I%26#39;ll be flying into Frankfurt on Monday, and leaving on Friday, but I%26#39;m not sure what to do in between. I have a friend saying in Metz, France so I was going to visit him for a day, but I%26#39;m not sure what to do the other days. I was think about going to Luxembourg for a day, and maybe Belgium for a day, or possibly some place else in Germany. Any ideas?
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i was living in metz for a few months and yeah, its a small city, and not really a touristy one at that.
There is a museum, la musee de couer d%26#39;or. Its nice, has sculpture, art, and even ruins from ancient gallo roman baths. Quite nice actually, and neat that you can touch stuff that was built so long ago. A lot of the sculpture there has a gallo roman flavour.
The church, Cathedrale de St. Etienne, is quite beautiful and one of the nicer ones in france. Nice intricate stonework on the outside and inside. Its also not very busy, unlike say, notre dame, so you can actually take your time to look around, sit down, even pray without hoards of people. Also has some very ncie stained glass, including some by chagall.
There is quite a large pedestrian only shopping area where you can shop for everything and anything. There are designer shops, electronics, sports, cheese, wine, etc etc. Very nice place to take a stroll through.
Sit in the cafes in Place St. Jacques, near the big shopping mall. Lots of nice cafes in this nice city square. And they might have a festival or something on there too. I frequented Cafe Des Arts when i was there. It was a nice place to sit.
You can also visit the german gate, which is a reminder of Lorraine belonging to germany from 1871 to 1918.
There is also the opera if you are into that. Its quite a nice building, and i think its one of the oldest continuously running opera houses in france.
Admire the architecture of the city, it is really a beautiful city in that way. There are also many many gardens and parks, which is why they call it the %26#39;ville des jardins%26#39;.
IF you wanted to travel from metz for a day, i would suggest going to Strasbourg. It is only like an hour and a half by train, but it is quite the city. The cathedrale there will blow your mind. Petit france is a world heritage site, and there are plenty of museums including the modern art museum which has, among other things, an original of Rodin%26#39;s Le Penseur.
Metz really is a nice city if you would like to get more of a local french city feel without always being surrounded by tourists. Great architecture of the city and a very nice urban feel to it.
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