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Europa Park

5 reasons why we keep coming back to Europa Park

Posted by Thien Lan on June 2, 2019June 3, 2019 in Holidays, Kids friendly, Outdoors, Parenting

As of today we’ve been 4 times to Europa Park. We always recommend this theme park to all our friends because we love it so much! It is themed around the various countries in Europe. Both the decor architecture, attraction…

Ljubljana review: Cubo Hotel Room

Ljubljana, Slovenia: Hotel Cubo Review

Posted by Thien Lan on March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 in Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Luxury

On our way to a skiing trip to Austria, our little family of 4 stopped over for one day and one night in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. We stayed at the Hotel Cubo which we highly recommend. Here’s why……

Santa Monica with children

USA with children: Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Universal City Walk

Posted by Thien Lan on November 12, 2016December 4, 2016 in Holidays, Outdoors, Parenting

It’s now affordable to fly Oslo to Los Angeles Early in 2016, Norwegian Airlines launched very affordable direct flights between Oslo and Los Angeles, so as soon as we know the school holidays dates for their October break, we made our…

Kinderhotel Post

Best ski holidays with children: Kinderhotel Post, Salzburg, Austria

Posted by Thien Lan on February 28, 2016November 13, 2017 in Health, Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Luxury, Outdoors, Staff pick

Why did we chose Austria for our winter holidays? Last year we discovered the amazing concept of Kinderhotels where you can leave your children with the Kids club for up to 12 hours a day so that you and your partner…

Must do in Zurich

6 must do in Zurich over a short trip

Posted by Thien Lan on January 23, 2016January 26, 2016 in Holidays, Kids friendly, Outdoors, Switzerland, Zurich

A friend of mine just asked what are the Zürich must do or what she should absolutely experience over a short 12 hour stay. I now realise that only one of the 6 thing I recommend has been written about…

back from Sydney to Oslo

Back from Sydney to Oslo : how is it?

Posted by Thien Lan on January 8, 2016November 12, 2017 in Fashion and Beauty, Food, Health, Holidays, Oslo

Happy New Year everyone! I wish you a wonderful 2016 with excellent health for you and your whole extended family, lots of joy and laughter as well as personal and professional success. How did I start the year? EATING LOTS…

Luzern Switzerland with children

Top picks: Luzern with 4 children under 7

Posted by Thien Lan on July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 in Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Luxury, Outdoors, Parenting, Restaurant Review, Swiss food, Switzerland

My friends Bev is still in town with her hubby and two boys. With my husband coming back for the week-end, we organised a get away to beautiful Luzern, one hour drive from Zürich. This is the very place to…

school holidays activities

School holidays… NOT!

Posted by Thien Lan on July 9, 2015 in Holidays, Kids friendly, Parenting

Why school holidays are NOT holidays for me The kids which means they are at home 24/7 and you need to feed them three times a day well five with morning and afternoon tea and make sure they enough fruit…

Dubai holidays with children

Dubai holidays with children: top 5 picks

Posted by Thien Lan on April 28, 2015November 13, 2017 in Food, Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Luxury, Parenting, Staff pick

Why visit Dubai? This year’s spring holidays I wanted a place with heat and sun. I was first considering south of Europe like Malta buy was advised it was still too cold for a swim. Several friends recommended Dubai so I gave…

Ski holidays in a Kinderhotel

Ski holidays with kids in a Kinderhotel in Switzerland

Posted by Thien Lan on March 11, 2015December 10, 2015 in Fashion and Beauty, Food, Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Outdoors, Parenting, Swiss food, Switzerland

This is our first ever family ski holiday trip. We considered going to Thredbo or Perisher back when we were living in Australia but it was 6,000 AUD (4,300 euros) a week with little guarantee of snow, smaller slopes than…

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