Traveling between destinations is generally a pretty stressful experience when your with small ones. That stress can increase ten fold when your outnumbered and your traveling with a child who struggles with noise, crowds and unpredictable things occurring. My priority isn’t always the quickest route or the cheapest (although price is a major factor), but… Continue reading Viking Line Sweden to Finland
Category: Scandinavia
Moose Safari
Just like our Beaver Safari, our wildlife adventure included a nighttime Moose Safari. Again, all we really knew was it would include food and that it would be late. We had been told on the previous night, to be excited for dinner! This time we met with another family and our guides at Kolarbyn. We… Continue reading Moose Safari
Beaver Safari
It’s not uncommon for the most average day in my life to end up with some pretty odd things happening, but floating silently on a lake, after dark while smelling for the scent of beavers was a pretty surreal moment - even for me! As part of our Wild Sweden ‘Wildlife Adventure’ package, we were… Continue reading Beaver Safari
Wild Sweden @ Kolarbyn Eco-Lodge
Searching for eco tourism & unusual accommodation in Scandinavia, I stumbled across ‘Sweden’s most primitive hotel’ and knew this was for us. But after having never camped with my kids and with a child who is petrified of bugs (petrified-as in full on panic attacks and horror screams, as if witnessing something truly awful),… Continue reading Wild Sweden @ Kolarbyn Eco-Lodge
Yasuragi – Japanese Spa For Families
Where can you really go and relax when you have a small troop of children in tow? We certainly found the answer, a beautiful piece of paradise nestled in a place just outside of the busy city. With the highly sensitive one having repeated meltdowns and myself feeling the exhaustion that comes with traveling in… Continue reading Yasuragi – Japanese Spa For Families
Lapland-10 days on the cheap
After spending near on 9 years repeatedly pricing up trips to lapland, but never being able to get the price under £3000 for a few nights, I started to think outside the box. I’ve never been one for package breaks but I just didn't know enough about Lapland to risk turning up somewhere in minus… Continue reading Lapland-10 days on the cheap