Originally Posted by
El Kabong
I was SUPPOSED to go to Amsterdam but ended up going to Bruges instead...still hand a great time. I would have had trouble really enjoying Amsterdam with my parents along with me.
In Paris....aaaah Paris, city of lights! If you choose to visit cathedrals you've got to take the time and find St. Chapel its faaaaaar more ornate than Notre Dame beautiful stained glass windows. Chartes Cathedral is also great the sculptures surrounding the outside and the flying buttresses are really a marvel of engineering. My top suggestion is Les Invelide(sp?) the armory/military museum, it also houses the tomb of Napoleon. That place is AMAZING! Obviously the Louvre is a high point what with its awesome collection: Nike of Samothrace, the Mona Lisa, etc. But there's also an Impressionist museum and a Picasso museum (I went to the Picasso one....meh, not my favorite). I LOVE the impressionists, Monet, Manet, Van Gough...great stuff! If you get the chance Versailles is awesome as well, the gardens are magnificent! To think they used to cut that all manually...they still have to do it with power tools which is still a chore but I'm talking they used to just use hedge clippers.
If you've got the opportunity Normandy is astonishing, so much history there!
As for cuisine, study up on your wine! You can get great wine for dirt cheap there!
Oh and if you ever stop in Bruges remember 3 things: Beer, mussels, chocolate....have all of them!!!
Bon Voyage (a year early)!!!