I get a new camera for Christmas
YAY – finally I get a new camera, and it is just in time for Christmas! It is a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V Camera from Media Galaxy in Brasov, Romania. We walked into Media Galaxy and it was packed with customers. All around people were madly Christmas shopping. It seems to be the same the world over […]
Visiting Brasov Romania for their Christmas Markets
Visiting Brasov Romania for their Christmas Markets We decided to leave Bucharest early and drive to Brasov to stay. On the way, my gut feel was to change the tires to winter snow tires and not just rely on carrying snow chains. It was Sunday, so it was amazing that I found a little workshop […]
Bucharest and one of the most amazing restaurants
This is a really quick blog of our amazing three nights in Bucharest. You can scroll through and enjoy this with photos. So how did we get here? We left Veliko Tarnovo before noon after exploring the cute town. We then headed in ‘pea soup thick fog’ to Ruse. We had hoped to explore this cute city […]
Exploring Bucharest Christmas Markets Romania
We decided when we were in Turkey that we would head to snow for Christmas. So on the way, we had a stop in Bucharest, Romania and country number 43 on our world trip. We mainly chose here because (we are Australian, and we have grown up with a hot Christmas, so) the idea of […]
Exploring Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria
Yesterday saw us heading north in Bulgaria. We wanted to see the historical little town of Veliko Tarnovo and arrived mid-afternoon. Veliko Tarnovo is the medieval capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom and the town with the most dramatic setting in the country. It is perched on several hills, and the Yantra River meandering through. […]
Exploring Old Plovdiv Bulgaria and a Renaissance stay
We finally left Istanbul, Turkey after a great 6-week stay, and headed to Bulgaria in what seemed to be hours and hours of driving on the Turkish side in the rain. For the first time ever we had smiled at a border crossing. I nearly fell out of the car. Firstly the Turkish side checks […]
Five Star Service at Sirkeci Mansion Istanbul
We drove into Istanbul at peak hour. It was a hair-raising experience that led us straight into the Grand Bazaar and definitely worth a read. (In fact our story even ended up being published in a book). We arrived in the dark and stopped outside the front door of the Sirkeci Mansion Boutique Hotel. Like […]
We find a cool bull in Istanbul
We just spend a few days in the Historical old town section of Istanbul on the European side. Now we move to the ‘trendy and hip’ European side, but also go and visit the Asian side of Istanbul And this where … … We find a cool bull in Istanbul It was only supposed to […]
We drove our car through the Bazaar in Istanbul
After a fantastic stay in Safranbolu Ottoman town, we headed toward Istanbul. But the car needed a mechanic – again. It has a loud noise in the front wheel. We had already had a service in Kalkan. There the mechanic promised us he had attended to all on the list. The next day, we had […]
Staying in a 200 year Ottoman Mansion at Gulevi Safranbolu
We are part of a Facebook group of long-term traveling families who encourage, swap tips, share advice, and generally help each other. We also meet up from time to time, so the kids can play, and the adults can talk. One family in this group has been so kind, and we have received many messages, […]
Visiting the Ottoman town of Safranbolu, Türkiye
We are here in Safranbolu – an incredibly old Ottoman village, nestled in the valley, toward the Black Sea in Turkey. It is raining and we only have one full day and two nights here. But we want to go out and see this amazing place before heading to Istanbul. So our hotel organizes a golf cart […]
The Travelers Perfect Packing List
Sponsored Post It’s true that when you first begin nomadic travels as a family, you are bound to over pack. As the days, weeks, months (and sometimes years) go by…you more seriously evaluate how often you use each item in your pack, and how essential it is. Is it worth hauling? Is it worth packing […]