Your guide to Italy’s Amalfi Coast

Are you planning to visit Italy’s gorgeous Amalfi Coast? If so, then there are a few things you should know to make the most of your trip. We’ll cover everything from the best time to visit to the best sights and activities, and even look at some culinary specialties. Keep reading this short guide to learn everything you need to know before your trip to the Amalfi Coast. When to visit: Timing your Amalfi escape Before you book anything, you need to know when the best time to visit is. While August is the hottest month, it’s also the most popular. This can leave some areas feeling overcrowded and can put a dampener on your experience if you’re always wrestling with other tourists. Instead, we recommend visiting between April to June . This will still allow you to enjoy the extraordinary weather, without the peak crowds. In short, you’ll be able to focus on enjoying yourself, especially as you avoid the surge in prices. Stunning  Atrani   Scenic highlights: Amalfi, Positano, ......

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A budget family guide to Turin, Italy

Standing in front of the Roman gates The first overnight stop on our Interrail trip , leaving London was Turin in Italy as we wanted to make as much ground travel-wise on the first day as possible and felt London to Turin via Paris was more than doable. We had a rather eventful journey after leaving Paris with a train in front of us breaking down inside one of Europe's longest tunnels, the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, which left us stuck at Modane train station in the Alps, for over 3 hrs, while they rescued the train inside the tunnel. Despite the delay, the staff were excellent throughout and we were given food and drink while we waited although this did result in getting into Turin at around midnight with two overtired children but we were safe and quickly caught a taxi the travel hostel.  Waking up in Turin the next day is really when our European adventure began, we had arrived at our first destination, ready to explore. We would be heading to the coast the next day so wanted to make a......

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Bournemouth Beach - The perfect family day out

Collaborative Post  On the way back from our trip to Guernsey in the Channel Islands, we arrived late into Poole Ferry Port (around midnight) so there was no way we were going to head back to Cardiff that night and instead checked into a Travelodge in Poole although there are plenty of hotels in Bournemouth and decided to extend our holiday by one more day and explore a part of the coast we hadn't really been to before. I had heard really good things about Bournemouth and it's been somewhere I have wanted to take the kids for a while so this was a great opportunity to do just that.  As soon as we got to our hotel we headed straight to bed as it had been a very long day and woke up ready to explore. As Poole is only a 20 min drive from Bournemouth it seemed like it was going to be a pretty easy place to get too but what we hadn't taken into account was it being a Bank Holiday Friday and not just any Bank Holiday but one with glorious warm and sunny weather so......

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Dreaming of Florence & 5 reasons I want to visit

Italy is one of those magical places that offers such variety that even if you have visited one city you long to discover more. I have been lucky enough to spend some time in Milan, Venice and Rimini before having children but I have always been left longing to go back. John and I have been discussing a possible road trip down to Italy near the end of summer and I have been putting together a few places I really want to see such as the famous Lakes and eating pizza in Naples but one city that really stands out to me and also features in one of my favourite travel inspired films (Eat, pray, Love) is Florence. Everything about this romantic, historical and artistic city makes me want to jump on a plane right now and be there in the heart of it all. As you may already know as much as I like to throw caution to the wind every now and then I also really like to plan our trips and I am certainly the planner in our house and love nothing better than staring at a map all day working out......

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How I Got My Kids To Love Food From Around The World

As I have said many times before “when it comes to food both John and I love trying something new, fresh, colourful and full of flavour and we are lovers of world dishes ”. That’s nothing out of the ordinary, it’s something that the majority of adult couples enjoy, however, kids quickly change that. When they’re really young, you can carry on enjoying your favourite foods with no problems, it’s when they get to their toddler years that things get interesting, or so they say. Proudly, we managed to combat the fussy stage by introducing a variety of foods and worldly cuisines early on in our children’s lives. We wanted our kids to be open minded about all new experiences, especially food, because experiencing new food is one of life’s great pleasures and it’s healthy too. I recently read an article suggesting that children who are fussy eaters have often become so because they’ve picked up the idea from adults. This is something that, scientifically, I can’t comment on......

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