To help my son with his English language skills and motivation I organized a four day trip to London just me and him (we are from Germany). This included getting a permit for a day off from school (remember: Germany has always had compulsory schooling and is very strict on such rules). I organized lots of experiences or exercises there, many of course involving sight-seeing but also buying groceries, or stuff on a flea market, reading maps, asking for directions and writing his experiences in a diary (of course in English). It was great for both of us. The father son experience, the city and everything. Doing a city travel may sound trivial but this was actually my first out trip out of the country alone where I totally depended on my English skills and it was at times thrilling but also rewarding to see that it actually works quite well.