We’ve done both Tokyo Disney parks when the kids were smaller (they were between 2 and 6) and they hated Disney Sea. It was raining, and cold (it was November, so the beginning of winter) and they were too small to enjoy it. This time, we could afford one park only, so we gave them […]
I’m going to be very mature and self-controlled now, and not freak out about it being the fifth-month review. 😛 We’re in our first overseas stop, which is Japan! We had an awesome week in Tokyo, despite the weather. We had loads of Japanese food, vending machine drinks, and ice cream, and well, fun! (Follow […]
We’ve been out of NZ for almost a week now. To be really honest, I’m just so tired and having so much fun here in Japan that I haven’t had the time to feel anything – I felt sadder when we were about to leave. I’m sure it will come, though, when the adrenaline drops. […]
I wrote this post early this week – we’re probably already on the plane! I’ve been having a few anxiety moments. Then I realised we’re now on the brink of leaving: we depart this week. Four months ago, when we bought our tickets, it seemed like the day, the day we’d leave our home country, […]
We received a discount on our family entry to Te Puia and we went there in August 2016. The opinions are 100% ours Te Puia is a geothermal valley in Rotorua. It’s pretty famous, as it homes the Pohutu geyser, the largest active geyser in the southern hemisphere. Here’s our review of Te Puia, Rotorua, […]
There are 2 companies running the ferries between the 2 main islands in NZ. We tried both and tell you the differences, the pros, and cons of each. If you’re traveling on a budget, then you’ll definitely use one of them to cross the sea. We used Interislander to go from Wellington to Picton in May, […]
The Buried Village is a museum in Rotorua, but it’s not a regular museum. It combines an inside and an outside area. A whole village. And it’s one extremely scenic (yet tragic) museum. Below is our review of The Buried Village of Te Wairoa, Rotorua! We visited The Buried Village of Te Wairoa and received […]
Packing is NOT a but it’s something most people who travel have to face. Here is our guide to long-term travel: packing tips for families. In this last 4 months, we did practice a lot and we got ourselves some nice techniques to make things go smoother, and I’m sharing with you today. * This […]
Rotorua, New Zealand, is one of the most geothermal-active places in New Zealand, which means loads of thermal pools, volcanos, geysers, but also the characteristic sulphuric smell (or better put, the fart smell, as my kids say). Here you’ll find the best things to do in Rotorua with kids (New Zealand). It’s in the middle of […]
We made our bucket lists! Below, you’ll find what José (9) and Coral (4) put on theirs, but you can also check out Melissa (12) and João (11), and mine and Angelo’s! Jose’s bucket list 1- fly on a witches broom Oh…….how I wish magic existed! if it did then one of the things I […]