Frankfurt to Dunkirk - 4/5 day road trip with 2 yr old
Discussion
My sister in law is moving to Frankfurt imminently and my wife and I are planning on visiting her over the August Bank Holiday weekend with our son who will be 23 months old by that time. Getting there I intend a 1600 ferry on Friday to get me into Dunkirk for 1900 (bedtime for son (and probably wife...)) so that I can get to Liege/Aachen kind of area, possibly further, for an overnight hotel. From there we'll aim to get to Frankfurt Saturday morning and stay until Monday morning.
My wife and I had a TVR road trip pre-parenthood that included amongst others Koblenz, Sinsheim (Technik Museum) Heidelberg, Trier (all fantastic) and have visited Antwerp, Brussels, Lille in the past. Given that our son will be almost two he will want to have some time to charge around and look at things rather than being in his car seat or a pushchair all the time so I'm looking for any recommendations of a route that will give us some suitable places to visit and spend time for all of us and a journey broken into sensible chunks. I fancy Cologne possibly as I've not been but than I've never been in the museum at Hockenheim
We would be keen to hear recommendations from anyone of other places to go and routes to take.
My wife and I had a TVR road trip pre-parenthood that included amongst others Koblenz, Sinsheim (Technik Museum) Heidelberg, Trier (all fantastic) and have visited Antwerp, Brussels, Lille in the past. Given that our son will be almost two he will want to have some time to charge around and look at things rather than being in his car seat or a pushchair all the time so I'm looking for any recommendations of a route that will give us some suitable places to visit and spend time for all of us and a journey broken into sensible chunks. I fancy Cologne possibly as I've not been but than I've never been in the museum at Hockenheim
We would be keen to hear recommendations from anyone of other places to go and routes to take.
I would get into Aachen for the first night. Three hours from Dunkirk at that time of day. The new Melia hotel in Aachen is quite nice.
Second day to see Aachen. You could then, or on the third day, visit the area between Aachen, Liege and south/north of the line between the two (called East-Belgium for obvious reasons). Unlimited opportunities for driving, sights, food and (child-friendly) entertainment. Small hotels everywhere and the area is very very beautiful.
Let me know your preferences (cars, history, food, wine, mining...) and I could provide more hints.
Second day to see Aachen. You could then, or on the third day, visit the area between Aachen, Liege and south/north of the line between the two (called East-Belgium for obvious reasons). Unlimited opportunities for driving, sights, food and (child-friendly) entertainment. Small hotels everywhere and the area is very very beautiful.
Let me know your preferences (cars, history, food, wine, mining...) and I could provide more hints.
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