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 […]
Holiday snaps: Cadaqués, Costa Brava
Visiting Spain’s Costa Brava was a revelation. It’s a beautiful area in the North of Spain on the Mediterranean coast. I took this photo in the characterful town of Cadaqués, inspiration for artists such as Salvador Dalí who had a summer house here. I was with my daughter and a small group of other family bloggers […]
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 […]
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 […]
