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      • indonesia 🇮🇩
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      • estonia 🇪🇪
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coffee break in stockholm – 10 cafes to check out

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travel diary: tongariro alpine crossing

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best coffee in cologne – my 10 favorite coffeehouses

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Things to Do in Santa Cruz de Tenerife With Kids – Our Day Trip Itinerary

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raja ampat – 8 things to know before you go

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Crete With Kids – A Complete Guide for Perfect Family Holidays in Crete

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    Crete With Kids – A Complete Guide for Perfect Family Holidays in Crete

    8-July-2020 /

    Planning your family holidays on Crete? The Western Part of the island is great for families! In this post we share all the information you need for planning family time on the island. Where to stay, family activities, best places to eat, best beaches on Crete - it's all in here.

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  • Black Forest With Kids - Our Top Favourite Things to See and Do
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    Black Forest With Kids – Our Top Favourite Things to See and Do

    8-June-2020 /

    Are you traveling to Germany and planning on visiting the Black Forest? Great idea! The Black Forest is a perfect place for a family vacation. Have a look at this post of our where we share our favourite things to see and do in the Black Forest with kids.

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  • Things to Do in Santa Cruz de Tenerife With Kids - Our Day Trip Itinerary
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    Things to Do in Santa Cruz de Tenerife With Kids – Our Day Trip Itinerary

    18-March-2020 /

    If you find yourself on Tenerife looking for things to do on a day trip, we recommend you visit Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Islands capital is wonderful to explore with kids or without. Read out itinerary for Santa Cruz de Tenerife to help you structure your day trip.

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  • Best Things to Do in St Petersburg, Russia with Kids Under 4 Years
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    Best Things to Do in St Petersburg, Russia with Kids Under 4 Years

    15-March-2020 /

    St-Petersburg, Russia is not always seen as a children-friendly destination, especially not for toddlers. But if you find yourself in St-Petersburg, it is good to have a plan and some ideas on how you and your little one can make the most of your travels. In this post we share the best things to do in St-Petersburg Russia with Kids…

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  • Cyprus with Kids - 5 Best Beaches of Famagusta Region
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    Cyprus with Kids – 5 Best Beaches of Famagusta Region

    11-March-2020 /

    Are you traveling to Cyprus and planning to stay in Famagusta Region at the Northern Part of the island? Read our post with the 5 best beaches in Famagusta Region on Cyprus to help you plan your trip.

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  • Haarlem With Kids on a Day Trip from Amsterdam - Our Itinerary
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    Haarlem With Kids on a Day Trip from Amsterdam – Our Itinerary

    9-March-2020 /

    Amsterdam could get busy, especially during the good weather summer months. Finding a spot to sit beside a canal can get challenging. You might have to wait in lines to grab a seat at a cafe. If this doesn't sound right, but you still want to be surrounded by pretty ginger bread houses and Dutch "gezelligheid" why not go to…

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  • Åland Islands - All the Things to Know before You Go
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    Åland Islands – All the Things You Need to Know Before You Go

    6-March-2020 /

    Åland Islands is not the most common travel destination and many travellers have questions before visiting the Åland Archipelago. We have visited the Åland Islands in August 2019 and would like to share with you all the things you need to know before visiting the Åland.

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  • INVISA Figueral Resort - Your Perfect Family Holiday on Ibiza
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    INVISA Figueral Resort on Ibiza – Perfect Destination for Family Holidays

    3-March-2020 /

    INVISA Figueral Resort on Ibiza is surrounded by turquoise lagoon waters and pinery, making it a perfect family holiday destination. Keep reading to learn why you should have a closer look at it while planning your family holidays on Ibiza.

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Hey there,
we are Alexandra and Florian,

on Shurupchik Family Travel we share our adventure stories, travel tips and photography from around the globe together with our 2 kids.

