Paris and London with kids - planning the trip - part 1

Last year my wife and I decided to take our oldest kids (6 and 9 years old at that time) to Paris and London.

When planning the trip we had several requirements. It needed to be easy and entertaining. We wanted to visit some museums and get tours around Paris and London, but kids should not be bored. Every day we should have ice cream and opportunity to visit playgrounds. Also we needed to have contingency plans, just in case of rain, museum closures and other unexpected events.

So I started very detailed planning three months in advance, and  it worked for us perfectly. Well, not everything worked 100%, but because we had contingency plans not only we covered everything, we also had a lot of fun!

Here is our original plan

June 13

just after noon - departing from Frankfurt, Germany by train
16:50 - arrive to Paris
17:30 - arrive to the hotel
18:00 - dinner
18:45 - ice cream
19:00 - take subway to Eiffel Tower
20:00 - go to the top of Eiffel Tower
21:30 - go back to the hotel 

June 14
8:00 - wake up
8:30 - breakfast
9:45 - ice cream
10:00 - 13:00 - private tour around Paris
13:30 - lunch
14:30 - ice cream
15:00 - Luxembourg Garden, playground, pony, carousel
17:00 - croissants, ice cream, and other delicious stuff
18:00 - Seine river tour
20:00 - dinner
21:00 - ice cream
21:30 - go back to the hotel

June 15
8:00 - wake up
8:30 - breakfast
9:45 - ice cream
10:00 - go to Louvre
11:00 - 13:00 - Louvre
13:30 - dinner
14:30 - ice cream
15:00 - 18:30 - playground, go to Montmartre
18:30 - dinner
19:30 - ice cream
20:00 - 22:00 - walk around Montmartre, go to the hotel

June 16
8:00 - wake up
8:30 - breakfast
9:45 - croissants, ice cream, and other delicious stuff
10:00 - go to D'Orsay
10:30 - 12:30 - D'Orsay
13:00 - dinner
14:00 - ice cream
14:30 - 16:30 - walk around Paris, moving towards railroad station
17:30 - depart to London by train

To be Continued...