Category: Europe
Family travel in Europe
Den Haag – Worldschooling Netherlands
Worldschooling Netherlands: Dutch History in Action
Spain to Tangiers, Morocco on the Ferry
When we got off the ferry in Tangiers, everyone put their bags through an x-ray machine and walked through a metal detector, but no one was monitoring it. The two women who were supposed to be were chatting with each other and the sound for the metal detector had been turned off. So pointless, it…
Worldschooling Conference in Granada, Spain
Spain: Madrid, Toledo & Southern Spain
Sweden & Stockholm
We drove from Tolga, Norway to Stockholm, Sweden in one long day (about 8-1/2 hours). Beautiful drive.
Autumn in Tolga, Norway
A Day in Trondheim
Back to Norway again via Oakland and Stockholm
Our trip began with a 2-hour drive from Helena to Missoula – many thanks to Dad for driving us (4 hours round trip for him, barely a month after triple bypass open heart surgery). Despite planning and preparing for several weeks beforehand, we still had a mad rush to get everything packed and the house…
Belgium: Belgian Ardennes
We’re waiting to hear from P’s work where and when we need to go next. I found an amazing Airbnb in the Belgian Ardennes to pass the time.
The Netherlands, again
The girls and I spent a night and a day in Amsterdam. I wasn’t thrilled about going to the Netherlands again, but it offered the cheapest plane tickets and the girls enjoy practicing their Dutch. We were planning to visit the Van Gogh Museum, but I discovered the night before that tickets need to be…
Iceland: The Golden Circle
Our second day in Iceland was spend touring the Golden Circle, which is the most popular tourist route in Iceland. After a lovely breakfast in Hotel Orkin in Reykjavik, we drove to the nearest supermarket. We were told that Bonus supermarkets are the cheapest. I stared at the choices of ham and tried to discern…
Iceland: Reykjanus Peninsula
I’ve been wanting to go to Iceland for awhile: the land of fire and ice! I finally made it happen as a 5-day stopover on our way to Norway to visit family. Iceland Air offers free stopovers of up to 7 days. We flew out of Toronto because of good prices and a relatively short…