Adventures for.. 
Kids 6-16..  
Engage All the Senses
Discover Italian Popular Culture
Explore Art and History
by P. L. Byrne
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KidsEurope

Italy Discovery Journal
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Parents
Dear Traveling Family:
This book is for kids traveling in Italy and their parents. It does not replace guide books. We recommend you use several. We always bring three or four. There are fabulous books on how to get to Italy, what to pack, where to go and stay, but they are for adults. You might get a kid to read a page or two. The Italy Discovery Journal is just for your kids.
The places and activities we suggest complement the basic sightseeing you will want to do. For example, we don’t mention the coliseum, but to make the walk to it more interesting, we make a game of looking for the most awful souvenirs. Sights we do mention are based on our own good experience. We think you should try some of the classic sites, some we mention, and also discover your own Italy. So print out the Italy Discovery Journal, cut in half, and give it to your kids to organize (see suggestions pages at the end) then make sure it travels with them.  If they make notes as suggested, they will be building a travel journal, a life-long keepsake. At some time you should flip through this journal, so you can remind your kids about activities that may be appropriate for a certain time or place. Or order a copy for yourself.
I instituted rewards of a gelato, ice cream, or a post card per “quest” to draw my kids into the adventure. If you want to devise some such system, there are boxes at the bottom of each page for date and signoff. There are yellow notes for parents at the bottom of some pages.
There is a mix of suggestions for small and large kids, boys and girls, and kids into specific things like cars or rocks or fashion. Some quests take more thought or research than others, so I have marked them with three light bulbs, whereas the easy ones are one light bulb, and everything in between has two.
Our best advice is to let your vacation unfold as you discover your Italy, not ours, not the guide book’s, but an experience that contains things you love, adventures you have, and wonderful, warm experiences for your souvenirs.
Even if you use just a few of these ideas to help your family appreciate Italy, enjoy and get full value out of your vacation, this book has done its job.
Buon Viaggio!
P. L. Byrne
Parents