Destinations
Our travel destinations around the globe as a family. Travelling is our favorite hobby!
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Carrot Cake with chocolate topping | Quarantine recipes
This recipe for carrot cake with a Brazilian type of sweet topping is very easy and I got inspired by Rita Lobo, from Nhac GNT, and her video are well explained on YouTube. I changed topping from the original recipe, because I had a can of condensed milk open in the fridge and wanted to use it! We are here in these confined days, not knowing what the rest of the year will be like, because of this Covid-19 virus. In addition, our work routines with children at ome, family and friends relationships were changed from one day to the next. For sure, everyone is experiencing some level of stress…
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Top Ten Attractions in Milan, Italy
After the stop of some hours in Pisa, we continue our journey towards Milan. The city is the second largest in Italy, only losing to Rome. There are just over 3.6 million inhabitants in the Milan metropolitan area. The road from Pisa to Milan was quiet and we were communicating with the person from Airbnb, from where we had rented an apartment, as part of the family from Brazil would meet us there and we would continue our journey in 9 people. We thought it was more advantageous to rent an apartment, which had 3 rooms. Traveling with large groups… We chose to go around Milan using public transportation (metro),…
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Nuremberg – Bavaria | Trips in Germany
Last december, just a few days before Christmas and with our family from Brazil visiting us, we had a quick stop in Nuremberg, in the state of Bavaria. The city of Nuremberg or how it’s called here in Germany, Nürnberg, has a bit over 500,000 people and is about 225km from Frankfurt. But perhaps, if you are visiting Munich, you are popping in Nuremberg for a day trip, is it is only 169km from the biggest city of Bavaria. Besides the first known records show the area was established around the year 1050, it was in the WW2 that the city got to be known all over the world, as…
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Visiting Pisa – Italy | European Tour
Milan was our next overnight stop after Florence. But we decided to make a quick detour and spend some time visiting Pisa. It was a short visit, but totally worth it. This post is part of our European Tour in the fall of 2017. See more searching for Tour Europe 2017. 25 days – 14 cities visited – 9 different hotels/accommodations – many stories!… The Trip It is about 1:30h between Florence and Pisa by car, without stops. It took us a bit longer than that, but it was smooth as the kids took a nap on the way there. We arrived in Pisa late in the morning. Upon arrival,…
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Hurghada | beach paradise in Egypt
Egypt for us meant ancient civilizations, pharaohs, pyramids, desert, and temples. And it was always in our list of places to visit. What we did not expect was to visit it for its beaches and all-inclusive resorts, like we found in Hurghada. We discovered about Hurghada when looking for “warmest” destinations during the winter in Europe. Most places still in Europe were a bit chilly in the winter (including Greece, Croatia, Portugal). And Egypt is still close enough to Europe, but a bit warmer (although nowhere as warm as the Caribbean in the winter). If you’re looking for Caribbean destinations, see some of our other trips: Negril, Jamaica St. Thomas…
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Heidelberg – Baden-Württemberg | Trips around Germany
In the beginning of November we visited Heidelberg here in Germany, about 78km from Frankfurt as a way to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The city has about 160 thousand people and is the 5th largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Germany’s oldest university is in Heidelberg, and students represent at least 25% of the city’s population. Our Hotel We did not have a whole lot of time to explore the city. Since we arrived late on Friday night, we went straight to the hotel. We stayed at Meininger Hotel Heidelberg, about 10 minutes from city center. The hotel was really clean, with a shared kitchen if you want to…
