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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with others ... hotel rooms are SMALL in both places. An American chain might be a good idea.

Second the parks in London. You can build whole days around them, and we, too, loved the Princess Di park.

There's a nice chain of restaurants in London that isn't too expensive: Giraffe.

The War Museum and the Theatre Museum are great. So many others, too, but those really left an impression.

In Paris, Centre Pompidou is great. I'd do that and the Picasso Museum over the Louvre. A boat ride on the Seine is fun.

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Wow. It's like you're ignoring the most culturally important and historic places to visit.

There are crowds to see the Mona Lisa and other key pieces - I think the bus tours are pushing their people through to see these. We found ourselves amost alone in the Greek and Roman sculptures area, which was nicer.

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OK, Parisian, OBVIOUSLY, there are more "culturally important and historic places to visit," but I thought I'd toss her a couple of kid-friendly ideas. 
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Speaking as someone who was at the Pompidou Center last night, I don’t see this museum as particularly kid-friendly. It’s on par with the other museums, but, I think some of the Louvre collections would interest a child more.

And on the topic of strollers for a 5 year old in Paris—I’d give it a big NOPE. Sidewalks are crowded as all get out, tons of closed sidewalks due to construction, cobbles everywhere, stairs, uneven pavement etc.  And whoever suggested giving the kids scooters is clueless.[/quote]

We will definitely go to the Louvre. Tate Modern and Pompidou will be maybes if we feel like it. The last time we were in NYC a few months ago, we walked right by MOMA and Dh didn’t feel like going in. We skipped and went to dinner instead. I think we bought wicked tickets a few hours prior to the show.[/quote]

We took our kids to the Prado in Madrid, and one thing we did was challenge them to find the animals in paintings. That made it more fun. See if the museums have some kind of kiddie treasure hunt handouts or downloadable audio tours.[/quote]

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