Venlo is a pretty, little town in the Netherlands near the German border. I visited Venlo in November (2021). When I planned my sojourn at my best friend’s in Düsseldorf (Germany) I’d wanted to include a short outing to the Netherlands. I actually flew to Weeze airport which is even closer to the Dutch border… Read More An afternoon in Venlo, the Netherlands
Šumska bajka (Forest fairytale in English ) is an excursion site near Lič ( Gorski kotar area of Croatia). It’s close to Rijeka and not that far from Zagreb as a matter of fact. It is close to Roswell near Fužine (the film set of Winnetou film) which we visited last summer. I’d heard nice… Read More Family day out: Forest Fairytale in Croatia
We visited Zagreb Zoo with our kids in June 2020. It was our second day trip post-lockdown last year. I don’t know why it has taken me almost a year to write about our family day out to Zagreb ZOO. Sometimes I blog immediately about our family adventures, sometimes it takes me forever to get… Read More Family day out: Zagreb ZOO
Family day out: Hum in Istria (Croatia) is a travel blog post about our first family day trip after the spring lockdown last year. I can’t believe it’s been almost a year and we are all still in the midst of the pandemic. On that day trip to the beautiful Croatian region of Istria we… Read More Family day out: Hum in Istria, Croatia
We have visited the Medieval Theme Park San Michael, near Svetvinčenat in August (Istria region, Croatia). If you’ve been following my blog for the past few years, you probably noticed that I like visiting castles. So, when I saw this theme park on another blogger’s Instagram feed I decided to visit it with my family.… Read More Family day out: Medieval Theme Park San Michael
We have recently visited the cowboy village Roswell near Fužine (Croatia). It was a great family day out. Cowboys and Indians in Croatia?! Well, yes! I’m sure that all my German readers are familiar with the books of Karl May about the Indian chief Winnetou. Some of those Winnetou stories about the American Old West… Read More Family day out: Cowboy village Roswell in Croatia
Istria is probably the most developed tourist region in Croatia with towns such as Rovinj and Poreč that attract a serious number of tourists. Besides the beautiful coastline the peninsula of Istria boasts excellent cuisine and medieval hilltop towns much like the region of Tuscany in Italy. However, there are still many off the beaten… Read More Dvigrad Ruins, Istria, Croatia
the Red Phone Box travels 