Traveling to London in February

I'm bringing my 11-year old to Europe (from US) to see London, Paris,
and Normandy. Any advice on where to stay or where to avoid? I've
never been to the UK but greatly looking forward to it. Any advice is
appreciated.

Following up to wrote:

I've
never been to the UK but greatly looking forward to it.

if you mean accommodation I cant comment except London centre is
expensive, as to where to visit i would get appropriate Eyewitness
guides and ask her to look through for things that attracted her. I
imagine THe London Eye and the Eiffel Tower will figure
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:27:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:

I'm bringing my 11-year old to Europe (from US) to see London, Paris,
and Normandy. Any advice on where to stay or where to avoid? I've
never been to the UK but greatly looking forward to it. Any advice is
appreciated.


I like the Russel Square area in London for hotels, you can pretty well
walk anywhere.

If your child is a girl she might like the Museum of Childhood in
Bethnal Green, wonderful doll houses 150 years old. And everyone likes
the Egyptian floor of the British Museum, especially the mummies. I
love the zoo too, although it is very expensive.

Tesco (grocery store), Marks and Spencers and other places have
wonderful sandwiches, fruit in small packages, and yogart, etc. I would
take something like that back to my hotel room at night rather than
eating at an expensive restaurant.

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:27:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:

I'm bringing my 11-year old to Europe (from US) to see London, Paris,
and Normandy. Any advice on where to stay or where to avoid? I've
never been to the UK but greatly looking forward to it. Any advice is
appreciated.


London in February! :-))

Following up to "a.spencer3" wrote:

London in February! :-))

it will be fine! Its rarely cold now and you often get the most
marvelous days with low sun and clear bright air. If the weather is
bad just imagine your Dickens or Jack the Ripper and explore the old
cobbled streets of Limehouse.
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Mike
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wrote:

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:27:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:


I'm bringing my 11-year old to Europe (from US) to see London, Paris,
and Normandy. Any advice on where to stay or where to avoid? I've
never been to the UK but greatly looking forward to it. Any advice is
appreciated.



I like the Russel Square area in London for hotels, you can pretty well
walk anywhere.

If your child is a girl she might like the Museum of Childhood in
Bethnal Green, wonderful doll houses 150 years old. And everyone likes
the Egyptian floor of the British Museum, especially the mummies. I
love the zoo too, although it is very expensive.

Tesco (grocery store), Marks and Spencers and other places have
wonderful sandwiches, fruit in small packages, and yogart, etc. I would
take something like that back to my hotel room at night rather than
eating at an expensive restaurant.

This may be off-topic, but perhaps not - in the U.S., quite
a few restaurants offer lower prices at noon than for the
evening meal. If that is true in London, too, your
suggestion of a light supper in one's room makes even better
sense. (Provides more chance to work off the calories, too,
if one's heaviest meal is at noon.)

a.spencer3 wrote:

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:27:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:


I'm bringing my 11-year old to Europe (from US) to see London, Paris,
and Normandy. Any advice on where to stay or where to avoid? I've
never been to the UK but greatly looking forward to it. Any advice is
appreciated.


London in February! :-))

Well, it depends upon where in the U.S. the OP is from, but
I found London in January far warmer than much of the U.S.
is at that time of year! (Even coming from Southern
California, I haven't found winter in Europe nearly so cold
as similar lattitudes in the U.S., and NEVER as bad as the
Minnesota winters I was raised with.)

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

a.spencer3 wrote:

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:27:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:


I'm bringing my 11-year old to Europe (from US) to see London, Paris,
and Normandy. Any advice on where to stay or where to avoid? I've
never been to the UK but greatly looking forward to it. Any advice is
appreciated.


London in February! :-))

Well, it depends upon where in the U.S. the OP is from, but
I found London in January far warmer than much of the U.S.
is at that time of year!

That's because it is!

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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

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Tesco (grocery store), Marks and Spencers and other places have
wonderful sandwiches, fruit in small packages, and yogart, etc. I would
take something like that back to my hotel room at night rather than
eating at an expensive restaurant.

This may be off-topic, but perhaps not - in the U.S., quite
a few restaurants offer lower prices at noon than for the
evening meal. If that is true in London, too, your
suggestion of a light supper in one's room makes even better
sense. (Provides more chance to work off the calories, too,
if one's heaviest meal is at noon.)

It's not at all off-topic, and it's similar in the UK, including London.
Also, if you can eat early (usually before 7 or 7.30pm) you'll be able
to take advantage of specials that many restaurants offer- "pre-theatre"
and the like.

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably
is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"

Make credence recognised that on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:39:17 +0000,
Mike.. has scripted:

Following up to "a.spencer3" wrote:

London in February! :-))

it will be fine! Its rarely cold now and you often get the most
marvelous days with low sun and clear bright air. If the weather is
bad just imagine your Dickens or Jack the Ripper and explore the old
cobbled streets of Limehouse.

Then head to the pub.
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