Welcome to the Travel Zone on Bumbles of Rice.
We love to travel as a family and there’s loads of ideas here for days out or holiday breaks.
If you’re interested in travel around Ireland click HERE
Or if you’re more interested in holidays abroad click HERE.
You’ll find lots of inspiration for Days Out for the Family HERE
You can find our travel photos on Instagram
If you’d like to offer us a free holiday, click wherever you like, or email me bumblesofrice@gmail.com
Or have a look around and see what interests you from the posts below
If you’ve any questions do contact me, either on email or via Facebook or Instagram
===========================================
We were invited guests at the preview night of Dublin Zoo Wild Lights last week (That means we didn’t pay in). We’d never been before so the whole concept was new to us and we didn’t really know what to expect. So what exactly is it? It’s light displays (silk lanterns)…
Here’s my updated-every-year guide to holidaying with kids around Duncannon and the Hook Peninsula in south County Wexford. The most recent update is July 2019. 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…
When you’re thinking of somewhere to bring the kids on a daytrip a derelict stately home isn’t the first place that would spring to mind, yet here’s another Sunday Adventure based in one. (This one is a favourite too) We’ve visited Altamont Gardens, between Bunclody and Ballon in Co. Carlow…
Last summer after our Cork trip we spent a few days staying in Sligo with Granny. We decided to continue the holiday vibe and visit some tourist attractions. One unlikely hit was the Arigna Mining Experience in Co. Roscommon, 40km from Sligo Town. The Attraction Arigna was a working mine…
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…
The Easter holidays are here, the evenings are longer and finally, just finally there seems to be a hint of Spring. The kids are off for two weeks so it’s time to get adventuring and seek out some fun. Here are some ideas of Easter themed events that are on…
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…
A few months ago when we were on the way to Killarney the boys spotted a sign on the M9 motorway for the National Reptile Zoo. The adults in the car had heard of it before and had meant to go visit but with the children now knowing of its existence…
Finalist: Best Parenting Blog
