Category: Tours & Attractions

For organised tours (eg. BigBus or CitySightseeing etc) or attractions (Universal Studios, Bear Country USA etc).

Jorvik – It’s Viking for York

Jorvik Viking Centre ArgeyDad Feature

When the Jorvik Viking Festival rolled around in York, 2016, we were so excited.  Vikings, ships, swords and ale; Who would complain about that?  We were also really looking forward to visiting the Jorvik Viking Museum. ArgeyMum visited it many years ago on a trip with her parents and was […]

Niagara Falls – New York State

I have dreamed of several things ever since I was a kid.  I dreamed I would play cricket for Australia. Well that’s not going to happen. Travelling was a dream. As was wanting to see a show on the West End in London and Broadway in New York (first one […]

USA Surprises: Wildlife Prairie Park – Peoria, Illinois.

This week has been quite different. We have been staying in a small city in Illinois, called Bloomington. We chose Bloomington in part because it was a good location (2hrs in either direction would get us to either St Louis or Chicago). The other reason was because it was the […]

Hershey’s Chocolate World

On Wednesday we went to the Hershey’s Chocolate World in Pennsylvania and we did the make your own chocolate bar.  There were three steps we had to complete: First we had to choose a base chocolate, the candy inside and design a wrapper We had to watch our chocolate go through the […]

Our (OUTLANDER) Trip of Scotland

Our Outlander Trip of Scotland Feature

It was one of the groups I follow on Facebook, where today, a friend mentioned that she was watching Outlander on Netflix (in Australia). Of course, everyone in the group gushed over the series (because it is a brilliant show and a great story). I went to post a link […]

3 Reasons Why We Didn’t Thoroughly LOVE Germany

LOPHAN family at the impressive Cologne Cathedral.

Please remember that this list is a bit of a tongue-in-cheek look at a few situations in which we found ourselves in Germany. At the time, they stressed us out, now not so much… Please don’t write and say nasty things. We know these are generalisations, and that is why this post […]