I recently (February 2019) spent two nights in Amsterdam with some friends on a girls’ weekend away. It was my first time in Amsterdam, and after a great weekend I am determined that it won’t be my last. A weekend isn’t enough to see everything but it’s plenty to take…
Sometimes the thoughts of the whole family sharing one room can be, well, a bit much and having a kitchen can make mealtimes easier and more affordable when you’re travelling with the family. Self-catering is the ideal option, but you end up missing out on hotel amenities. The perfect solution…
We have three children and struggle to find hotel rooms that can accommodate us in one room. It’s frustrating to say the least, but when the average family in Ireland has 1.38 children (I know, I was surprised too) I guess it makes business sense for hotels. Lots of hotels are…
Here’s my updated every year guide to holidaying with kids around Duncannon and the Hook Peninsula in south County Wexford. If you’re a regular reader you’ll know that it’s where I grew up, and we spend lots of time there with the kids all year ’round. I’ve included some practical…
We were invited to spend Easter weekend as guests of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk. We were given their Easter package, which included 2 nights B&B in a family room and an evening meal one evening in exchange for our review. This review is an honest review of how…
You’ll have read about all the activities we got up to on our Family City Break in London on previous posts, but here’s the practical information that made our trip work. How we got there We flew Ryanair to London Gatwick, with return flights for the 5 of us during…
Cork City Break with Kids With no holiday abroad planned, and very little planning done for anything else really, a GAA fixture lead us to Cork for our holidays in Summer 2017. The match, played in the newly reopened Páirc Uí Chaoimh was the main attraction (but we lost!) and…
It’s so long that I wrote the last post about our London Family City Break at Easter that I need to write a little refresher for you. We went to London, the five of us. On Day One of our adventures we went on the London Eye – read all…
We are not the type of people who sit still too much on holidays so last year when we went to the Algarve we hired a car and got around! We were based in Portimao/Praia da Rocha. Here are our top day trips from the Algarve (in no particular order). Sagres/Cape…
We’ve holidayed in Park Albatros in Coastal Tuscany twice now, in 2012 with two small boys and in 2015 with 3 kids under 7. Given the age of our kids we did a lot of day trips that involved eating ice creams in different places, and very few museums. We are…
Welcome to Bumbles of Rice. I'm Sinéad, a mum of three from Wexford, Ireland. You can read all about me in the ABOUT section. I've been sharing recipes, tips and the ups and downs of parenting here since 2012. Expect humour and from the heart pieces, travel and recipes, with lots of keeping it real. You might relate. You might laugh. Click around and see what you think. If you'd like to get in touch email me - bumblesofrice@gmail.com
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