Spring in London & Paris w/ kids: Climbing, Cooking, & Cold (very cold!)
Apr 29th, 2013, 07:32 AM
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I am so enjoying your report. We are planning another week in Paris next February and I cannot wait. One thing I want to revisit is the Orsay. We have not been in years. If you are interestedin Degas I would suggest you read the novel The Painted Girls. It is very good and it is a fictionalized account of the real girl the Little Dancer statue is modeled after. We were in Paris March 12-17 this year and when we were at Place du Tertre, I turned around and there was a copy of the Little Dancer looking back at me from the window of a private art gallery. I almost cried. She was beautiful.
Apr 29th, 2013, 07:37 AM
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As always, you have found such amazing activities to do with your children!
Your travel style and philosophy should be "must-reading" for anyone planning on traveling with children. Finding engaging activities for them, frequent "fuel" stops, being flexible and willing to bail or only spend 15 min in a museum - all of these things will contribute to an enjoyable trip for all and make life-long travelers of your children.
Your travel style and philosophy should be "must-reading" for anyone planning on traveling with children. Finding engaging activities for them, frequent "fuel" stops, being flexible and willing to bail or only spend 15 min in a museum - all of these things will contribute to an enjoyable trip for all and make life-long travelers of your children.
Apr 29th, 2013, 08:57 AM
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lrock5, I know exactly the art gallery you are talking about - because we saw her there, too! Good suggestion for a novel - I just looked it up and I think it sounds great - thanks for that!
anamax2, thank you for your nice words. This trip was our most successful yet - I think it has taken a few years for our travel style to evolve as well as the kids now know what to expect when we travel. It really is trial and error ... being overscheduled is probably a greater danger than being underscheduled for kids - as least for mine. If we don't have anything planned, we are happy to go explore, or play a game, or read a book.
almost at the end... just finishing up typing the last day. and then my random thoughts and ideas for traveling with kids.
anamax2, thank you for your nice words. This trip was our most successful yet - I think it has taken a few years for our travel style to evolve as well as the kids now know what to expect when we travel. It really is trial and error ... being overscheduled is probably a greater danger than being underscheduled for kids - as least for mine. If we don't have anything planned, we are happy to go explore, or play a game, or read a book.
almost at the end... just finishing up typing the last day. and then my random thoughts and ideas for traveling with kids.
Apr 29th, 2013, 09:05 AM
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We actually went in and between my French and the lady that worked there's English we found out that the statue was 1.5 million euro. She said it was one of the 20 the family commissioned. I think that may be wrong as I would expect ALOT of security if so. But who knows maybe it really was. In any case, she was just spectacular.
We looked at all of the art there for sale and it was from a private collector. There were some Picasso, and alot of Dali.
We looked at all of the art there for sale and it was from a private collector. There were some Picasso, and alot of Dali.
Apr 29th, 2013, 09:08 AM
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lrock5, that is amazing. We didn't go in (I know our limitations when traveling with kids and anywhere with lots of glass and expensive things is not a good idea), but we had fun window shopping!
