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[quote=Anonymous]We traveled all over with our kids from birth. One of the loveliest trips was when our oldest was @20 months, Dh was in Paris for work for @ a month and dd and I went over to spend the last week or so with him. She and I wandered around Paris on our own, ate breakfast and sometimes dinner with him, but pretty much I was on my own with her. We stayed at the Westin which is right across from the Tuileries so it was extremely easy to get around. I also know Paris pretty well. We took the metro, went to Luxembourg Gardens several times, spent a lot of time walking the bridges and looking at boats, went very briefly to a couple of the museums (toddlers enjoy sculpture much more than paintings, FYI, we spent most of our time in the Louvre in the Greek and Roman galleries making ourselves look “like” the sculptures). We mostly got food at bakeries and had lots of ice cream. For easy dinners I’d find a “traiteur” or grocery and buy noodles and dumplings, or bread, cheese, veggies, etc, and dd and I would picnic or eat in our room. We did get a babysitter a couple of times to have a nice meal sans toddler. 
After dh finished his work we had a few days in Paris together and then rented a car and went to Brussels and Bruges for a week or so, both easy cities to wander with a toddler as well. (You could also take the train if you don’t want to drive). DD loved taking a carriage ride through Bruges, getting waffles and frites from the carts, imitating the Manneken Pis. We also discovered what would become our family’s tradition - riding every single carousel that we find in Europe. We’ve taken our now 3 kids to europe nearly every year (except 2020), they are 11, 8 and 6 now and are all wonderful travelers. I’ve taken them solo a few times as well at other times, and we always have fun. [/quote]

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