Yeah meaningless conversation is not an exclusive to American tourists, who knew...?!beats me wrote:slatepipe wrote:at least drop in for a beerbeats me wrote:I’ve got close to zero interest in London.
I once had a German friend let me know she was coming to the states in case I wanted to meet up. She was going to New York…3,000 miles away from me. So on that note how about a I let you know when I’ll be in Berlin and you can just taxi over and I’ll buy you a beer.
I think it's a good route, but maybe if you're already in Vienna you should also check out Budapest. It's a very interesting city full of culture and history. Unfourtunately their internal politics have turned rather fascist recently...beats me wrote:I think it's a good route, but maybe if you're already in Viena yandydes wrote:Italians are usually good fun (although I'm mainly going by the particularly mental ones who I met in London). Don't get expect to meet anyone in Venice though. It's a creepy ghost town at night. If you've seen Don't Look Now, it really is like that.
Prague is great. Especially if you like girls with died red hair and tattoos. And don't mind running into English stag parties of course.
And of course Germany is like omg, sooo amazing. I have to say that of course, but I like it so far.
I’m 42 and going with my parents so I’m not exactly looking for mind bending nightlife. I’m more looking for centers of history, culture, architecture, and art. Wouldn’t mind at all meeting up with some forum members or having a crazy night, but I’m not going to be sorely disappointed if it doesn’t happen.
As far as when, all I have is “12 to 16 months from now”.
I checked out the distances and it looks like a fairly forward straight vertical north movement. I’ve always wanted to check out Prague but I more chucked it in because it looks like a center stop between Vienna and Berlin. Can I assume this can all be done by train?
That's an expatriate thing in general. In Geneva I went to football pubs to hang out with other Germans. Which is weird because I like neither Football, nor Football watching Germans particularly...aisling wrote:
The comment about meeting other Americans and acting like best friends when in any other circumstance you would not have anything do due with each other is so true
Say what?Tarekith wrote:Might be moving to Luxembourg in few months…
No that would be when you post the picture of that happening here on the forumandydes wrote:Every country is nuts in it's own way.beats me wrote: I picture Europeans in general being a little more serious than Americans, but also reach a level of silliness that we don’t.
Italians are usually good fun (although I'm mainly going by the particularly mental ones who I met in London). Don't get expect to meet anyone in Venice though. It's a creepy ghost town at night. If you've seen Don't Look Now, it really is like that.
Prague is great. Especially if you like girls with died red hair and tattoos. And don't mind running into English stag parties of course.
And of course Germany is like omg, sooo amazing. I have to say that of course, but I like it so far.
Like it. Laughing at other people's funny ways is one of the grea
There used to be a segment on a radio show here called “Florida or Germany” that reported fucked up news stories on absurd, silly, or unique criminal behavior and then people had to guess if it took place in Florida or Germany.
t joys in life.
So when are you coming? I need to check out Berlin, and vaguely said I'd meet Tom I'd sometime. Lets not do a pilgrimage to ableton HQ though. That would be the last step towards forum geek for me .
)Tarekith wrote:Good tips, thanks everyone. Might be moving to Luxembourg in few months, this is all good to know.
Trains come in different tiers, the fast ones with no or almost no stops cost more. The slower ones less. There are signicicant savings to be had if you don't mind slow travel, but if you are on a vacation you probably care more for the time than the few euros savings.beats me wrote:Nice. Are the trains pretty zippy to the major cities or are there a lot of stops along the way?
andydes wrote:You should all come here. It's a public holiday today and I'm having a beer by the river...
Wife might be transferring for her job, I'll tag alongstringtapper wrote:Say what?Tarekith wrote:Might be moving to Luxembourg in few months…
Still up in the air though, she's there for 8 weeks right now feeling it out and seeing if she'd even be interested or not.what about the dog?Tarekith wrote:Wife might be transferring for her job, I'll tag alongstringtapper wrote:Say what?Tarekith wrote:Might be moving to Luxembourg in few months…
Tarekith wrote:He'd come with too or we wouldn't go.
I always had good feeling about your integrity. Yahoo does these tear jerker stories about animal abandonment, the latest being some guy dropping his Shepard off at a shelter, bolting out, driving away, and the Shepard chasing after him not knowing what he was doing....