(01-12-2014, 10:10 AM)Amsterdam Wrote: Always thought it was great for younger kids. When mine were young brought them over and did loads of things. No ancient stone left unseen, visited all the museums, went for walks, got on the steam train, a ride in the horse trams, when the youngest turned 14 did quad riding, they'd been carting what have you. Funny though, one May holiday queueing at Schiphol airport got talking to a lady with two young girls. She was going to IOM cause she'd met a new boy friend and he lived over there, but, the island rather dull, nothing there for the children, once they'd land they'd fly on to Greece, he would treat them to a holiday. This was a Dutch lady, now my children speak English, fed with the bottle and language incorporated, but I thought... ow.. the island rather dull.. right... I thought it a matter of intelligence, but certainly did not say this out loud. It shows there's different approaches to everything.

I think kids nowadays are only interested in the hard hitting adrenaline pumping fair ground rides. They don't seem to like the simple things in life or the culture and history that has brought us to where we are. If it isn't on their iphone it's not worth looking at... shame coz they're missing out on so much.