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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Taking the Eurostar with a toddler
It seems faintly ridiculous that after a dozen or so flights with Minnie, we haven’t actually been on a train together. Not even the tube… So unless we practise with a journey around the UK first, her first…
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Behind the scenes: Heathrow’s new Terminal 2
I sometimes think the secret to great design is that you don’t even notice – it’s so simple and intuitive that you can hardly tell the time and effort which has gone into making it that way. And…
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Heathrow’s family-friendly facilities
Living around half an hour from Heathrow, it’s always been my default airport to fly out of – if I could manage it (although that usually entails flying national carriers rather than low-cost budget airlines). But by…
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Portugal – travel lessons learned
I like to keep this blog positive. After all, there are plenty of places which will tell you that travel with children is impossible/difficult/undesirable and so on. The whole thought behind the blog is that this isn’t…
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Travel hacks: a holiday budget calculator
I excel at forgetting about hidden holiday costs. They’re not even that hidden really – those last-minute splurges at the airport? Oh yes. Using a rough exchange rate calculation in my head that doesn’t always work in…
