Here's the deal. I'll have basically all my weekends free while I'm in Paris, which means I will have plenty of opportunity to do some travelling to other cities/regions of France. But I'm having a difficult time deciding where to go, because let's face it, there are a lot of amazing places I could go! Then I decided that I wouldn't decide, I would let my informed readers decide. You should be pretty proud because that means I trust your *collective* decision-making abilities!
This is how it'll work, below I have listed 5 options I came up with all on my own, because I don't want you to think I didn't do anything. Place your vote in a comment. But get this, if you have a suggestion you think is better than one of the ones listed, tell me all about it and why I should go in. Write-in candidates will be considered. The place that gets the most votes will be the first visited (though I'm not sure I won't visit more than one of the places). But wait! There's more! If you mention a place in one of the places that I end up visiting, you win! ...something. I haven't figured that part out yet, but it'll be a pretty sweet prize, believe me.
And now for the nominees:
1)Perros-Guirec, Brittany- a beach resort city on the northwest coast of France. Check out some pictures here
2)Strasbourg, Alsace-close to the border of Germany, known for it's mix of French and German cultures
3)Reims, located to the west of France-noted for its cathedral
4)Lille, Nord-Pas de Calais-they have a zoo!
5)La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes-on the coast, connected to a really cool island with a modern bridge, AND there's an aquarium.
Let the voting begin!
Normandy
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Definitely go see the zoo. How awesome would that be for you to come back and say that you have been to a zoo in another country. Exactly, legit.
ReplyDeleteLa Rochelle! So gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteLa Rochelle
ReplyDeleteYou have to make a visit to the Loire valley at some point and tour some of the castles! I personally would love to see the Chateau Chenonceau, it spans a river and has some really cool history to it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you should visit the Chateau d'If off the coast of Marseille!
I'm so jealous of your trip, have a blast!
Honestly my favorite place I have ever been in France was Normandy, The beaches of Normandy to be exact. I learned so much about WWII. There is this feeling on the beaches, a reverence. When I went I also visited a really cool WWII museum.
ReplyDeleteBelgium, definitely! Does this mean I win something? ;)
ReplyDeleteSeeing as I didn't follow anybody's advice in planning on going to Belgium, no. But I did buy you a crêpe so isn't that just like winning?
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