Planning A Vacation?
For those of you who are planning a grand European vacation with baby in tow or an exotic African safari adventure with your toddler, I suggest you think again.
I found an informative Associated Press article that contains interviews with mothers who have traveled abroad with their children. They offer the pros and cons of such travel based of their experiences. The article also mentions a few Web sites where you can get ideas for family-friendly adventures.
Let's face it, we all want to give our children - and ourselves - culturally enriching experiences that can only be found in a foreign land. But vacations are expensives, really expensive, and most young children wouldn't find an afternoon at the Louvre Museum in Paris as pleasant as you would. (Could you really trust Junior not to put his sticky fingers all over the Mona Lisa if he had the chance? Who needs that kind of tension?)
And what about nap time? Does Mario Perillo carve out two hours each afternoon for a snooze in his tours of Italy? I doubt it. Fine dining experiences would be out of the question too. Hendrick can't sit still long enough for us to scarf down a sandwich at our favorite diner. Would he really behave any better if we sat at a table with a view of the Swiss Alps?
The only real reason I ever wished I made more money is so that I could travel more. I hope someday that I will earn enough to be able to take my son to every corner of the earth. But for now, we'll stick to the Jersey Shore. An afternoon at the Ocean County Fair (which begins tonight, by the way) is about all we can handle.
I'll save my money and take him somewhere grand when the time is right.
Here's the link to the story that appeared in The Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette:
http://telegram.com/article/20070706/NEWS/707060534/1021/RSS01&source=rss
I found an informative Associated Press article that contains interviews with mothers who have traveled abroad with their children. They offer the pros and cons of such travel based of their experiences. The article also mentions a few Web sites where you can get ideas for family-friendly adventures.
Let's face it, we all want to give our children - and ourselves - culturally enriching experiences that can only be found in a foreign land. But vacations are expensives, really expensive, and most young children wouldn't find an afternoon at the Louvre Museum in Paris as pleasant as you would. (Could you really trust Junior not to put his sticky fingers all over the Mona Lisa if he had the chance? Who needs that kind of tension?)
And what about nap time? Does Mario Perillo carve out two hours each afternoon for a snooze in his tours of Italy? I doubt it. Fine dining experiences would be out of the question too. Hendrick can't sit still long enough for us to scarf down a sandwich at our favorite diner. Would he really behave any better if we sat at a table with a view of the Swiss Alps?
The only real reason I ever wished I made more money is so that I could travel more. I hope someday that I will earn enough to be able to take my son to every corner of the earth. But for now, we'll stick to the Jersey Shore. An afternoon at the Ocean County Fair (which begins tonight, by the way) is about all we can handle.
I'll save my money and take him somewhere grand when the time is right.
Here's the link to the story that appeared in The Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette:
http://telegram.com/article/20070706/NEWS/707060534/1021/RSS01&source=rss
1 Comments:
I have to agree with you. So many great places/experiences within a few hours drive around here - Phila., Poconos, Lancaster, NYC, Washington, Gettyburg, Williamsburg. We travel quite a lot with our kids and there is plenty to do in the US without having to go abroad. And the kids enjoy it just as much.
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