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Amsterdam with Kids

May 29, 2016November 19, 2020 bornexplorers6 Comments

Amsterdam is such a popular destination for short city breaks and though it has been on our bucket list for a while, we were sort of saving it for a grown-ups only trip.  However, I’ve recently been hearing that it’s actually quite a family friendly place and since there are Continue Reading

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Switzerland

Winter Adventures in the Aletsch Arena

March 3, 2016 bornexplorersLeave a comment

I’ve been having a hard time trying to figure out how to describe the indescribable in this post about our ski week getaway to the Aletsch Arena.  I will just say that if you have the chance you should absolutely go here and experience it, but I will try to Continue Reading

Tagged Aletsch Arena,Aletsch Glacier,Riederalp,Swiss Alps,Switzerland with kids,travel,travel with kids,Valais
ItalyTravel

A Weekend in the Italian Alps

February 1, 2016November 19, 2020 bornexplorersLeave a comment

A few weekends ago we were lucky to sneak in a little grown up weekend in the Italian Alps!  My mom is here visiting and she generously offered to watch the kids for us so that we could have a couple of weekend getaways.  We were excited for the opportunity, Continue Reading

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Travel

Top Ten Travel Moments of 2015

January 28, 2016 bornexplorersLeave a comment

We had some big adventures in 2015 in places near and far from home.  Here are some of my favorite moments from our travels last year. 1.  Singapore- Last spring we went to visit our good friends who are currently living in Singapore.  We spent two weeks in Asia and Continue Reading

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Geneva and Surrounding

Visiting the Christmas Markets

January 14, 2016November 19, 2020 bornexplorersLeave a comment

We had a busy and fun Christmas season around here!  Since we were traveling in the U.S. for the whole month of December last year, we missed out on all the Christmas markets so this year we were extra excited to check them out.  I think we hit all the Continue Reading

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Travel

More Castles

October 26, 2015November 19, 2020 bornexplorersLeave a comment

Since our family has lived in Europe for almost 5 years now, we have seen our fair share of castles.  In fact so many that although we still find them pretty and interesting, we don’t really go out of our way to see them.  Castles and churches.  Europe has a Continue Reading

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Travel

Castles of the Loire Valley

October 22, 2015 bornexplorersLeave a comment

Over the summer, my French teacher told me about the Loire Valley and what a great area it was to visit.  What she described (castle touring, wine tasting, fine dining) sounded great, but not especially kid friendly.  Flash forward to fall break this year and we were looking for inspiration Continue Reading

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