Here’s a bit of solid advice I learned while traveling through Europe recently with my wife and 2 kids: always look for ways to let them have their fun.
Our trip took us to Berlin, Prague, Vienna, and then on a road trip across Austria to Salzburg and Innsbruck. And yes, it was amazing. My wife and son and I took in all the amazing sites mainly from one angle common to most humans: upright. My 10-year-old daughter, on the other hand, decided to have a little extra fun and experience some of Europe’s most amazing sites from a different perspective: upside down.
She did handstands everywhere we went.
She did them in front of soaring cathedrals.
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She did them in front of famous gates and astronomical clocks.
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She did them in front of palaces. And there were a lot… of… palaces.
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There were also opera houses…
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… famous Abbeys…
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… shooting locations from The Sound of Music…
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… and wildly old castles that made Disneyland look like… well… Disneyland.
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And we hadn’t even gone on a hike yet…
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… or a different hike…
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… or e-biking…
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… or swimming in the shadow of yet another looming castle.
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But the best thing we learned from our daughter taking things in from her own, unique perspective was that if you flip her upside down…
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… she looks like Supergirl holding up the whole world.
And maybe she is.