If you could go anywhere...?
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If you could go anywhere...?
I was going to revive this thread, but after reading it I decided it's best to start with a clean slate.
If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go? And why?
If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go? And why?
You had your chance and the perfect reason...Daki wrote:As for me, Amsterdam (or really anywhere in Europe).
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We are looking at making another trip to Barcelona but with a vehicle rental this time. We are also working on going to Disney Tokyo for our 5 year wedding anniversary.
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New York. Did it back when I was 18 with the family but now I'd like to go back with some people and do it properly. And depending on how badly work decides to screw me regarding holiday time this year I might actually be able to make it.
Other place would be Zanzibar. Now idea why, the place just appeals to me.
Other place would be Zanzibar. Now idea why, the place just appeals to me.
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Amsterdam I can't be of any assistance with, but Prague or Frankfurt...Daki wrote:About damn time!Toryu wrote:Chicago/Michigan. Because I've been meaning to for a long time.
Sometime this or early next year. As in, my first vacation.
As for me, Amsterdam (or really anywhere in Europe).
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Ugh, where *don't* I want to go? (Well, actually, I have little desire to visit the Middle East, or much of South-East Asia.) Top of the list would probably be 'more of Europe', particularly Germany; 'more of the US', particularly the eastern half; China, Japan, and all the bits of my own continent I haven't seen yet.
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Just because I'm a masochist, I am finally in the preliminary planning stages for a trip to the US. Other than that, I want to go to Venice again. Several more times, actually. As well as Rome, Prague, the Estremaduras in Spain, Scotland, China, Japan.
Fuck it, I even want to go to Australia.
Fuck it, I even want to go to Australia.
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Particularly Germany? Interesting. You don't hear that very often? Can I ask you what you find interesting about it/which sights you'd like to see?Jestyr wrote:Ugh, where *don't* I want to go? (Well, actually, I have little desire to visit the Middle East, or much of South-East Asia.) Top of the list would probably be 'more of Europe', particularly Germany; 'more of the US', particularly the eastern half; China, Japan, and all the bits of my own continent I haven't seen yet.
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For me, I have to interpret the question as asking, "Where in the universe would you go?"
I would spend the rest of my life exploring the cosmos in person (if it were possible, which it isn't...yet). Interstellar travel, exploring solar systems (starting with our's). Hell I might even use some astrometric equipment and chart gaseous or temporal anomalies if I could.
And yes, I am in ubergeek.
I would spend the rest of my life exploring the cosmos in person (if it were possible, which it isn't...yet). Interstellar travel, exploring solar systems (starting with our's). Hell I might even use some astrometric equipment and chart gaseous or temporal anomalies if I could.
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I was just there in September! It kicks ass. However, we didn't get to see the lights. It was the wrong time of year. One bit of advice, pay attention to your timing. The cable cars were closed for repairs, the church by the cable cars was closed, and we were the wrong time of year for the lights. Though I must say, even though the main attractions were closed when we were there, we still had a fabulous time. (And you may want to stop in Oslo for a few days on your way if you've never been there.) If you need any info or recomendations feel free to contact me.Angel wrote:Tromso, Norway, to see the northern lights. And... I'm going to go, in 4 years.
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They were? My memory of everything around then is fuzzy just because of the sheer madness with everything going on. But if they were, my response was probably that no one should have to pay my way except me.Serious Paul wrote:As I recall that conversation the funds were offered...Daki wrote:But no funds.
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4 years from now, because this year I'm either going to Turkey or Greece AND Croatia for a couple of weeks. Next year Dani and I are going to do a European tour (five coutnries - three weeks), and then I'm going to wait a year, save up a huge amount of cash and do a second European tour ending in Tromso in time to see the northern lights.3278 wrote:Why so long? I mean, you could drive there. Well, if you had a car, which I wouldn't be surprised to find out you don't.Angel wrote:Tromso, Norway, to see the northern lights. And... I'm going to go, in 4 years.
And... nope, no car, and I'll never have one either. I love mass-transist!
Coolness! Yeah, the only reason why I ever considered Tromso was for the northern lights, so of course it'll be in february (northern light time). The bad thing about going there during the winter months is that I'm not going to go whale watching in the artic circle, but I think we'll be able to do that a bit further south.Liniah wrote:I was just there in September! It kicks ass. However, we didn't get to see the lights. It was the wrong time of year. One bit of advice, pay attention to your timing. The cable cars were closed for repairs, the church by the cable cars was closed, and we were the wrong time of year for the lights. Though I must say, even though the main attractions were closed when we were there, we still had a fabulous time. (And you may want to stop in Oslo for a few days on your way if you've never been there.) If you need any info or recomendations feel free to contact me.Angel wrote:Tromso, Norway, to see the northern lights. And... I'm going to go, in 4 years.
