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Sep 22

🌟 Campervan Essentials 🌟

Campervanning looks very different for many people - some prefer a little more luxury, while others are happy with very minimal equipment. I would like to think that we sit somewhere in between those extremes and pride ourselves on only buying and storing things in the van that we consider are essential for making life easier on the road as a family.

🌟➡️ NEW on the BLOG - Our Campervan Essentials! (Link in bio) All recommendations are items we have tried and tested over a considerable period of time, organised within the format of answering questions we have been asked recently.
▪️How can you keep your van clean and tidy on the road?
▪️How do you prepare meals when you are travelling?
▪️How do you manage to travel with children and a dog?
▪️How do you manage to fit everything that you need into such a small space?
▪️What items have you found really useful that I might not have thought of?
▪️What items do you find really useful when travelling with children?

If you could only choose THREE essentials in your campervan, what would they be?

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Jul 2

Morning! 💚☕☔

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Mar 20

Kleintjes worden groot, bijna even groot ❤️
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Jun 22

All I need is a good dose of vitamin sea #wanderluster #bucketlisters #wanderlusting #wanderlust #vitaminsea #allineed #stayandwander #travelmood #instatravel #ourstory #ourtribetravels #ourjourney #beachvibes #beachlover #strand #strandliebe #strandurlaub #lanzarote #canaryislands #kanaren #fuerteventura #whitesand #paradisebeach #paradise #beachwaves #boat #stunning_captures #beachlife #reisefotografie #reisefoto

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Dec 2

THE STATE OF PUNJAB: We have arrived (back) in Punjab - it’s been a while! We visited this beautiful state more than 18 months ago and it feels exciting to be back. Albeit it’s taken a few days rest after the buzz - and ups and downs - of farewelling our dear Group Trips; but there is something very special about this holy city of Amritsar - and we can’t wait to show you!

And how special is our room view from the window hyattregencyasr?!

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Dec 3

THE GOLDEN TEMPLE LANGAR:
The Golden Temple - Sri Harmandir Sahib - is not only one of the most spiritual sites in Sikhism; but the temple is home to the biggest Community Kitchen — Guru Ramdas Langar — in the world…

The kitchen is staffed majority by volunteers who donate their time to cook, wash and serve 100,000 free meals DAILY. And in the weekends they can serve up to 200,000 per day!

There are two halls that host around 5,000 individuals all at once. Likewise, there is no separation: the kitchen is open and free to all.

The menu changes daily but today we saw vegetables, a vegetarian curry, daal, rice and rice pudding, chai, drinking water and chapati.

We hope our photos do justice to this incredible service!

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Jun 13

Give me a van amongst the gum trees 🌿🎶 💕For almost two weeks we’ve been roaming around in Yolo our Apollo, and I feel like I’ve finally got everything in its place and we’ve settled in 🎉. It’s so easy! I mean, I have to cook and do laundry and connect cables and grey water hoses AND empty the toilet but hey, apparently that’s the reality of #vanlife 🤣🤣 What I Iove the most is: 👍🏻being able to move whenever we want to and that everything comes with us - like today, instead of having lunch and then doing the White Sands Walk along the beaches here in Jervis Bay, we just drove there and made lunch and ate it in the bush before we wandered the beaches. Very cool!! 👍🏻The van is COSY! We have heating and it’s so warm and the bed is comfy too (you guys know my back and joints are old-lady-painful and they’ve been great this trip). 👍🏻I filled up the van completely with diesel a few days ago after a week and a half of driving and it cost $67 - nice surprise!! 👍🏻Caravan parks are fun - we’ve met some really nice people... but someone also had a go at me for my slow van parking skills which I believe are bloody good so 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣🤣 Dont worry, I snapped back hahah. 👍🏻The fridge is keeping my bubbles SUPER COLD. #important

We’re heading west soon - Emmie now has a fibreglass cast but can’t do much with it - kayaking and water sports are banned so we are going inland. Omg EXCITED! Let us know if you’re around Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Canowindra, Cowra or anywhere nearby! 😍😍😍 apollomotorhomeholidays #Apollopartner

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Jan 11

Hello 20k followers 🥳🎈💃

I try and ignore numbers on the gram, but with a fair few followers over these past months, I thought it would be nice to acknowledge this milestone and re-introduce ourselves 👋.

