OT -- The "Choose One For The Rest Of Your Life" Thread

[847badgerfan]

My wife is Parisian…..

Yeah, but she hates it.

[Cincydawg]

Yeah, it’s just where you live, you’d still travel.  I would lean to Paris I think though it’s likely more expensive overall.

[Cincydawg]

I think you leave a place and have memories that don’t match when you return …..

[FearlessF]

I'm just picking Italy for the food.

especially for the cheese
and of course the wine

[utee94]

especially for the cheese
and of course the wine

French wine is better than Italian.  French cheese is better than Italian.

[utee94]

But of course you can get other ethnicities of food in both Paris and Rome.

So then the question for me becomes, am I more likely to be able to find good Italian food in Paris, or good French food in Rome?  And am I more likely to be able to get French wine in Rome, or Italian wine in Paris?

Those are interesting questions.

[FearlessF]

French wine is better than Italian.  French cheese is better than Italian.

might want to keep that under your Stetson while in Rome

[utee94]

might want to keep that under your Stetson while in Rome

Not saying Italian cheese and wine are bad, they're not.  They're delicious.

They're just not as food as French, which is no slight, because nobody else's cheese and wine are as good as the French either.  Theirs is the best in the world.

[MrNubbz]

The swiss do their cheeses just aren't soft and creamy like lots of french types that spread on fancy crackers and such

[utee94]

The swiss do their cheeses just aren't soft and creamy like lots of french types that spread on fancy crackers and such

The Swiss have a couple of excellent cheeses.  Gruyere is one of my favorites on the planet.  The Spanish have manchego which is fantastic.  The Italians have Parmagiano Reggiano which is certainly one of the best cheeses on earth as well.  Shoot, I put aged Wisconsin cheddar way up at the top of the heap as well.

The French have dozens at that level.  They have hard cheeses, they have soft cheeses, they have everything.

[MrNubbz]

was just going to say Gruyère i had read that the swiss heat up their milk before using in the cheese making. I'd be willing to judge any contests however

[SFBadger96]

Weather is subjective, too. The winters in Paris are worse, but the heat in Rome in the summer is worse.

And distance is different than accessibility. Taking the train from Paris gets me to more places I want to go than the train from Rome. And the train will be more pleasant than flying most of the time regardless of whether I'm going to Charles De Galle or whatever Rome's airport is called (I do recall it was pretty easy to navigate). I loved seeing the history in Rome while just walking around on the street, but I suspect I would feel the same way about Paris. Paris to England? Much easier than Rome to England. Paris to Madrid? Probably about the same as Rome to Madrid, but if I were guessing (and I am) the train from Paris might be quicker than the train from Rome. Germany? Paris wins. My brother in Austria? Rome wins. Northern Europe? Paris. Greece? Rome, but I'm not actually sure it's by much because I think I'm flying either way.

Food? Either way, what bliss.
Wine? France / Paris.
Dessert? Paris.
Parisians? Rome.

But just because I picked gumbo doesn't mean I don't love chili. And Rome is pretty great, too.

[utee94]

Weather is subjective, too. The winters in Paris are worse, but the heat in Rome in the summer is worse.

And distance is different than accessibility. Taking the train from Paris gets me to more places I want to go than the train from Rome. And the train will be more pleasant than flying most of the time regardless of whether I'm going to Charles De Galle or whatever Rome's airport is called (I do recall it was pretty easy to navigate). I loved seeing the history in Rome while just walking around on the street, but I suspect I would feel the same way about Paris. Paris to England? Much easier than Rome to England. Paris to Madrid? Probably about the same as Rome to Madrid, but if I were guessing (and I am) the train from Paris might be quicker than the train from Rome. Germany? Paris wins. My brother in Austria? Rome wins. Northern Europe? Paris. Greece? Rome, but I'm not actually sure it's by much because I think I'm flying either way.

Food? Either way, what bliss.
Wine? France / Paris.
Dessert? Paris.
Parisians? Rome.

But just because I picked gumbo doesn't mean I don't love chili. And Rome is pretty great, too.

Yeah pretty much all of my thoughts, exactly.

[FearlessF]

was just going to say Gruyère i had read that the swiss heat up their milk before using in the cheese making. I'd be willing to judge any contests however

I recall CincyDawg sayin there was a nice cheese shop near a spaghetti joint in Cincinnati