Most overrated international destination?
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Anonymous
Verona is super dull? Do you not eat or drink? |
Anonymous
I caught the mumps in Brussels! |
Anonymous
Well a bunch of them walked through a number of countries to get here (and then threw their passport on the ground before crossing the border). 
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Anonymous
Whether before or during the pandemic, international travel is something a 71% majority of U.S. adults have done at some point in their lives, according to a June Pew Research Center survey. By contrast, around a quarter (27%) have not traveled abroad. Still, the degree to which Americans have traveled around the globe varies widely: 19% have been to only one foreign country, 12% to two countries, 15% to three or four countries, and 14% to five to nine countries. Only 11% of Americans have been to 10 or more countries. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/08/12/most-americans-have-traveled-abroad-although-differences-among-demographic-groups-are-large/ |
Anonymous
The figures are surely heavily inflated by the large migration of immigrants from Central America and elsewhere to the US. |
Anonymous
I met a man in Brussels. He was 6 foot four and full of muscles. |
Anonymous
We loved Verona so much, we’re going back next year. |
Anonymous
| Cannes |
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| Texas |
Anonymous
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Brussels isn't overrated because everyone says it's terrible. That's what everyone told us: don't go there it's terrible. It's dreary, charmless, no good restaurants, hard to navigate. Go anywhere else.
Well we wound up flying in and out of Brussels because we saved like 2 grand that way and it was centrally located between other places we wanted to go. Guess what, we had fun! We loved the Magritte museum, we found the cafe culture to be better than in some other European cities (obviously not as good as Paris or Vienna but better than we expected), the pastries were great, and we found a great jazz bar with a million Belgian beers on tap. I mean, I don't think I'd spend a week in Brussels, but I actually think it's underrated as an entry point to Europe. You're a quick train ride to Bruges for a day or two of classic Flanders Belgium, and Lille is super close and can get you just about anywhere you want to go with access to high speed trains. I now recommend Brussels when I'm giving people "how to do Europe well on the cheap" tips, as we are known in our circle for knowing how to travel fun places frugally. Brussels: officially underrated! |
Anonymous
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Iceland. Went there last month for two weeks and did the whole ring road. While it was interesting, I didn’t find the landscapes as breathtaking as everyone says (US and Canada National Parks are much more breathtaking ) and I didn’t think you needed that much time there, even though all the online groups for Iceland say you need “so much time there.”
I felt like we did it all and have no reason to go back. I also thought the weather was incredibly depressing- too much rain and gloomy, overcast days. We only got sunshine 2 days in our trip. |
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I loved all of my vacations, but London was my least favorite. I have traveled to
Lake Como, Italy Milan Italy Nice France Seville Spain Dhaka Bangladesh Switzerland is close to Italy, can't remember the city I think the trick is to travel to smaller towns. They are less chaotic and cleaner. |
Anonymous
Thanks for this. Haven’t been in a loooong time and was kind of shocked at the negative comments. |
Anonymous
I need this itinerary! As far as National Parks - they are amazing, here and abroad! |
Anonymous
| East african safaris, in general. If you go, only go for a few days. You don't need any more than a week, otherwise it gets old -- very very fast. |