Finding things to do....

Now your adjust to time changes and you have an infant or young kids are they are saying " I'm bored, what can we do"..... where do you take them ????

With young kids,,,,  seriously,,,, do not make the first thing you take them to a museum....  I am talking about young kids here,, say 3 - 6...   Look for the easy outs,,,, the regulars that you would do around your own home town.

Like what you say ???  and more importantly  how do I find out where these things are in a new city that you do not know ???

Easy........

1)  Burn off some steam for the kids,,,,, find a great park.  Ask the hotel desk for a map and have them help with pointing out where the nearest parks for kids are.  If no map, ask if they know of a nearby park and have them provide you with directions.   Better yet,,,, if you have young kids,,, get the directions,,,, make a map and make it a "secret agent" mission to get to the park.  My boys love secret agent missions.

2)  Waterpark,,,,,  river, pond, seas, oceans,, etc... anything to do with the nearest water point you can get to.  Same thing, ask who you are staying with or where you are staying at for directions.   Make this a surprise,,, don't tell the kids where you are going.   What kids don't like anything to do surrounding some body of water.

3)  Indoor play centres.....  We were in Switzerland a few months back and it was a rainy day.  We went online ( yet another way to get quick information in the country you are in) and found great places to take the kids too.  In Europe some of the indoor play centres are fantastic, where you can order warm meals after great playing.  The one we went to was called Trampolina in Switzerland and it had small kids rides, swings, trampolines, slides, built structures that the kids can navigate through.   A great time.

4)  Indoor pool.   So similar to # 2,,,, but for the rainy day.   Something more than just a pool would be great like with slides, a river run, wave surfing or something like that.   Usually would be great for a few hours of yours and the kids time.

hope you like these ideas...  Comment and share your own.

best,