Mostly I just don't know if I would like being confined to a boat except for guided tours. We are generally independent travelers when we visit places. I guess if the boat was big enough I wouldn't feel confined. I'm also not real sure about the on boat activities and whether I would like them. I'm still considering though - maybe a Viking river cruise in Europe.G-Man wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:31 pmWhat about cruising do you think you wouldn’t like? There are pros and cons that we experienced but far more pros than cons. The big issue is whether or not you get motion sickness. Dramamine can help. My dad needs it but neither my wife nor I felt sick.
I’ll try to post the next day tomorrow. Life is very busy right now.
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- Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:43 am
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- Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:08 am
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G-Man I'm enjoying your adventures, can't wait to see the next chapter. I've never cruised, I've had the idea I wouldn't like it so I'm interested in all your tidbits.
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:08 pm
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Ok so lets see:Epignosis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:53 amYes.
One was full of wetness
One gave me a bruise
One had me singing prog rock
One cost me my shoes
the Great Wolf was wetness?
the white water rafting cost you your shoes?
the Moog museum had you singing Prog?
but then that leaves you with a bruise at the wedding.
Maybe the wedding cost you your shoes
and the bruise was from white water rafting
or maybe I got all of them wrong!
Sounds like a good time!
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:00 am
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- Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:45 am
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Please do nutella! So excited for you!nutella wrote: ↑Tue Jul 03, 2018 6:10 am So I'm currently in Taipei, Taiwan for the week with my housemates and a couple other friends. It's awesome so far!! we're having great food and exploring the city. if you're friends with me on fb you can see the pictures i've posted so far, i can also upload a couple highlights here and/or in discord
- Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:20 am
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Rico, there is an area of coastal France where you can walk from one little village to the next - JJJ probably knows the name of it I have forgotten - but you would probably enjoy it as it consists of smaller places and is on the coast. Supposedly really cool.
- Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:28 am
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I was lucky and went during a time of year where there were not masses of people or mosquitos.
- Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:37 pm
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I love Acadia Sloonei, I'm so jealous.Sloonei wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2017 6:52 pm Hey look I uploaded some photos.
Vermont
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Acadia National Park (Maine)Spoiler: showMassachusettsSpoiler: showI'll probably continue uploading things later, here's the full album so far if anyone wants to look at more pictures of things I saw.Spoiler: show
- Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:37 pm
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- Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:18 am
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I don't know much about Wisconsin besides cheese and the greenbay packers or Minnesota with Mall of America and lakes. I'd probably choose New England during fall foliage or Nova Scotia to see whales. I found this pretty cool site for Nova Scotia that sorts experiences depending on your interests. You might find it interesting http://www.novascotia.com.
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:25 pm
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Unreal that you knew that.Ricochet wrote:Because I have mad levels of swag.juliets wrote:Yes, it was Daphne and Apollo at the Borghese. How did you know that?Ricochet wrote:I had a favorite ruins spot in Rome, but it wasn't within the Roman Forum.
Was the Bernini sculpture Daphnis and Apollo, in the Galleria Borghese, by any chance?
I don't feel the itch to visit either Venice or Milan, to be honest. Probably missing something, but just wouldn't put them anywhere near the top of the wishlist.
Also, silly me, forgot Pisa. I'd place it about 18th.
And it was one of my favorites as well and since we seem to like a handful of the same things...
Also, what is in the picture? Whatever it is, I didn't see it.
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 2:51 pm
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Yes, it was Daphne and Apollo at the Borghese. How did you know that?Ricochet wrote:I had a favorite ruins spot in Rome, but it wasn't within the Roman Forum.
Was the Bernini sculpture Daphnis and Apollo, in the Galleria Borghese, by any chance?
I don't feel the itch to visit either Venice or Milan, to be honest. Probably missing something, but just wouldn't put them anywhere near the top of the wishlist.
Also, silly me, forgot Pisa. I'd place it about 18th.
- Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:20 am
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This makes me feel ill to think about it. My fear of heights is alive and well.Sloonei wrote:I was walking around there with two of my school chums when we first arrived at the cliffs, all of us just soaking in the view. Then the two of them decided they wanted to dangle their legs over the edge. They did that, I took a seat 10 feet back. I still get lightheaded thinking about it. I distinctly remember looking down and seeing tiny little white specs that were seagulls flying around a hundred feet below me.When people kept ignoring the signs and walking right out to the very edge I was holding my breath. They're glorious, no doubt.Sloonei wrote:The Cliffs of Moher are the single most impressive/terrifying natural feature I've ever seen.
Also, I left out Canada when I talked about my travels. Jasper National Park, Banff National Park and Lake Louise. The Canadian Rockies, beautiful.
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:47 pm
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I'm so happy to see Florence at the top of the list. I loved Florence, The art, the art , the art. It was magnificent and easy to get around in by foot, not as large as Rome but chock full of historical things nonetheless.Ricochet wrote:I've started travelling abroad rather late, around the age of 18 (I'm saying this feeling I should have done this a lot earlier than that), back when I was chasing bands touring in Europe or wanted to escape from home during the Christmas holiday or had a gf to take a vacation with. I haven't been doing it as often ever since I've exiled myself on an island in the Pacific. My parents pick me up with a rented flying boat every summer, so I usually tag along.
My power rankings thus far:
0. On top of the Vesuvius, during a surreal foggy, cloudy weather in slow anticipation of a seething rainstorm, whilst listening to Zeit
1. Florence
2. Lisbon
(=====================good friggin' luck beating the above, thus far=====================)
3. Paris (I'm including Versailles in here)
4. Budapest
5. Bruges
6. Vienna
7. Algarve (Lagos, specifically)
8. Hamburg
9. London
10. Rome
11. Prague
12. Siena
13. Berlin
14. Pompeii
15. Paola
16. Maribor
17. Cascais
18. Sagres
19. Oostende
20. Cosenza
21. Fatima
Too transitory to count: Antwerp, Belgrade, Munchen, Szeged
Other than Florence I've been to Rome, Paris and London in Europe. Pairs was my second favorite city, again the historical sites and the art. The Louvre was outstanding. Rome was home to my favorite piece of art, a sculpture by Bernini, but I didn't dig the ruins that everyone talks so much about. A lot of it felt like, well, ruins. Bricks and rocks and things. Missed Pompeii, need to do that on a return trip.
I got stopped in Rome by the metro police - I thought they were the real police - who spoke to me in angry, loud Italian and I didn't understand a word they were saying. My husband had walked off and didn't notice they were detaining me. Turned out they wanted to see my metro ticket which he had (because I left my wallet at a museum in Florence and he decided to take control of all of my things after that). We finally got it straightened out but they made angry and rude comments (which I understood) about people who come to their country and don't speak the language. I was so angry, I wanted to tell them I was helping their country by spending my hard earned money there but I was just happy to get away from them. Ruined my day.
In Europe would like to go to Venice before it drowns, Germany, Austria and Amsterdam. Amsterdam in particular because I am trying to see all the paintings available by Vermeer before I die.
In the states I love NYC (go at Christmas time if you haven't been), Las Vegas (for the shows and the food and the spas not the gambling), Boston and San Fransisco but most of all I love the national parks. Yosemite was to die for, Zion was gorgeous, Bryce, the Grand Canyon, the Grand Tetons, and Acadia all interesting. I'd like to go to Glacier but I'm a little freaked out by the bears (I have all kinds of bear books about how they kill people, I'm fascinated). I'd like to see Hawaii but it's a long way from Florida.
My dream trip is New Zealand - hiking without the wild animals and snakes. But it's so far away, I don't know if I can stand a plane for that long.