
Day 2: We met a troll in Ålesund
Mummy, the boat is docking at Måløy at 07.15. It looks very dark outside. Shall we go outside?

Mummy, the boat is docking at Måløy at 07.15. It looks very dark outside. Shall we go outside?


It’s been raining since we arrived last evening – so out came the Equafleeces!

George gets to sit on Mummy’s lap most of the time when we’re travelling but sometimes, I have more to give



So glad we’re not going on another train today. Instead, we get to explore Copenhagen for the day. It is a shame we couldn’t stay

From Hamburg, we have one long train journey to Copenhagen – 5 hours – or so we thought.

We’re one night in Hamburg and Mummy wanted to dine out with us and her request for the concierge – something “gemütlich”

Since leaving home yesterday evening, we’ve been in a taxi

Georgie, let me tell you something. It may seem like it was such fun to travel with Mummy

The last morning walk – albeit underneath the Belfry Tower – we are in Brugge after all.

Me and the kids, we’re riding through Brugge as one does – on a horse-drawn carriage!

Upon entering Hotel de Orangerie, you are welcomed by blossoms and more blossoms on wallpaper!

The entourage is on the move again. Good bye Amsterdam! It’s been fun.

As you know Mummy loves all things interior design and she loves the use and placement of art. So the Pullitzer Hotel is really her



Jane Austen wrote – If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.

After arriving on ferry from the British Isles to Hoek van Holland, we took the Sprinter train,


Georgie, now that we’ve had our rest, I have so much to tell you about our travels. It was a long but interesting trip. We

We had a lovely overnight in Brugge and now the last stage of our journey home – and Mummy remembered in time to buy me a ticket

We made it to Brugge via Brussel – on the slow train. Actually our train to Brugge, of all the trains, was cancelled. Anyway we managed

We came to Brugge two Christmas seasons ago looking for the elusive Christmas market. This time, we just wanted to stopover and experience it not

Good morning Luxembourg! Now we see what Place d’Armes looks like in daylight.

By the time we arrived at our hotel in Place d’Armes, night was almost upon us.

Good bye Muffin! Goodbye Carolina! Goodbye, Marianne! Goodbye, Lars!

I learnt a new Italian word. Poodle in Italian is Barboncino! And a Cocker Spaniel is the same – so in Italian that makes me

Though Mummy had never been to Lugano, she knew it was close to Como and a special place she wanted to show me.
My father’s a miniature poodle called Ginger and my mother an English Cocker Spaniel called Beth. That’s what makes me a cockapoo.
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