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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.

Vancouver, Canada – Lynn Canyon

On 16th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn CanadaLeave a comment

Our final day in Vancouver before heading off to Whistler. We spent the morning at Lynn Canyon and followed one of the nature trails. We also returned to Stanley Park to visit the rose garden and the second beach swimming pool

Vancouver, Canada – Gondolas to Grouse Mountain.

On 15th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn CanadaLeave a comment

Day 2 in Vancouver and we took gondolas to the top of Grouse Mountain where we saw two grizzly bears. In the afternoon we returned to the city and visited Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens.

Vancouver, Canada – Exploring Stanley Park

On 14th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn CanadaLeave a comment

Day 1 of our Canadian road trip. It was our first day in Vancouver and we visited some areas of Stanley Park and then drove to Lighthouse Park to see the lighthouse.

Crete, Greece – the Botanical Gardens

On 13th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn GreeceLeave a comment

Our final few days on Crete were spent on the beaches, in the pool and visiting the botanical gardens.

Crete, Greece – Elafonissi Beach

On 12th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn GreeceLeave a comment

A day trip from Stalos to Elafonissi Beach which was 90 minutes away. We then visited Leventis Taverna for a beautiful Greek meal in the mountains.

Crete, Greece – A day exploring Chania Old Town

On 11th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Greece3 Comments

A very hot morning exploring the old town of Chania. We visited the lighthouse and wandered around the narrow alleyways in the town.

Crete, Greece – Knossos Palace and Heraklion

On 10th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn GreeceLeave a comment

A day trip from Chania to Heraklion where we visited Knossos Palace and the Archaeological Museum. We had a lovely lunch in Heraklion before returning home

Crete, Greece – a couple of days settling in and exploring the local town Stalos.

On 9th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn GreeceLeave a comment

Our first few days in Crete were spent settling in to our villa and exploring the local town Stalos, which had a beautiful beach.

Houston Texas – 2 days visiting Kemah and the Space Centre

On 9th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Texas, USALeave a comment

The final stop of our Texas road trip - Houston. We spent two days visiting Kemah Boardwalk and Houston Space Center before driving back to Austin for our flight back to London.

Houston, Texas – Driving from San Antonio to Houston and visiting the Painted Churches.

On 9th Jan 202620th Aug 2026 By Stuart and Rachel PhillipsIn Texas, USALeave a comment

Part 4 of our Texas road-trip. We drove from San Antonio to Houston visiting some painted churches and having a pit stop at Buc-ees!

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