Our goal is to motivate you to explore the world with your little ones.
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It‘s July already, and the first half of 2020 was surely a huge rollercoaster for all of us.. * We started the 2020 with hopes and plans for slowing down and investing into quality travel and lifestyle instead of the quantity one. * In January we have been in St-Petersburg, Russia visiting the family and while saying „good-byes“ we said we‘ll see each other in June, which never happened. * In the beginning of February I was @emitt_istanbul and spent a wonderful time exploring @bursagrandcity - which felt like a great start to the year! * In the end of February Florian and myself went to NYC and it feels like years ago now. We also celebrated Olivia‘s birthday with the family. So happy we did! * March was way too fast and way too turbulent - the virus, the lockdown, the uncertainty. Working from home with kids, seeing work and plans going down the drain. * April was a month for adjustments and accepting - with no time to work and no work coming in I was working on the personal project long postponed @ich_wohne_hier * May has involved a lot of bike ridings and outside activities. We have gone back to jogging. * June was also about adjusting - back to the more or less normal life while everything was opening up. Kids went back to the daycare and we have tried to be back to the routine. * July is...well who knows, but we are hopeful and are ready for some travel action. * If you’d ask me, on the scale from 1 to 10 we are on about 8 now. But it was a long way to get here. * What about you? Where are you today on 1 to 10?♥️ #halfyear
🇬🇷 What you need to know if you plan traveling to Greece starting July 1 2020.. * After a lot of back and forth and weighing all the advantages and disadvantaged of traveling locally, we booked our tickets to Greece two days ago. * One day before Greece changed it‘s arrival regulations! * ❗️Starting July 1 you need to do the following procedure before you are allowed to enter Greece: 🖋 Fill in a Form on the https://travel.gov.gr page with all your personal information 🖋 You should do it no later that 48 hours before your planned arrival 🖊 After you submitted the form, you will get a QR code you have to present upon arrival 🖋 According to your QR code you are either allowed to enter the country❗️ OR❗️will be tested for the signs of the Corona Virus. 🖊 If tested you are obliged to self-isolate at your final destination until you get the test results. * The whole procedure operates on unclear criteria’s and according to experts is also a violation of the personal data usage rules - since there is no real explanation on how the data is going to be dealt with! * Apart from the fact that only people with certain QR codes are tested brings the unnecessary „lottery“ feeling to the whole. * And how should the self-isolated people provide for their food and other necessities?? * This sudden change of traveling terms is rising a lot of questions. * For us it‘s the question should we still go or not, since the tickets are booked? Honestly, we really don‘t want to deal with the whole process mentioned above! #greece_travel #balosbeach #visitgreece
One of the most important things we‘ve learnt during these past months.. * ..is that you should give yourself a break if you feel like you need it! It‘s not a normal life we are living right now. * It‘s the new normal, but it‘s not the one we are used to. It might feel more normal while the lockdown is lifting up, but it‘s not. * These days, we are getting more and more cases of the infection reported every day in Dortmund. Quarantine rules are applied back to some schools and kindergartens, so basically you never know whether the quarantine will hit again or not. * Thus it‘s absolutely okay to take time to adjust and simply to take a rest! * I personally am exhausted and try not to push myself to the boundaries of over performing. * There will be time for that later. For now, I need to charge my batteries. * Who is in need for a vacation here??🙋🏼‍♀️ #whitsundays #visitaustralia #eastcoastaustralia #thisisqueensland
We used to send postcards to our friends and family from our travels. And we kept the tradition, except that now we are sending them from home.. * ..with no chance of visiting our Russian family this summer (or even longer), we started printing photos and sending them out. * My grandma who is 92 has no smartphone, so these little messages from us keep her updated on how the kids look like these days - every time we talk, she is so grateful about these tiny packages of love! * Olivia and Maxi would usually attach a drawing or sneak something in the envelope - this time they sent out some rose petals;) * Little things which bring tons of joy!♥️ #littlethingsthatmakemehappy #kidsgoplaces #snailmail
