and if yes, how much? In Australia, we don’t have much of a tipping culture. Staff are generally paid quite well compared to their international …

Hi, I’m Bootcamp Barbie! I love to travel, learn about new cultures, experience iconic attractions and get absorbed in local lifestyles and languages. Over the past few years I have dragged members of my family to 18 countries and visited nearly 50 amazing locations across Europe, Africa, Egypt and the Pacific.
This blog is about the European adventure we went on with our three boys who are in their teens and early twenties. It was an adventure where I packed as many experiences as possible into everyday to make the most of every minute. I hope you enjoy my content and that it helps you to get more from your travels too.
September 2017, our family set out on what is likely to be our last family holiday – at least in the old sense where mum, …
and if yes, how much? In Australia, we don’t have much of a tipping culture. Staff are generally paid quite well compared to their international …
When we woke for our last day of our European adventure, I believe we were all ready to go home. The trip had been amazing …
When I planned our trip, I did a lot of research about the cheapest airports to fly in and out of and found that Milan …
After having some fairly decent weather throughout our Autumn holiday, our second day in Innsbruck was a huge disappointment. With plans to take the cable …
Travelling to Innsbruck from Salzburg take less than two hours so we didn’t have to catch a cab to the station until 8.15am the next …
On our second day in Salzburg, I chose to go on a half day trip out to Eagle’s Nest, Hitler’s lodge in the Bavarian Alps. …
After our big day out at Oktoberfest, Sam struggled to make it out of the hotel to our train at 9.30am to Salzburg. I felt …
We could have easily spent a few more days in Switzerland (wallets permitting!) but we were on a mission to make it to Oktoberfest. I …
Whilst every place we visited in Europe didn’t fail to impress, Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Oberland was the highlight of our holiday. The boys had …
On day 15 of our trip, we had our longest journey to date to get from Santa Margherita to Lucerne in Switzerland. There is no …
On our second day in Santa Margherita Ligure, we headed for the famous Cinque Terre region on the train. Cinque Terre is a collection of …
After 7 days in France, on day 13 of our holiday we headed back to Italy, one of our very favourite countries. We checked out …