Our biggest reward on this trip was that Stella loved it! The luck of finding not one, but 6-8 new friends and hanging out together everywhere really made this quite special for her. We’re pretty sure that she learned a whole lot too. We were so impressed with her knowledge of some of the history, art and stories that were shared with us, and enjoyed both the contradictory teenage moments but also the maturity she showed. Although we were a bit uncomfortable in the “ parental” role (it’s been a long time!), our worries were groundless and everything went smoothly.

It was a fun trip for us too, revisiting some of the places we had already seen and also adding many new experiences. We definitely didn’t have enough time in Paris, and since travel took up both ends, it’s amazing how much they were able to cram into the short time we were there.

Our tour guide, Gina, was one of the best! She was totally organized, took everything in stride, and knew how to handle the kids as well as the needs of all the adults. We would definitely recommend this trip, or any of these Bridges trips with Tauck.

A small…well maybe not so small observation, is that, in general, 40 people on a tour is too large for us. We did divide into two groups for all the museum visits, but the logistics and time spent getting on and off buses and waiting at meeting places was more than we would prefer.

On the other hand, for this particular trip, the large group of kids worked out very well for them, so it’s kind of a trade off. We will have to compare it to our smaller trip, again with Tauck, when we go to the Canadian Rockies at the end of the summer.

Au Revoir London and Paris, many, many wonderful memories!