Backpacking in Europe this Summer

[Caliga]

Before we moved down here, Princesca had an Italian boss (she was originally from Umbria, I think) and her husband was from Calabria.  Perhaps I'm confusing you with him in terms of place of origin.

[Brazen]

I could manage a beer in London 

[Zanza2]

This Vienna meet sounds like a neat idea.

If you guys meet in Vienna, I might join you. It's not that far from where I live.

[Barrister]

Prague-Krakow-Budapest-Vienna.

You should just stick your US passport on your forehead and you would get all the east euro girls you want.

Is that true?  Czech girls are hot as shit in intraweb porn.

In reality they are thoroughly meh.

And I doubt that's true these days, maybe 20 years ago. Seems weird.

I thought they (and POlish) girls were pretty damn hot.

I mean it's of course somewhat foolish to try and categorize an entire country full of women, but on average...

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Antwerp is nothing special from what I've heard. Brugge though...

Gent. The center is just as pretty as Brugge and there's something else than the endless tourist-trap chocolate-shops of Brugge.

[barkdreg]

Crazy Ivan is right. Gent is a much nicer place to visit.
Totally not biased by the fact I live there.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Crazy Ivan is right. Gent is a much nicer place to visit.
Totally not biased by the fact I live there.

same here :p

[Alcibiades]

Brazen -  If you would like to potentially meet up the night of May 20th or maybe the 21st ( we may be leaving late afternoon on the 21st) that would be cool, though we will likely be quite jetlagged and lost. 

Larch  - It actually looks like I'll have enough time to do a lot of Spain and Lisbon.  So maybe we can coordinate something?  It looks like my friend has to leave June 22nd, so I'll be solo and probably bored for the last 2 weeks, starved of human contact. 


Well maybe we'll chose Gent over antwerp or Brugge if you guys wanted to do a quick meetup by chance?  Would assume its going to be around May 25th-26thish.

[The Larch]

Larch  - It actually looks like I'll have enough time to do a lot of Spain and Lisbon.  So maybe we can coordinate something?  It looks like my friend has to leave June 22nd, so I'll be solo and probably bored for the last 2 weeks, starved of human contact. 

That sounds slightly gay...   

Now seriously, June is traditionally a very busy time of the year in my job, so I'm not sure if I can commit to anything more than weekends right now. We can get back on this when we're closer to those dates, though.

[Brazen]

Brazen -  If you would like to potentially meet up the night of May 20th or maybe the 21st ( we may be leaving late afternoon on the 21st) that would be cool, though we will likely be quite jetlagged and lost. 

There's a good chance I could do either of those dates. And I'm used to meeting jet-lagged Languishites and feeding them overpriced London beer Prepare yourself - £3.30 a pint even in the suburbs now!

Looks like you'll be in Paris over Easter weekend. Beware that some shops will be shut Sunday and Monday (though the attractions remain open) and it might be heaving with tourists.

[katmai]

And I'm used to meeting jet-lagged Languishites and feeding them overpriced London beer Prepare yourself - £3.30 a pint even in the suburbs now!

Not much different then what i have to pay for good beer here.

[jamesww]

I could manage a beer in London 

So could I. 

[Alcibiades]

Brazen -  If you would like to potentially meet up the night of May 20th or maybe the 21st ( we may be leaving late afternoon on the 21st) that would be cool, though we will likely be quite jetlagged and lost. 

There's a good chance I could do either of those dates. And I'm used to meeting jet-lagged Languishites and feeding them overpriced London beer Prepare yourself - £3.30 a pint even in the suburbs now!

Looks like you'll be in Paris over Easter weekend. Beware that some shops will be shut Sunday and Monday (though the attractions remain open) and it might be heaving with tourists.

They celebrate Easter in May in France?  Huh, always thought it was the same for everyone.  But the prices sound fine, my friend loves trying good beer.

I could manage a beer in London 

So could I. 

Sounds good, I'm generally leaning towards May 21st, I believe it is a Saturday.  Flight gets in at 1130 local time, so any time that day should work well.

That sounds slightly gay...   

Now seriously, June is traditionally a very busy time of the year in my job, so I'm not sure if I can commit to anything more than weekends right now. We can get back on this when we're closer to those dates, though.

Yeah a little bit.   

I'm actually hoping to run into people in the hostels that I can tag along with for the last leg of my trip, keep things interesting. 

[Admiral Yi]

How much lingo you got GI?

[Alcibiades]

How much lingo you got GI?

Extremely rusty German....and I can use every swear word in Spanish?