The challenge: 3 months, 8 countries and ONE carry on bag. Each.
And we're off!
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Well, we're not doing it with all carry-on this time, we have to check two bags, plus there will be a stroller and one car seat to add in, but still - not so bad!
We`ve arrived in Belgium. Between the Mac and the Flemish, we can`t quite figure out how to post photos yet, but stay tuned - we head back to London tomorrow. Travelling at baby-speed means more relaxed schedules and lots of naps, so we`re feeling the jet lag has passed. We`re staying at a sweet little B&B not far from the centre of things and have walked all over the city. We were warned the country wasn`t terribly baby-friendly, but are relieved to find people are very welcoming of Clare - in fact, the cafe-owners are holding her right now, teaching her to make a latte, I think. Bruges is absolutely beautiful. Everywhere you turn is post-card worthy, old and clean. Cobbles everywhere have made us happy with choice of backpack carrier over stroller! We have eaten waffles and fries (friets) everyday so far. Last night`s dinner was gourmet - Flemmish stew with applesauce and -you guessed it - friets. We even toured the friets museum (just after the choco...
After a day spent visiting some of Katherine's family in Oxford, today - Auntie Anne's last full day in England with us - was spent at Windsor Castle. We started with our favourite breakfast - proper porridge at Pret a Manger. It is the best porridge ever. We suspect it is made with larger amounts of cream and butter, but porridge is healthy, right? Even if you top it with jam and honey? It's porridge! The mark on Miss R's eye is from an unfortunate Bouncy Castle accident yesterday... Seriously, if you are ever in England, find a Pret a Manger in the morning and try the "Proper Porridge". Then we spent 2 hours in the rain standing in line to go and see the castle. Well, we took turns going and shopping a bit while someone held our place in "the queue". Rhubarb and custard, apple and blackberry and pear drop sweeties were bought, clothes for baby Camreigh and Neal's Yard products are all in our bags now. Then we went...
We decided to take the train from Split (Croatia) to Ljubljana (Slovenia). The trip from Split to Zagreb was pretty and pretty uneventful. Unlike most trains we`ve expereniced that travel along valleys, this route went over the mountains! We were so high up and the views were stunning. The train was a "tilting" train - the tracks were banked into the ground and the train could sway back and forth in order go faster. Of course it also makes for more motion sickness, so we were glad for an hour break in Zagreb. Slovenia is in the foot of the Alps, so we were looking forward to the scenery for the next leg. Then we experienced the border crossing. Slovenia is part of the European Union. Croatia is not. There was about a 40 minute delay on the Croatian side of the border while the guards checked all our passports, some passengers` luggage and escorted at least one person they didn`t want leaving the country off the train. It was a little eye-opening for us, but we were settl...
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