Based in the UK's Peak District, we are Jenny (Mum), Jay (Dad), Arthur (9) and Ezra (7) and we have travelled the world as much as we can since the boys were born.

We've travelled much of Africa, Asia and Europe, and highlights include:

🇮🇳 living in India for a year
🇳🇵trekking to Poon Hill in the Himalayas
🎒 backpacking Sri Lanka and Thailand
🌍 101 days overlanding sub-Saharan Africa in a Land Rover with roof tents
🇫🇷 6 weeks travelling France in our #mazdabongo
🇲🇦 4 months living and travelling in Morocco

If you've been following us for a while, you'll know that we really do maximise our travel time around the boys' schooling and have never seen age as a barrier for taking our kids anywhere. Plus we always have big trip plans up our sleeve, we just can't help it 😅 - we feel that SEAsia is calling us this year 🤞. Adventure travel for us isn't a one off experience, it's a life choice.

Whether you've been following us since we moved to India or have joined from recent European travels, thanks for following our little squares of family adventure. Your continued support means I have a job that I love, and I also love being able to inspire and connect with like-minded parents who also want to burst bubbles and show their kids the world.

I'd love to know where we were in the world when you first started following us!

Lots of love,
Jenny x

📷 from our trip to Luxembourg last month.

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Dec 3

ABOUT SIKHISM: Although we have visited Amritsar before we have learnt so much in the last 48 hours about Sikhism!

Sikhism is an Indian religion - and a philosophy - that originated in the Punjab region at the end of the 15th century. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups and stands at fifth-largest worldwide, with about 25–30 million adherents (known as Sikhs).

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Dec 3

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS?
We haven’t left India yet but we can’t WAIT for 2024 and to be back again! Not only are we looking forward to another Family Group Trip and Adult Trip in Rajasthan - but we have fallen in love with Punjab and have even more amazing connections and people to meet and share here in Amritsar!

So - hands up who wants to hear more?!

What are your plans for 2024?

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Dec 1

THANK YOU: As travellers we are used to saying goodbye to places and people. But today as we farewelled the last of our second group we realised just how incredibly special the bonds and friendships that we have formed over these Group Trips are.

Our journey onwards and the streets of New Delhi feel significantly quieter already without our Away with the Steiners whānau!

We had a dream to share the joy of travel and family and learning - and connecting with the people that make our journeys so special - and this last month and these two very special groups have been exactly that.

We have much more to share and more stories to come; but for now from our family a special THANK YOU.

From Gavin, Sarah, Harry and Oscar x

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Jan 23

❄️ We got tons of snow here over the weekend and it inspired me to write about our trip to Rovaniemi, Finland 🇫🇮 this past fall. ⁠
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I had every intention of keeping it short and sweet—I even started off talking about my son's super cute reindeer stuffy that he got while we were out there. ⁠
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But then my “quick” post turned into a complete guide for a DIY weekend in Lapland.⁠ 🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s like I can’t help myself.
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One minute I was talking about stuffed animals and the next thing I know is that I'm doing a deep dive into our trip and spilling it all.⁠
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✅ Where we stayed⁠
✅ What we ate⁠
✅ What we wore⁠
✅ Where we went⁠
✅ What we did⁠
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You name it; I wrote about it. Check it out now—🔗 in bio, then look for this pic. ⁠
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As always, I hope you find the blog post helpful. Feel free to ask questions, just in case I missed something! ⁠
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Dec 4

INSIDE THE KITCHEN: The organisation is incredible. (And remember; this is staffed largely by volunteers!). Inside the kitchen are huge pots and cauldrons of chai and dal cooking; of oil ready for vegetables and huge pots of boiling water water for rice.

