April in Paris: Voyager Avec Enfants (Day One)

For the past six years, we ' d spent the kids Spring Break in Hilton Head, SC. It was a great family tradition--we ' d rent a house on the beach with pool, the kids would play in the sand and swim every day, we ' d cook, do a lot of reading, relax--it wasthat kind of thing. Simple, fun, kid-friendly, crowd-pleasing. However, now that my kids are getting somewhat older, we ' re trying to push ourselves a little bit more with our travel (in the somewhat limited time we have, around our work schedules and the kids school), and so after a very successful trip to London last summer, we decided,you know what, let ' s just go for it,and made plans to do Spring Break in Paris this year.Before we came, I spent a good deal of time online looking at resources and reviews for traveling with kids in Paris, and since I love reading people ' s travel experiences and reviews to get my own ideas, and figured I ' d contribute something as well. So for the next week, I ' ll keep a running guide of our trip to Paris, and the specific experience of traveling with kids. Joe and I had been to Paris before, and I had been here several times as a kid myself with my own family, but I think we all understand that travel with kids is its own unique experience, and requires somewhat more forethought than what we did the last time we were here as just two adults, when we just showed up with a carry on each, no real plans, picked a direction and just started walking.(Small amount of background that will pr...
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