roadtrip
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Stopover Hotels on the Way South
Last Updated: September 16th 2025. When traveling from the Netherlands to Mid-, Southern France or Spain, a stopover hotel comes in handy to break up the long drive. People swear by different options in driving to Southern France or Spain. Some people drive it in one take, others mostly drive at night (less traffic and kids are asleep). We usually opt to drive a small part on the first evening and the rest the next day, or when it’s Spain a second stopover hotel in the South of France. Here’s a list of hotels we’ve tested and liked. A stopover hotel is ideally located close to the highway you’re driving…
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A Day in Dubrovnik
Last Updated: September 2nd 2025. Dubrovnik is a city crowded with tourists, and this is understandable: it’s a beautiful city well worth your time. We visited Dubrovnik as part of our European roadtrip in 2016 and spent one day in Duvbrovnik. In one day you can see the highlights of Dubrovnik, but you could easily spend more time in Dubrovnik. What to Visit On a Day in Dubrovnik With one day in Dubrovnik, the best is to start by walking on the medieval walls of the city. Then explore the inner city; admire the Onofrio fountain and stroll over the stradun. Below I will elaborate further on these things, first…
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What to Do in Fort Worth with Kids
Last Updated: August 28th 2025. Fort Worth in Texas is a fun city to visit with kids, there’s plenty to do, so getting bored isn’t an option. This blog gives a list of things to do in Fort Worth with kids. We visited Fort Worth a few times while staying with friends who lived an hour away, during our Orlando to San Francisco road trip. We stayed at a small town called Tolar. Which is a perfect base for exploring Texas. Going the other way hiking in Austin is perfect. Fort Worth with Kids Fort Worth is a city in Texas, it’s adjacent to Dallas. It’s the 5th in population,…
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2019 Travels in Review
Last Updated: September 2nd 2025. We had a good travel year, last year. We traveled in Europe, mostly the western part. We had trips in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Spain. Our 2019 travels were fantastic in one word. January We started the New Year with friends in Almere. Playing board games and watching the fireworks. After this we started our 2019 travels with a visit to Uden on Ice, with my sister and nieces during Christmas break. Ice skating and tubing is so fun to do. On a weekend in the middle of January we went to the Open Air Museum in Arnhem, we did…
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2018 Travels in Review
Last Updated: July 17th 2025. Although 2020 has already started, and we have already made some trips in 2020. But in this post I want to take you back to 2018. We did a lot of trips, mostly in the Netherlands. It wasn’t the easiest year for us, but we got through it and we were still able to travel. Here are our 2018 travels per month. January A quiet month, we only took 3 trips. With Yuri’s class we went to castle de Haar and had a guided tour here. It was fun and informative. On a good level the kids learned a lot about how the owners have…
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Dreaming about Long Term Traveling
Last Updated: July 9th 2025. I remember as a child looking at my globe and making up journeys I could take, where I would go. I could dream about this for hours. Others dreamed about their wedding gown or being a doctor when they’d grew up. I wanted to be an archaeologist and travel to Iran, Australia, the USA, basically everywhere. I dreamed of being in the Outback, like the characters of my favorite tv show The Flying Doctors. Go chasing those waterfalls in Australia. Wishing to explore the ruins of the Maya I read about in Archaeology books. I wanted to backpack in the National Parks of the USA,…
