Seven countries, all by car from Utrecht, and almost always the same recipe: a holiday park or a campsite, two weeks rather than one, and outside the school holidays whenever we can. So four weeks in Denmark in January, November in the Harz, January at Center Parcs Les Trois Forêts, and back to Argelès-sur-Mer again and again since 2021.
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Tuscany with kids by car: Volterra, Certaldo Alto, Pisa and Florence
Tuscany with kids by car, from an apartment in San Quirico in Collina (great view, no garden, next time we want one). Certaldo Alto (little cable car)...
Vidauban with kids: a holiday park among the vineyards, coast 45 minutes away
Seventeen nights at Le Clos des Oliviers in Vidauban, among the vineyards of the Provence Verte. Not a campsite but a holiday park, with an unheated o...
The Jura with kids in summer: a stone house without air conditioning, Lac de Chalain
A summer week in the Jura with kids, in an 18th-century stone house with no air con while it was over 30°C day after day. Lac de Chalain (half an hour...