There are some places that just stick with you after a visit. Be it having had a very good time, seeing something very different or just walking through history.
I'd mention Ragusa/Dubrovnik as number one. Very well kept, despite the Yugoslav Army's bombardments. When you see the surrounding landscape, you kind of understand it was a hard city to conquer. Old town Rhodes is a good shout. The museum is great. It's one of the better kept crusader fortresses. London, for obvious reasons. Its size does not diminish the sheer feeling of walking through history. Rome, although it wasn't as great as I had hoped. Athens was just too Greek. Riga was kind of nice.
I'd like to go to Malta some day. Next trip is to Ljubljana, Slovenia, though. International Festival FTW.
Newark :(
Assisi.
I'm not sure what to say here. Is it just cities that particularly stood out? I think I'm have had unforgettable experiences in most major cities I've lived in/visited. :blush:
Quote from: derspiess on May 13, 2015, 10:08:43 AM
Newark :(
I think he meant in a
good way.
"Wow, what an example of a dystopian wasteland" doesn't count. :P
For places that really "stick" with you, I guess I'm going to go with places attached to tragedy. Sure, happy fun vacations are absolutely wonderful, but when you get that little kick in the guts while you're visiting a palce, that's hard to forget.
So...
Auschwitz, and New York City in November, 2001.
I've still yet to go to Ragusa :(
I'd say I guess Nara- deer roaming the streets. What more do you need.
Carcassonne (yes, it is Disney-medieval, but an epic sight nonetheless), Hong Kong (esp the view from Victoria Peak, but also just waking the streets), and London (loved living there - so walkable!) are three cities that i say live up to their hype. Prague and Dubrovnik are on the to-do list.
Quote from: Tyr on May 13, 2015, 10:16:59 AM
I've still yet to go to Ragusa :(
I'd say I guess Nara- deer roaming the streets. What more do you need.
Sons of bitches tried to eat my camera. :ultra:
As long as I live I will never forget the picture of very attractive women wearing garter belts, miniskirts, and long coats in Aix-en-Provence.
I agree with Assisi, London and Rome. I would also add Berlin and for Roman ruins enthusiasts, Trier.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on May 13, 2015, 10:09:25 AM
Assisi.
I loved Assisi too, but I think as far as Italy goes I'd have to pick Rome.
In terms of cities I'd never forget for negative reasons... Cleveland. :Embarrass:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 13, 2015, 10:39:59 AM
As long as I live I will never forget the picture of very attractive women wearing garter belts, miniskirts, and long coats in Aix-en-Provence.
It's a wonderful country.
Yeah. Shame about all of the Frenchies there, though. :(
Quote from: Norgy on May 13, 2015, 10:04:52 AMNext trip is to Ljubljana, Slovenia, though. International Festival FTW.
You will like it. I'd move there if I could.
You have to do your best to ignore the Mordor-like Trg Republike sitting in the middle of a city that would otherwise look like Florence.
I recomend visiting Palestine.
It is a beautiful place, if you don't mind the hateful, racist, homophobic, capitalist pigs, israelis next door.
I wouldn't mind visiting Israel, Siege. You're assigning me opinions I don't have.
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Quote from: Norgy on May 13, 2015, 10:04:52 AMNext trip is to Ljubljana, Slovenia, though. International Festival FTW.
You will like it. I'd move there if I could.
You have to do your best to ignore the Mordor-like Trg Republike sitting in the middle of a city that would otherwise look like Florence.
You might get a PM asking for tips before I go.
I have a few other places on my list.
Istanbul
Berlin
New York
Wherever PDH is living
Another city that I could never forget, and hell it inspired me to move near it for awhile, was Dawson City, Yukon. :cool:
Quote from: Norgy on May 13, 2015, 04:11:56 PM
I wouldn't mind visiting Israel, Siege. You're assigning me opinions I don't have.
I don't think he was necessarily trying to imply anything about you. Today he's made posts questioning his hyper-capitalist schtick and advocating for gay sex. :hmm:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 13, 2015, 05:25:45 PM
Quote from: Norgy on May 13, 2015, 04:11:56 PM
I wouldn't mind visiting Israel, Siege. You're assigning me opinions I don't have.
I don't think he was necessarily trying to imply anything about you. Today he's made posts questioning his hyper-capitalist schtick and advocating for gay sex. :hmm:
He is experimenting. Soon we will discover his new shtick.
Quote from: Barrister on May 13, 2015, 04:21:07 PM
Another city that I could never forget, and hell it inspired me to move near it for awhile, was Dawson City, Yukon. :cool:
I can imagine.
