What do you do with kids in Paris/London/Rome

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don't want to go to Europe. They want to go to Costa Rica.

+1 or as PPs said, to a National Park. They are 7 and 10, old enough for FOMO and to ask for things, but not old enough that they need to be driving family vacation decisions.

[Anonymous]

So don’t go to Europe. Go out west adventuring. Or maybe go to Ireland and Scotland and hike around. If they’re not into museums and castles and diffferent good then why waste the airfare? Save it for a safari or something else they’d like better.

[Anonymous]

Legoland in Windsor
Tower of London
Trip up Thames to Greenwich than hike up hill toNational Observatory, have Pub lunch in Greenwich and take Tube home.
HP fans?
British Museum will overcome the most reluctant museum goer
Double decker Tube buses all over London on your own- their website is excellent
Tea somewhere medium nice
Rent a boat on the Serpentine
London Walks are fun and are all outside
Do they like theatre shows- get a few tickets- they are cheaper than NY

We got a small flat near King’s Cross and ate breakfast and dinner at “home”. THere is a nice small grocery near the station. We ate out mostly at Pubs (they will recognize the food) for lunches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
We visit Papi et Mamie, Papi takes the kids to Eurodisney if it's the off-season, we climb the stairs of the Eiffel tower and eat fries on top, we eat a picnic lunch of baguette sandwiches and walk along the the banks of the Seine near Notre-Dame, we run around the Louvre and buy pretty things in the gift shops there, we spend our playground tickets at the Jardin du Luxembourg, the kids get way too many carousel rides, there and at the esplanade near the Eiffel tower. We take daytrips to visit various chateaux, including our ancestor's, and once we took the kids as far as the Mont St-Michel, which I love (I could live there).

LOL. We are all so impressed by your French and your ancestor's chateaux.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We visit Papi et Mamie, Papi takes the kids to Eurodisney if it's the off-season, we climb the stairs of the Eiffel tower and eat fries on top, we eat a picnic lunch of baguette sandwiches and walk along the the banks of the Seine near Notre-Dame, we run around the Louvre and buy pretty things in the gift shops there, we spend our playground tickets at the Jardin du Luxembourg, the kids get way too many carousel rides, there and at the esplanade near the Eiffel tower. We take daytrips to visit various chateaux, including our ancestor's, and once we took the kids as far as the Mont St-Michel, which I love (I could live there).

LOL. We are all so impressed by your French and your ancestor's chateaux.

And I'm sure you do things that are funny to other people!
Go ahead and laugh, I don't mind at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are 10 and 7 and want to go to Europe. They do not want to visit museums, monuments, gardens, or castles. They find spending a day on the mall boring. Eating is a necessary activity because they are hungry. They do not enjoy people watching or trying new food. When we are home we are active—camping, hiking, adventure park, etc.

I think they are enamoured with the idea of going to Europe but I’m at a loss with what to do with them for 5-7 days. I already told them that Disneyland Paris was not an option. I guess I feel that if we’re going to travel we need to see something that we don’t have in the US. And the idea of packing the camping gear to take on a plane is overwhelming to me.

What have you done with your kids that don’t like to sightsee?

With those limitations, I'd go the the lakes regions in Italy, or hike in the Alps or Dolomites. Stay in hotels or hike hut to hut.

[Anonymous]

I would only do this if they aren't going to be pills when I want to go to the Pompidou Centre and take a history tour in Rome. Are you really considering a 100% "kids'" vacation to Europe? You've got more money and time than I do, then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do know there is more to Europe than museums in London, Paris, and Rome?

Things we’ve done with young kids in Europe:

chocolate and waffles, crepes and gelato, bicycling, hiking hut to hut eating apple strudel and speck, mountain top playgrounds and gondola rides, climbed to the rims of active volcanoes, sat next to apes on the rock of Gibraltar, walked on a glacier, taken ferries across the English Channel and through Norwegian fjords, camped in Cornwall, watched a royal tattoo, visited hitler’s summer retreat, took a train to the top of Europe, walked through an ice tunnel, boat rides across the most beautiful alpine lakes, swam in geothermal baths, visited a tea and pineapple plantation, watched bullfighting, stayed a night in a cave, overnight trains, overnight ferries...most of the stuff we do is outdoors and not near major cities.

Thank you. These are the types of activities my kids will enjoy.

[Anonymous]

The solution is to hire a private tour guide for a half day or whole day to knock out some key sites. Your kids will behave themselves around the tour guide. Coordinate with the guide ahead of time to make sure the pace is quick and you are able to shift gears when they get bored and want to move along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We visit Papi et Mamie, Papi takes the kids to Eurodisney if it's the off-season, we climb the stairs of the Eiffel tower and eat fries on top, we eat a picnic lunch of baguette sandwiches and walk along the the banks of the Seine near Notre-Dame, we run around the Louvre and buy pretty things in the gift shops there, we spend our playground tickets at the Jardin du Luxembourg, the kids get way too many carousel rides, there and at the esplanade near the Eiffel tower. We take daytrips to visit various chateaux, including our ancestor's, and once we took the kids as far as the Mont St-Michel, which I love (I could live there).

LOL. We are all so impressed by your French and your ancestor's chateaux.

And I'm sure you do things that are funny to other people!
Go ahead and laugh, I don't mind at all.

Hilariously tone-deaf.