What better way to celebrate another year on this planet than a holiday away? That’s what we thought anyway, so we packed up the car, the cake and the dog and we set out to Alpine National Park, to the village of Dinner Plain. This is our second time ordering a cake from Mille &…
We set out from Melbourne around lunchtime on our way to Dinner Plain which is located in Alpine National Park, a 4.5 hour drive. Dinner Plain is a small town established in 1986 that sits at 1570 meters above sea level. It has one ski run and a population of 80-100 people in summer. DP…
School holidays just started for us here in Victoria but as the current pandemic confines us to our home country we decided we would explore our surrounds with day trips. Unfortunately, Melbourne’s recent outbreaks of the virus will soon confine us to our home again. Sigh. We managed to pack up and head out for…
It may seem odd to some that on the way from Belarus to Poland we absolutely had to divert and stop for one night in rural Ukraine. In some ways does seem a bit juvenile, but it also feels like an expression of who we are: a family who craves new, educational and immersive experiences.…
We drove into Vilnius in the early evening after leaving Riga on the 23rd of December. It was dark and raining heavily when we arrived at our hotel, the Radisson Blu. Caroline, our five-year-old, was sick. She had moments where her eyes were clear followed then by periods of lethargy. She complained of terrible pain…
My kids receive a weekly allowance for helping out around the house and being responsible in getting their homework finished on time. Each receives the equivalent of half their age weekly which then gets lovingly placed in their piggy banks. When payday comes they are giddy with excitement as they dump out all of their…
