Paris, Barcelona, Rome
2007/06/03 filed under /personalMy mother-in-law is staying in the country for three months and since this is her first time in Europe, we, of course, have to travel around some. The cities I joined (for I had never been there myself) are Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Berlin. Berlin is still a few weeks away, but the other three capitals, we've visited already.
Paris
Paris, the capital of France and known for the Eiffel Tower. We took off from Amsterdam by Thalys, a high-speed train that will bring you to Paris in only a few hours.
I was not sure what to expect. Of course I have heard about all the sights and seen quite a few pictures before, yet I truly was not expecting much more than the Eiffel Tower and Arc d'Triomphe. What a big mistake! Paris has so much more to offer, for example the "Sacré-Coeur", and of course the awesome "Notre Dame".
We had awesome weather, which made everything very impressive and cool. Definitely a city to return to some day!
Barcelona
Home of Gaudi, the modernist architecture, this city didn't attract me much in the beginning. I'm not a big fan of the modernism, and thus I didn't like the "Sagrada Familia" and "Casa Batllo". The Ramblas were cool however and the weather (27+ degrees Celcius all the time) made it a wonderful city trip. I did enjoy "Port Vell" and "Parc Guell" quite much.
Rome
The Eternal City; City with too much history that still is on show. Wow, am I impressed by the beauty of Rome! The Colosseum, Palatino, millions of churches, the Trevi Fountain and by far the best part: the Pantheon! Unfortunately, I was hit by the overkill factor, as I was in Egypt too. After seeing a lot of old stuff, you'll get to this "... ok, now that is enough!"
Luckily you can always grab some coffee (bring your Lonely Planet and visit the top 5 coffee places ;-).
All in all, 3 very nice trips!
