Synopses & Reviews
Can an eight-year-old have fun in Paris? Can you entertain a teenager in Madrid? Will an extended family vacation to Europe be a unique and rewarding experience? Absolutely, says Cynthia Harriman, who has gathered the wisdom gained from months of travel abroad with her family into this comprehensive and essential guide. Complete with anecdotes and witty cartoons, this book includes invaluable tips about: accommodations and restaurants; customs and cultural differences; hostels, camping, and home exchange; language skills; recommended sites and activities; finding affordable fun for the entire family.
Synopsis
Can an extended family vacation to Europe be a unique and rewarding experience? Absolutely, says Cynthia Harriman, who has gathered wisdom gained from months of travel abroad with her family into this comprehensive and essential guide. Complete with anecdotes and witty cartoons, this book includes tips about where to stay, where to eat, language skills, and finding affordable fun for the entire family.
Take Your Kids to Europe makes it possible to do so safely and, perhaps more importantly, sanely.
About the Author
Cynthia Harriman is a writer and a self-employed marketing consultant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Her travel articles have appeared in the
San Francisco Examiner, the
Washington Post, the
Chicago Sun-Times, and various European magazines. She spent four months exploring Europe with her husband and two children.
Table of Contents
(1) Planning (2) Planes, Trains, Boats, and Cars (3) What to Bring
(4) Managing Money (5) Long-term Stays (6) Sight-seeing Survival
(7) Restaurants (8) Budget Hotels and Bed-and-Breakfast Inns (9) Youth Hostels
(10) RV Camping (11) Road-trip Survival (12) Renting and Exchanging Homes
(13) Home Cooking (14) Communicating (15) Homestay Survival (16) Can We Afford This? (17) Great Britain (18) France (19) Benelux and Denmark (20) Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (21) Italy, Spain, Greece, Gibraltar, and Morocco (22) Resources