Linah, why did you go during that time of the year? Was it especially expensive?
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As for where I'd go? No place really interests me a great deal. I guess there's a few places I'd take a trip to again, but there's really nothing that jumps out at me telling me I have to go there immediately. I wouldn't mind another trip to New Orleans. The last two day trip I spent there really didn't leave enough drinking time. Maybe another run through the Miami/Keys circuit, especially having more money and being of legal drinking age this time. I'm not into the tourist stuff and I'm not overly big on traveling in general. I don't have the crazed need to go randomly visit Bulldrekkers anymore either. Though I have to admit, the nearly occurred surprise visit to Amsterdam would have been somewhat comical.
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Upstate New York, anywhere in Maine or Vermont, Boston (all of the historical places), New York City!, New Jersey.Jeff Hauze wrote:Buy the Cliff Notes. They're more interesting, especially from the guy who lives here.Jestyr wrote:'more of the US', particularly the eastern half;
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Everything's beautiful to a part-time resident.DV8 wrote:BS. The eastern part of the U.S. is beautiful.
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Sure, if you like giant mutant trees that grow out of a toxic waste dump.DV8 wrote:Even New Jersey has fantastic woods. Weirdos. Perhaps it's because the Netherlands has no natural forests or woods at all.
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I'd like to see more of northern California, as well as the Pacific Northwest, although the things I like about those areas are mostly present in Michigan, making it somewhat pointless. Overseas, I'd like to see Greece and East Germany, the latter being my choice for place to live if I don't have a desert island available.
But if I could only go one place, it would be a random tropical island with good beaches and lots of good coral reefs or other good diving opportunities. If I were god, I'd live on the island in Lost.
But if I could only go one place, it would be a random tropical island with good beaches and lots of good coral reefs or other good diving opportunities. If I were god, I'd live on the island in Lost.
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East...Germany? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Weirdo.3278 wrote:I'd like to see more of northern California, as well as the Pacific Northwest, although the things I like about those areas are mostly present in Michigan, making it somewhat pointless. Overseas, I'd like to see Greece and East Germany, the latter being my choice for place to live if I don't have a desert island available.
But if I could only go one place, it would be a random tropical island with good beaches and lots of good coral reefs or other good diving opportunities. If I were god, I'd live on the island in Lost.
But no, seriously, why the hell East Germany? People speak funny there, the place is crawling with skinheads and other assorted dipshits, and apart from a few cities like, say, Leipzig, all the towns are butt-ugly and run-down. So, what fascinates you about it? I'm kinda curious.
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Toryu wrote:But no, seriously, why the hell East Germany?
What you look for in a place to live and what I look for are radically different. I like East Germany because of its history, because so many people left when the wall came down, because it's half EU and half Eastern Europe, because it's dirty and industrial and the population is low and there are cities with almost no one living in them, and when 80 percent of the autobahn is restricted, the other 20 percent will all be in former East Germany because it's not packed completely full of people from one end to the other. The landscape is beautiful, the people not numerous, and the history fascinating.Toryu wrote:...apart from a few cities like, say, Leipzig, all the towns are butt-ugly and run-down.
And I'd be much closer to parts of Germany with, you know, people in them. I love the German national character, inasmuch as there is such a thing, and their order and their striving and their desperate need for direction. I like their women, and I love their cars. No longer would I have to live with a watered-down American BMW like the one I have now; I would be free to drive a bahn-eating monster, gulping down miles of roadway in a second...where derestriction is still in place, of course. I could drink real beer, everywhere I went. I'd have a great deal more daily female nudity in my life.
In truth, I have no way of knowing if I'd love East Germany or not. It's like northern California: the place stands as an emblem of something I desire, and is not necessarily the thing itself. But from all I know of myself and of the land, we are as one part: ugly, run-down. Empty.
Pft. PA kicks ass. I don't see you leaving. I think PA is hella pretty, especially driving across it, and the fall is fantastic. So many trees with pretty colors. Philly is very historic with a bunch of stuff to see.Jeff Hauze wrote:Buy the Cliff Notes. They're more interesting, especially from the guy who lives here.Jestyr wrote:'more of the US', particularly the eastern half;
Just out of curiosity, where did you go?
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I'm sorry, you're automatically disqualified. You count as a silly furriner now. The fact that I'm a lazy fucking git doesn't mean I'm incorrect.Liniah wrote:Pft. PA kicks ass. I don't see you leaving. I think PA is hella pretty, especially driving across it, and the fall is fantastic. So many trees with pretty colors. Philly is very historic with a bunch of stuff to see.
Yes, Philly is full of history. Like firebombing their own city.
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