Month: July 2015

A perfect weekend in Beijing with an 8-year old

July 29, 2015
by leapandhop
Beijing / China / Kids / leap & hop / Travel

You might think that Beijing is not an ideal choice for a three-day weekend with an eight-year old in the middle of July.  I was dreading the pollution and had avoided Beijing for a few years because of the smog but when the opportunity came to go again, we dusted our old guidebooks and took off.  At first glance, there seems to be very little online about things to do with kids in Beijing that do […]

Paris – Cool Places for Kids in the Hot Summer

July 10, 2015
by leapandhop
Family / Kids / leap & hop / paris / Travel

Photo Credit: Boddi Chrin It’s July, you’re in Paris with your kids and it’s unbearably hot.  I’ve been there, I grew up there, so I know …  Paris is not always equipped to handle such crazy temperatures.  After you’ve exhausted all the big museums and reached your limits with hoping from shop to ice cream parlour, you may want to try other “cool” places to take your little ones that generally don’t make it to the top 5 places to […]