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June 29th 2014 Trip
Hello - Leslie & David here.... we will be traveling with my father and 2 kids, ages 13 & 14 on this trip - any fellow passengers here?
~ Leslie
~ Leslie
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We are from New England and avid travelers. Not typically doing tours though, we are more likley to forge our own way. But we are doing a special Multi-generational trip this time with my Dad who just turned 80. I wanted to be able to do something that both my kids could enjoy as well. This seems like a great fit. We plan to come in a few days before to enjoy Budapest and a few days to go up to Prague afterwards.
We have one daughter, 14, and one son aged 13. Both are pretty active and looking forward to meeting some new friends and exploring new places. They are both pretty mature for their ages and like to travel.
Dave & I are avid boaters as well and we like to ski. We both own our own business, so work too much and looking forward to getting some extended time away! Can't wait!
Anyone else out there???
Many travelers do not go onto the Forum and many are usually the same ones and those writers do not mention children. I did a Bridges tour this summer with my travelling companion's family. If you want to find out how many other children are going to be on the tour, you can call Tauck directly. They will give you the exact breakdown of boys/girls and ages. Hope this helps.
We are so looking forward to the Tauck Bridges Blue Danube Riverboat cruise. We have two daughters who will be 11 and 7. We are also planning on spending a few days in Budapest before the trip and a few more in Munich after. Anyone else with children their ages?
Gramma and Grampa--73 (I'm the gramma)
Oldest daughter and husband 48 and 50, I think
Kids are 19. 17, 15 (boy, girl,boy)
Son and wife are 46
kids are 18, 16, 13 (Maybe twelve--memory isn't what it used to be) and 10 (boy, girl, boy, girl)
Daughter and husband are
twins-boy and girl are 11, another girl 9
Looking forward to meeting you all
One of you posters did a lot of traveling. Any suggestions for things to do for a few days in Munich at the end of the trip?
Also, any suggestions for reading besides the ones Tauck suggests.
A favorite book about Central Europe--I've read it twice--"Tomorrow will be Better" by Zdena Kapral. It tell what the Czechoslovakian people went through during the war. Zdena and her husband had a chemial business in Brno. They are not Jewish. It was especially interesting for me to read about what gentiles went through during the war. Zdena was born in 1913, the same year my mom was born in Stockbridge, Wisconsin. It was interesting for me to contrast
their two lives.
After seeing much of Berlin we hired a car and driver (not as expensive as you think) to take us to Potsdam. Being a history buff my goal was to visit Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern. This was where the Potsdam Conference was held in 1945 with Truman, Stalin, and Churchill (later Atlee after Churchill was removed as PM). It is no longer a private residence and is a hotel. There isn't much to see but they have preserved a few rooms where the conference took place. The conference was a followup to the Yalta Conference and specifically it was to tell Stalin about the atomic bomb. Churchill and Truman weren't sure how Stalin would react to hearing the news, but they were surprised to find out he already knew and was working on his own A-bomb.
Visiting the summer and winter palaces of Frederick the Great is also a nice touch in Potsdam. Having your own driver, and you can hire a tour guide if you wish, is nice because you can move from one place to another. There was just two of us in a Mercedes S class, but they have the capability to get a larger vehicle and take more. The good news is that no matter how many they take the price is the same...less per person.
Hope this helps.
So looking forward to this trip!
Leslie, Dave, Nick (13) and Katie (14)
Good luck!
Leslie
Hofbrauhaus - even the kids will get a kick out of this beer hall with live music. They can get a HUGE stein of apple juice as well