Some people plan their lives and their holidays well in advance, but due to travel blogging, we keep getting our plans changed…sometimes just few weeks before realizing them.
If we were first planning to spend 3 weeks in Greece for the summer, everything changed after getting an interesting invite from Air France – flying with them to North America. For many there is a simple answer, but honestly, we did actually need few days to decide if we are even willing to change typical family summer break to a bit different holidays.
But at the end – getting an invite, we sure did not want to skip it, so NYC is on! After all, we have not been on a long flight, taking us far away from Europe, for way to long. In fact, this will actually be Ren’s first flight, as for now we just did overland travels with him.
We are departing to the Big Apple in just few more days and I am a bit nervous – not because of the NYC itself or the trip, but rather the fact that I have no clue, how Ren will manage to sit still in my or Simon’s lap during the flight… Oh well, I guess stressing out because of this is pointless, as we just have to wait and see… At least we have a red eye flight, hoping he will get some sleep too.
Spending a family summer break in NYC with a toddler might not sound too appealing to many, but you know what – this is actually one of the reasons we have chosen NYC – to show that every destination can be family friendly if you just let it be.
Dear parents, do you have any tips for us during the flight with our active munchkin and what all we can do in NYC with him? So far we are looking at different parks, Zoo, Aquarium, Botanical garden and museums.
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Dear Nina,
As a mother of a two and half year old I advise to pack your checked baggage with plenty of toys, in order to entertain him during the flight. For flights I also buy a new toy, that will entertain him for a longer period 🙂 And if you have time during transfer, let him play at the airport’s playground, as far as I know Paris CDG has nice ones. Indeed we did not take a long haul flight before, we are planning to do in October, so my experiences are based on shorter flights. I’m looking forward for your tips.
Regarding NYC, with my husband once visited the NY Transit Museum in Brooklyn, where you can jump in different trams, trains, and totally interactive, check out on the net, it might be interesting for you.
Wishing you a fantastic journey,
Renata
Hi Renata, thank you so much for the tips. We are already back from NYC – just arrived on Friday and I must say Ren did such a good job during flights. Sure, we need to occupy him with toys and books, also some cartoon from Air France entertainment, but he did well. We had such a quick transfer in both ways that we just hoped on and off the planes, so finding some pla areas in CDG airport will be our mission for next time.
I am sorry to miss the tip on NY Transit Museum – especially as we did stay 3 night in Brooklyn…but we will so and so need to go back to NYC, as there’s still plenty of things to do and see.
Thank you again and happy travels to you too,
Nina
p.s. I’ll soon be writing some tips on long flights with kids and how to make them pleasant for the little ones and adults, so stay tuned. 😉