Anonymous
Post 03/20/2016 18:47     Subject: 9 days- London, Paris, and Rome- Help me plan!
Bump! Any other suggestions? Places to eat, visit, etc??
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2016 09:10     Subject: 9 days- London, Paris, and Rome- Help me plan!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, just want to say that your trip sounds awesome! Don't give a second thought to those who think you're doing too much. When you've never been there before, it's nice to do short samples of things. Longer, more immersive experiences are for return trips. And I love, love, love Rome.


Thank you! While DCUM is invaluable, sometimes the criticism doesn't make sense when what's done is done. "Why'd you have a baby with him if he's so bad?" "Why 3 days in each city?" "Why would you get in so much debt?" etc. etc. The baby is born, the trip is planned, let's just make the best of it!


+1. I visited four European cities and a Middle Eastern one in just 2 weeks and had a great time. It was enough time to hit the high points in each city and eat some great food. Flights are so cheap in between European cities and so short, it wasn't particularly tiring.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2016 14:56     Subject: 9 days- London, Paris, and Rome- Help me plan!
These are good ideas. OP ignore the naysayers ... it will be fun to be in these 3 cities for 3 days each. We always travel like that and are able to see more of the world that way.


Anonymous wrote:Since you only have 3 days (really about 2 1/2 days) in each city, just hit the highlights.

For Rome: Vatican Museum (Sistine Chapel) and St. Peters one day. Walk around and see the forum, Colosseum, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and such another day.

Paris: Louvre, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, Musee Orsay (where the impressionist paintings area), walk on the Champs-Elysees and through the Tullerie gardens, walk along the river, eat lunch at a cafe, that sort of stuff.

London: Go to the tower of london, do the whole buckingham palace, westminters abbey, house of parliament thing, walk in Hyde Park and St. James's Park. There are a bunch of good museums as well, like the British Museum that have mummies and other cool stuff that your husband might like more than just paintings.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2016 14:51     Subject: 9 days- London, Paris, and Rome- Help me plan!
Anonymous wrote:Tower of London. Get there via river tour. London Eye is touristy but the view is amazing. Kew Gardens. Fortnam & Mason cafe after browsing the beautiful things in the store. Do something fun like a walking tour (I did a Jack the Ripper night tour) or the Sherlock Holmes museum.


I want to do the London Eye but $50 a ticket?!?! For a ferris wheel?!?! I can't deal with it.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2016 09:25     Subject: 9 days- London, Paris, and Rome- Help me plan!
Tower of London. Get there via river tour. London Eye is touristy but the view is amazing. Kew Gardens. Fortnam & Mason cafe after browsing the beautiful things in the store. Do something fun like a walking tour (I did a Jack the Ripper night tour) or the Sherlock Holmes museum.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2016 08:37     Subject: 9 days- London, Paris, and Rome- Help me plan!
Anonymous wrote:OP, just want to say that your trip sounds awesome! Don't give a second thought to those who think you're doing too much. When you've never been there before, it's nice to do short samples of things. Longer, more immersive experiences are for return trips. And I love, love, love Rome.


Thank you! While DCUM is invaluable, sometimes the criticism doesn't make sense when what's done is done. "Why'd you have a baby with him if he's so bad?" "Why 3 days in each city?" "Why would you get in so much debt?" etc. etc. The baby is born, the trip is planned, let's just make the best of it!