Travel to London/Paris over Spring break

My dad, my son (11 years old) and I am all travelling to London and
then to Paris over spring break this year. What's a good option for a
nice yet decently priced hotel in London - near to the best visiting
spots, i.e. Buckingham Palace, etc. etc. (Not that familiar with the
area myself as of yet.) We're looking for something comfortable, yet
not fancy, and within no more than 6-8 blocks of most of the things
we'll want to take an 11 year old to see....

Thanks!

On 16 Jan 2007 09:57:37 -0800, "carole"
wrote:

My dad, my son (11 years old) and I am all travelling to London and
then to Paris over spring break this year. What's a good option for a
nice yet decently priced hotel in London - near to the best visiting
spots, i.e. Buckingham Palace, etc. etc. (Not that familiar with the
area myself as of yet.) We're looking for something comfortable, yet
not fancy, and within no more than 6-8 blocks of most of the things
we'll want to take an 11 year old to see....

Thanks!

Buckingham Palace is not anything that would excite an 11 year
old, in my view. It isn't what a child would think of as a palace,
although the Changing of the Guards is colorful and would appeal.

Now the Tower of London probably would excite a child and it
is nowhere near the Palace. If you limit your sightseeing to a
6-8 block range of any hotel you are making a big misjudgment.

A ride on the top of a double decker London bus, a river trip to
Greenwich or to Hampton Court with its maze. All would be fun
for that age group and in Greenwich there is the Cutty Sark.

What would you know about London, Rita? You've never been there you're
just a half-witted troll who spends all day fabricating bs on your
computer; go away

"carole" wrote in message
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My dad, my son (11 years old) and I am all travelling to London and
then to Paris over spring break this year. What's a good option for a
nice yet decently priced hotel in London - near to the best visiting
spots, i.e. Buckingham Palace, etc. etc. (Not that familiar with the
area myself as of yet.) We're looking for something comfortable, yet
not fancy, and within no more than 6-8 blocks of most of the things
we'll want to take an 11 year old to see....

Thanks!


Places an 11 year old might appreciate:

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/
http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/ - try going there on the Docklands Light
Railway and coming back on a boat on the Thames. Investigate the
surrounding area of Greenwich as well e.g. http://wwp.greenwichmeridian.com/
Getting a bit more esoteric http://www.musicalmuseum.co.uk/ but in the same
area you have
http://www.kbsm.org/ and
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ - this one is possibly more for the adults.
http://www.londoneye.com/ is near http://www.londonaquarium.co.uk/
http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/TowerBridge/English and next door
http://hrp.org.uk/ (select tower of London)
http://hrp.org.uk/ also gives details of other palaces including Hampton
Court and the maze.

Now, if you map all of those you'll find they are fairly well spread out.
Pick a hotel in central London and they'll all be equally (in) accessible!

On 16 Jan 2007 10:50:52 -0800, "Zubenelgenubi"
wrote:

What would you know about London, Rita? You've never been there you're
just a half-witted troll who spends all day fabricating bs on your
computer; go away

Following me around, eh, Zuggy-Poop aka Stephen Bach aka
Capitalist Pig? Don't you have anything more pressing to do
with your time. Life in France must be dullsville indeed for all
of your ravings about what a wonderful existence you lead
there

Rita I live in France, France is in Europe, the newsgroup is
rec.travel.europe; You Rita you live in San Diego California you have
never traveled anywhere. You have been abandoned by your homosexual son
and daughter because you embarassed them because you are white. You are
just a troll, so get lost.

Rita I live in France, France is in Europe, the newsgroup is
rec.travel.europe; You Rita you live in San Diego California you have
never traveled anywhere. You have been abandoned by your homosexual son
and daughter because you embarassed them because you are white. You are
just a troll, so get lost.

"Graham Harrison" wrote:
"carole" wrote in message
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My dad, my son (11 years old) and I am all travelling to London and
then to Paris over spring break this year. What's a good option for a
nice yet decently priced hotel in London - near to the best visiting
spots, i.e. Buckingham Palace, etc. etc. (Not that familiar with the
area myself as of yet.) We're looking for something comfortable, yet
not fancy, and within no more than 6-8 blocks of most of the things
we'll want to take an 11 year old to see....

Thanks!
Places an 11 year old might appreciate:
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/
http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/ - try going there on the Docklands Light
Railway and coming back on a boat on the Thames. Investigate the
surrounding area of Greenwich as well e.g. http://wwp.greenwichmeridian.com/
Getting a bit more esoteric http://www.musicalmuseum.co.uk/ but in the same
area you have
http://www.kbsm.org/ and
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ - this one is possibly more for the adults.
http://www.londoneye.com/ is near http://www.londonaquarium.co.uk/
http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/TowerBridge/English and next door
http://hrp.org.uk/ (select tower of London)
http://hrp.org.uk/ also gives details of other palaces including Hampton
Court and the maze.
Now, if you map all of those you'll find they are fairly well spread out.
Pick a hotel in central London and they'll all be equally (in) accessible!

