Paris

There's a lot of tourists in Paris this time of the year, everywhere.  And it's not too hard to see why; between the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame, and plenty of other museums and famous buildings, you can spend days just seeing tourist attractions.  Even as someone not particularly into museums, I spent the entire day at the Louvre.  Protip: There are ways to buy a ticket without waiting on the hour-long line.

On the first night there, I had wine and cheese at the hostel, and went with a group of around a dozen people to drink wine near the Eiffel Tower.  The tower is brightly lit at night, and will flash periodically.

With a group of people I met that night, I went to the Louvre, the grandest museum in the world, the following day.  The photos of the Louvre's art is on the bottom.  It has artwork mostly from Rome, Europe, and Egypt, as well as artifacts (this was my first time seeing real Egyptian hieroglyphics).  It also houses the Mona Lisa, which in person is surprisingly nicer and more vivid than I expected - I genuinely was impressed, despite seeing depictions of it for my entire life.

The last day was spent seeing the actual city.  While it's true that Paris isn't fully the wonderous city shown in movies, it's certainly not half-bad.  Naturally, I only saw the downtown areas - which themselves often contained tourist attractions, such as the Palace of Luxembourg and Notre Dame.  The Montmartre district, known for its art, is pretty nice too, but overrun with tourists.