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That's fair enough, the Vatican City is a huge place, easy to miss 1 of its main attractions

Not that I've ever been but how did you miss them, did you not realise they were there?

Thanks I really didn't know they were there. Infact I didn't even know what Vatican City was until last week
Was speaking to my cousin about it and she did the opposite of me when she went. She did everything at Vatican City except for St Peter's Basilica as she never heard of the Basilica neither have I but it's so big it's much harder to miss.

On the train to Paris. First time out of the UK since December 19!

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:Thanks I really didn't know they were there. Infact I didn't even know what Vatican City was until last week
Was speaking to my cousin about it and she did the opposite of me when she went. She did everything at Vatican City except for St Peter's Basilica as she never heard of the Basilica neither have I but it's so big it's much harder to miss.

Did you at least go see the 1st-15th chapel? Doesn't matter if you miss the last one if you've seen the others, really.

poshrule_uk wrote:On the train to Paris. First time out of the UK since December 19!

Awesome the eurostar is great. I also went to Paris as my first place abroad since covid. Was a great feeling being abroad again. What are you going to see in Paris? I went in the opera house which was pretty amazing.

Parksey wrote:

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:Thanks I really didn't know they were there. Infact I didn't even know what Vatican City was until last week
Was speaking to my cousin about it and she did the opposite of me when she went. She did everything at Vatican City except for St Peter's Basilica as she never heard of the Basilica neither have I but it's so big it's much harder to miss.

Did you at least go see the 1st-15th chapel? Doesn't matter if you miss the last one if you've seen the others, really.

Huh? I didn't see any chapels... :/
Only the basilica. But I even paid to go up the top of the dome.

poshrule_uk wrote:On the train to Paris. First time out of the UK since December 19!

Don't forget to go see the Eiffel Tower!

I think you went too subtle there, Parksey.

No I think he's just looking for issues 1-1983 before he reads 1984.

poshrule_uk wrote:On the train to Paris. First time out of the UK since December 19!

Lucky bastard.

Be sure to visit the Arc de Triomphe, it's fantastic (probably quiter than it was pre pandemic too, a lot of the attractions in London are).

Tomous wrote:

poshrule_uk wrote:On the train to Paris. First time out of the UK since December 19!

Don't forget to go see the Eiffel Tower!

Go for the stairs too, the queues are less, and it's a fun climb, as i shall demonstrate.

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:

poshrule_uk wrote:On the train to Paris. First time out of the UK since December 19!

Awesome the eurostar is great. I also went to Paris as my first place abroad since covid. Was a great feeling being abroad again. What are you going to see in Paris? I went in the opera house which was pretty amazing.

We have been before (it's where me and my wife got engaged in 2009) and Friday is our 10th wedding anniversary so I thought it would be a nice way to celebrate.

We have an evening dinner cruise booked.on Friday along the Seine.
Booked tickets for the Catacombs and Observatoire Panoramique De la tour Montparnasse which apparently has better views then The Eiffel Tower (we did this last time so may give that a miss but will go at least for the obligatory photo)

Also will go to Sacre Couer and visit the Basilica and the lookout hill. That area seems nice so will have a little explore around there.

I have loads of bits marked in Google Maps to visit to like the Pantheon and various other sites and areas. Might take a little trip to visit Parc Dr Princes and Roland Garos just to take a look as well.

I've heard good things about Montparnasse, but didn't have time to do it when i visited.

Depending on your route, be careful when climbing the hill to Sacre Coeur (you probably already know this, but just in case you didn't), as when i went there were a lot of scammers around doing those bracelet things, and also the groups of women who want you to sign petitions so that they can rob you while you are doing so. It's fine (and a lovely area) once you reach the top, but getting up there is a bit of an obstacle course.

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:Infact I didn't even know what Vatican City was until last week

Wtf how?!

Vermilion wrote:I've heard good things about Montparnasse, but didn't have time to do it when i visited.

Depending on your route, be careful when climbing the hill to Sacre Coeur (you probably already know this, but just in case you didn't), as when i went there were a lot of scammers around doing those bracelet things, and also the groups of women who want you to sign petitions so that they can rob you while you are doing so. It's fine (and a lovely area) once you reach the top, but getting up there is a bit of an obstacle course.

Thanks for the tip, think will do that tomorrow, think this afternoon will grab some lunch then see the standard sight's

Two girls tried the old sign a survey thing when we were in Berlin. This was out in the open, and I saw it coming a mile off and warned the Mrs. Decided to mess with them as our wallets were hidden away and out of pick pocket range. Bill Carr of 10 king road, Ipswich wrote his name with his off hand, then forgot his credit card details and then told them to strawberry float off.

You don't want to get on the wrong side of criminal gangs. You might find yourself the target of a conetract killing.

Grumpy David wrote:

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:Infact I didn't even know what Vatican City was until last week

Wtf how?!

I don't know lol just never heard of it. Probably didn't pay attention when in school at RE lessons.
When people asked me if I was going to the Vatican City I was like what is that the building where the Pope lives? So last week i found out it's a country within Rome...
I'll go back again sometime as they had really good duty free at FCO airport and because of Brexit I saved a lot on nice Louis Vuitton wallet.

poshrule_uk wrote:

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:

poshrule_uk wrote:On the train to Paris. First time out of the UK since December 19!

Awesome the eurostar is great. I also went to Paris as my first place abroad since covid. Was a great feeling being abroad again. What are you going to see in Paris? I went in the opera house which was pretty amazing.

We have been before (it's where me and my wife got engaged in 2009) and Friday is our 10th wedding anniversary so I thought it would be a nice way to celebrate.

We have an evening dinner cruise booked.on Friday along the Seine.
Booked tickets for the Catacombs and Observatoire Panoramique De la tour Montparnasse which apparently has better views then The Eiffel Tower (we did this last time so may give that a miss but will go at least for the obligatory photo)

Also will go to Sacre Couer and visit the Basilica and the lookout hill. That area seems nice so will have a little explore around there.

I have loads of bits marked in Google Maps to visit to like the Pantheon and various other sites and areas. Might take a little trip to visit Parc Dr Princes and Roland Garos just to take a look as well.

O cool sounds like there's loads to do there. I'll have to go back another time. Been there three times so far.

Tomous wrote:

Vermilion wrote:I booked a short break for next summer to Liverpool, never been and it looks really neat there (especially the beatles museum and stuff).

Might also look at maybe doing a european break of some sort, but at the moment i have no idea what.

Liverpool's a great city

Yeah I agree. Its my home city. Although I haven't done things like visit the Cathedral and other touristy things.
The night life is amazing though! Make sure you get to Seal Street for a few drinks at night. I recommend Alma De Cuba.