Ever done this?

I've spent the whole day searching the internet, page after page after page, for "budget hotels" (i.e. CHEAP ONES) in Paris. Did you know there is no such thing?? Our family of four can't fit into their rooms made for 2 or 3. Hmpf.

I then searched through bed and breakfasts and found them to be a little cheaper than a hotel, but still not in our price range.

Then I found a hostel. If anyone reading this has ever been to a hostel with a family, I'd like to hear what your experience was like there. I reserved private rooms with bathrooms for us, all for $80 a night, including a buffet breakfast, and near Disneyland Paris.

I'm not really ready to go on a trip again, but we've only got a few months left in Sweden and its so much more economical to do it now than to wait till we're back in the States. We'll spend a couple days in Paris and then fly to Rome and be there about 5 days. I'm totally excited about Rome. The boys and I have been studying the Colosseum. We'll branch out and study other interesting Roman sites, and in Paris too.

Supper's on the stove and its needing my supervision.

Have a good one!

Marla