It was the only city I’ve ever been disappointed by, because, like most of them say, it was the expectation factor. I had built London up in my head via a lifetime of Dickens and Disney – nothing can live up to that!

Lori – Paris doesn’t have to be expensive at all. Like most cities there’s always lots of fabulous free stuff to do you just need to know how/where to find it. Of course with lots of money, Paris is even more wonderful – can stay in a nicer hotel instead of a room where you can’t walk around your bed and and the more expensive restaurants are far better in Paris – but like any city it is possible to do Paris on the cheap. Rent an apartment instead of staying in a hotel, for instance, and eat set menus in simple little neighbourhood bistros and do the ‘baguette, cheese and table wine’ picnic lunch in a pretty park. Don’t let the lack of money put you off. It’s not my most favorite city in the world but it certainly has its delights.

Another disappointment? Bacau, Romania. Hubby went there on a business trip and stayed for a month. Then he was asked to stay for 3 more and managed to get me to go as well. Nice…not so much. Although we are both Romanians we couldn’t understand the dialect; the food was crappy pretty much anywhere except the hotel and there was one single place in town to have fun…the mall! I didn’t even dare to go in the park and jog. *Sigh*

And not with the place but with other related things. I felt cheated and duped when in spite of me knowing the language and being cautious, inquisitive etc, I was promised a luxury berth and what I got was cockroach infested very uncomfortable berth. In fact, many more things. I have described them in my series of posts on my blog.