Most disappointing place you've been to
Aug 9, 2015, 11:55 am
#376
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Aug 9, 2015, 7:57 pm
#377
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Maybe it's like L.A. in the U.S. and the NFL...the city decided it was big enough and important enough that it'd be fine with or without that. Plenty to do otherwise!
Aug 10, 2015, 7:47 am
#378
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Paris. To me, it doesn't live up to nor does it justify all the hype. I took my mother there several years ago - she was in her early seventies at the time - and she'd wanted to go her whole life. She says to this day she was disappointed and that she enjoyed the UK much more than Paris.
Stonehenge runs a close second. Totally underwhelming. I actually felt bad for talking my DH into driving us there (but we were stuck in the UK for two months waiting for visas to KSA and there's only so much of one's MIL one can take....).
Stonehenge runs a close second. Totally underwhelming. I actually felt bad for talking my DH into driving us there (but we were stuck in the UK for two months waiting for visas to KSA and there's only so much of one's MIL one can take....).
Aug 10, 2015, 8:29 am
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Aug 10, 2015, 12:49 pm
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Aug 10, 2015, 4:20 pm
#383
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Aug 10, 2015, 5:39 pm
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Aug 10, 2015, 5:56 pm
#385
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Expectations - high. Reality - a sharp kick in the teeth.
(I've posted my contempt for modern-day Mont St. Michel years ago in other threads. I just want to make sure it gets another vote in this one. )
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Switching gears: All y'all posting stuff like "Omaha" or "Bristol" need to get serious - if the place has a reputation as a snoozefest or a dump, and it actually *is*, that's not disappointing.
Aug 10, 2015, 6:43 pm
#386
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Likewise, nobody should be "disappointed" that small & remote towns they visit for a rest stop along the highway lack culture, intellectual community, museums, high end shopping, major sports teams, etc.