wagostago

We just got back from a two week trip through Spain with our little girls (ages 3 and 1) and were contemplating what to do regarding a stroller and baby carrier... We decided to take our three-wheeled jogging stroller and we're so glad we did! Feel sorry for all of those children over there getting their teeth rattled out of their heads on those cobbled streets. Our stroller worked flawlessly over the cobbles and up and down escalators, onto subway cars... Couldn't figure out why we didn't see more strollers like ours. Took the wheels off and through it in the overhead on the high speed train, fit in the rental car, fit on most sidewalks and the ones it didn't, well even a skateboard would have a hard time fitting on parts of the sidewalks as they can taper down to nothing. Then you do what every other walked is doing and simply share the narrow road with the cars. The Euros do drive faster down those narrow roads than North Americans would so be careful with any little ones that are walking and hold them or their hands. But we had no problems at all. Took our baby trekker carrier for the little one on a longer walk and it worked great. If you have two little munchkins I wouldn't suggest a double stroller as that would be too hard to navigate over there. But our jogger went into stores and restaurants just fine.

hetismij2

Euros drive fast? I can't say I have seen much money behind the wheel of a car. We wouldn't call you Americos, don't call us Euros.
Lots of people manage twin buggies in Europe. We have twins and pairs of young children too. Likewise three wheeled jogging/off road buggies.
I think one reason people don't bring bigger buggies like that to Europe is the size - getting them here on a plane puts people off.

Nikki

I think this is a useful post that gives tourists an idea of what kind of stroller worked well for this family. I too have felt that the narrow streets in many old European cities are filled with cars going faster than I would be comfortable with, I imagine it takes practice to gain such confidence. And children would need to be managed carefully in such close quarters between drivers and pedestrians.

BritishCaicos

We flew with my son around over ten times after his birth and before the age of three.

For the first three trips I used a baby Bjorne carrier strapped to me. It was dire and left me crippled.

After that we bought a basic La Cicca stroller, it was the best £50 we ever spent; reliable and at that price we weren't too bother about the hammering it could have taken (it didn't).

hetismij2

Actually European drivers are probably going at no more than 30km/h (18mph).
You are not used to walking in such close proximity to vehicles so feel they are driving too fast.

ribeirasacra

Euros-Dutch driving in Amsterdam are crazy......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80G7G7WDwqI

hetismij2

yep watch him speeding around Amsterdam, being overtaken by bikes.

ribeirasacra

Terrible is it not?
I have a video of the police chasing him around Rotterdam. ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2roOhuWxa9c

julies

Son and DIL took two kids (similar ages to OP's) and only one stroller and one baby carrier. The worst decision they said they ever made was to take just the one stroller. In the future they'd take two strollers--one for each child.