The life of Niek Storteboom

Cities you love to hate (and love)

Spend 2 days in Paris this week and had one night off. So I walked from my hotel to the Eiffel tower -> Trocadero -> Arc -> Concorde -> Eifell Tower again -> hotel. All in all some 10 KMs.

So...Paris at night. Impressive. But ultimately so not for me.

I've never really liked Paris, and never will. That "Je ne sais quoi" (loving the irony) just isn't there. It's dull. And up its own arse.

Just like London for that matter. LA. Milan. Beijing. They just don't it for me.

All are cities you're supposed to love, but I just don't.

On the other hand: I love Munich, Prague, St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Napoli, Athens & Stockholm. Not the first choices most people would pick for a city break, but I defy you to have a bad time in one of these places. It's impossible.

posted by Niek @ 10:51 AM