The kitchen prepares 200 hundred thousand rotis (Indian flat bread), 1.5 tonnes of dal (lentil soup) and free meals for 100,000 people everyday…

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Aug 11

Hello 👋 We've had so many new followers since we started travelling again, so I thought I'd do a little re-introduction as it's been a looooooooong while since the last time I did this 😘

🚐 I'm Jenny, Mum of the Lynn family. I work as a travel blogger (yes, that is actually a real job that earns you money 😜) - I love the flexibility it provides me around our family and the travel opportunities it brings.

🚐 With Jay (hubby) and our two boys (Arthur 7, Ezra 6) we live in the Peak District 🇬🇧. I also run peakdistrictkids - which has become the go-to website for families exploring the UK's oldest national park 🥾 and the website receives over 180k page views per month.

🚐 As a family we love epic adventures. We have lived in India, trekked the Himalayas, and traversed Africa in a Land Rover.

🚐 We jumped on the pandemic VAN-waggon in June '20 and bought our Mazda Bongo camper from eBay for £7k. We were supposed to be taking a family gap year and travelling overland from London to Sydney last year - a trip Jay and I did back in 2007 🙄. But we absolutely love our Bongo; he's part of the family now 🥰.

🚐 We are all Aussie citizens as Jay and I used to live in Sydney. The boys have never even visited, and it's currently the top country they want to travel to. One day...

🚐 I've never liked sea food. And when I decided to become vegetarian over three years ago, it was a huge relief to just say to people that I'm vegetarian, rather than explain I don't like sea food 🙈. Although I still sometimes eat the boys left over fish fingers 🤷‍♀️.

🚐 Oh and we're currently spending the summer travelling around France in our Bongo and having the best time ever 🥰🇫🇷.

Right, I think that's enough waffling on about myself 🤣.

Big hugs,
Jenny x

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Nov 30

Oh, Lapland, what a beautiful and magical place you are! ⁠
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We just came back from yet another place I never thought I'd ever visit: Finland.⁠
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And it was magical. Like, an actual ❄️ winter❄️ wonderland. ⁠
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Apparently, there are a lot of tour groups that put packages together for a trip like this, but we did it all DIY.⁠
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We flew out (via Ryanair from Brussels to Rovaniemi, Finland) on a Friday morning and came back on Monday afternoon, so it was a short and sweet vacay, but we did all the things in that short amount of time, and even found time to rest and relax a bit, too.⁠
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❄️ crossed over and under the Arctic Circle ⁠
🎅🏻 MET (THE) SANTA! ⁠
🎄 and went to Elf school at santaparkfin ⁠
🐟 ate the best salmon of my life ⁠
🍽 also ate reindeer 🦌 and bear 🐻...oh my!)⁠
🛷 went on a reindeer sleigh ride ⁠
😍 saw the northern lights ⁠
🥾 walked/played on a frozen lake⁠
😇 made snow angels⁠
🧖‍♀️ relaxed in a sauna ⁠
🔥 made and ate s’mores ⁠
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The cherry on top was that my mom came along for the trip. She's been out here visiting and jumped at the chance to go when I found tickets months ago. ⁠
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We didn't stay in the city or at the ever-popular Santa Claus Village; instead, we stayed about 45 minutes north in a fantastic (but remote) AirBnB nestled next to a lake—complete with a rotating 365º hut, a sunroom, a sauna, and reindeer 🦌 for neighbors! ⁠
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Dec 3

FEEDING 100,000 PEOPLE DAILY:

The Golden Temple - Sri Harmandir Sahib - is not only one of the most spiritual sites in Sikhism; but the temple is home to the biggest Community Kitchen — Guru Ramdas Langar — in the world…

The kitchen is staffed majority by volunteers who donate their time to cook, wash and serve 100,000 free meals DAILY. And in the weekends they can serve up to 200,000 per day!

There are two halls that host around 5,000 individuals all at once. Likewise, there is no separation: the kitchen is open and free to all.

