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Trip 6 · Four countries, one summer

Grand European Tour

My biggest trip yet. Five cities, four countries, 17 days — Eiffel Tower, canal boats, gelato every day, and a giant cathedral with a million spikes.
25 Jun – 11 Jul 2025
Age 5
17 days · whole family · 5 cities
🇫🇷Paris
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🇧🇪Brussels
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🇳🇱Amsterdam
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🇮🇹Florence
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🇮🇹Milan

Cities I visited

🇫🇷 France
Paris
The "City of Light". The Eiffel Tower at sunset, croissants for breakfast, and a glass pyramid in front of an old palace.
🇧🇪 Belgium
Brussels
A small capital with the world's most chocolate per person, the Atomium (a giant atom-shaped building), and a tiny statue of a peeing boy.
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Amsterdam
A city built on canals — the streets are water and the cars are bikes. Tall narrow houses lean over the canals.
🇮🇹 Italy
Florence
The home of the Renaissance. Cobblestone streets, a giant red-domed cathedral, and statues by Michelangelo himself.
🇮🇹 Italy
Milan
Italy's fashion capital. A spectacular white cathedral with a million spikes, and Leonardo's "Last Supper" painted on a wall.

Things I did

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Eiffel Tower
324 m of iron lace. We went to the top and could see all of Paris. It sparkles every hour after dark.
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The Louvre
The most famous museum in the world. We saw the Mona Lisa — she's smaller than you'd expect.
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Disneyland Paris
The European Disney castle is pink and twirly — different from Tokyo's. We rode "It's a Small World" three times.
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The Atomium
A model of an iron atom — but 165 billion times bigger. We rode escalators between the silver balls.
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Amsterdam canals
A boat trip through the canals. We saw Anne Frank's house and the leaning gabled houses.
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Florence's Duomo
A red-tiled dome that stood as the world's biggest for 400 years. The cathedral took 140 years to build.
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Milan Cathedral
Italy's biggest church — covered in 3,400 statues and 135 spikes. You can walk on the roof!
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David statue
Michelangelo's giant marble statue in Florence. He's over 5 metres tall and 500 years old.
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Tulip fields
Holland is famous for tulips — fields of red, yellow, pink, and purple stripes that look painted.

Food I tried

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Croissant
Buttery French pastry
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Crêpes
Thin pancakes with Nutella
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Belgian Waffles
Crispy, with whipped cream
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Belgian Chocolate
The best truffles
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Pizza
Real Italian, thin and chewy
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Pasta
A different shape every day
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Gelato
Italian ice cream — daily!
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Baguette
Long crusty French bread

Fun facts from my Europe trip