Disneyland Paris is one of the most magical places on earth, where dreams come true and happiness is found around every corner. However, sometimes life can get in the way of visiting this incredible destination, whether it’s due to financial constraints, scheduling conflicts, or the current global pandemic. But just because you can’t physically visit … Read more
let’s get started on a pretend trip to italy In today’s world, travel restrictions and safety concerns may prevent us from fulfilling our wanderlust and exploring the world as freely as we once did. However, that does not mean that we have to give up on experiencing the sights, sounds, and flavors of our favorite … Read more
Some of my absolute favourite pretend travel over the years has been to Eastern Europe. Poland, Romania and Russia have shown themselves to be fun of joy and culture and warmth. Below is a run down of some of our favourite activities and how you can recreate them at home! Crafts There is nothing we … Read more
The Japanese 7-5-3 (shichi go san) Festival We love exploring the world and we love festivals and celebrations so we thought we would combine the two and find celebrations from all over the world to celebrate with our children. Now, before I talk about our fun day exploring Japanese Shichi Go San (7-5-3) festival I … Read more
We were so excited to be invited on a press trip to the Secret Princess Trail by Go Tale Formby. As two of the princesses (and one ice queen) we were going to meet were straight from the stories of Hans Christian Andersen we decided to give the whole weekend a fairy tale Danish theme … Read more
Our pretend travel adventures exploring Scandinavia and the Low Countries trying their culture, activities and food. Denmark I still think often of our day in pretend Denmark. The concept of Hygge was new to me and arranging a cosy family day was such a treat. Denmark is full of awesome adventures for children too with … Read more
Freddie loves dressing up and he most loves to dress up as a vampire. I’ve always loved vampires too – I read Bram Stokers Dracula at Uni and was even in the Dracula Spectacular at school. So, I knew that the legend of Dracula came from the real life historical character of Vlad the Impaler … Read more
Portugal is on the UKs green list. Despite that we won’t be travelling to Portugal any time soon so instead we decided to pretend to travel to Portugal using the theme to enjoy the weekend with the kids! We had a wonderful day of custard tarts, mini golf, football, cork creations and salted cod. Now … Read more
Pretend trips exploring Oceania including Christmas in June, and visits to Samoa, New Zealand and Australia. Pretty much the first thing I did when both the kids were born was apply for New Zealand citizenship for them as Mark is New Zealand born and bred. So, very early on in our pretend travels we went … Read more
As a part of our pretend travel days we have explored many places, including exploring Africa by pretending to travel to Kenya, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria. Africa has turned out to be the most beautiful and diverse of places and has been a joy to discover. I know there are so many more countries for … Read more