An Action-Packed Holiday in France with Kids, Episode 259
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
When you visit France from as far away as Australia, you might not get a chance to come back very soon. So, of course, you'll want to pack a lot of action into your holiday in France with kids!
My guest Joanne Scott on today's episode experienced a lot of France in a short time. She shares some fantastic tips we all need to hear to make our trip to France more enjoyable.
We'll talk about their week in Paris, their quick visit to the Loire Valley and another quick hop to Burgundy. Some of these things went great. But some were not as great and things got a little stressful at times.
We like to keep it real on this podcast, let's hear about what Joanne would do if she had a do-over. Take a listen so you get inspired and don't make the same mistakes!
- [3:49] Booking a private transfer instead of a taxi in Paris
- [6:20] Apartment rental in Paris
- [7:44] River Cruise in Paris
- [10:03] Storing suitcases in Paris
- [12:54] Bike tour of Versailles
- [18:39] Disneyland Paris
- [20:20] Walking tour with David Blanc in Paris
- [22:44] Tips for visiting the Catacombs
- [25:05] Amboise bike adventures and how to visit the Loire Valley easily
- [30:16] Spending Bastille Day in Paris
- [32:46] Nintendo Switch Guides in the Louvre for kids
- [33:30] Taking the train for a visit to Beaune and doing a private car tour of Burgundy (Flaviny-sur-Ozerain + Fontenay Abbey + Chateauneuf du Pape)
- [36:49] Going all the way to the top of the Eiffel Tower
- [37:54] Taking the Eurostar
- [44:55] Do you need "Skip the line" tickets?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Join Us in France episode 259. |
| 0:04.0 | Bonjou, I'm Annie Sergeant, and join us in France is a podcast where you'll hear pragmatic advice for your next trip to France. |
| 0:12.0 | On today's episode my guest |
| 0:14.3 | Joanna Scott from Australia takes us along on her incredible adventures around France |
| 0:21.2 | with her husband and two children. We'll talk about a lot of stuff. |
| 0:26.4 | For example, booking a private transfer instead of a taxi and why that was not a great idea. |
| 0:35.0 | Their apartment rental in Paris, their river cruise experience, |
| 0:39.8 | a bike tour of Versailles, which they loved, taken the kids to Disneyland Paris, which the kids loved. |
| 0:48.0 | A walking tour with David Blon, who was on episode 254, where we talked about different ways to get around France and you need to listen to this |
| 0:56.8 | especially if you're going to be in France next week |
| 1:00.8 | Starting on December 5th we have a big transportation strike starting and on |
| 1:06.8 | episode 254 David Blonde tells us how to get around France without the train |
| 1:12.4 | and the flights. |
| 1:14.5 | Then they also went to the catacombs. |
| 1:16.1 | They went on a visit to Amuas, |
| 1:19.2 | and they spent Bastille Day in Paris, |
| 1:21.7 | including a brilliant suggestion that I hadn't heard from anyone yet on |
| 1:26.3 | the podcast and I think it was really good. |
| 1:29.6 | Taking the train for a visit to Bonn and doing a private car tour of Burgundy, going all the way up the Eiffel Tower, |
| 1:38.6 | which I have never done yet because I'm afraid of heights, and taking the Eurostar and of course all of that peppered with |
| 1:45.8 | lots of other insights and good ideas about various things. |
| 1:50.8 | Join us in France is a listener supported podcast, both in things. me pay my bills so I can keep doing this. More on that after the interview. |
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