Tag: europe
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Big Family Week in The Netherlands
Our last week in Europe we spent enjoying family time in The Netherlands. Both of Steve’s parents, Bert and Odile, are from the Netherlands and so they were excited to meet up with us there to show the grandkids around their country and introduce them to the many relatives. My sisters-in-law Elanor and Carol, and…
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Bike trip around Bodensee in Germany
This week was all action as we spent six days doing a big bike tour around Lake Constance (or “Bodensee” in German). We had chosen this spot because the bike ride itself is mostly flat but it’s in a beautiful hilly area that also touches the alps on one leg. It’s also very established as…
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Exploring Beautiful Bavaria Germany
This past week was exciting for us because we got to see family for the first time in months. My amazing sister Katharine and her wonderful husband Kilian flew in from Toronto to host us for a week in the Bavaria area of Germany (where Kilian is from originally). We are so lucky to have…
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Exploring Stockholm
We spent only a short week in Stockholm – Sunday morning to Friday afternoon – which is shorter than our usual stay in a place, and we left wishing we had stayed longer. Stockholm really impressed us as a city. It’s so well set up with bike paths, walking streets, parks, waterways and an excellent…
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Above the Arctic Circle in Abisko, Sweden
The kids really wanted to visit Northern Europe on this tour after having great memories of a family trip we did to Norway many years ago. To be honest, I wasn’t initially excited about Northern Europe because it has many similarities to Canada, so we did a lot of research to find a unique experience. …
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Visiting Turkey: Istanbul and the Mediterranean Coast
While we loved our time in Asia, I think the family did a collective sigh of relief upon landing in Turkey, our first country of Europe on this trip. Although the kids did remind me that Turkey is only partly in Europe, it generally feels more European than Asian and provided us with comforts we…
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