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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.

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Our European Adventure

September 2017, our family set out on what is likely to be our last family holiday – at least in the old sense where mum, …

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Monaco
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Day 13 – Nice and Monaco

Part way through the planning of our trip, our F1 mad boys (including Karl) mentioned how amazing it would be to go to Monaco, their …

nimes provence
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Day 12 – Provence

When I planned this holiday in the South of France, I looked at all the pre-organised tours and thought I could do better… There were …

Palais des Papes
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Day 11 – Avignon

After four wonderful days in Paris, we were up at a good time next day for our train trip to Avignon in the south of …

Versailles
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Day 10 – Versailles

On Day 4 of our Parisian trip, we ventured out of Paris again, this time to the Palace of Versailles, a place that had always …

louvre
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Day 7 – Paris!

Before leaving Australia, we bought Eurorail passes online for our travel from London to Paris and throughout Europe. There were some routes that we couldn’t …

London bus
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Day 2 – Arriving in London!

We were feeling pretty good when we arrived in London at 5.40am. I couldn’t imagine how we were going to get through to 3pm when …

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