;This is not a new discovery, far from it, but it’s one that works really well for us so I thought I’d share it with you. Whether we try to limit clothes and pack minimilistically or take everything we own, we still need to wash our clothes and with three kids who seem incapable of…
US AirBNB has saved our arse quite a few times; saving us from homelessness in France; allowing us to tour Europe in the summer of 2016 and encouraging us to travel the world at a fraction of the cost (in comparison to staying in hotels) however it’s also bitten us on the arse a few times…
Follow my blog with Bloglovin All photos taken with my phone and thus quality is not great. Road trip baby!! In July 2016 we packed up our car and started out on a journey that would see us clock up 7,200km! Yes you read that correctly. Seven THOUSAND kilometres. Looking back even I cannot comprehend…
Eidfjord Eidfjord is a small town in the region of Hardanger, two hours east of Bergen. Like most of Norway its history dates back thousands of years to the 1800’s and there’s still a few buildings that reflect these bygone times. Eidfjord is mostly a quiet and sleepy little town based at the far est end…
Tveitaelvo Waterfall Stord To break up our journey from Stavanger to Bergen we decided to stay over on the island of Stord. It is one of four little islands on the south west coast of Norway and it is often called “Norway in miniature” since it has such a variety of landscapes in a…
Street art Stavanger is in the south-west of Norway, a small but elegant city sat on the bracing shores of the north Atlantic ocean. Although known for its old wooden houses it has more recently been dubbed the city of street art. Stavanger hosted what is thought to be the very first street art festival in 2001,…
Ulvik Whilst I swanned off to a wedding workshop in a beautiful hotel in Eidfjord, my kids and husband rented a shack in the town of Ulvik, Norway. Ulvik is located on Hardangerfjorden’s north-eastern arm of Ulvikafjorden. It has a grand total of 600 permanent residents and has been around since at least the 1800’s. It’s…
Floyen Floyen is a city mountain found in Bergen, south west Norway. It is home to the Floibanen Funicular which gives panoramic views over Bergen and a number of small hiking trails. This summer we spent a really nice half day catching the funicular up the mountain and hiking down. Funicular railway In the interests of…
