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[hathycol]

Paris! That is a place I will ACTUALLY BE AT in less than two weeks. This is officially maybe the most exciting thing ever, now that I have sorted all the boring stuff (i.e. travel insurance, checking baggage allowances, hoping beyond hope I haven't lost my passport etc) and am now free to peruse a travel book. Unfortunately, I have perused it but once and have basically panicked and put stickers on nigh on every page.

Since we're only going to be there for three nights I obviously cannot look at all these things, and since the weather over Europe is still a bit iffy then a lot of the outdoorsy stuff is out. Whilst I am generally pretty good at getting my bearings in new cities and working out what things I want to do, I have to admit that I have found myself at a total impasse about What I Want To Do. Obviously I'd like to do all the usual fun touristy things, as well as hurl myself with gay abandon around Paris pretending to be Lalla Ward, but other than that the ciy is my proverbial oyster.

So, wise flist! You are well-travelled sorts who know Stuff About The World. Is there anything specific you would recommend, or avoid? Food I should try? (Before you ask, the one thing I am working really hard to learn in French is all the words you might find on a menu - it worked in Italy.) I'm staying in the Latin Quarter, if that makes a difference. Is the metro as terrifying as the description makes out? Will Converse cut the mustard is terms of shoes?

So, um, if anyone has any helpful advice now is the time to howl it at me! Now, if you'l excuse me I'm off to poke at my guidebook and hopefully makes the forest of highlighted stickers more sensible.

(And yes, I have finally finished cleaning. I AM QUEEN OF THE MOP BUCKET.)

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[goingxmissing.livejournal.com]

i agree with someone above who suggested notre dame, it is really a rather moving experience. it's completely beautiful. i would also recommend musee d'orsay above the louvre, depending on what kind/whether or not you even enjoy art. the mona lisa is of course, the thing the louvre is most famous for because of the da vinci code, but it is wholly underwhelming. musee d'orsay however, has many of the impressionists and toulouse lautrec <333 and many, many others. it is fantastic. oh gosh i do love paris! have a fantastic time<3 also! montmatre! for the sacre coeur and the moulin rouge and the street markets, oh!

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

I sort of want to see the Mona Lisa mostly because of the stuff about it in Doctor Who. If it's good enough for Tom Baker, it's good enough for me! (Oh, god, I'm so sad.)

I'm so glad to hear other people being so enthusiastic; it makes me even more excited!