The menu changes daily but today we saw vegetables, a vegetarian curry, daal, rice and rice pudding, chai, drinking water and chapati.

We hope our photos do justice to this incredible service!

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Dec 28

So this is 'winter' in Spain ☀️ It's perfect hiking weather 👌🥾

Huge thanks to greengirlgetaways for telling me about the superb coastal footpath from Vilanova to Sitges. We were planning to go to Sitges today, but had no idea about the walking route until I saw her message this morning!

It's 8km along fantastic rocky cliffs and sandy coves with a regular train whizzing past on the other side.

And once we arrived in Sitges - WOWSERS! What a stunner of a town.

A train and bus then brought us back to our campsite, where the boys STILL had energy for the jumping pillow 😳. Arthur's fitbit (Xmas pressie) has totalled 29,296 steps today 🤪.

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Dec 4

JUST A QUICK INTERLUDE: Because did you know that anyone can volunteer here - regardless of age or religion - and for as short or long a time as you wish.

So if anyone wants to take a GUESS as to which direction one of our India Group Trips will be in next year - TAKE A GUESS?! And WHO wants to know more?!

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Dec 3

GRATITUDE - AND LEARNING: Each day we travel we try to reflect on our gratitude and learning for the day. Yesterday seeing the boys at the Golden Temple again had us reflecting on the past 18 months of learning with so much growth and with so much gratitude for this life of worldschooling.

What we originally thought would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience and a different style of education for the boys is infact every day a lifestyle of learning for each of us - about the world; about humanity; about each other - and about ourselves…

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Dec 3

AMRITSAR: Welcome to Amritsar Punjab - home of the Golden Temple and the largest Community Kitchen in the world - feeding over 100,000 people everyday and 200,000 in the weekends - and mostly staffed by volunteers.

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Nov 11

THANK YOU: The biggest of thank you to our amazing families that travelled with us through India - Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh - these past 11 DAYS on our INDIA Group Trip.

It has been hard to find the words to truly portray how special of a shared adventure it was…

But; it was everything we dreamt of and MUCH MORE!

We have watched as fears were overcome; bucket-lists were ticked off; friendships formed and families bonds grew stronger.

India is a truly humbling country and it feels like a real privelege to have this time to learn and share together.

Thank you myfathersbarber sarahclarebrown deidreputt bbq_butcher

And THANK YOU INDIA!

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Jan 19

We've been trapped in a freezing snow globe lately, and it's making me miss sunny and colorful Portugal big time. ⁠
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🌞...thankfully we have a trip planned for Morocco next month, so I just need to make it a few more weeks until we see can bask in that sunshine again. ⁠
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We're also heading to Scotland this spring, but I'm packing our rain jackets and umbrellas ☔️ for that trip 😂. ⁠
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Jun 4

We kicked off a new month with some amazing adventures and some pretty epic views too!
We managed to cram in a visit to ntenglishriviera at Coleton Fishacre and trekked up to the scenic viewpoint which was totally worth it!
We’ve been super lucky with this amazing wall to wall sunshine on the English Riviera.
It’s definitely put us in the summer mood.

Ad PR product The children have been putting their new keeneurope summer sandals to the test! They have been a huge hit! Can’t wait to show you more soon.

Anyone else been on summer adventures this weekend?

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Dec 3

Golden Temple Amritsar 🇮🇳

World's Largest Community Kitchen
Usually, all the meals of the langar in Golden Temple are hand-made, but the Gurdwara does have an automatic roti-making machine, with a capacity of delivering 25,000 rotis per hour, which is used only during extreme rush hours. The temple uses nearly 12,000kg flour, 1,500kg rice, 13,000kg lentils, and up to 2,000kg vegetables daily. Nearly 5,000kg of vegetables are .
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Dec 1

Welcome to Amritsar Punjab India 🇮🇳

Amritsar and the Golden Temple. We were lucky enough to visit the kitchen and the people of the largest kitchen feeding more then 100,000 people every day and 200,000 in the weekend. Lots more coming.
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