History Heroes: Artists Card Game – Learning by playing

[Ad – Gifted Products] Every other Monday we go down to our local Geek Retreat to play a tabletop game and have milkshakes. This week, our tabletop game was History Heroes: Artists card game, which is a twist on learning about artists. We have previously played a History Heroes card game, that was all about learning about history itself, so we were pretty interested in seeing what this card game was all about.

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Breakfast at Café Hawelka

In our explorations of the different cafes in Austria, we went to Cafe Hawelka one morning! Cafe Hawelka feels very homely, like it hasn’t changed in years, transporting you back in time. It is one of the last great traditional Central European coffee houses, ran by the family that founded it 80 years ago. Over the years, a large number of famous writers and artists have frequented this cafe, so it’s got tons of history in it too.

Vegetable Torte

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History Heroes: A Little Slice of Animal History card game – Important animals

[Ad – Gifted Products] Another Monday of hanging out at our local Geek Retreat has come and gone, with us playing History Heroes: A Little Slice of Animal History card game this time. Previously, we have played History Heroes: A Little Slice of History, which was very similar to this game in design. Instead of the cards having triangles of history, they had triangles of important animals throughout history, which made for a very interesting game.

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Cold Bath Bomb – Little pick-me-up

[Ad – Gifted Products] LUSH have such a fantastic range of bath bombs – they are absolutely our favorite things to purchase from LUSH. One of their newest items is the Cold Bath Bomb, which is a bath bomb made for when you are feeling a little under the weather or when you are starting to feel rundown. As someone who travels quite often and has kids who go to so many clubs and activities, we do get colds from time to time.

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Zano Bow – Small, Hand Bow-and-Arrow

[Ad- gifted products] It’s been quite nice weather in England, as spring starts to show itself again. As is the way when the sun starts to go out, we’ve started digging out some outdoor toys to play around with! This time, we have the Zano Bow which is a sort of single-hand bow, that’s super portable, and can even be used inside! The Zano Bow feels like a smaller version of a bowl that almost is hand-sized.

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