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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We travel a lot. Basically, every [b]attraction everywhere on earth[/b] is pretty much overrated.  Anything remotely good (or really good) has a super steep cover charge and/or gets inundated with people. Which, regardless of how awesome the attraction is, being swamped among so many other people makes it suck. Anything that's not overrun with people is just not that good of an attraction.  I think ankor wat in cambodia might be the only thing that we didn't think was overrated, and that was only because we went so long ago that there was almost no one there.

Starting around 8 years ago, we started skipping almost all "attractions" when we travel and now we just explore on our own.

DC is no different.  [/quote]

Ridiculous

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Yeah, make sure to skip the Eiffel Tower in Paris and don't go near the Pyramids in Egypt!

What a dumbass.  :roll: [/quote]
DP, but lol- it's funny you mention the Eiffel Tower and Pyramids because IMO those ARE two really overrated destinations. Eiffel Tower- you can see it from MANY different places in the city. Once you actually get there, it's overcrowded and loses the magic pretty quickly. And standing in a line for hours and hours to go up in it is just not something I'd waste my money OR time on. 
 
Pyramids of Egypt...again, iconic, yes, but overrated IMO. Trash everywhere, heckled incessantly by locals to buy their overpriced souvenirs, and a KFC and a Pizza Hut quite literally at the base of the pyramids. I took a three day cruise up the Nile hitting all the temples and places of antiquity afterwards, and that is what Egypt is all about. Pyramids...eh. [/quote]

I disagree.  When you get to the Eiffel Tower and you see the scale of it, the majesty of it, right next to you, it is quite impressive.  And the view from the top is breathtaking.  Waited in line the first time, ate at the restaurant (window table) the second time, and thus got a head start to the top.[/quote]

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