Trying to see all the sights in one day

One mistake is "trying to squeeze too many landmarks into a short space of time, to the exclusion of two of Paris' chief joys: exploring, and just sitting and watching the world go by," Quora user Diana Arneson said. "People tend to underestimate how much time it takes to get from one attraction to another, and to overestimate how important it is to get a selfie by those famous landmarks," she added.

[Photo via @kenya_isabel]

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