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The Phillips Family Travels

Welcome to our blog, following our family trips and holidays around the world. We live in Gloucestershire, UK but have also spent a year living in New Jersey, USA. We love using the school holidays to travel to new places and explore. Spending time with our two children, climbing mountains, splashing around in the sea on the coast or road tripping across Europe and the US. We hope you will enjoy our blogs designed to help us remember the great times we have had and hopefully provide you with helpful tips if you are following in our footsteps.

Author: Stuart and Rachel Phillips

Bruges, Belgium

On 1st May 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Belgium, CountriesLeave a comment

A day trip to Bruges where we had no plan so wandered the streets and visited the shops!

Eltz Castle, Germany

On 22nd Apr 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, GermanyLeave a comment

A day trip from the Netherlands to visit Eltz Castle - one of the beautiful German Castles

Oisterwijkse Bossen en Vennen, Netherlands

On 21st Apr 202521st Apr 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, NetherlandsLeave a comment

A chilled day at a nature reserve in the Netherlands - in the middle of a very busy travel week.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

On 21st Apr 202521st Apr 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, NetherlandsLeave a comment

A day trip to Amsterdam to visit the Anne Frank Museum.

Zaanse Schans, Netherlands

On 25th Mar 202521st Apr 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, NetherlandsLeave a comment

A trip to the Zaanse Schans, just outside of Amsterdam to see the windmills and visit the cheese and clog factories.

Cologne, Germany

On 21st Mar 202521st Apr 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, GermanyLeave a comment

A day trip to Cologne from Middelbeers, Netherlands to visit the cathedral and the Lindt Chocolate Museum

Ypres, Belgium

On 21st Mar 202521st Apr 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn BelgiumLeave a comment

Day 1 of our trip to Europe. We travelled from Calais to the Netherlands stopping in Ypres where we visited the In Flounders Fields Museum, the Menin Gate and Tyne Cot Cemetery.

Iceland Ring-Road Trip (Snæfellsnes Peninsular)

On 19th Mar 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, IcelandLeave a comment

The final part of our Iceland Roadtrip - spending a couple of days on the Snaefellsnes Peninsular and then returning to Keflavik for an evening at the Blue Lagoon

Iceland Ring-Road Trip (North Iceland)

On 18th Mar 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, IcelandLeave a comment

Exploring Northern Iceland and visiting waterfalls and geothermal areas. We did a Whale Watching trip out of Husavik and saw the Northern Lights again.

Iceland Ring-Road Trip (Vik, Jokulsarlon and the Svinafellsjokull Glacier)

On 18th Mar 202518th Mar 2025 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Countries, Iceland1 Comment

Travelling from Selfoss to the East Fjords spending 2 nights near the Jokulsarlon Lagoon. We also did a hike on Svinafellsjokull Glacier and visited Diamond Beach and Hofn.

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