Being ” home-schoolers “, we went on a home-school day and […]
The Beatles Story Liverpool England It’s been a ‘Hard Days Night’ is playing as we wander into The Beatles Story. Once inside we learn about where the boys grew up. Schools, first bands and general youth of The Beatles. It shows posters and a stage remake of their days in Cavern. You can choose to […]
Llangollen Canal Boats Horse Drawn and Aqueduct Today, we wanted to go on a canal boat ride. As we drove into Llangollen the rain and the showers started. Next thing we knew, we were walking toward the river and a deluge came upon us. On we went, jumping over puddles, and huddling under bus shelters. […]
Harlech Castle and Snowdonia Wales We headed out early as we were planning to go up Snowdonia Mountain on a steam train. So we drove to the base town, but when we arrived, the mist was thick. I was told not to bother if it is and to come back another day, so as we […]
Visiting Sygun Copper Mine Wales Driving along the roads of Beddgelert, Gwynedd you will find the Sygun Copper Mines. Having a son who loves Minecraft, he really wanted to go and see how copper was mined. So we get our tickets and choose our hard hats. We decided blue was a good match, and off we […]
