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101 Things in 1001 Days: Mums Not Allowed

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Mums Not Allowed

Paris is not the city for you if you are a mum with a toddler in a pushchair. Very few of the metro stations have disabled access, which makes travelling with a pushchair very frustrating and next to impossible. And when they do have disabled access, the glass swing doors are always locked and mostly unmanned. A few of them do have a speaker system through which you can request assistance but it’s a tedious process. And even when you do manage to get over this hurdle, you then have the steps to contend with. Paris screams 'mums not allowed!!'

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Blogger Verity said...

This does seem to be true in most of the big big cities, though I think Spain and Italy are a lot more child friendly than France.

Saturday, September 16, 2006  
Blogger paris parfait said...

It's even worse for elderly people trying to maneuver the metros.

Thursday, September 21, 2006  

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