#TTOT Roundup: Capital Cities

Every Tuesday it's Travel Talk on Twitter! Follow the #TTOT hashtag to see what all the commotion and Tweets are about! There are two sessions to join, one at 9:30am GMT and the other at 9:30pm GMT.

Here's the round-up of this week's #TTOT: 

Q1 via EmmaHiggins88: Which capital city has the best sights to see in the space of 24 hours?

• velvetescape: Amsterdam! Easy to walk around, explore the city & visit major sights in 24hrs
• reidontravel: Hanoi, Vietnam: favorite Asian city. Walkable center, magic turtle, street beer
• thetravproject: Singapore rocks in 24 hours, a great stop over 
  
• 2girls1journey: Wellington! Considered as one of the best little capital in the world!
• RickGriffin: Las Vegas because everything is open 24/7
• sushibananas: Tokyo is a very cool place to be. And it is a 24 hour city in addition to being a capital! 
• peggitee: Copenhagen. It's buzzing with activities from dusk till dawn

Picturesque Copenhagen

Q2 via christinahegele: Which city that isn't a capital city should receive capital status and why?

• RunawayBrit: Hong Kong, so much more vibrant and cosmopolitan than Beijing
• p0psicle: Sydney because Canberra is a total let down; like a real life version of 'The Truman Show' 
• hjortur: Rio de Janeiro, instead of Brasilia
• triptrotting: LOS ANGELES! Best beaches, best entertainment, chill people, mountains to snowboard, SUN 365 days
• driftingkiwi: Sydney and Melbourne were both smart enough to not want the politicians in their city!
• melissashales: Istanbul. It was a capital for nearly 2,000 years and 3 of the world's greatest empires. It's just wrong it's been downgraded

Istanbul, not Constantinople!

 Q3 via SeeKerala: Which capital city should be called capital of the world ?

• mariajessica: I could go for Bhutan where the gov't is more concerned with Gross National Happiness
• ae_carhire: Geneva would make for a nice world capital. Lots of chocolate at hand
• clareappleyard: I believe the USA considers itself the Capital of the World
• LloydsTravel: Djibouti, Djibouti! Just because the name is awesome
• redhunttravel: I think Istanbul would be a good choice for Capital of the world. Spans two continents cosmoplitan, good choice
• packDsuitcase:Maybe Rome, just to throw back to the times when it actually was the capital of the world?
• MalloryOnTravel: Funny that the Brits think London and the Americans are going for NYC strange that huh?

NYC gets my vote!

Q4 via fittravelgirl: Practicalities aside, put together great meal made from dishes from 3 different capital cities

• foodieintl: Amatriciana from Rome, ceviche from Lima, cheese course from Paris
• GFexplorers: Chicken Satay (Bangkok) Paella (Madrid) Gelato- of course! (Rome) - I actually changed my answer 4 times here  
• christinahegele: Gyoza (Tokyo), gulash (Budapest), hokey pokey ice cream (wellington)
• eurotriptips: But I couldn't live without my junk. American hotdog, Brit fish&chips main and a famous French Can. sugar pie
  
• logandsmith: Steak from Argentina, Chips from England & Vodka from Poland
• Inga_Ros: Beijing dumplings, Washington Prime Rib and Paris Creme Brulee
• cougjosh: Massamann Curry, Greek Salad, Guinness. Now there's a whole mashup of flavor right there!
• touregyptnet: Koshary from Cairo, fattah from Beirut, sweets from Istanbul!

Egyptian koshary, yum!

Q5 via LolaDiMarco: If u could only visit 5 capital cities in lifetime what would they be? repeats vs. 5 diff ones?

• somby: Santiago de Chile, Havana, Seoul, Tokyo (revisit) Cape Town (revisit), Belgrade (revisit)
• BryanCSnider: Berlin, Bern, Cairo, Moscow and Vienna
• 25travels: Buenos Aires, Brussels (return), Baghdad, Beijing, Tokyo
• ehalvey:  Paris, Athens, Cairo, Rome, Ankara. I heart me some art history 
  
• jeremybelcher: Wish List: Moscow, Seoul, Talinn, Istanbul, Lagos
• 501places: Papeete, Yaren district, Jamestown, Longyearbyen, N'djamena
• TendToTravel: Tokyo, Baghdad, Jerusalem, Moscow and Kabul. Very mystical places I think

And there you have it, "Capital Cities"!

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Have YOU got anything to add to the Capital Cities travel discussion? 

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