Like many parents, we’re constantly dragging our children along to art museums. And like many parents, we are accustomed to groans of  “Oh no, not another museum!” Museums are starting to realize the importance of courting their future visitors and, as parents, it’s nice to see how many art museums have started to put together [...]

I visited the Sensation Science Centre in Dundee in August 2010 during my Summer 2010 Scotland Blog Tour.  It’s a great all weather Dundee attraction for families. This is the sort of place that our twin sons loved in their youth, where kids get involved in the hands-on exhibits as well as various fun, educational [...]

If you’re already living in Europe and decide to take a European family holiday, you’d be unlikely to take a flight of more than a few hours. I envy you! For my trip to Germany with my four-month-old baby, getting there will take close to 24 hours, coming from Australia. You can probably understand I’m [...]

On a recent visit to London, I looked forward to a day trip to nearby Oxford. Although I had not planned specific child-friendly activities, it was a pleasant surprise that my young children stumbled across so many entertaining things to do in that charming university town. As parents traveling with children know well, this is [...]

Packing for a European trip used to be easy for me. Now that I’ve got a small baby to deal with, I’m actually writing my packing list well ahead of time. I’ve travelled overnight with my baby on car trips and was astounded at just how full the car was of stuff he “needed”, and [...]

As you know, I’m in the midst of Europe travel planning for a trip to Germany with my four month old baby, and right now I’m busy with booking some hotels. Luckily, we can stay with family most of the time, but I still need to book a few nights in hotels. Now I have [...]

I’ve got a new Europe travel planning challenge coming up: organising a trip to Germany with my new baby to introduce him to his relatives. At the time of our trip he’ll be about four months old (hopefully an ideal time to travel) and over the next few weeks I’m going to use this experience [...]

As anyone traveling with kids knows, travel plans alter radically once you are lugging along pint-sized companions. On a recent trip to London with my children, I had plenty of activities to fill our days, but none of them included queuing up for kilometers to go on a giant ferris wheel. Unfortunately for parents hoping [...]

Geneva is stereotypically known to be filled with diplomats and bankers.  Not something the average kid wants to see when travelling through a European city.  Luckily the Natural History Museum of the City of Geneva is a great place for kids, and, because admission is completely free, a great way to save a bit of [...]

Here are my Europe travel tips for four great things to do with kids in Jersey on the Channel Islands. Durrel Wildlife Durrell Wildlife (formerly Jersey Zoo) is a wildlife conservation trust.  I was lucky that a young orangutan put on a good show during my visit. I caught otter feeding time, saw an Andean [...]