Italy or France, where should I go this summer?

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#1  Edited By Venatio
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#2  Edited By Venatio

My school is having a thing where you work abroad and it only applies to european countries, I've shortened the list to these two because I want to visit them the most but I still have a hard time deciding
 
What do you recommend and why? Other locations include Slovenia, Austria, England and Spain

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#3  Edited By wwfundertaker
@Venatio:  May i ask which country you are from? I would say Austria or Slovenia, these small countries are pretty good to visit.
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#4  Edited By Venatio
@wwfundertaker said:

" @Venatio:  May i ask which country you are from? I would say Austria or Slovenia, these small countries are pretty good to visit. "

Oh, I live in Sweden and I can't pass up a free trip where I do some light work :)
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#5  Edited By TheSeductiveMoose

I'm going to Italy for vacation this summer. Great food!

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#6  Edited By eroticfishcake

Come to Ireland! Enjoy our cold, wet weather! Our horrible transport system! The drunks that lurk in the shadows who grip hard into a bag of chips! Come on, you'll have a great time! 
 
(DON'T)

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#7  Edited By Kjellm87

Of those two main ones I would say France which seems like a really nice place.
 
Or Norway, I'll teach you climb mountains

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#8  Edited By BigLemon

Italy, baby.

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#9  Edited By Venatio

To be honest, I'm leaning heavily towards Italy

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#10  Edited By Frederik

Italy for the food...  
 
You can always take a lady friend to Paris later in your life when you're rich and in love

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#11  Edited By J12088

Italy. Women are prettier and the food is better. Totally essential for a school trip.

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#12  Edited By JoMate

go for Italy it is much better, but should you get a change hit the Netherlands (I love promoting my own country) seriously though just go to italy

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#13  Edited By imsh_pl

I've gone to Italy like 7 times and I can never get enough.
 
Italy all the way.

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#14  Edited By oatz

Ibiza.

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#15  Edited By EpicSteve

Would you rather fuck a French lady or an Italian lady? I would go Italian.   
 
Outside of the tower and maybe some Normandy WWII memorials, don't know what else there is. 

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#16  Edited By ventilaator

I'm playing Assassin's Creed 2, so Italy is pretty awesome right now.

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#17  Edited By Venatio
@Ventilaator said:
" I'm playing Assassin's Creed 2, so Italy is pretty awesome right now. "
Yeah that is probably one of the biggest reasons I wanna go
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#18  Edited By iam3green

italy is a great place to go. it has the best food ever.

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#19  Edited By McGriddle550

Go to Italia, also don't get stabbed like uh uh uh uh uh by Ezio.

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#20  Edited By Where_Am_I

Go to Spain and get your party on, and make sure you fail out.

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#21  Edited By Jimbo

What I've seen of France kinda sucks, so I vote Italy.  Holland is pretty awesome.

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#22  Edited By invadernick
@Venatio said:
" @Ventilaator said:
" I'm playing Assassin's Creed 2, so Italy is pretty awesome right now. "
Yeah that is probably one of the biggest reasons I wanna go "
damn! The Italian tourism board should really look into sponsoring the next sequel haha.
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#23  Edited By Fallen189
@eroticfishcake said:
" Come to Ireland! Enjoy our cold, wet weather! Our horrible transport system! The drunks that lurk in the shadows who grip hard into a bag of chips! Come on, you'll have a great time!  (DON'T) "
Nobody will ever willingly come to Ireland, stop trying to steal all our tourists
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#24  Edited By Marcsman

Here I will tell you what my daddy told me. 
Shut the fuck up and get a job moron. 
It worked out ok for me.
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#25  Edited By AlexW00d

France is full of French people, so anywhere else in the entire world... 
 
But no man, Italy is incredible. Do it.

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#26  Edited By Demyx
@eroticfishcake said:
" Come to Ireland! Enjoy our cold, wet weather! Our horrible transport system! The drunks that lurk in the shadows who grip hard into a bag of chips! Come on, you'll have a great time!  (DON'T) "
I've always wanted to visit ireland though :(
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#27  Edited By eldiax

Come to Croatia! It's just south of Slovenia, and it has beautiful beaches and women! (shameless home country plug :P )

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#28  Edited By melcene

My choice would be Italy.  The food would certainly be a great perk, but to see the relics of ancient Rome... that would be great.

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#29  Edited By TheGreatGuero

Italy over France any day. With that said, I've never been to either.

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#30  Edited By Armada

I've been to both, and I'll lay out what I thought of them here... 
 