I usually stay near Covent Garden, but that isn't cheap.
Around Earl's Court is a lot cheaper and everything in London is just
a Tube Station away. It is said that EC is a bit dicier than CG, but
both of them have their warning signs against pickpockets, etc. And
outside of the Earl's Court station is one of the last (maybe the
Last) Blue Police Boxes, like out of Dr. Who.

And 6-8 blocks in London could be 100 ft. In San Francisco, that's 2-3
miles. And London is more of a Walker's Town. A lot of it is quite
flat, to my perspective. 3-5 miles in any direction from almost
anywhere on zone-1-2 of the tube, should take you through most of
anywhere of Interest in London. At least for a few years of research
and touristing!

And then you blindly challenge us to read an 11 y.o.'s mind of what
might interest him.

~ Science Museum is great fun... you can even get within touching
distance of an Apollo space capsule. If he's interested in that sort
of thing.
~ The London Transport Museum's website says it's closed until Autumn
2007.
~ CuttySark was fun for those short and with an imagination... low
ceilings.
~ Greenwich - don't know, haven't travelled there. Been meaning to.
~ The Kew Bridge Steam Museum's webpage is fairly poorly designed, it
doesn't load at all well on Netscape. But aside from that it looks
interesting.
~ Royal Botanical Garden - haven't been.
~ London Eye is well worth the wait and lines, dispite the bad
press... but then I love London.
~ London Aquarium - haven't been.
~ Tower Bridge - Tower of London sounds more interesting with it's
crows, beheadings and jewels! Been to Tower, not the Bridge.
~ Clink Museum - a great place to see a museum that cultivates spider
webs for atmosphere... and has skeletons chained into prison cells.
~ V&A museum - Britian's Attic - a museum with a bit of everything.
Including a lot of grave stones (picking a point of interest for an 11
y.o).
~ British Museum - where Mummys dwell! And Dinosaurs (?)
~ Cafe in the Crypt - Under St. Martin's in the Field. See the brass
rubbings.
~ Sherlock Holmes Museum - a bit of fictional fun!
~ New Shakespeare Globe theatre - the tour is fun... the shows can be
great. Be a groundling and stand with some of the actors. Or sit in
the stalls and watch it all.
~ The Rose Theatre is just around the corner from the Globe and is the
real thing... just being dug out of the ground. A fairly quick tour!
~ When I commented on the CuttySark, I was thinking of the Golden
Hinde, with it's low ceiling'd decks. And has a tour.
~ The London Museum has a lot of stuff to see, including sample store
fronts of olden times.
~ Also check out the London Walks (there are several companies that
advertise them, the ones I've attended have been good).
~ Sir John Soane's Museum - but after seeing it, you'll never be able
to say a room is cluttered.
~ I'd skip the Children's Museum - it was fairly static. & Pollock's
Toy Museum. (This Museum could use a good dusting.)
~ Old Operating Theatre, Museum and Herb Garret Museum... has a bit of
the ghoul factor that kids tend to like.
~ http://www.londontown.com/London/Autumn_Museums_2006 lists a couple
places
~ I personally prefer the Eyewitness Brand tour book for London. And
before a trip (months before), I go through it and mark off places
that interest me. And do research. And over schedule days, just so I
won't feel guilty, if I don't do everything. How could I possibly do
everything, there are centuries of history in this village. And just
to make certain that my days are full, I also schedule in a couple
theatre shows.
~ I'd also consider Portobello's FleaMarket and Camden Town's! As a
Scavenger Hunt's Vallhalla! I'm not entirely suggesting buying
anything... but it's hard not to!

Happy Traveling! Of course, you could also send your son onto the
internet to find things and places to be. Like the London Walks that
follow Harry Potter or Sherlock Holmes or Jack the Ripper.

I was at Greenwich in late November & the Cutty Sark is not open, as it
is undergoing restoration The trip to Greenwich is still worth
doing-the river cruise is good & the naval museum at Greenwich is well
worth a vist & should interest an 11 year old. And If you are using
the London tube day tickets (around GBP5) you will get a discount on
the all day river cruise ticket- I cant remember the discount rate but
full rate is GBP9 for adults

Sandra
Adelaide
carole wrote:
My dad, my son (11 years old) and I am all travelling to London and
then to Paris over spring break this year. What's a good option for a
nice yet decently priced hotel in London - near to the best visiting
spots, i.e. Buckingham Palace, etc. etc. (Not that familiar with the
area myself as of yet.) We're looking for something comfortable, yet
not fancy, and within no more than 6-8 blocks of most of the things
we'll want to take an 11 year old to see....

Thanks!

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:25:53 -0800, Rita wrote:

All would be fun
for that age group and in Greenwich there is the Cutty Sark.

its currently dismantled for restoration, but Greenwich does have a
couple of mid price hotels and there's plenty of other stuff in
Greenwich.
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