What to do London and Paris

[chadthestampede]

cool story bro

[lolcantturn]

update:
Paris was cool
London sucks (everyone is really ugly?)

[Dozyproductions]

^


Essentially. Just go to a bar and start talking to anyone. You'll start knowing people so quick you'll have the local experience in no time. A lot of people are so speak easy there.

[deutschman]

Check out the old churches in both London and Paris. They are amazingly beautiful and many of them are technically not capable of standing if you put them in a computer model lol
The food in London sucks for the most part. But go have a beer in a local pub if you have time.
Iv never been to Paris, but I have spent a decent amount of time in London. To bad you dont have time to check out the D-day beaches in Normandy because they are bone chilling from both sides of the fortifications.

[SubDad]

Whatever city you're in that isn't your home and native land, you're a tourist.
It's OK to be a tourist. It takes imagination and a bit of courage to travel at all, so don't be ashamed to gawk or not know the local knowledge. Be curious, get out there and let the locals laugh at you, or even buy your Calvados.
In return, help the tourists when they come to your town.
Signed; SubDad, who has been laughed at on all the continents.

[Balleristic31]

When I was in Paris this summer a few things my gf and I really enjoyed were:
-Visiting and eating in small bakeries/cheese/pastry shops away from the center of the city which had great hand/home made food that was cheap and fun
- like mentioned above, the Eiffel Tower truly is magnificent, and even though we didn't go up it, it is 100% worth seeing
- champs élysées is fun to walk up and down but beware of pick pockets (this actually goes for everywhere in the city) and extremely expensive everything. The dealerships there are awesome (we walked into Renault, Citroen, puergeot, and Toyota) and all have some race/ vintage cars in them.
- enjoy at least one truly French dinner/lunch at one of the cliche cafes.
-louvre is huge but if you are into historic art there are some famous pieces in there (Mona Lisa, code of Hammurabi)
- notre dames line was too long didn't go in
- the lock bridge is awesome
- my general rule of thumb when traveling is that if anyone who you don't know (especially in big euro cities like paris) approaches you they are try to scam you or sell you crap.
- take the metro and smell all of the wonderful smells of the homeless man that is crammed up against ur face
- take the hop on hop of tour, you see everything there is to see touristy wise in a couple hours, them u choose your favorite and explore
- make an effort to speed French to people there and they will respect you more and not like a dumb American


I was only in London for one night but saw all the famous sites which are all within walking distance of each other.
Also it's stupid expensive there. Worse than Paris. But still fun!

Have fun dude! Stoked for you!

[BLACKCHARM88]

Make sure you don't catch a Malaysia Airline on the way over. Is it too soon for a meme? Well I don't care anyways so here it is.

[gwb72tii]

Paris is amazing, but it's also a massive city of 10+ million people. So do a bit of research on what areas you want to see because you'll never see even 5% of it in 2 days.
-Yes the Eiffel Tower is "touristy" but it's also incredibly fucking awesome and totally worth it.
-Dusk river cruises along the Sein are fun.
-The Louve is big enough to spend a whole week in, so skip it. Walk from the Louve all the way down the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe. It takes a few hours and you get to see some of the great sights of the city.
-There's a sweet Citroen museum along the right hand side of the Champs as you walk towards the Arc, check it out. They have some badass old expedition vehicles.
-Even those hop on/off tourist buses are a great way to pack in all the big sights in a short time. Ride the Metro, it's a fucking trip.
-Notre Dam is fun, but St Chapels is even more impressive IMO and has 1/10th the lines.
-And if you're in to military stuff, the Military Museum and Napoleon's Tomb are out of this world, cool fucking stuff.

all really good advice
you could also go to Rue Cler in the morning for pastries and coffee. you can grab what you want among the various stores and then grab a seat at one of the sidewalk cafe's for coffee while you eat what you bought elsewhere. plus its close to the Eifel Tower which is awesome.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractio...de_France.html

believe it or not, a cuisine revolution is happening amongst England's pubs. ditch you stereotype about English food cause some of it is first rate.
and I would highly recommend the London Eye. totally touristy but fucking great view of the city.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractio...n_England.html

recommendation. when you're being a tourist somewhere, go do the touristy things, they're usually fun and worthwhile.

[BLACKCHARM88]

^ True, its so ugly and mostly flat like a girl with no assets.

[dannyyisntt]

Why are you visiting Ohio? It's a horrible place

[anabolice30]

I see London, I see France...

[slammin.e28]

You will spend your entire 2 days standing in line to go on the Eiffel Tower....and still not even see it.

BTDT.

If anyone Middle Eastern asks if you speak English, say Nein. We got hit up by them begging everywhere, especially Notre Dame. Once you flash some cash, they will swarm all over you.

[nickpro]

I usually head out into the country side to the small town pubs and shit.

This. I had more fun in Strasbourg than in Paris.

Paris is sick though, definitely just go and get lost. Spend the money on good food and good drink. Do you know which arrondissement you will be staying in? I was in the 11th and have some good cafes/bars/thift stores.

Also good beer and wine is cheap at the supermarket. Definitely stay in one night and cook/get drunk in your own apt. Airbnb is obviously more conducive to this.

Eiffel tower and the arc should be visited. The surrounding areas are also neat. Watch out for gypsies. Everywhere.

[CorvallisBMW]

^lol

[SubDad]

Um, One difference between London and Paris.
(Gawd, this might get me banned.)
London is full of monuments commemorating wars won, mostly over the French.
Paris is full of grandiose monuments to wars spectacularly lost, mostly to the British.
It should be called the Arc de Not Quite, not de Triomphe.