You know that feeling when you expect something to be better than it is? Or maybe the other way around, when you expect something to be worse than it is? Well our trip has been full of moments like that. For example, the expectation that we are going to have dinner back at the campervan but the reality is that we eat pizza on the … Continue reading Expectations vs Reality
Lately Dad has been enjoying his early morning bike rides and one morning I decided to join him. Little did I know that what I had instore was much more than I had bargained for. We had planned a nice bike ride around the lake and into the town of Argentat-sur-Dordogne, in central France, where we would meet the girls who had biked the short … Continue reading Misadventures with Dad
The Krimmel Waterfalls with an impressive fall of 380m over three levels, are the largest in Europe and the fifth largest in the world. We went to see them in Austria and decided to walk the pathway all the way to the top. It was a steep climb and when we reached the top, we were 1,470m above sea level. It was really loud. Sometimes … Continue reading We went chasing waterfalls
Do you know how goat cheese is made? Well I didn’t up until we were in Freising, Germany. We were staying with our German friend Marc. Marc specialises in artisan cheeses and organises training courses for cheese makers. On one of the days that we were hosted by Marc he took us to one of his friend Hans’ goat farm. When we arrived we were … Continue reading Billy Goats Gruff Barvarian Style
Have you ever had Poffertjes.Well i have. A few weeks ago me my family and a friend biked of to a park were we stoped off at a little cafe were we had traditional Dutch Poffertjes. We saw him make the Poffertjes video and we got to eat the freshly cooked poffertjes. photo Poffertjes. Poffertjes are like little small pancakes with icing sugar. The poffertjes were … Continue reading Poffertjes
Yesterday my children, spurred on by Kirk, took me to a very dark place. Having enjoyed a few days in the mountainous area just north of Turin, Northwest Italy, we were heading across into France and Kirk suggested the kids and I bike down the 20km windy road we had driven up to find our fantastic camping spot (and some amazing mountain biking for Kirk). … Continue reading Taken to a dark place
Has anyone ever been to a Barvarian beer garden? Well I hadn’t up until a few days ago. It was quite the experience. We went with our friend Marc, Ellen’s brother (check out the blog on our sailing trip). We biked off at around 4 pm. The bike ride was fairly short, only 21 Km there. We biked along the right side of the river … Continue reading The Adventure
As keen sailors who have bare-boated in a few different places around the world, we were pleased when our friends Ellen and Matthias suggested a four days tour of the Dutch inland seas the Ijsselmeer and Markermeer. We expected a fun adventure and were not disappointed. Both the Ijsselmeer and Markermeer are manmade – quite an engineering feat. The Ijsselmeer was created in the 1930s by … Continue reading Sailing in Holland
Has anyone ever had dinner with an Olympic gold medallist? or maybe a former formula 3 racer? or maybe even one of the only organ builders and professional organ players in the world?Well, I have. In England, we had dinner with my Mum and Dad’s friends Phil and Jan Dowsett. We had the pleasant surprise of their son Alex also joining us. We had dinner … Continue reading #inspiringachievers
Has anyone ever heard of the city Ausfahrt? I didn’t up until we arrived in Germany. We were driving along and every sign pointed to Ausfahrt. Man, that must be one big city I told my dad. Half an hour later we were still seeing signs to Ausfahrt. So we searched up Ausfahrt on google and then we found out Ausfahrt isn’t a city, it … Continue reading #youneverknow
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