I watch the small girl as she climbs up the man’s back – and I marvel at her agility. She looks to be about five or six years old. The man stands still, leaning in to the rest of the group as she climbs. The child moves quickly, her knees splayed sideways, frog-like. Everyone in the square […]
Top 10 useful things to say in Spanish
One of the things which I like about travelling is learning to communicate in different languages, even if it’s only a few words. I’ve studied various languages over the years and I’ve spent time working as an English teacher in both Italy and Spain. I look very English and it often surprises people in Italy and Spain when I speak […]
Things to do in Barcelona with kids
This is a guest post by Lorenza Bacino. Lorenza’s a freelance journalist and travel writer. She’s lived and worked in France, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and Australia and is now based in London with her family (husband and two kids aged 11 and 8). During the Easter break Lorenza and her children took a trip to Barcelona. Here […]
Top things to do in Tenerife with kids
The Canary Islands’ location in the Atlantic Ocean close to the African coast makes for year-round sunshine. I enjoyed several winter holidays there pre-children and I’m sure my kids would love a trip there. The Spanish islands make a great holiday destination and are visited by millions of tourists every year. Tenerife is the largest […]
Things to do on the Costa Brava with kids
Beyond the famous sandy beaches and tourist resorts there are plenty of other interesting things for kids to do on the Costa Brava. The beautiful and rugged Costa Brava stretches along 124 miles of Spain’s Mediterranean coast from the French border down as far as Blanes. I had a great family trip there this year with […]
Instagram on the Costa Brava
My teen’s mobile phone is like a part of her being. It rarely leaves her side and she understands it intuitively. So when we were invited to take part in an Instagram day on Spain’s Costa Brava she was very pleased. I didn’t actually know what Instagram was at the time (it’s a way of […]
Dalí and the Costa Brava
Salvador Dalí, one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, spent most of his life on the Costa Brava. I visited the area recently with my eldest on a parent blogger trip, and soon after we arrived we found ourselves sitting at Dalí’s favourite table at Restaurant Duran in Figueres. The table is in an […]
Cap de Creus by catamaran
Catalonia’s beautiful Costa Brava is the easternmost point of Spain, bordering France on the Mediterranean coast. I was there during the half-term holiday with the eldest on a BritMums parent blogger trip, as guests of the Costa Brava tourist board. I’ve spent a lot of time in Spain, but this was my first visit to […]
Indoor skydiving on the Costa Brava
Shoulder to shoulder today is a blog hop – series of blog posts – hosted by different bloggers each day in support of Emma Day over at crazywithtwins. 27 year-old Emma is mother to a 5 year-old daughter and twin baby girls, and she has thyroid cancer. When Emma found out that the high dose of […]
Things to do in Malaga with kids
We loved our day in Malaga this summer. The eldest was not keen on our parking spot, by the bullring, but we distracted her from what happened in the bullring and walked through the old part of town to the Picasso museum. The artist was born in the city, although he never returned after the […]
