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We are a French family who has been living in the US for 13 years. We spend all our summers in France, visiting our family and new countries. Our definite favorite is the South of France and Spain. Although, we all love Paris.
Our Family's Travel Personality
curious, independent, energetic, easy_going, scheduled, artsy
We Just Got Back From
Paris, Normandie, Brittany, Mont St Michel and Madrid
Our Favorite Vacation Spot
Spain
A Place We'd Love To Visit
Japan
Favorite Vacation Memory
Australia. It just felt perfect and we got to see Ayers Rock: a dream come true.
Worst Travel Moment With My Kids:
Thais having a very smelly bowel movement in her diaper while listening to our guide at the Sydnedy Opera House and throwing up right after that on the beautiful Sydney Opera Floor (she was 4 months old)
Websites I Like:
Kite Festivals in the US from March to December 2011
Kite festivals are wonderful ways to spend a very relaxed day with the kids. Children can make their own kite or you can buy one, and professional will be on hand to show you how to make it fly. The sky will be filled with small kites and giant kites, a feast of colors in the clouds!
Festivals are free (only the Berkeley Kite Festival is $10 per person).
705 South McClelland Street
Santa Maria, California
Comment:
Come on Sunday April 17th from 11 am to 4 pm and enjoy the Museum 2nd annual kite festival.
1 Main Street
Huntington Beach, California
Comment:
March 12 - March 13, 2011; Every day (11 a.m.)
Professional kite fliers will come and show how they master their art. The public will be able to fly their kites outside of the area reserved for the pros.
Washington Monument grounds
Constitution Avenue & 17th Street Washington, District of Columbia
Comment:
March 27th, 2011- 10 am to 4 pm.
Formally the Smithsonian Kite Festival.
Bring your our own hand-made kites, build a kite at an activity station or buy one on site. Starting at 10 am, you can explore the Competition Field, the Demonstration Field, the Kite Club Display Area, the Activity Tents, and the Public Field where you can fly your kites.
The day will be filled with demonstrations and competitions so make sure you check their website for the schedule of the days as well as the different requirements for the Youth and Adult competitions.
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Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Comment:
April 2-3, 2011- 10am to 5pm.
Enjoy demonstrations from professional kite flyers and learn to fly the big kites. Enter kite contests, make your own kite, have your face painted, and much more.
17th Street Park
On the beach between 16th and 18th Streets Virginia Beach, Virginia
Comment:
April 30th, 2011- All day.
Participate in kite building workshops and enjoy kite demonstrations, performances of kite routines to music and see giant kites fly (some of them can be up to 80 feet long). Kite vendors will be on site but it could be fun to have your child build their own kite and bring it to the festival to enter the ‘best kite contest’. (free). The child will have to fly the kites for 5 minutes at the height of 100 feet ; the kite will also be judged on visual appeal. There are three categories: Master, Novice, and Youth (ages 7-14).
Monterey and Pacific Street for the parade
Morro Bay, California
Comment:
April 30 - May 1
Come enjoy the Morro Bay Kite Festival and have the kids participate in the parade with their kites. Registration beforehand and a $10 donation is suggested.
Montrose Harbor in Lincoln Park
Chicago, Illinois
Comment:
May 7, 2011 - 10 am to 3 pm.
Kite flying masters will help children maneuver the kites. You can bring your own kite or one kit will be provided to children who do not have one. They will be able to build and decorate their own kite and then learn how to fly it.
Jockey’s Ridge State Park
Nags Head, North Carolina
Comment:
June 11th-12th, 2011 - 10 am to 4 pm.
Children will be able to admire very large kites including a 100 ft. octopus, an 80 ft. scuba diver and a 50 ft. fish. Enjoy power kite lessons on the the dunes of Jockey’s Ridge State Park and free kite making and face painting at the Hawk Kites store (directly across from the festival).
Hwy 101
D-River State Wayside Lincoln City, Oregon
Comment:
June 25-26th, 2011- 10 am to 4 pm.
Children will be able to make their own kites and parade down the beach with their creations. Large kites will be flown and adventurous minds will be able to run as fast as possibly managed while harnessed to a kite! Kids will receive a passport to the world of kites, they can have them signed by kite fliers and kiteboarders.
Cesar E. Chavez Park
at the Berkeley Marina Berkeley, California
Comment:
July 30 and 31, 2011 - 10 am to 5 pm.
Discover the world’s largest octopus kite among other gigantic kites, some are even coming from New Zealand. Attend the West Coast Kite Championship competition and the Rokkaku Kite Battle for the Skies.
Mix this with Taiko drummers, food, music, kite making, candy drop, and kite flying lessons and you have a week-end to remember.
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, Illinois
Comment:
August 13 and 14, 2011 - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m
Enjoy kite flying performances set to music and kite making workshops in a lovely setting.
303 Sid Snyder Drive
Long Beach, Washington
Comment:
August 15-21, 2011
This week-long celebration is attended by kite fliers from around the world and is definitely an event that you do not want to miss if you are in the area. Anything and everything that you can think of kite wise will be displayed, flown, and made!
Marina Green
San Francisco, California
Comment:
September 17 and 18th, 2011 - 11 am to 6 pm
Come make a kite, fly your own, enter a contest and enjoy looking at professional fliers conquering the skies with their kite. All this with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.
reviewed on: March 16 2011
"Very pleasant"
We happened to be in San Francisco when they had the kite festival. It was lovely to see all the kites flying in the air. The background with the bay and the golden gate bridge can not beat!.We did not participate in any activities and just had a nice time looking at the sky. I does not take much to be entertained.
