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Meep
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Meep wrote:
Me and my bf are going there for three days on our first holiday in two weeks.
Any recommendations?
Any good stores or restaurants?
Anything fun to do?

Also, any phrases that we should learn?
I only know a few very basic French words haha

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wug wrote:
i'd recommend staying away from the more touristy areas in the direction of champs-élysées and the eiffel tower unless you enjoy being pickpocketed, stuck in crowds and pay far more for things that elsewhere

the best recommendation is generally eat where the locals eat. i'm mostly familiar with the area around notre dame and in the direction of bastille and stuff. i think the thing i enjoyed the most was just walking around honestly, although the graveyard where oscar wilde among others are buried was a nice experience as well but probably not what most people enjoy?? idk

unless you are american or british you'll do fine with english, unless you sound native, that's at least my general observation

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devilcake wrote:
get a subway card is my reccomendation, me n my friend did the mistake of thinking wed be able to walk everywhere and like,,, we managed to look at all the things we wanted to but it was not without almost like slumping over on the street in tears bc my feet hurt so much lol

the touristy places we went to that i actually really enjoyed was Père-Lachaise Cemetery and the Louvre,,, also if you're a student in europe with some sort of student ID u get in to the louvre for free (or rly cheap i dont remember, but i think it was free, i dont remember paying)

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wug wrote:

devilcake wrote:
get a subway card is my reccomendation, me n my friend did the mistake of thinking wed be able to walk everywhere and like,,, we managed to look at all the things we wanted to but it was not without almost like slumping over on the street in tears bc my feet hurt so much lol

the touristy places we went to that i actually really enjoyed was Père-Lachaise Cemetery and the Louvre,,, also if you're a student in europe with some sort of student ID u get in to the louvre for free (or rly cheap i dont remember, but i think it was free, i dont remember paying)

idk my friend and i walked everywhere and i found it acceptable but it depends on whether you are used to walking or not

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devilcake wrote:

Fibraecataphyllolotlum wrote:

devilcake wrote:
get a subway card is my reccomendation, me n my friend did the mistake of thinking wed be able to walk everywhere and like,,, we managed to look at all the things we wanted to but it was not without almost like slumping over on the street in tears bc my feet hurt so much lol

the touristy places we went to that i actually really enjoyed was Père-Lachaise Cemetery and the Louvre,,, also if you're a student in europe with some sort of student ID u get in to the louvre for free (or rly cheap i dont remember, but i think it was free, i dont remember paying)

idk my friend and i walked everywhere and i found it acceptable but it depends on whether you are used to walking or not

I do walk everywhere though and this was around the time when i took daily hour long walks too

tbf i was wearing awful shoes for walking, and i probably have some issues with my feet cause this is always a problem when im on sight seeing vacays,,,, but yeah like we also ended up not having time for everything we wanted to see, so i'd still reccomend it for a 3 day vacay, gives u more time to do stuff

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thecellabration wrote:
best thing i did when i was in paris was take the train to giverny and go to claude monet's garden, it was something i'd wanted to do for sooooo long and it was rly rly nice

and i know a little bit of french but the only sentence i used at All while there was parlez-vous anglais (do you speak english) lol and then i just spoke english, so

Meep
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Meep wrote:
Thanks everyone!
The Monet garden, the cemetery and Louvre is now on the list!

We are thinking about having the two first days to walk around, shop and visit places, then the third day going to disneyland, but is it worth it? I have always wanted to go, but so unsure since I want to do and see so much else of Paris since it's my first time there.