Tommy Boy and Tommy Girl (young couple) want to do touristy things and see romantic sites in europe. They have to pick one out of London, Zurich and Paris. Did they mention that they would be there only for 2 or 3 days in Nov-Dec, then they will be visiting the US. Everyone seems to praise all these cities which makes it even more difficult to make a choice. Can someone place these places in order of preference ? Tommys salute you !

Paris <BR>London <BR>Zurich

What a challenge for me: <BR>1. Paris <BR>2. London <BR>3. Zurich (I do live here), but even if I wouldn't, Zurich would be in third place, especially Nov-Dec. It can be real dull around the lake. <BR> <BR>For a permanent living and life quality, however, it looks this way: <BR> <BR>1. Zurich <BR>2. Paris (lived there) <BR>3. London (dito). <BR> <BR>

I keep seeing questions about romantic places, romantic hotels, romantic restaurants, romantic beaches, romantic this and that. Will somebody please tell me what constitutes a romantic spot?? I honestly don't know and I feel personally deficient when someone asks that question. As much as I like Paris, I do not know how to direct someone to a romantic spot because I have no idea what they are looking for. <BR> <BR>I will tell you my idea of the most romantic spot I was ever in. In the summer of '99 my best girl friend (of 45 years) and I were in Yellowstone. One night there was a full moon with virtually no clouds in the sky. We wandered down about 1 AM to wait for Riverside Geyser to erupt <BR>While we were sitting there, we heard a great horned owl hooting in a tree right behind us. Finally we spotted its outline against the sky. Then the geyser began to shower the Firehole River with a graceful, arching stream of water that shimmered in the moonlight. Beautiful. <BR> <BR>

1. Paris <BR>2. London <BR>3. Zurich <BR> <BR>Bob -- It sounds like you know exactly what a romantic spot is, despite your protestations to the contrary. I think a romantic place is anyplace that makes you feel romantic -- just as a "good wine" is any wine that I like. It's subjective rather than objective -- but so is most of the travel-related information we share here (that doesn't mean it's not valuable to the recipient).

Thanks for the vote of confidence. <BR>I just never have found a restaurant that seemed to fill that bill, regardless of the price of the food. <BR>I know once we went to some place that was supposed to have strolling musicians. It was supposed to be "the place." Well, the violinist kept playing off key and everytime he came near the table, we both cringed. <BR>Talk about wailing catgut!! <BR> <BR>I can think of a romantic place in Switzerland. Stand outside sometimes on the floor of the Lauterbrunnen Valley with the Jungfrau in view and watch the final stages of a sunset on a clear evening. The valley was nearly dark, but the snow on the mountain had taken on a surreal glow from the rays of the setting sun. The Jungfrau looked luminous and the whole ridge appeared to be glowing from within. As the sun was sinking behind the last ridge, a full moon was rising and cast the whole valley in an ethereal glow. I don't know if the scene was romantic or not, but I have never seen anything quite like it. I was so taken with it, that we started walking away from the lights of the village along the little road that led past Staubach Falls so we could get a better view. <BR>