I love going on adventures near and far. Since the toddler was born I have a newly found fondness for breaks around the UK (no need to hop on a plane, exchange money, etc.). I will always love city trips around Europe and I already have a long list of places I visited pre-kids that I want to head back to with Toddler in tow because I am so excited about experiencing the cities from this new perspective (think playgrounds instead of spa afternoons). And then there are the big adventures. During my maternity leave we traveled once around the world, making several stops across the US, spending a month exploring Japan and visiting friends in Singapore. Later this year we’ll be off to South Africa and next year another big US trip is on the plans.
I am trying to figure out the best way to share my experiences from these trips but haven’t really found the perfect way of doing it yet. So for now, I am trying to share a list of places, eventually adding itineraries of some of the big trips to give you an idea of how our trips progress and I’ll hopefully get around to writing up more details eventually. If any of the places on the list are of interest to you let me know and I’ll prioritise writing up the details.
Before the Kiddo could crawl or walk (e.g. all of 2017), we visited
- Austria to meet family and friends for two weeks at 2 months old
- Frankfurt for a long weekend at 3 months old
- Austria for climbing and to see Carmen at the Bregenzer Festpiele at 4 months old
- Knock & Westferry in Ireland when he was 4 months old
- Austria to celebrate a friend’s birthday in a hut in the mountains at 5 months old
- Tenerife for a week of pre-winter sunshine at 7 months old
- Austria for snow fun and family time at 8 months old
Once the Kiddo could crawl but before he was walking (e.g. first half of 2018), we visited
- New York City
- Washington D.C.
- San Francisco & Bay Area
- Big Island Hawaii
- Tokyo & Surroundings
- Nagano & Surroundings
- Kyoto & Surroundings
- Austria for a long weekend
With a walking ONE year old we visited
- Isle of Weight for a weekend in June
- Norfolk for a week in July
- Stockholm for a long weekend in August
- Austria (e.g. Tyrol & Vorarlberg) to visit family in September
- Vienna for a long weekend in October
- Paris for a long weekend in December
- Austria (Tyrol/Vorarlberg) for 2 weeks over Christmas
- Basel to visit friends for a long weekend over New Years
- Austria (Tyrol) for snow fun in February
- Manchester for a weekend to visit friends in March
With a (running / climbing / balance biking) TWO year old, I visited
- Lago Maggiore and Lake Como in Northern Italy for a long weekend
- Copenhagen and Billund in Danmark for a week in early summer
- Austria for hiking fun & time swimming in mountain lakes in the summer
- South Africa (Capetown to Knysna) for penguins, safaris and beach time
The Crazy Austrian's Worldwide Adventures 