Jay will have AirBnB recs

by MattG, Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 11:55 (2262 days ago) @ Flann

We stayed in an apartment just northwest of Madeline, and that was just perfect. It's in the center of everything, but just ever-so-slightly on the periphery of the Louvre/Tuileries crowds.

PARIS

#1 Tip - Go to the Louvre on a WEDNESDAY or a FRIDAY, in the evening. It closes at 6 most days, but on Wed/Fri they stay open until almost 10.

Show up around dinner time and crowds are way, way down. I got a wide-angle photo of my then-10-year-old as the only person in the Mona Lisa room.

#2 Do a river cruise.

#3 Les Invalides is a pretty great war museum, as war museums go. You have to go to the Orsay, but some people skip Les Invalides.

#4 go all the way to the top of the Eiffel Tower. It costs a little more but you'll always wonder about it if you don't do it. Then afterward hang out on the big first-floor area and get champagne or something.

LONDON

My sister and her family live in the Guildford/Farnham area, and we went to Silent Pool gin distillery last time we were there. It's a great tour if you're in Surrey. Not fun for the kids though.

The river walk from Hammersmith west, almost all the way to Kew, is super cool and has a bunch of pubs that are good for people walking with kids.