Are you going to ski or snowboard while there? We were in Paris and Amsterdam over winter break this year and we did ski. If you aren’t skiing, it really wasn’t bad. I brought my down puffer as did everyone else, plus gloves and hat and a thin Costco long underwear to put under clothes. We also did layers of long sleeve shirts and then a fleece and then jacket because you will be going from outside to inside frequently and if you are walking and such it isn’t that cold. We brought our ski go separately and we all ski at home so we didn’t buy much there. You can also bring hand and foot warmers with you for outdoor sightseeing. The only place I was freezing sightseeing was in chamonix taking the cable car up. It was SO COLD and I was not prepared. I should have brought the warmers but I didn’t and regretted it!
M, mommy to A 2005, E 2007, and L 2010