Tammy

I am sick and tired of Paris questions. This whole forum is mostly about Paris. Surely all questions have been asked by now. There are plenty of other places you know!

Church Lady

Then my advice is not to read posts about Paris!<BR><BR>And of the 50 questions on the "front page" of this forum when I noticed yours, 40 were not about Paris. If you'd not mentioned it, 41 of the 50 would have been about non-Paris travel topics. I'd like to know how 20% is suddenly "mostly" about Paris. Try "Introduction to Statistics" & get back to us afterwards.<BR><BR>Ernstwhile, I shall pray for your nit-picking & inaccurate little soul.

Andrea

Sometimes I feel the same way about Rome and Tuscany, but I skip those threads.

Erin

Tammy: I've always felt that when I get "sick" of seeing the same questions over and over again, that's usually a sign that I should visit other websites. Perhaps it is not us, but you.

xxx

Suggest you go to the US forum where you can find nothing but questions about Hawaii, Disney and the Florida keys.

John

You "Fodor Board Veterans" have seen and read much. Us "newbies" don't have that luxury, so we ask questions with blissful ignorance of past discussions (sort of like what we say about teens). Best advice to you was posted above: don't read questions the unaware ask, (and perhaps having a bit of tolerance)

La Miz

<BR>What famous person said: "When you're<BR>sick of Paris, you're sick of life"?<BR>(OWTTE).<BR><BR>Time for some introspection, Tammy?

Lambchop

Sorry Dearie, it was Samuel Pepys and he said it about London.

Ron

Funny thing! Although I do enjoy reading here, and get excellent advice, I also couldn't help notice that so many questions on the Europe board are centered in 3 areas: 1) Paris, 2) ALL of Italy@{especially Rome, Venice, Florence, Tuscany}, and 3) The rest of Europe. <BR><BR>Coincidentally, today while at work and waiting to get home to read here, a thought crossed my mind that this "Europe Site" really needs to be subdivided into the above 3 categories. And low and behold, others broached the subject about being "sick and tired". I am not sick and tired, but I do find it amazing that this site is so heavily polarized in 3 areas. <BR><BR>But when assessing the whole issue, it really is very simple and stands to reason. Although I am lucky enough to have been to all countries of Europe (bar the Eastern Countries), and really enjoyed everywhere but Greece, by far Italy followed by France stand out way ahead as my two favorites (with Scandanavia 3rd). The food, sites, atmosphere, people, even store displays and designs, culture and fashion, etc., set the standards for the rest of the world. (I'm really not Italian or French, honest.)<BR><BR>It only stands to prove that the most popular places get the most questions, and by virture of elimination the toally overpowering charisma that permeate throughout Italy and Paris only stands to speak for the attraction everyone finds in these places.<BR><BR>Keep the questions rolling, as we can always learn new things no matter how often we go to or thinkg we know about Paris or Rome.<BR><BR>Gabbie

xyz

Tammy, I would have to agree with you. Most of these people love to travel to arrogant countries that treat them like ----! And of course, France is first on the list.

Jayelle

Ron, Fodors did try subdividing this board (e.g., France, Italy, England, etc.) and the U.S. board (Hawaii, etc.) by locations a year or so ago. The response from the users was overwhelmingly negative, so they changed it back to its current format. Users didn't like having to go to multiple boards for their information. I'm also surprised at how many posts there are about Paris, or on the U.S. board, places like Hawaii and the Keys. I read many of those posts because I might be able to contribute to them, but I've learned to just skip over a lot of the material.

Sue

A lot of the questions that are supposedly specific to a particular country actually apply to others as well. I find I can learn even from those questions posed about places I've already visited.<BR><BR>Bear in mind that the person most likely to be asking questions is a novice, or relative novice. Therefore, it stands to reason that most questions will revolve around the places we novices are most likely to visit in our first trips to Europe. <BR><BR>I'd post in detail about my cousin's suggestion about what to wear on a trip to study waterfowl in Siberia, but I somehow doubt there'd be a lot of pressing demand. : - )

jj

I love the threads about Paris and/or France! We're planning our first trip there this summer, and some of the questions and answers have really helped me in planning! Though I've only asked one question myself, I may be asking more in the future, as I plan. Last year we traveled to Italy for the first time, and likewise, this forum was of great help to us.<BR>Keep it comin'!

KS

I think one can only be sick and tired of Paris ,if one has never been there.<BR>For those who have been or are going to Paris, it is a pleasure to read about places to go,things to do, delights that are in store.

Vita

Funny. I've noticed that, when planning a trip, all of the posts seem to be about that location. When I was thinking about Italy, everything was about Italy, same with Ireland, Spain, Prague, and now London. It's probably my natural tendency to filter things out that don't interest me. That and because most of the posts are probably from me.

Steve Mueller

<BR>Since I first began to participate in this forum, it has been obvious that the most popular topics reflect indoctrination by the travel industry. Paris and Italy are among the most heavily marketed and, combined, account for a significant percentage of the discussion in this forum. When is the last time you saw a poster promoting Germany or Belgium in a travel agency window?

x

Steve, how many people do you know who would rather go to Germany than Paris?

hedwiggle

Hmm, the fact that more travelers prefer France and Italy to Germany might be due to marketing propaganda by the travel industry---or it might have something to do with the military agression, genocide and war crimes that country inflicted on Western civilization only two generations ago. Despite the fact that tour guides to Germany conveniently skip over the first half of the 20th century...

xx

It might be simply a case of climate. Italy and Paris are often visited in the early spring, but Germany's weather doesn't improve, as a rule, until later. Right now I'd expect to see more posts about the first two. By March, questions about Germany will start to pick up, I think.<BR>

Capo

I agree with Ron's comments, that the number of questions about Paris (and France & Italy in general) demonstrates how popular these places are. (I also notice a lot of questions about England, too.)<BR><BR>The question then becomes, of course: *why* are they so popular? <BR><BR>While I think there may be a *bit* of truth in what Steve said, that the popularity of these topics "reflect indoctrination by the travel industry", I think that's far from the entire, or even primary, reason. <BR><BR>While I'm not suggesting other cities and countries in Europe are *not* beautiful, I just think the beauty of France & Italy (and Paris & Rome, and Venice) is *extremely* alluring and captivating. <BR><BR>