This is a special corner of this internet blog page, dedicated to TRAVELLING WITH KIDS, for everybody who is searching posts about this topic. Here you will find everything I wrote about our FAMILY TRIPS and TRIPS I DID WITH LU AS A SINGLE MOM, impressions from our HOLIDAYS and WEEKEND TRIPS, also posts about PRACTICAL TIPS and ADVICE ON TRAVELLING WITH KIDS (equipment, destinations, packing tips and more), INSPIRATIONAL POSTS and posts sharing my PERSONAL THOUGHTS about travelling with kids.
FAMILY TRAVELS
Here you can find all the BLOG POSTS from our longer family travels (as a family of 3, as well as our mom & son travels while I was a single mom) and also posts about our weekend trips, summer & winter holidays, camping, skiin g, hiking and more. WITH LU, who is 8 years old at the moment, WE VISITED THE FOLLOWING DESTINATIONS:
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GERMANY (we live in northern Germany and often do weekend trips to different parts of the country)
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AUSTRIA (Vienna and Salzburg & around)
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SLOVENIA (we are often in Ljubljana, Kranjska Gora and Piran)
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CROATIA (Hvar, Korčula, Dugi Otok, Zadar, Krke NP, Mljet, Makarska, Vis)
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OMAN 2013 (2-week road trip with a rented car, Lu was 1 year old)
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ITALY 2014 and 2018 (road trip around Sicily when Lu was 1 year old, weekend on Lake Como when he was 6)
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MOROCCO 2014 (2-week road trip with a rented car when Lu was 2 years old)
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BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA 2015 (4-day road trip when Lu was 3 years old)
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SINGAPORE 2015, 2017, 2018 (Lu visited Singapore already že 3x, at ages 3, 5 and 6 years)
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BALI 2015 (2-week backpacking trip when Lu was 3 years old)
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CZECH REPUBLIC 2015 (weekend trip to Prague when Lu was 4 years old)
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SWITZERLAND 2016 (4-day winter trip with trains when Lu was 4 years old)
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FINLAND 2016 (Helsinki & winter Lapland road trip when Lu wa 4 years old)
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PORTUGAL 2016 (10-day road trip from north to south when Lu was 4 years old)
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NEW ZEALAND 2017 and 2018 (Auckland & around, Northland peninsula road trip when Lu was 5 and 6 years old)
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COOK ISLANDS 2017 and 2018 (Rarotonga and Aitutaki when Lu was 5 and 6 years old)
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HONG KONG & MACAU 2017 (5 days in HK and 2 in Macau when Lu was 5 years old)
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PHILIPPINES 2017 (Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor and Negros islands when Lu was 5 years old)
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FIJI 2018 (Viti Levu, Drawaqa, Matacawalevu & Kuata islands when Lu was 6 years old)
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VANUATU 2018 (Tanna, Espiritu Santo and Efate islands when Lu was 6 years old)
- SPAIN 2018 (Mallorca with a rented car when Lu was 6 years old)
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FRANCE 2018 and 2019 (Ile de Re island and Lyon when Lu was 6 and 7 years old)
- SEYCHELES 2019 (Mahe, Praslin and La Digue islands when Lu was 7 years old)
AND SINCE WE HAVE MILA ON BOARD WITH US:
- FRANCE 2021 (Normandy in Brittany, Defender road trip, Mila 3 months old)
- SWEDEN 2021 (Defender road trip, Lu 10 years, Mila 4 months old)
- CROATIA, MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, N.MACEDONIA, KOSOVO, BIH 2022 (Defender road trip, Mila 11 months old)
- CYPRUS 2022 (1 week with a rented car, Lu 11 years, Mila was 1 year old)
- FRANCE 2022 (Ile de Re, Mila was 1 year old)
- DUBAI 2023 (mom & Mila trip, 1 teden, Mila was 1 year old)
- QATAR 2023 (6 days in Doha with a stopover in Istanbul, Mila was 1 year old)
- FRANCE 2023 (Ile de Re, Mila was 2 years old)
SINGLE PARENT TRAVELS
Here you will find all the BLOG POSTS, TIPS, THOUGHTS and INSPIRATION about TRAVELLING AS SINGLE PARENTS. I have travelled with Lu as a single mom when he was 5, 6 and 7 years old. Besides exploring the country we currently live in, Germany (usually we do lots of weekend city trips and camping in the summer), we often visited Slovenia, my home country and spent summer holidays on various Croatian islands. We also travelled quite a lot in those years, the longest trip was 2 months of backpacking around South Pacific islands including a stop in Singapore, New Zealand and later on Cook islands, Fiji and Vanuatu. A year before we visited Hong Kong & Macau and the Philippines.
Travelling as single parents can be challenging at times but it truly a very special time for you and your children. We always had a great time and we learned a lot about each other as well. I can only hope that I can inspire others through my posts – there is really no need to sit back at home just because you are a single parent, go out there and have fun, you won´t regret it.
ADVICE & INSPIRATION
You can find some posts about general travelling tips and advice in the main menu under the “TIPS” category, but for those looking for more tips related to TRAVELLING WITH KIDS this is where to look. Tips, advice, equipment, inspiration and personal thoughts.