ITALY Readers's Tips - If you can get them interested in the history beforehand, they'll be fully immersed and happy.lus if you're dragging them around the sites you can walk their legs off and wear them out.lt;grinandgt; Rome, especially, has such a variety to offer that you could pick a theme, e. "Gladiator", and concentrate on sites that have to do with that period. How about a video blog of their trip They can plan and shoot it themselves, edit it, post it on YouTube or wherever that will keep them busy before, during, and after Lots of movies have been set in Rome and Venice have them watch a few of those and maybe plan to recreate famous shots from those movies. For Venice, they might enjoy the creepiness of "Don't Look Now" (though their parents might not be so thrilled about that one sex scene. best regards, Deirdré Straughan

Great ideas Thank you. Involve them in your research, so they have an investment in the trip rather than feeling they have toand32; go where they are told to go. Challenge them to research on the web, that's what kids are good for, rent a few travel videos from your local library or Netflix, and decide as a group where you will go and what you will want to see.ive and take, and everybody is happy or is to blame for a lame suggestion (it can happen.

We are planning a 3 week trip for 2007.e will fly into Rome, be in Rome and Florence for a week, rent a cottage in Tuscany for a week, then on to Venice for a few days before flying out of Venice.Would there be any advantages of going the the last week of Sept.irst 2 weeks of Oct.ersus the last 2 weeks of Sept.irst week of Oct.I have heard that Oct.an be more rainy, but have fewer crowds.

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