On our way from Romania to Greece, we spent a week in Bulgaria. We really didn’t know much of anything about Bulgaria during the trip-planning stage and it turned out to be an interesting country with a very extensive and rich history. It probably wouldn’t make our top hits list thus far, but we saw […]
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Four Days In Brasov, Romania With The Kids!
Our last stop in Romania was Brasov. Brasov is a beautiful and colorful city nestled in the Southern Carpathian mountains, making it a great place to go to if you are an outdoor enthusiast, as there are trails all over the surrounding hills and mountains. Overall, the city was very lively, full of restaurants, cafes […]
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Transylvania With The Kids
We left Romania yesterday and we are still talking about what a good time we had there and what a beautiful place it is. As we said before, Romania really surprised us in a positive way. Sometimes, you simply feel a connection with a place and we definitely felt one with Romania! After our time […]
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Having A Great Time In Cluj-Napoca, Romania With The Kids
Hello from Romania! We are spending eleven days in this amazing country. To get here, we drove from Krakow through Slovakia and Hungary—we spent four days in the High Tatras in Slovakia (in Poprad) and two nights on a farm outside Debrecen, Hungary, near the Romanian border. We had a great time passing through those […]
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Lviv, Ukraine With The Kids Was So Much Fun!
We spent a wonderful eight days in Lviv, a charming city in western Ukraine. We included this city in our itinerary after a friend of ours, who is from Ukraine, recommended we visit it. It took a good deal of effort to get there, as we left the car in the Krakow airport longterm parking […]
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A Quick Spin Through Krakow
Our time in Krakow was the shortest we’ve had since starting this trip. We spent two days / three nights in the city. We enjoyed seeing the city, but also found it a bit exhausting due to the heat and the crowds. We stayed in a nice Airbnb apartment that was a two-minute walk from […]
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Farm Life In Central Slovakia
We had a lovely four-night stay in a small town in Slovakia called Zajezova, near the “bigger” town of Pliesovce, in the Banska Bistrica area. Our Airbnb was part of a farm owned by a Dutch woman who fell in love with Slovakia almost ten years ago, moved there and bought some properties. We all […]
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An Unexpected And Entirely Enjoyable Stay In Budapest
Hello everyone! We spent almost a week in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. We originally had planned on spending one full day in Budapest on our way from Lake Balaton to Nagymaros, a little town on the Danube in Hungary. Unfortunately, the Nagymaros rental property was a disaster and we decided to go spend our […]
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Summertime In Hungary At Lake Balaton!
Hello everyone! We are writing from Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Before getting here, we spent ten days in Siofok, one of the main cities around Lake Balaton in Hungary. Lake Balaton is Europe’s biggest and shallowest body of water, and is the main beach destination for those living in Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and […]
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Chilling In Zagreb With The Kids
We spent five great days in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Our Airbnb apartment was very close to grocery stores, bakeries, restaurants and to several tram lines, making it very easy for us to move around the city without ever getting into our car. Zagreb is a really lively city, filled to the brim with […]
