Knorr Family Adventures

Yet another post that was written in July of 2016!!! but never published.  My mom and I visited Prague last year, and I really liked it and thought that Chris (more so than the boys) would enjoy it.   Prague is only about 5 hours away from Frankfurt so we decided to go during a 4-day weekend.   Our first stop was Pilsner, but then off to bigger places we go. As in many other places, we stayed in the apartment through Airbnb in the city center.   Many times when we travel to larger cities, we come up with a sort of the plan of the things we want to see.   Our plan is not always super child-friendly but we do try to make sure that includes some stops that are fun.   In Prague our plan was rather packed with tourist attractions, but also the city itself is really beautiful so just wondering the streets was also in the plan. Lots of walking in Prague - brothers will always offer a ride and provide a helping hand! Prague Castle in t...

After Florence we headed to Lucca and Pisa.   Pisa was an extremely short stop for us because kids under 8 are not allowed to climb the tower at all, and kids over 8 are required to hold a parent’s hand.   Having 2 kids under 8 and a stubborn older kid, it was clear that climbing Pisa Tower is not in our plans but we still wanted to stop by and see it.   Unfortunately, there is not much else to do in Pisa and we headed to Lucca. Andrei tried for a while Anton had very little interest in the Tower :) Lucca is a small Italian town but it is so incredibly charming that we all really loved it.   We stopped in a fairly small hotel that had a pool and interestingly despite the fact that Lucca is really small, the hotel was full of British tourists.   It’s hard to describe the town; it’s everything that you see in the movies when they show small Italian towns.   We walked on the main cobble stone streets, we rode 5 person bike in the park...

And this is how you get a parking ticket in Germany - found this on my windshield yesterday while Anton was swimming!  Most likely, the ticket itself is around €15- €20 and will come in the mail (as it says in the note).  The speeding tickets just come in the mail without any advance warming except for the flashing light as your speed by :)