About budget family travel with kids; specifically about months-long family camping across Europe that lets you see and experience cool places. This goes hand-in-hand with our Road Trip with Kids category that focuses on destinations that we visited.
"All for one and one for all!" A monument of The Three Musketeers in Condom, France reminds all who visit of that popular cheer. Yes, the boys continue to be fascinated by D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. So, we're here. "All for one and one for all!" On the 7th day of our family camping … Continue reading Day 7+8: Family Camping Road Trip in Condom… No Kidding!
"There are people here!," the boys said in excitement, almost in unison. After over 430-something kilometers on non-toll roads from Sierra de Francia towards the Pyrenees, passing by Salamanca and Bourgos, we arrive at our back up camping site in Fuenmayor. Unlike last summer's camping road trip, when we were flexible and chose our camping … Continue reading Day 4: Family Camping Road Trip in Fuenmayor, La Rioja, Spain
Here's our first family camping road trip after 3 months of strict coronavirus lockdown in Spain. When Spain effectively opened up its borders to the rest of the EU countries (and UK) on 23rd of June, about a week earlier than announced, we ended up scrambling to pack and head to Poland. But then questions … Continue reading Day 2, Family Camping in Spain After Coronavirus Lockdown: The White Donkey
The beauty of being flexible and not having a strict schedule on the road is that when you spot a sign on a highway that grabs your attention, you can always STOP and make a detour to check it out. So, while looking for a place to stop and things to do in the south … Continue reading Day 32 Camping Road Trip šOff-the-Beaten-Path Perouges, France šØāš©āš¦āš¦Family Travel Video
Here's our family-friendly, fun and almost FREE things to do in Geneva, Switzerland in one day... with kids or without (for you singletons out there). Check out the "jazzy" video too! Onward and southwards we moved on our camping road trip from the city of bears (Bern) to the capital of peace, the city of … Continue reading Is Geneva Worth a Visit? Day 30 šØš Camping Road Trip with Kids ó ØšØāš©āš¦āš¦ Family Video
Where's a cheap place to stay in Freiburg, land of the Deutsch. . . (and pretty much in many places). . . with or without your family? Try camping! Here's a quick review of campsite "Camping Hirzberg" in Freiburg, Germany. We stayed there for an over-nighter in late August 2019, on the 27th day of … Continue reading Quick Review: Convenient Camping Hirzberg in Freiburg, Germany
Where's a cheap place to stay in Luxembourg with or without your family? Try camping! We (the free electrons family, with 2 young and very active children) review places that we have visited and things we have seen, generally from a foreign-family perspective. Here's a quick review of camping site "Camping Kockelscheuer" in Luxembourg City, … Continue reading Quick Review: Kid-friendly Camping Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg
When thinking about camping, especially family camping with kids, many of us automatically think of the difficulties and inconveniences involved. You know. . . uncomfortable bed and bugs everywhere, high-traffic toilets, and how it takes a lot of time to do anything like cooking, cleaning, pitching tents and breaking camp. Too many to think that … Continue reading What makes family camping both fun and practical?
Driving along the coast of Cantabria on the second week of our second family camping road trip one cool Covid-free summer. Here's a review in pictures of camping on the cliffs of Faro de Higuer, right on the border of Spain, overlooking the coast of Bordeaux, France, where we landed our modern gypsy family caravan. … Continue reading In Pictures: Cliffside Oceanview Family Camping in between France and Spain (Days 8-9)
From the mountains of Asturia to the sea sands of Cantabria, we move into the second week of our second family camping road trip one cool pre-Covid 19 summer. Here's a review in pictures of Camping Laredo, where we landed our modern gypsy family caravan. For more info on the campground, text follows at the … Continue reading In Pictures: Family Camping Laredo in Cantabria, Spain (Days 6-8)
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