momto3gr8boys
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- Jan 17, 2006
How was your trip to Rome??? I'm sure Easter was memorable for sure!!!
We bought our plane tickets to Paris. They were SO expensive. We're flying XL which is a discount French airline out of JFK. Our flight is actually close to midnight and we land around noon. We should be able to get into the apartment right away.
Are you running the Mini 10k? I can't remember. I think you had a conflict?
Amanda
I should have read a little further and I would have seen your flight times for Paris! You will be in great shape with those times - it just is so much easier to land at noon when your body thinks it's around 6 am instead of landing at 7 am, and being exhausted and groggy all day. We were tired by the evening but ready to go the next morning and never really felt the jet-lag. If you haven't already, book a time for the Eiffel tower - the lines will be very long in August without an advance time frame. And if you are going to go to the Louvre, consider the city pass or see if you can get tickets ahead of time. It is insanely crowded in the summer and the lines for tickets can be 45 minutes long. It will also take about 45 minutes to see the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory. If the kids have a major interest, go for it, otherwise, I'm not sure I'd want to attempt it with kids your ages lol. They will probably enjoy the pyramid outside and running around in that area! You can take some fun pictures of them standing on the white blocks "holding" the pyramid.
My mom and my oldest son are going to France in June. They are doing an Adventures By Disney trip, so I will let you know if they come across any really cool things to do with kids.
If your kids are confident bike riders, The Fat Tire Bike Company does some awesome tours - we've done them in Barcelona, Paris and London - lots of fun and they have kids' bikes.
What itinerary change did they make to your cruise?
Rome was fantastic!! We all had such a great time. We wound up hitting all the major sights and coming across some special events for the holidays as well - in addition to Easter, last Monday was their independence day. And Easter was very memorable - we were lucky and got great seats! Most of the 100,000+ were standing, so we were very grateful for that! And Connor snapped these great shots as the big guy himself went by (you can get an idea of our location too - behind us was a sea of people)