A poor mans italy can still be a great thing.Agree with the first
Love Spain for being Spain though too
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A poor mans italy can still be a great thing.Agree with the first
Love Spain for being Spain though too
In what ways? What were you expecting that didn’t meet those expectations? Paris is a different thing to a lot of people.I thought Paris was extremely overrated given how famous it is in global travel and culture.
I also found Berlin to be a bit boring when I was there.
Enjoyed many other cities around the world far more.
I dont know what I was necessarily expecting, but the fame of Paris across tourism, culturally and even in pop culture markets it as the best city to visit in Europe, it's Europe's go to destination. I loved the architecture and the food, many of the sights were beautiful, but it was grubby, felt unsafe to me at times, the locals were some of the least helpful of places I've visited, it was overpriced (probably tourist error), ridiculously filled with tourists, and it just didn't justify its popularity for mine.In what ways? What were you expecting that didn’t meet those expectations? Paris is a different thing to a lot of people.
Same scam cost me 5 euros, out the front of The Louvre within 30 minutes in the city, mine was even black and yellow. Also had the gypsy ring scam on Le Pont des Arts which I didn't fall for.. for long.It's all dependant on your experiences when there agreed.
I've been to Paris twice, from my experiences it was the worst of my recent Euro trip in terms of beggars, scams, dirtiness and feeling unsafe.
Just near Sacre-Coeur I was grabbed by a black man who tied one of those bracelets around my wrist, held my arm tight enough so I couldn't escape. I told he I wouldn't pay and he started to get aggressive and within seconds a handful of his mates are there. Only time overseas I've ever felt genuinely fearful of violence. 10 Euros made it go away.
It's not that I didn't enjoy Paris, but it's way overrated for mine.
Travel is unique to everyone right, I'd never try and tell someone a place they loved wasn't good, we can only share our experiences. I've been to Europe twice, and from the places I went Rome was my favourite of the big cities, but as mentioned I had the benefit of a cousin who spent 20 years growing up in a town about 45 mins away from Rome, so apart from the main tourist sites, which I do enjoy some of, I also had the benefit of local knowledge to guide.Same scam cost me 5 euros, out the front of The Louvre within 30 minutes in the city, mine was even black and yellow. Also had the gypsy ring scam on Le Pont des Arts which I didn't fall for.. for long.
I understand your experience but it's all about personal history too. Paris was the first city outside of Australia I ever visited (except for cities in Cambodia and Thailand on the way over). I'd left Australia for the first time to go and live overseas with my GF at the time(now my wife). We landed in Paris after 'that' flight and I had so much energy just to get out and explore.
We must have walked 15 kms that day, all over the city and as night fell we sat on the steps of the Trocadero and I did a facetime with my mum. It's a special memory for me Paris. I've been maybe 5 or 6 times and I always feel this magic.
I've also been hit on the head with a can of red bull sitting on a Metro train as it departs the station... The can came flying through the window from someone on the platform.. I think that was at Pigalle, or even maybe more in the 18th.
As for Italy. I've been to Italy maybe 30-40 times, and only once to Rome. Once was enough. The country villages of Italy, the food(I always go hungry and eager and always return saying never again). I love Italy and Covid restrictions permitting, I hope to go to Sicily this summer.
It's all dependant on your experiences when there agreed.
I've been to Paris twice, from my experiences it was the worst of my recent Euro trip in terms of beggars, scams, dirtiness and feeling unsafe.
Just near Sacre-Coeur I was grabbed by a black man who tied one of those bracelets around my wrist, held my arm tight enough so I couldn't escape. I told he I wouldn't pay and he started to get aggressive and within seconds a handful of his mates are there. Only time overseas I've ever felt genuinely fearful of violence. 10 Euros made it go away.
It's not that I didn't enjoy Paris, but it's way overrated for mine.
I've also been hit on the head with a can of red bull sitting on a Metro train as it departs the station... The can came flying through the window from someone on the platform.. I think that was at Pigalle, or even maybe more in the 18th.
I'm generally pretty good, but this guy grabbed my arm and was quite a big guy and didn't let go and was pretty aggressive. It was also late twilight so getting dark, and didn't look like much help around. I know some people who got caught with that ball in a cup game scam, and the help me with my groceries scam (old lady comes and asks you to help carry her bags to her place a few streets away, down an alley where I'm guessing you get pickpocketted or something else) both of them were tried on me but I was awake to it.Yeah we were warned big time of all those scam artists around Paris on my tour.
While I didnt encounter anything like you did (thank god)- they definitely did try it on. They soon lost interest with me tho lol- I always stared straight ahead, no eye contact, and ensured my bag was always secure.
My friends tho, didnt fare so well, they got caught up with some palm reader bullshit. And yep, they had to pay.
I've been to Paris twice, from my experiences it was the worst of my recent Euro trip in terms of beggars, scams, dirtiness and feeling unsafe.
Just near Sacre-Coeur I was grabbed by a black man who tied one of those bracelets around my wrist, held my arm tight enough so I couldn't escape.
Whattya mean? I plan on a visit to Lake Como next month.
Whattya mean? I plan on a visit to Lake Como next month.
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I think quite soon we will have a travel bubble with at least NZ but also some other Asian/South Pacific countries.Saw an article saying international travel could be stopped until 2024 from Australia.
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Yeah L.A was meh.Another one to add to the list for me was Los Angeles. I did it once, never really need to do it again. Very "Hollywood" - yes I get the irony of that lol. In saying that I did enjoy Universal Studios though.
The only time I could see myself there again is maybe spending a night after flying from Aus as a transit place just to break up the trip before doing the second leg to somewhere else in the US.
I think quite soon we will have a travel bubble with at least NZ but also some other Asian/South Pacific countries.
Thats what Hawaii is forThe only time I could see myself there again is maybe spending a night after flying from Aus as a transit place just to break up the trip before doing the second leg to somewhere else in the US.
That's pretty sad.Saw an article saying international travel could be stopped until 2024 from Australia.
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Even if you have had the vaccine?I think so as well, the article said Australians will probably have to quarantine when they return until 2024.
Scomo or Hunt said yes but maybe at homeEven if you have had the vaccine?