On Monday the travel regulations in Germany lifted and now we can travel almost to any European country.. * but even though we miss traveling we are at no rush to hop on a plane. * This summer we are planning to stay off the busy areas and travel locally - by bike and maybe renting a Campervan, because it feels like a right thing to do. * How about you? What are your travel plans? #travellocal #travelfamily #bikelove
After almost 3 months of staying home, Maxi and Olivia started their daycare today.. * ...and for the first time in 3 months we woke before the kids did😉. * On the one hand we are happy that they get to meet their friends and play with other kids. Although both were shy and unsure entering the familiar premises 3 months later. * On the other hand times changed - the new health regulations and strict rules are there now. * We’ll see how it goes, but for now it’s time to dig into work, which has been piling up for 3 months. #kidsgoplaces #travelfamily #rheingau
🇩🇪 When your playground used to be a coal mining shaft.. * This is a very typical sight in the Ruhr Area of Germany. Shafts have been closed, but they are still there and are transformed into museums, points of interest or platform for venues which you can visit. * They serve as a reminder of heavy work and the path of industrialization Germany has been though. * For kids they are a fun way to learn about the history of the area they live in..and if there is a swing the fun doubles;) #ruhrarea #ruhrgebiet #ruhrgebietsliebe
At Olivias kindergarten every kid has an animal assigned to it. Guess who is Olivia? * Yes, she has a small deer painted on a wooden block attached to her locker, towel rack and to the drawer where she keeps her paintings.. * ..and you know what?! It fits to her so much! * On the one hand she is tender and shy, but at the same time she could be very persistent and stubborn - as if two little horns are about to grow 🦌 * Maxi starts will go to Olivias kindergarten in August and we are curious which animal will he get☺️ * Oh, and these deer on the photo live about 30 min bike ride away from us, so we visit them once in a while and feeding them leaves. Precious! #snowhite #deerofinstagram #wildlife_aroundworld
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It‘s July already, and the first half of 2020 was surely a huge rollercoaster for all of us.. * We started the 2020 with hopes and plans for slowing down and investing into quality travel and lifestyle instead of the quantity one. * In January we have been in St-Petersburg, Russia visiting the family and while saying „good-byes“ we said we‘ll see each other in June, which never happened. * In the beginning of February I was @emitt_istanbul and spent a wonderful time exploring @bursagrandcity - which felt like a great start to the year! * In the end of February Florian and myself went to NYC and it feels like years ago now. We also celebrated Olivia‘s birthday with the family. So happy we did! * March was way too fast and way too turbulent - the virus, the lockdown, the uncertainty. Working from home with kids, seeing work and plans going down the drain. * April was a month for adjustments and accepting - with no time to work and no work coming in I was working on the personal project long postponed @ich_wohne_hier * May has involved a lot of bike ridings and outside activities. We have gone back to jogging. * June was also about adjusting - back to the more or less normal life while everything was opening up. Kids went back to the daycare and we have tried to be back to the routine. * July is...well who knows, but we are hopeful and are ready for some travel action. * If you’d ask me, on the scale from 1 to 10 we are on about 8 now. But it was a long way to get here. * What about you? Where are you today on 1 to 10?♥️ #halfyear
🇬🇷 What you need to know if you plan traveling to Greece starting July 1 2020.. * After a lot of back and forth and weighing all the advantages and disadvantaged of traveling locally, we booked our tickets to Greece two days ago. * One day before Greece changed it‘s arrival regulations! * ❗️Starting July 1 you need to do the following procedure before you are allowed to enter Greece: 🖋 Fill in a Form on the https://travel.gov.gr page with all your personal information 🖋 You should do it no later that 48 hours before your planned arrival 🖊 After you submitted the form, you will get a QR code you have to present upon arrival 🖋 According to your QR code you are either allowed to enter the country❗️ OR❗️will be tested for the signs of the Corona Virus. 