Today is the second day of our trip exploring the coastal areas, and having family fun in the Costa Brava region. We wake at Camping Valldaro and the kids are excited to take a golf cart for a tour around the campground/site, and to the restaurant where we are having breakfast. I was straight out of […]
Today we say goodbye to the beautiful Rigat Parkhotel and Spa where we have been staying the last few days in Lloret de Mar. We left our car there and took a taxi into the center of town. There was hustle and bustle as a myriad of tour groups seem to be meeting in the […]
We have decided to end our time in Catalunya, by hopefully relaxing in the Pyrenees of Spain at Hotel Muntanya and Spa – Cerdanya Resort. It took most of the day to get here because we left Lloret de Mar in the morning and took the back and mountainous roads that zigzagged around the hills. […]
Set in the tiny back streets of Lloret de Mar, and away from the hustle and bustle of the partying, you will find the hip, modern and chic Aqua Bertran Hotel. This is the area of Catalunya, Spain and is a really popular place for the French, Germans, Spanish and Italians to take their holidays […]
As a world traveling Mum and son duo, we love to see and experience as much as we can of local life and culture. Even when we are in a city, we try to not just be tourists, but to be travelers. To meet and experience life the way the locals do. Not to just […]
We recently had to weeks in Lloret de Mar, Catalunya, Spain Instead of writing about it, I’m going to show it to you in picture form. Because “pictures say 1000 words”. Please note – some of these photos are taken by ten-year-old Explorason – he dreams of becoming a professional photographer and has a passion […]
Tucked away on the edge of Lloret de Mar in Costa Brava, Spain is El Trull Restaurant where we were invited to visit during our stay. We found about this from our visit to Oficina de Turisme or Tourist Office, and so on our last night staying at Rigat Park Hotel and Spa we made a reservation. We arrived […]
Alkmaar! “The Dutch Cheese City” is in the province called ‘Noord Holland’. It is also where we have decided to base ourselves for our last few days in the Schengen Zone of Europe. And why? because not only is it close to Amsterdam, but it is also one of the most beautiful areas of Holland. […]
We are Gnomads. We are Nomadic. We travel the world. We ate in a Gnome Restaurant. We played in a Gnome Park. YES. We are Gnomads !!!! During the early days of our stay at Lloret de Mar, we walked down to the Oficina de Turisme or Tourist Office in Lloret de Mar to enquire about kid-friendly […]
We have just finished the most amazing month in Costa Brava, a region near the top right section of Spain in an area called Catalunya. We have been here for a travel writers conference called TBEX and decided to come and stay for a little time earlier than the Congress, and stay a little longer […]
Here is a blog that was written by Explorason about his time in Egypt and the amazing tour we did with Egypt Uncovered. We hope you enjoy reading about it, as much as we enjoyed our time there. Here is the link … click on it below https://www.egypt-uncovered.com/blog/2015/05/14/egypt-through-the-eyes-of-an-australian-boy/ Here is a small extract “The first […]
The sun rose over the hills on my left-hand side, just as I woke up and wandered to the front of our apartment. I was out on our balcony. YES – we had arrived in Spain! It might be a bit of a surprise to a few of you following our world journey, as last […]
