Places that were BETTER than you expected?
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| Santa Fe. Had no idea it was such a cute and interesting place. |
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Another Pittsburgh and South Dakota lover. The scenery at Blacks Hills was amazing and also at the Badlands. The kids had a great time. We toured Wind Cave and Jewel Cave as well. |
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| Rome. I was dying to go to Florence after watching "A Room With a View" many times, but in the end enjoyed Rome more. |
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+1 On Pitts. DC was impressed with the city and is seriously thinking of going to college there. I was impressed with the food scene, too. We are foodies. |
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Rome is bigger and has more interesting things to see, but the scenery around Florence is much prettier. Italy is one of my favorite places, especially the Tuscan area. Got married there. |
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Sofia, Bulgaria
Riga, Latvia Vilnius, Lithuania Ljubljana, Slovenia Skopje, N Macedonia |
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| Key west. |
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I so agree. Ithaca, NY. It’s so beautiful there. The air is different, I don’t know how to explain it. Maybe it’s the negative ions from all the moving water everywhere. It’s bliss. |
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| Fort Worth, TX. Friendly city with amazing museums. |
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Just my .02 but a place can be both dirtier than you expected and better than you expected as far as the experience itself.
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I love it up there too. .but that wine is marginally better than VA! It's all so sweet bleh |
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I found the public transportation system incredibly easy to navigate. Everyone was extremely nice. The sites and food were amazing. Some people made it seem like it would be dangerous but I felt comfortable the entire time. |
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| Marco Island, Fl—We went to visit relatives who had recently retired there and found it was the perfect family destination. As long as it’s not season (Nov-Apr) you can rent a great house with a pool, often with a canal and dock in the backyard you can fish from and maybe see a dolphin or manatee. The beaches are pristine and the surf is usually really low key so little ones don’t get knocked of their feet. We now go regularly and as my kids get older we’ve started to explore the Everglades too. Plus, in the summer there is a great water park in Naples my kids love. |
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| Marco Island has always been a nice destination. Odd |
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Mackinack Island in Michigan in the summer. The water is incredibly blue, the island is wooded and quaint with only horse drawn carriages (no cars), and a cute Main Street. The weather was incredible. It was such a special trip.
Walking the sights of Paris at night. Lake Ohrid in Macedonia Charleston, SC |