After leaving the zoo, we headed north from Dublin along the coast to Howth Head. We were searching for a place to walk in the sand and perhaps even immerse ourselves in the briny water. Originally an island, but now connected to the mainland by a tombolo, Howth Head was very rocky and did not [...]
Well, it’s nearly the end of January and I’ve only just finished uploading my pictures from the end of December. I’m hoping to write several posts about our trip to Arizona in the next few days and catch up to more current events.
As you can see from our visit to the Grand Canyon, [...]
Sage and I went to the park on Saturday afternoon while River went to a netball birthday party for one of her friends. The Mundy Play Centre at Markeaton Park offers a variety of activities for kids. We played 18 holes of Crazy Golf, climbed on the spider web thing, and did some [...]
After we left Carcassone, we drove northwest past Toulouse to the Dordogne River valley. We’d heard great things about a village called La Roque-Gageac, reputed to be one of the most beautiful villages in France. As we got closer, we drove through rolling hills covered with oak forests, quite a change from the broad valley [...]
We spent a beautiful weekend camping in the Peak District near Hartington. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed some fine company in gorgeous surroundings.
The kids were ready to go before we finished packing and spent some time on the swings waiting for us.
It isn’t particularly far to Hartington from Derby, but the [...]
We went swimming at the Badkap waterpark on our last day in Albstadt. Badkap is an enormous swimming pool complex with a giant wave pool, slides, and a warm waterfall flowing along a winding river through the wall and continuing outside. There is also a huge waterslide called the Blackhole.
We all loved [...]
