Paris with a toddler: top tips
I visited a brand new city this weekend. Oh, I’ve stayed in Paris half a dozen times in the last 15 years but my latest trip with my daughter felt like discovering the French capital all over…
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Walking Paris with a pushchair
By a conservative estimate, I walked around 12 miles yesterday. Including a minor detour in the Bois de Boulogne. (Yes, all right, I got lost). I have aches where I barely knew I had muscles and was…
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Fodor’s Around Paris with Kids & Paris-inspired books
I’m counting down the days until our Paris trip now (and realising I have more than a bit of organising and packing to do before then) – not least sorting out guidebooks for Paris, and some great…
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One day in Chios, Greece: mastic gum & hidden coves
What makes a travel memory? Sometimes it’s not ticking off the world’s greatest sights but something simpler. The smell of garlicky roasting lamb. The heat of the sun reflecting off tiles. The light glinting on the sea, turning…
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England | UK | Wanderlust
Otters and lagoons: London Wetland Centre in Barnes
I’ve kayaked mangrove swamps in the US. I’ve squelched through marshy bogs on a Scottish island. But exploring the closest wetlands to me, just south of the river? Not until yesterday. In fact, the Wildfowl & Wetlands…
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England | UK | Wanderlust
Family day out: Free zoos in London
London Coo is deservedly one of the most famous in the world. But it’s not the only one to be found in the capital. As well as smaller zoos, like the Battersea Park Children’s Zoo, BIAZA (the…
