Travel review: Hertz

When we travel, dad and I often need to drive. In fact, some holidays require driving to fully experience that country, like the wide roads of the USA

Car rental counters are never great fun. Especially after a long flight. The staff seem to take forever to process each customer with a laborious process to allocate a car

There are cheaper rental companies than Hertz but dad found out that you could get Gold member status after making just 3 rentals. So, we went with Hertz and have stayed with them over the years Continue reading

Kong Hee Fatt Choy!

Happy Chinese New Year! It’s dad’s year this year – the year of the monkey. I think it suits him well. Dad’s mother always says she’s glad that he was born at night when monkeys are sleeping, otherwise he’d he even more michevious than he already is 

  

Dad has shared his Cookoff Gang’s Chinese New Year cookoff. Read about their 8 course feast here

Our favourite theme park in the world part 2

Dad and I hope that you enjoyed reading part 1 of our review of Six Flags Great Adventure, our favourite theme park in the world, where we gave you some general tips about the park and shared our favourite roller coasters in the park

In this part, we’ll talk about some of the more family friendly rides and other attractions. The first topic is queueing. As with any theme park, it’s key to arrive early as often, in the first one or two hours, the park is relatively empty and you can get onto a lot of rides. If you’re here in the summer and staying close to the park, I would advise coming back in the evening when the park has emptied a lot of families with kids. Another trick is to eat at lunchtime when other people are in restaurants Continue reading

Horse meat scandal defused

Do you remember the horse meat scandal in 2013? Supermarket products were found to be adulterated by horse meat. Dad and I remember that at the time, we were surprised that a large number of people said they were willing to eat horse and that they were more upset about the mis-labeling. We were impressed at the broadening of British culinary horizons Continue reading

Our favourite theme park in the world part 1

Carrying on our travel reviews in New Jersey, dad and I would like to share our favourite theme park in the world. We especially love riding roller coasters and are air time junkies, air time being that falling feeling you get when something drops rapidly. We can therefore be found at the back of roller coasters, where the connoisseurs and air time junkies can be found – the front seats are for the tourists! At the back, you get the best falling feeling as the cars will be accelerating the fastest down the drops

Of course, I’m not strictly allowed on roller coasters as I could be classed as a loose item but dad has snuck me on a few. He tucks me into the front of his jacket and does it up really securely so that I can’t fall out but my head is sticking out so that I can see

So, which is our favourite theme park in the world? Continue reading

It’s arrived!

A few weeks ago, I shared a Richmond Sausages advert on here. Here’s another advert in that same series

Dad and ‘future mom’ managed to find a packet of Richmond Sausages with a Teddy tracker prize and it has arrived. The offer closes on 16/2/16, so if you want one for your beloved teddy, you still have a couple of weeks to keep searching