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Port Grimaud with kids: shallow water, no cars and where to park Destinations September 10, 2026

Port Grimaud with kids: shallow water, no cars and where to park

Port Grimaud with kids is mostly about the beach: very fine sand, water that stays shallow for a long way, and Saint-Tropez across the bay. Plus where...
Irrland with kids: a day out just across the German border Destinations July 26, 2026

Irrland with kids: a day out just across the German border

Our third visit to Irrland in Kevelaer, this time on the busiest possible day: the Netherlands, Flanders and North Rhine-Westphalia were all on summer...
Camping La Sirène with kids: six weeks, new pools and a huge terrace Destinations June 30, 2026

Camping La Sirène with kids: six weeks, new pools and a huge terrace

Six weeks at Camping La Sirène in Argelès-sur-Mer, from early May to mid June. The water park was expanded and finally heated this year, the terrace a...
Het Land van Bartje with kids: a week where we never left the park Destinations April 19, 2026

Het Land van Bartje with kids: a week where we never left the park

A week in April at Landal Het Land van Bartje in Ees, with two families and children aged 1, 4, 5 and 8. What the house cost, what there is to do from...
Valencia with kids in March: rain, Las Fallas from a distance and the Albufera Destinations March 29, 2026

Valencia with kids in March: rain, Las Fallas from a distance and the Albufera

March in Valencia with kids: 1,800 kilometres of driving for sun and Las Fallas, and we got rain and mascletàs that sounded like bombs twenty kilometr...
We don’t dream in bucket lists Reflections March 9, 2026

We don’t dream in bucket lists

We talk a lot about seeing more. More countries, more highlights, more once-in-a-lifetime moments. But what if travel isn’t about collecting place...
Center Parcs Les Trois Forêts in January with kids: lots of forest, one night of snow, expensive groceries Destinations February 1, 2026

Center Parcs Les Trois Forêts in January with kids: lots of forest, one night of snow, expensive groceries

Center Parcs Les Trois Forêts in January with kids: a six-hour drive, one night of snow, and the laundrette three kilometres from our cottage. The Aqu...
Disneyland Paris with kids: what worked for us (and what didn’t) Destinations December 23, 2025

Disneyland Paris with kids: what worked for us (and what didn’t)

Planning Disneyland Paris with kids can feel overwhelming. After three winter days in the parks, this is what worked for our family, what we would sk...
Three days at Disneyland Paris in December with kids Destinations December 20, 2025

Three days at Disneyland Paris in December with kids

Three days at Disneyland Paris in December with kids: Newport Bay Club as our hotel, up to 30,000 steps a day and fake snow on Main Street. This is th...
Landal Hochwald with kids: big indoor playground, small pool Destinations December 3, 2025

Landal Hochwald with kids: big indoor playground, small pool

Two weeks of November in a kids' bungalow at Landal Hochwald near Kell am See, with snow soon after we arrived. The indoor play hall is genuinely big...
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