Top Fives

Here, for a bit of fun, are our lists of top five experiences from our trip in Europe.

Top five best restaurants

1. Marquis de Salade, Budapest.
2. Le Petit Chatelet, Paris.
3. Antica Besseta, Venice.
4. Tempus Fugit, Bratislava.
5. La Victoire Suprême du Coeur, Paris.

Top five most frightening moments

1. Climbing Tour Magne, Nîmes.
2. Riding in a taxi with an insane Parisian driver.
3. Using a pedestrian crossing across the Boulevard de l'Oulle, Avignon.
4. Walking around the arena, Nîmes.
5. The speeding 'escalators-of-death' on the Budapest Metro.

Top five best art galleries

1. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
2. Kunsthaus, Vienna.
3. The Louvre, Paris.
4. Ca' Pesaro, Venice.
5. Secession Building, Vienna.

Top five strangest museums

1. Esperanto Museum, Vienna.
2. Statue Park, Budapest.
3. Clock Museum, Vienna.
4. Old Town Hall, Bratislava.
5. Lace Museum, Burano, Venice.

Top five churches

1. Sainte Chappelle, Paris.
2. Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice.
3. La Madeleine, Paris.
4. Basilica San Marco, Venice.
5. Stephansdom, Vienna.

Top five Art Nouveau spots.

1. Exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
2. Gustav Klimt's Beethoven Frieze, Secession Building, Vienna.
3. The thermal baths at the Gellért Hotel, Budapest.
4. Kaiser Pavillion, Vienna.
5. Andrássy út, Budapest.

Top five best shops

1. La Maison du Chocolat, Paris (chocolate).
2. Les Salons du Palais Royal, Paris (perfume).
3. Ca' Macana, Venice (papier-mâché masks).
4. Shakespeare & Co., Paris (bookshop).
5. Barovier e Toso, Murano (modern glass).