More things to do and see

1. The Lourve, Paris, France. Ah the Lourve, home to Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. If you take the metro, stop at Palais Royal. You can buy tickets online and line up to go through security. Or you can line for security, buy your tickets in another queue from a cashier or a ticket machine. Ticket prices vary, its normally 9.50 euro, however after 6 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays it costs 6 euros. Free for people 18 years and under and for EU citizens. The Lourve itself is massive. They say it would take you three months to look at each piece of art for five minutes. I did the Lourve it in eight hours. I admired the art that took my fancy and ran past the stuff I didn’t care for. It is truly an amazing place to explore. If you are only to go to one art museum, go to the Lourve. No other museum can match it. However a close second would have to be the British Museum.
   
2. Moulin Rogue, Paris, France. When we went to Paris we missed out on seeing a show there because it was fully booked out for the week we were there. You do need to enter into the red light district to see the Moulin Rogue. However it is pretty safe there. Go at night when the Moulin Rogue is lit up like a Christmas tree. It’s pretty, in a tacky Parisian way.
3. Notre Dame, Paris, France. The famous cathedral featured in Victor Hugo’s story the Notre-Dame de Paris or known in English as the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Notre Dame de Paris translate to our lady of Paris. It’s gothic catholic church and hasn’t always been popular with the French. It is stunning from the outside and even more beautiful inside. The entrance is free.

My least favourite city

This post is not intended to offend anyone. It's just to express myself. So, here we go. My least favourite European city was Milan, Italy. I remember when I was planning my OE that three people discouraged me from going there because they thought it wasn't anything special. Thus I'm not entirely sure if my dislike for the place has anything to do with my friends' comments or that fact that I was harrassed by a homicidal pigeon during my visit.

Me and boyfriend only stayed there for one night because we were travelling from Rome, Italy to Nice, France and it is a very long trip to do via rail, in fact you can't do it in one day. So, we stopped over in Milan. I found Milan to be quite dull, dirty and full of hawkers. I do not like to be harrassed by people trying extort money from me for accepting their "friendship" bracelets when I'm trying enjoy the city. Not that it actually happened, but they tried. Not ideal for a holiday spot. However there were some nice shops (e.g. Prada, Hello Kitty, Chanel, Gucci, Armani etc.), we stayed at relatively good hotel (for Europe) and people watching was like watching a fashion show.