🖊 If tested you are obliged to self-isolate at your final destination until you get the test results. * The whole procedure operates on unclear criteria’s and according to experts is also a violation of the personal data usage rules - since there is no real explanation on how the data is going to be dealt with! * Apart from the fact that only people with certain QR codes are tested brings the unnecessary „lottery“ feeling to the whole. * And how should the self-isolated people provide for their food and other necessities?? * This sudden change of traveling terms is rising a lot of questions. * For us it‘s the question should we still go or not, since the tickets are booked? Honestly, we really don‘t want to deal with the whole process mentioned above! #greece_travel #balosbeach #visitgreece
One of the most important things we‘ve learnt during these past months.. * ..is that you should give yourself a break if you feel like you need it! It‘s not a normal life we are living right now. * It‘s the new normal, but it‘s not the one we are used to. It might feel more normal while the lockdown is lifting up, but it‘s not. * These days, we are getting more and more cases of the infection reported every day in Dortmund. Quarantine rules are applied back to some schools and kindergartens, so basically you never know whether the quarantine will hit again or not. * Thus it‘s absolutely okay to take time to adjust and simply to take a rest! * I personally am exhausted and try not to push myself to the boundaries of over performing. * There will be time for that later. For now, I need to charge my batteries. * Who is in need for a vacation here??🙋🏼‍♀️ #whitsundays #visitaustralia #eastcoastaustralia #thisisqueensland
We used to send postcards to our friends and family from our travels. And we kept the tradition, except that now we are sending them from home.. * ..with no chance of visiting our Russian family this summer (or even longer), we started printing photos and sending them out. * My grandma who is 92 has no smartphone, so these little messages from us keep her updated on how the kids look like these days - every time we talk, she is so grateful about these tiny packages of love! * Olivia and Maxi would usually attach a drawing or sneak something in the envelope - this time they sent out some rose petals;) * Little things which bring tons of joy!♥️ #littlethingsthatmakemehappy #kidsgoplaces #snailmail
On Monday the travel regulations in Germany lifted and now we can travel almost to any European country.. * but even though we miss traveling we are at no rush to hop on a plane. * This summer we are planning to stay off the busy areas and travel locally - by bike and maybe renting a Campervan, because it feels like a right thing to do. * How about you? What are your travel plans? #travellocal #travelfamily #bikelove
After almost 3 months of staying home, Maxi and Olivia started their daycare today.. * ...and for the first time in 3 months we woke before the kids did😉. * On the one hand we are happy that they get to meet their friends and play with other kids. Although both were shy and unsure entering the familiar premises 3 months later. * On the other hand times changed - the new health regulations and strict rules are there now. * We’ll see how it goes, but for now it’s time to dig into work, which has been piling up for 3 months. #kidsgoplaces #travelfamily #rheingau
🇩🇪 When your playground used to be a coal mining shaft.. * This is a very typical sight in the Ruhr Area of Germany. Shafts have been closed, but they are still there and are transformed into museums, points of interest or platform for venues which you can visit. * They serve as a reminder of heavy work and the path of industrialization Germany has been though. * For kids they are a fun way to learn about the history of the area they live in..and if there is a swing the fun doubles;) #ruhrarea #ruhrgebiet #ruhrgebietsliebe
At Olivias kindergarten every kid has an animal assigned to it. Guess who is Olivia? * Yes, she has a small deer painted on a wooden block attached to her locker, towel rack and to the drawer where she keeps her paintings.. * ..and you know what?! It fits to her so much! * On the one hand she is tender and shy, but at the same time she could be very persistent and stubborn - as if two little horns are about to grow 🦌 * Maxi starts will go to Olivias kindergarten in August and we are curious which animal will he get☺️ * Oh, and these deer on the photo live about 30 min bike ride away from us, so we visit them once in a while and feeding them leaves. Precious! #snowhite #deerofinstagram #wildlife_aroundworld
#blackouttuesday
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