I have a couple of friends who have signed contracts and moved to Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen. It looks a blend of horrifying and amazing.
A few places from my travels pop in my head every once in a while. Not sure there is a city or place that comes to mind more often than others.
But I do find interesting how some of these memories just show up. If I see a flower garden the Christchurch botanical gardens come to mind. Busy city? NYC memories. Older city? Rome, or sometimes San Juan comes to mind. Cold? Korea or Antarctica. Music has a way of transporting you to where you heard the song first too.
Quote from: lustindarkness on May 13, 2015, 05:47:15 PM
A few places from my travels pop in my head every once in a while. Not sure there is a city or place that comes to mind more often than others.
But I do find interesting how some of these memories just show up. If I see a flower garden the Christchurch botanical gardens come to mind. Busy city? NYC memories. Older city? Rome, or sometimes San Juan comes to mind. Cold? Korea or Antarctica. Music has a way of transporting you to where you heard the song first too.
When were you in Korea?
Quote from: Norgy on May 13, 2015, 04:14:09 PM
Wherever PDH is living
Are you gonna rob his house? :shifty:
Florence, Italy.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 13, 2015, 06:48:00 PM
When were you in Korea?
March 2013, I have posted about this before, including in some Korea thread of yours at the time I was getting ready to go there.
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Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 13, 2015, 06:48:00 PM
When were you in Korea?
March 2013, I have posted about this before, including in some Korea thread of yours at the time I was getting ready to go there.
Why didn't we meet!? :o
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 13, 2015, 08:48:40 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on May 13, 2015, 08:13:30 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 13, 2015, 06:48:00 PM
When were you in Korea?
March 2013, I have posted about this before, including in some Korea thread of yours at the time I was getting ready to go there.
Why didn't we meet!? :o
I was working in the south port of Gwangyang something or other, in a military exercise, no time or transportation. You were farther north.
Two ships that pass in the night. :cry:
The worst languish non meet was Siege not checking his messages, turns out he was at the same base as me in Kuwait, just steps away.
Timmay could have sent his rickshaw south.
Quote from: lustindarkness on May 13, 2015, 09:08:02 PM
The worst languish non meet was Siege not checking his messages, turns out he was at the same base as me in Kuwait, just steps away.
That could have been the best. A Languish meet at war.
Quote from: lustindarkness on May 13, 2015, 09:08:02 PM
The worst languish non meet was Siege not checking his messages, turns out he was at the same base as me in Kuwait, just steps away.
I forget man. My PTSD affects my short and medium term memories.
Was it Arifjan or Ali Al Salem?
I was in Arifjan for a month between March and April 2007.
I've been a bunch of times in Ali al Salem, but only for a few days at a time.
The longest was like a week waiting for my flight to the US, during an R&R leave.
I think i went back to Arifjan at some point, but is kind of foggy.
AJ was my home base, I drove to Ali all the time too. 06-07 and 10-11. You suck anyway, PTSD or not :P.
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Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 13, 2015, 05:25:45 PM
Quote from: Norgy on May 13, 2015, 04:11:56 PM
I wouldn't mind visiting Israel, Siege. You're assigning me opinions I don't have.
I don't think he was necessarily trying to imply anything about you. Today he's made posts questioning his hyper-capitalist schtick and advocating for gay sex. :hmm:
He is experimenting. Soon we will discover his new shtick.
It was boring. I cannot pretend to be what I am not, or defend what I don't belive in.
It just doesn't stimulate my soul.
Not that i have one.
Quote from: Siege on May 15, 2015, 09:11:35 AM
I forget man. My PTSD affects my short and medium term memories.
Seriously? I didn't know it had that effect.
First that came to mind are the Bs:
Buenos Aires, Barcelona and Berlin.
And Birmingham, surely.
The area around Vannes in Brittany, for the best childhood vacation memories.
Venice, for having lived there a short time and slowly becoming part of it.
Auschwitz, for obvious reasons. It is still on my mind a lot after 6 months.
Malta, for the sheer number of different cultural traces in such a small space.
Trieste, for the Habsburg nostalgia mixed with Italian and Slav influences.
Urbino, for coming as close as possible to being at a Renaissance court.
Vergina, the old Macedonian capital for the eerie experience of being the only visitor, walking into a theatre, realizing this is the place where Philip was murdered and Alexander became king at the moment a thunderstorm erupts out of nowhere overhead.
Saint-Malo, for the most glorious sunsets I've ever seen.
Moscow, for a crazy visit in the 90s, which included the apartment bombings, getting arrested several times for no apparent reason, getting shot at and nearly being run over by Jeltsin's car.