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Day 1: 22 hours of travel ahead of us…
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A 15 day trip for eight people (including 4 kids) doesn’t happen overnight; but, after weeks of planning and packing, it is travel time! All 21 bags are packed and lined up by the door and we are ready to go. Now… what to do for the next 8 hours until we head to the airport?
We are on an evening flight to Frankfurt so my focus for the day is to wear out the kids so they will sleep on the plane. Lots of time playing outside followed by 2 hours with our favorite tennis pro should do the trick.
At t-minus 30 until departure I pull out our checklist and we get ready to go! Out the Door Checklist
The airport time goes smoothly and the flight starts out fine. It was a night flight so we were expecting a quick meal service and then lights out. Unfortunately, it was an exceptionally long meal service – to the point that my 6 year old was begging the flight attendants to turn out the lights! Everyone was tired and fussy when we landed in Frankfurt for our 4 hour layover.
The Frankfurt airport is a mess! There is construction everywhere and virtually no food to be found. Luckily there were plenty of empty gates, which meant there was lots of room to run around and also space for the kids to spread out their TravelKiddys and play by themselves for a while.
Finally we land in Prague. Kudos to Brian for having sufficient transportation waiting for us as we straggle out of the airport desperately needing baths and food.
Finding hotels for the 8 of us had not been an easy task – Brian spent hours on the phone figuring out options and finally settled on the InterContinental Praha. We booked a family room (an oversized room with 2 king beds) and a one bedroom suite with a cot. They were spectacular. Much larger than a typical European hotel room with plenty of space and nice layouts. The kids were excited to see Praha themed welcome presents, child sized robes & slippers, kid comforters & pillows and even special toiletries. A quick room service meal later and we were off to bed and ready to begin our adventures in the morning.
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