Parc Astérix with kids - the park that beat Disneyland
Roman legionaries, the spinning Discobélix disc and a wooden roller coaster. The Astérix park near Paris was smaller and cheaper than Disneyland, and we liked it much more.
Le Chêne Gris campsite near Paris - a Eurocamp mobile home and days of rest
A railway station by the gate, 25 km to Disneyland and an icy pool for our family's winter swimmers. Le Chêne Gris was our base near Paris and the place for two well-earned days of rest.
Disneyland Paris with kids - ten hours in the park on a holiday weekend
Winnie the Pooh, Sleeping Beauty Castle and a dragon in the dungeon, but also queues longer than an hour. Our day at Disneyland Paris on a long weekend and what we would do differently today.
Paris in one day with kids - the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre
The top of the Eiffel Tower, baguettes from a bakery, the Arc de Triomphe and a walk along the Champs-Élysées to the Louvre. We saw Paris with four kids in one day, and now we know what we would do differently.
May holiday in France 2019 - Paris, Disneyland and Parc Astérix with kids
The Eiffel Tower, Disneyland and the Astérix park in one May holiday, with four kids and a mobile home at a campsite near Paris. Our 9-day plan, almost 3,000 km and a lesson about long weekends.
Bruchhäuser Mühle in Holzappel - a stopover on the way to France
We only planned to sleep halfway to Paris, but we found an old mill in a forest valley, with ponies, a playground and a restaurant. This is how our May holiday in France began.
