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Best time to Visit Vietnam with Kids

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Are you planning to visit Vietnam with family? You should know when is the best time to explore it, especially if you are planning a family trip to Vietnam – Read, enjoy and visit Vietnam When is the best time to take that family trip to Vietnam… Of the many questions that puzzle...

Hoi An to Hue and Hue to Hoi An

3 months ago1 comment

Hoi An and Hue are two of the most visited cities in Vietnam, perhaps because they are close to each other and this makes for an easy combined trip with contrast and variety. Another attraction here is the Hai Van Pass, which is one of the best natural attractions in central Vietnam and...

Vietnam Facts

3 months ago11 comments

Vietnam is one of our favourite destinations. Its a country with a rich and interesting history. We love exploring it and learning interesting facts about Vietnam and Vietnamese life. Interesting facts about Vietnam’s history The official name of Vietnam is the Socialist Republic of...

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Hoi An Beaches

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Hoi An and Hoi An Beaches Hoi An is a charming town, oozing cultural heritage, with plenty to do. We plan to spend there one week but after we discovered that Hoi An has as well beautiful beaches we decided to stay longer. The beaches in Hoi An are located just four kilometres from the...

Things to do in Hoi An – With or Without Kids

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We spent in Hoi An with kids two weeks and we loved it. We did all possible family activities in Hoi An. Read our post to learn about things to do in Hoi An with kids or without. Hoi An with kids – Pin it Hoi An Introduction Founded in the 15th century and once a busy seaport on the...

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Hanoi with Kids

7 months ago3 comments

Hanoi has consistently ranked in the planet’s top ten tourist destinations for years, but it manages to remain uncommercialised and full of local character.   The city is beautiful, quirky, lively, and with all sorts of things to discover, both historical and living.  The...

Sajgon wejście do "naszego budynku"

Saigon: Ho Chi Min City

28/08/2018Add comment

Saigon in my room Saigon came into my life when I was a teenager. My mum would come into my room and after one look of disapproval would say “what a Saigon you have here”. I didn’t bother much about it, thinking that Saigon must be an exciting place. I was still throwing...

It’s our last site in Albania 🇦🇱. Impressive castle 🏰 in Rozafa. Tomorrow we are going to Montenegro 🇲🇪 yay!!! . . . #rozafa #rozafacastle #shkodra #shkoder #shkoderalbania #exploringalbania
Kruja in Albania is a charming medieval village. It is small enough to get around on foot very easily. Beside castle and one street bazaar - kept in the old Ottoman style with beautiful architecture. It has ruin of the old castle and great ethnographic museum, which we all loved. It was a first time when we learn about history of Albania. definitely must see if you around. . . #kruje #krujë #krujealbania #albanianhistory #worldschooling #worldschoolingfamily
Durrës is not only the place with cool murals 😉 but it has a great amphitheater from 2nd century BC which was only discovered in 1966. What is even more exciting is fact that half of it is still underground and waiting to be discovered. For our girls the most exciting part was the stray dog 🐕... so much for worldschooling lesson this time 😂 . . . #durres #durresalbania #durresamphitheatre #exploringalbania
We moved more inland (and it’s a bit colder). We are exploring town of Berat, which is one of four UNESCO sites in Albania 🇦🇱 and its known as “town of thousand windows” - girls tried to count the windows but got bored after 357 - 😂 . . #exploringalbania #berat #beratalbania #unescosite #exploringeurope #camperlife
I didn’t really wanted to visit Tirana but as we were 30 minutes away we decided to check it out... and ... you can give it a miss, though people are friendly and food is yummy 😋 and we had a good time . . . #tiranaalbania #thetravellingtwins #exploringalbania
PLEASE READ ... Bunkart 2 is a museum showing the cruelty of of the Albanian police state from 1945 to 1991. The museum is located in a nuclear bunker in the centre of Albania’s capital, Tirana. The 1,000 sq metre Bunker, with walls 2.4 m thick, was built between 1981-86 as a hideout for elite police and the Albanian Ministry of the Interior. From 1967 until his death in 1985, paranoid dictator Enver Hoxha ordered the construction of something between 178,000 and almost 700 000 bunkers for fear of attacks from the United States or/and the Soviet Union. It was Enver Hoxha who isolated Albania from the rest of the world. The Museum of 24 rooms describes the history of Albania's secret police from 1912 to 1991. The first four rooms lead up to the Second World War, and the remainder show the career of the state security Police Sigurimi from 1945-1991 and their ways of control and power in line with the expectation of the dictator. In these rooms, we learnt the sad story of the 989 killed trying to leave Albania, the 6,027 executed with or without process as enemies of the state, and the 34,000 imprisoned or sent to camps. All this because of the paranoia of one man. All documented and illustrated. It was an uncomfortable time we spent in the museum, reminiscent of Orwell’s 1984. As we walked the underground corridors we saw photos, and movies and read the stories of people maimed and tortured by their own "brothers" or killed on the border by trained dogs. At times I hurried the girls through some of the rooms, not wanting them to learn too much. After reading about the tortures, I was physically sick. The kids did enjoy reading and learning about spying equipment, though it took some explaining why a neighbour would spy on a neighbour I was very upset by this museum, but I'm glad we visited it, as I think it helped me understand Albania and the Albanians, who are the most friendly and helpful people. The strange thing for me was that it was the most expensive museum we visited in Albania and the only one that charges an entry fee for children. This museum should be free to teach history, so it will never repeat.
Here we are exploring Berat Castle, which is the first really picturesque place we have found in Albania 🇦🇱 other than its beautiful beaches. I don’t want to be negative but it’s very hard to find interesting sites in Albania 🇦🇱 . . . #exploringalbania #albania🇦🇱 #beratcastle #worldschooling #balkans
Albania doesn’t have as many interesting sites compared with Greece. So any time we see some castle ruins on the horizon we are up for exploring. Another strange thing is that lots of people in Albania 🇦🇱 still make their homes in old castles and ruins . . #exploringalbania #albania🇦🇱 #castlealbania #albaniancastles #exploringeurope #balkans
We spent three days on the Albanian riviera - getting over our colds - now we are almost good. What surprised us in this beautiful location was the bunkers we found almost everywhere - including on the beaches (last photo). They are the legacy of the old regime. ... an average of 5.7 bunkers for every square kilometre. These bunkers were built during the communist government of Enver Hoxha from the 1960s to the 1980s; by 1983 a total of 173,371 concrete bunkers had been constructed around the country - from Wikipedia When I talked to locals they were surprised that in Poland even though it was a communist country we didn’t have bunkers everywhere... . . . #albania🇦🇱 #albanianriviera #bunkers #albanianbunkers #exploringalbania
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