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Where should I go this summer?

Started by jimmy olsen, June 24, 2013, 04:02:19 AM

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Caliga

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Richard Hakluyt

The Daily Mail is into Detroit.

Every now and then they run an article with lots of pretty pictures of grand deserted buildings, "ruin porn"  :cool:

garbon

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on June 24, 2013, 04:25:03 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on June 24, 2013, 04:18:48 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 24, 2013, 04:00:58 PM

Good point - I forgot about that. :hmm:

Maybe London then.

If you want to see more than one city London-Cambridge-York-Edinburgh is quite doable by train.

I've said this before, but if you do come to the UK Tim then book those rail tickets in advance........otherwise they will cost you an arm and a leg.


With now being about the appropriate time, because as I discovered, more than 2 months prior is like giving up both arms or both legs. :D
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garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

MadImmortalMan

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on June 24, 2013, 04:38:06 PM
The Daily Mail is into Detroit.

Every now and then they run an article with lots of pretty pictures of grand deserted buildings, "ruin porn"  :cool:


You gotta make the best of what you have.  :P
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"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

jimmy olsen

Quote from: Savonarola on June 24, 2013, 04:17:27 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 24, 2013, 04:02:19 AM
I think it's time I try Europe. Leave Seoul on August 10th, depart wherever the 18th.

Berlin, Coppenhagen, Prague?

Can you get overnight trains (or busses) between those destinations?  If not you're going to spend a lot of your vacation time on the railroad or in an airport.
I was asking which I should go to, not that I was going to all of them.

If I went to Coppenhagen, I'd probably visit Hamburg. If I went to Prague, I'd probably visit Vienna, etc.

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MadImmortalMan

Only 8 days--am I reading that right? I'd probably try to keep it focused. Prague and Vienna alone could fill 8 days the way I travel.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
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The Larch

I don't know if I'd go on an intercontinental trip for just 8 days, and if I did I think I'd keep it to only one place.

garbon

Quote from: The Larch on June 24, 2013, 06:12:58 PM
I don't know if I'd go on an intercontinental trip for just 8 days, and if I did I think I'd keep it to only one place.

Most of my initial forays to Europe were for only 9 days.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

The Larch

Quote from: garbon on June 24, 2013, 06:16:06 PM
Quote from: The Larch on June 24, 2013, 06:12:58 PM
I don't know if I'd go on an intercontinental trip for just 8 days, and if I did I think I'd keep it to only one place.

Most of my initial forays to Europe were for only 9 days.

Taking the trips into account or that long already on location? I mean, each one plans its holidays as they want, I personally want to spend more time in the destination if I'm making such a long trip.

garbon

Quote from: The Larch on June 24, 2013, 06:20:20 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 24, 2013, 06:16:06 PM
Quote from: The Larch on June 24, 2013, 06:12:58 PM
I don't know if I'd go on an intercontinental trip for just 8 days, and if I did I think I'd keep it to only one place.

Most of my initial forays to Europe were for only 9 days.

Taking the trips into account or that long already on location? I mean, each one plans its holidays as they want, I personally want to spend more time in the destination if I'm making such a long trip.

Taking into account the 2 travel days, so 7 days on vacation.  Besides, most of us aren't Euroweenies with endless amounts of vacation on our hands. :P

I should add though that in all of my trips of that duration, I just did one place - so like England or Amsterdam/Hague/Utrecht or Rome/Tivoli.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

MadImmortalMan

I like to not keep much of a strict itinerary and allow plenty of "wandering around" time. That's tough to squeeze in if you're doing a different town each day.


I've spent probably a total of 17-20 total days in London alone but only seen half of it.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

The Larch

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Quote from: garbon on June 24, 2013, 06:22:10 PM
Quote from: The Larch on June 24, 2013, 06:20:20 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 24, 2013, 06:16:06 PM
Quote from: The Larch on June 24, 2013, 06:12:58 PM
I don't know if I'd go on an intercontinental trip for just 8 days, and if I did I think I'd keep it to only one place.

Most of my initial forays to Europe were for only 9 days.

Taking the trips into account or that long already on location? I mean, each one plans its holidays as they want, I personally want to spend more time in the destination if I'm making such a long trip.

Taking into account the 2 travel days, so 7 days on vacation.  Besides, most of us aren't Euroweenies with endless amounts of vacation on our hands. :P

I should add though that in all of my trips of that duration, I just did one place - so like England or Amsterdam/Hague/Utrecht or Rome/Tivoli.

My rationale is not based on having lots of holiday time to spend, but in a "if I'm shelling hundreds of bucks for plane tickets I'm going to want to milk this trip for all its worth". :contract:

Anyway, we're in agreement, with that time frame it's better to stick to just one place. :cheers:

Admiral Yi

I agree t'is better to sit and savor than blitz and gasp.

Liep

Quote from: Caliga on June 24, 2013, 03:45:41 PM
There's no part of Australia (except maybe Tasmania?) that truly gets *cold* in the winter, right?  I thought all of Australia had either a tropical climate or climates like southern California or Florida, depending on humidity.

I was freezing my ass of in southern Australia in the summer or spring, or whatever they call november. Melbournians walking around in winter coats, etc. So I'm guessing yes, it'll get cold.
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