France, i mean. What is up?! Just look at this picture of me sitting on a terrace overlooking the skyline with roses. Huh?
I hate to be a downer, but i'm still "London". You have to pick, there is no wishy-washing. Choose. Paris or London. Let me know your results, i'm curious why! . . . I prefer friendliness.Though aside from the psycho-crazy-killer hotel conceirge at our second hostel (he was so mean and frightening we left the hotel - though we should have known from its cheap rates and one-star rating) the trip was pretty good. I enjoyed hanging out with my classmates and also seeing some new urban/architectural spaces as well as revisting some i've seen before. There were many things i did not see however, but it just takes time to transport and get around with so many people.
There was about 18 people from my class that went and stayed one night in the Grand Boulevard district near the Opera (and near lots of shopping) - and then i stayed on 2 more nights in the La Marias district (which is much more hip in my opinion) with the girls, Yvegenia, Anastasia, and Hang. We did a lot of walking the first two days with the class and it was COLD. holycrap. brrrr. We visited The Pompidou Center (Renzo Piano), La Defense area with a scary christmas village set up in the middle of the corporate financial world, and Parc de La Villete (Bernard Tschumi). Oh yes of course we also walked along the Seine, past the Louvre, the Opera, the Bastille, Notre Dame, etc. Bleh.
As for french food, we had savory crepes for lunch one day and sweet chocolate crepes on the street at 2am when returning from the bar one night. I did also want to have an eclair, but was frightened away by their prices: 2for20euros! whoa, just for a pastry?! Wine with dinner of course, but i found just the table wine to be a bit overpriced just because its "french". Also, the girls and I had a great dinner one night of Mussels with Roquefort and Belgian beer. And of course, the Eurostar, ahhh, the EuroSTAR. what a beautiful lovely ride. So peaceful, so fast. I almost wish it took longer! Way to go traintravel :)
I will post a little slideshow of Paris images soon, just have to create it and get some images from other people (my camera battery is crap and kept dying).
5 comments:
Bonjour mon amie! Sorry to hear Paris was just "meh" for you (aside from that super-cool house you got to tour).
You asked "Paris or London? Why?" And my answer (insert drumroll):
PARIS. Mais oui! Por quoi, you say?Read on:
1) It's the city I visited on my very first trip to Europe.
2) I met & fell in love with Thomas in Paris. That pretty much trumps any other city on the planet. ;)
3) 2 words: Nutella Crepes
4) 2 more words: Christian Louboutin (the man makes a wicked pair of shoes).
5) The words "April in Paris" mean so much more now!
i'll give you Paris, April - hands down i agree, you should love it! -linds
london all the way. I've been to Paris twice and I did not enjoy it either time. I feel like it has the bad qualities of nyc without the good. dirty, rainy, smelly, rude, pretentious, overpriced, overcrowded, rotten foods, boring foods (I'm not into sweet nor bitter), and more. just not for me. I know those are harsh words. I can't help it. just don't like it. after having been there I just can't understand why it's every twelve year old girl's dream city.
london: pubs, beer, friendly, theatre, slightly more room to breathe, salty and fried foods, and more.
maybe I just went to all the wrong places in paris (there was one night that I had a lot of fun at a restaurant) and all the right places in london. I wouldn't go back to Paris unless it was an all-expenses paid trip.
--dragonwagon
paris: 1
london: 2!
yes, i'm winnning - barely,
where are the other responses?! :)
I do love Paris but London is a great town as well! Hard to decide....
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