Cluj-Napoca, Romania With Kids

We spent eleven wonderful days exploring Romania! To get there, we drove from Krakow through Slovakia and Hungary—we spent four days in the High Tatras in Slovakia (in Poprad). In Poprad we explored the old town and enjoyed some great little hikes surrounded by beautiful nature. After Poprad, we spent two nights on a farm […]

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 […]

Budapest With Kids

After our time in Lake Balaton, we headed back to Budapest. 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 […]

Hungary With Kids: Lake Balaton!

After leaving Zagreb, we drove to Lake Balaton in Hungary. We spent ten days in Siofok, one of the main cities around Lake Balaton before continuing onto Budapest. 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 Poland. It […]