Mr Tumnus? Going back to almost this time last year when we were in Andermatt for Ski Week. Plenty of snow then! Let’s hope we have the same luck in Kitzbuhel when we go next week. If you haven’t been skiing as a family before, you might find this useful…
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Moeders – Amsterdam
Food isn’t just essential for life, it can also hold a lot of memories. Certain cakes baked for birthdays for example, soups made for us when we weren’t feeling well; rituals of special stews and bakes made for things like bonfire night and other celebrations, and sacred family recipes passed down from generation to generation. […]
Dutch Masters and Stroopwafel Blackmail – Amsterdam
I can’t quite decide what position I would put Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum into in my list of top ten art galleries of all time, but it would probably have to be in the top three – after Louisiana and Tate Britain… We spent the best part of a day there recently during a trip to Holland’s […]
Two Serious Museums and a Kimchee Princess – Berlin
Deliberated over from the comfort of her temporary bedroom in our cosy communist era Berlin apartment (whilst I pondered the all important matter of where we should eat dinner!), a certain history enthusiast in our family decided on two museums to visit in one day, both with much more serious collections for inspection, after the previous […]
The Currywurst Museum – Berlin
Continuing with our (not so festive) trip to Berlin… A while back, someone saw fit to ask me to speak on a travel panel at a conference. There, an audience member asked what my biggest tip would be for successful family travel. Of course I could have said “don’t take children”, or “bribery” but actually, I […]