I checked other because PORTLAND. *coughcough* ...But seriously, if you wanted to go foreign, I can vouch for both London and Paris as being awesome. I hear Tokyo is excellent as well (also accidentally becoming a pop idol lolololol omg Roy), and if you go to Tokyo you can stop by PORTLAND on your way out/in. *coughcoughcough* (Coughing is not to indicate that PORTLAND is hosting a plague and should therefore be avoided. Unless you are thinking it is a plague of AWESOME, in which case, damn, we are totally overridden over here.) On the other hand, if you go to Tokyo I will have to add you to the long list of people I know who have been to Japan and I therefore have to hate until I can go myself.
I once did a trip to London, Paris, and Rome, and these are my impressions. I had an extremely tough time determining which of those cities was my favorite. London felt the cleanest and the safest and the friendliest, and I absolutely adore the English (I have a photograph of a car with a troll on the grill that I think just about sums up why). And it would definitely be easiest as far as navigating and speaking the language, so a good place to start your career as a vacation traveler. And of course there are many other wonderful places in Britain that would be easily accessible, as it is a very tiny island, and Ireland is a very tiny island just next door. (And maybe you can get Top Gear tickets. :D ) Of London, Paris, and Tokyo, London is my knee-jerk reactionary choice. On the other hand, I think Paris actually is my favorite of the three cities (London, Paris, and Rome). It is by far the most beautiful. I adore the French language and French people and French architecture and French food. Omg the French food. The French do drive like maniacs (although the Romans are worse), and there is dog poo on the sidewalks (they love their dogs). It could be argued that you should go to France before your French becomes any rustier. There are many nice places to go to in France as well; Versailles is right nearby and quite lovely.
The good thing about both London and Paris is the rest of Europe is quite accessible and close-by, so that is something to consider as far as wandering further afield outside of your city of choice.
...I don't know that I've been any help at all, as I believe I have voted for all of your cities. Oops. And PORTLAND. *cough*
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I once did a trip to London, Paris, and Rome, and these are my impressions. I had an extremely tough time determining which of those cities was my favorite. London felt the cleanest and the safest and the friendliest, and I absolutely adore the English (I have a photograph of a car with a troll on the grill that I think just about sums up why). And it would definitely be easiest as far as navigating and speaking the language, so a good place to start your career as a vacation traveler. And of course there are many other wonderful places in Britain that would be easily accessible, as it is a very tiny island, and Ireland is a very tiny island just next door. (And maybe you can get Top Gear tickets. :D ) Of London, Paris, and Tokyo, London is my knee-jerk reactionary choice. On the other hand, I think Paris actually is my favorite of the three cities (London, Paris, and Rome). It is by far the most beautiful. I adore the French language and French people and French architecture and French food. Omg the French food. The French do drive like maniacs (although the Romans are worse), and there is dog poo on the sidewalks (they love their dogs). It could be argued that you should go to France before your French becomes any rustier. There are many nice places to go to in France as well; Versailles is right nearby and quite lovely.
The good thing about both London and Paris is the rest of Europe is quite accessible and close-by, so that is something to consider as far as wandering further afield outside of your city of choice.
...I don't know that I've been any help at all, as I believe I have voted for all of your cities. Oops. And PORTLAND. *cough*