As the birthplace of Western civilization, Europe and its 50 countries has a wealth of history and geographic beauty just waiting to be explored.
To all our faithful readers a big apology from our family for the delay in publishing our most recent post about our one day in Cesky Krumlov. We’re in the process of planning our next big trip to Portugal and I hadn’t realized how much there was still left to Read more
A Visit to Mount Pilatus Whether you are young or old, or have just a few days or a few weeks in Switzerland, you have to add a visit to Mount Pilatus to your itinerary! Why visit Mount Pilatus, Switzerland? Almost every visitor to Switzerland wants to explore the Swiss Read more
When planning our day trips from Basel, we often heard of Rheinfall, or Rhine Falls. The more we looked into the area, the more beautiful unique villages we found. We narrowed them down and decided to visit to Rheinfall, Schaffhausen and Stein am Rhein as each destination is only 30 Read more
While we’ve always based ourselves in Basel when exploring Switzerland, the beautiful city of Lucerne is one of our favourite Swiss locations. It is only one hour away by train from Basel so we’ve taken several one day trips from Basel to Lucerne. What to do with only one day Read more
Incredibly, while Basel is one of Switzerland’s major cities and a beautiful medieval location to visit, there is very little information available in Swiss travel guides. I was shocked that the main Switzerland visitor guidebooks either gloss over the city or omit it entirely. I hope that our Basel City Read more
When planning our first visit to Basel, we were struck by the lack of information on this beautiful medieval city. Most of the travel guidebooks on Switzerland either gloss over the city or omit it all together. We learned quickly that Basel is filled with incredible activities for all ages. Read more
If you are a family of five or more travelling to Budapest you have to check out Entre Amis Budapest. Our Budapest family apartment was spacious, reasonably priced and in a great location: all requirements for a family visiting Budapest with kids. Entre Amis is a small apartment rental company Read more
Since we started exploring Europe five years ago, we’ve hired many private guides. We often hire several different private guides in each country, depending on the location that we’re visiting and the expertise of the guide. Over time, we’ve met some incredible guides and this is the basis of our Read more