Italy 
- Great food, but you inevitably get bored of pasta/pizza.  In fact, I had a horrible break-out during my trip to Italy last year due to the high-carb, low-veg diet there. :( 
- Seeing all the locations that were in Assassin's Creed 2/Brotherhood was very fun 
- An overall casual atmosphere; louder people
- Lots of vendors/cab drivers that try to rip you off (probably happened moreso with me because I clearly don't look like a local)
 
France 
- Greater variety in food beyond just pasta and pizza--I could eat in a Paris cafe for a week, no problem, but an Italian trattoria for a week would become repetitive much faster
- Sidewalks often have fresh pigeon/dog/something poo somewhere; I spent so much time looking downwards when walking because I was afraid of stepping in shit 
- The people generally seemed to have a haughtier attitude if it was clear you were a tourist/can't understand French, but they are still polite and courteous 
- So much pretty architecture, and the places to stay (hotels, apartments, etc.) I felt were overall better than those I was at in Italy 
 
These are strictly my personal impressions, of course.  Both places are filled with famous works of art and national monuments that deserve to be seen in your lifetime.  Maybe consider which place is more exotic/different compared to where you're from?

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#31  Edited By nywt

Without knowing any possible similarities between Sweden and France/Italy (I'm Canadian), from personal experience I would suggest Italy. It may be a result of the fact that I only visited Paris, but France didn't leave a really great impression on me. Places like the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre are incredible but they don't hold a candle to places the Colosseum, Pantheon, St. Peter's Basilica, or the entirety of Venice. Italy seemed like a much friendlier place that would be more exciting to live in and explore daily. 

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#32  Edited By Ginger

France, Italy, Spain - wherever you go, you receive cheap, delicious wine in carton.  But the winner is... Italy. Slovenia recently became popular, but still, there is not much to see (best antique monuments etc.) and party as in Italy. Have fun and watch out for mafia.

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#33  Edited By jasta

I'd say Italy, but if you do end up going to France make sure you visit Annecy.

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#34  Edited By Tsoglani

Out of the two options, I would have to say Italy. 
 
France would be one to visit down the track, later on in life, but Italy is just too irresistible. Greece would be utterly fantastic to go to, especially if you are into the history, etc. 

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#35  Edited By EvilTwin

Anywhere but Liechtenstein.

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#36  Edited By mazik765

Well France is the only place I've ever seen someone get robbed so....
 
I'll say Italy, or Germany if we're allowed to go off list.

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#37  Edited By Sticky_Pennies

Italy!!

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#38  Edited By Jayross

War is like France... you never want to go back.

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#39  Edited By Jayross
@Where_Am_I I'm going to Spain this spring. Where is the best place to party?
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#40  Edited By Armada

After some additional consideration, I'm going to say Italy.  For a first time experience, that'd probably be much more impressive overall for the summer.  Also, you can fill up on gelato and limoncello.

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#41  Edited By benitobb
@Venatio:
From Sweden? Nice, I spent a few months and played soccer in Malmo a few summers ago.  I've never been to Italy, but Spain or France are great. Barcelona has amazing girls and has great weather good for hanging out on Las Ramblas all day and night drinking and just mixing things up. Paris is allright, but In France I really liked the smaller cities more, like Bordeaux.
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#42  Edited By KaosAngel

France has women, Italy has food. 
 
If you were going to pick, just go to England...they immigrants all their cultures, so you'd get a mix of what Europe is like.  Plus they speak the best language in the world.

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#43  Edited By DAFTPUNK

ITALY  their is no other choice
well.....
 
 
 
canada

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#44  Edited By benitobb
@Armada:
hahaha, I loved that you mentioned the shit on the sreets everywhere in France. Bordeaux had a fucking ridiculous amount of dog shit everywhere and I have never been shit on by a bird except for in Paris. Great random insight, man.
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#45  Edited By Aus_azn

I don't like Silvio Berlusconi.
I don't like French food.
 
Thus, another country is in order. Go to the UK, go to Marks & Spencer, go to their food section and buy their "Mini Pork Pies" or anything from that section. Best food ever. Also, fastest way to a heart attack courtesy of liberal amounts of lard. In a way, I'm glad I don't live in England, otherwise I'd probably weigh 3 times the amount I do now.
 
Don't worry, a few months in Work-Study Abroad is not bad enough to cause any major health disasters from that food.

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#46  Edited By endless_void

Italy. Spain has bad food in comparison and france....has lame tourist attractions (only thing thats good is effel tower) germany is an alright alternate choice. Oh and austria/switzerland are pretty good if you like chocolate.

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#47  Edited By KaosAngel
@DAFTPUNK: ....who would go to Canada for SUMMER vacation?
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#48  Edited By fwylo
@KaosAngel: Rocky Mountains are dope as fuck during summer.
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#49  Edited By MooseyMcMan

I'd say the UK. 

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#50  Edited By Black_Rose

Italy son.  Try visiting Niza if you can.