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Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 7:36 pm
by Princess Buttercup
aisling wrote:All 203 lbs (92 kg) of me cried like my 7 year old...
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Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 9:16 pm
by eyeknow
andydes wrote:Yes, Princess. River.

Well done.

Now, can you show me a picture of a Mountain?
He didn't try very hard

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Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 8:47 am
by derzai
beats me wrote:Venice, Italy
wouldnt go there in august, too hot, too humid, and for all, too many tourists. been there 4 times since '72 and the best time i went there was januari.

at tarekith, luxembourg is great for biking. (and banking).

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 9:38 am
by derzai
or visit the rijksmuseum like your president did. lol. (7 miles from where i live, woke up too late, could have been there).

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Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:02 am
by derzai
or visit the sofia valentine beach party.

http://expornstar.com/

as i said, there's many options.

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:37 pm
by beats me
derzai wrote:
beats me wrote:Venice, Italy
wouldnt go there in august, too hot, too humid, and for all, too many tourists. been there 4 times since '72 and the best time i went there was januari.

Good to know. I don’t think we’ll be spending more than a couple days in any one city, but we are looking for a time of the year with decent weather and little crowds.

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 2:54 pm
by derzai
beats me wrote:Good to know. I don’t think we’ll be spending more than a couple days in any one city, but we are looking for a time of the year with decent weather and little crowds.
yep. then you will have to plan carefully.

timetable, travelling distances, hamilton circles. you could even solve it as a lineair programming problem. i think.

and check the climate reports.

is up to you.

and i wouldnt go too far to the east of europe. there's war in ukraine.

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:43 pm
by derzai
and in june there is worldchampionship football in brazil.

:D

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:53 pm
by beats me
This trip is almost entirely being funded by my parents’ timeshare from transportation to accommodations. So we have to go to where and when they have places to stay. That’s why we are trying to plan so far in advance and trying to pick the best (decent weather/less people) time of year. We'll even postpone the trip if we have to, to suit our requirements.

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:14 pm
by derzai
beats me wrote:This trip is almost entirely being funded by my parents’ timeshare from transportation to accommodations. So we have to go to where and when they have places to stay. That’s why we are trying to plan so far in advance and trying to pick the best (decent weather/less people) time of year. We'll even postpone the trip if we have to, to suit our requirements.
generally september will be still a good time to go.

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:35 pm
by beats me
Cool. We were thinking the fall would be good.

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 2:36 pm
by TomViolenz
beats me wrote:
derzai wrote:
beats me wrote:Venice, Italy
wouldnt go there in august, too hot, too humid, and for all, too many tourists. been there 4 times since '72 and the best time i went there was januari.

Good to know. I don’t think we’ll be spending more than a couple days in any one city, but we are looking for a time of the year with decent weather and little crowds.
I'll never get that aproach to traveling. I mean sure, if you find out you hate it after you arrive, then leave. But in general you will just be stressed out by constantly traveling and adjusting and don't get a decent impression of anyone country/city.

If you have only 2 weeks of vacation (poor US sobs :(), make that 2 max. 3 places to see. Europe is not Disneyland and each country/city is not just another ride.


If/when you hit Berlin, we could grab a beer or coffee somewhere if you'd like?!

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:25 pm
by derzai
TomViolenz wrote:I'll never get that aproach to traveling.
me either. most of the travels i made were kind of adventures. once got stuck at the tsjech german border, between prague and dresden, for 6 or 7 hours, because there were heavy floods.

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:26 pm
by derzai
beats me wrote:Cool. We were thinking the fall would be good.
if venice is the main objective and you are going in oktober, then i would spent more time in italy.

assisi for example is a great city too.

Re: A strictly English speaker in Europe

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:27 pm
by derzai
madrid and lisbon are great too.