Posted on 12/07/2014 10:59:06 AM PST by Bettyprob
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Venice smells. Just saying. I literally is an open sewer.
I love two “tourist traps” and will return - Niagara Falls and The Grand Ganyon.
I love Rome. I love Maui but its too long of an airplane trip. And I get claustrophobic on islands.
I would like to return to Machu Piccho (sp?) but only if I can stay at the hotel at the top.
I would like to walk part of the pilgrim walk in Spain.
We’re going to go stay with friends in Miami Beach in February for a couple of weeks so Little Havana. (they’re Cuban)
We want to go to the NW and camp in our little RV.
Uhm, let’s see:
Yosemite in the winter. Check.
Redwood Forests. Check.
Natural Bridges. Check.
Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Check.
Cable Cars. Check.
Golden Gate Bridge. Check.
Point Bonita. Awesome Check.
Marine Headlands. Check.
Eating at any restaurant in Tiburon which has an unobstructed view of the city. Check.
The model, which is exact in it’s detail of the entire San Francisco Bay and Estuaries and us used by the Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA and a host of other people to study the Bay, its tides and the effects of any number of things.
Castroville. Artichoke capital of the world and Marilyn Monroe was the 1st Ms. Artichoke. Stop at The Giant Artichoke and eat fried artichoke hearts. I never have just one order. Check.
Montery? Uhm, the aquarium, Cannery Row, deep sea fishing, restaurants, beach, etc. Check.
Carmel. Walk the place it’s so beautiful and there are no restaurants that have bad food and all are dog friendly.
17 mile drive. Views? In spades. Gorgeous homes to die for? Oh yeah. Check.
The lone tree thing? WTF ever but, if it’s some metaphor for your life. Check.
Rocky Point Restaurant. 12 miles south of Carmel. Sits on a cliff over looking the ocean and the Bixby Bridge, one mile south. Food? I love the hamburgers and I don’t think I ever had anything else. Menu is great.
Back in the Carmel Valley is a hotel/spa/golf course “Carmel Valley Ranch”. Stupendous! Rooms are huge, with two queen beds, you’ll be tempted to take the plush towels home, shampoos and soaps that are heavenly. This place can make you pass out for its serenity and the beautiful valley it overlooks.
You cross a bridge to get to the restaurant and at mid point can stare off, in a daze, looking at the ocean. I live here and see the ocean all tbe time but, this view picture frames it.
Also, the deer, turkeys and other wildlife abound here and add to idylic setting.
The restaurant has its own farm for produce. All organic, non GMO, no pesticides and the staf is content competing with deer to keep the farm productive.
The food? Out of this world and flavor full. You will never guess it’s spa cuisine, because it’s not.
It’s just great.
Wine $2 million dollar worth and pretty much what ever you want.
The bar is all the stuff I drink and none of that pedestrian swill.
After dinner, you can have some making oversized Smores, at one of three huge fire pits.
Best part? The smores are free.
Big Sur. Ventana, Post Ranch and others are great places to relax, be pampered and just think. .. about notbing.
Solvang. Little Switzerland. Fun. Check.
Santa Barbara. Two best Hotels, IMO. Fess Parker. Right across the street from the ocean and fairly central to anything in the area. The restaurant is decent and you can find better fare elsewhere.
But, when I’m there I could care less and happy drinking wines and scotch, smoking cigarettes and cigars.
I always order a particular room. It’s on the 1st floor, with a huge patio, just above eye level of the ocean.
I just sleep when I’m there and once paid to have someone move, so I could have the room. (Pretty sure they weren’t inconvenienced, as I paid for their weekend. Had to be done).
Baccara. Probably not affordable for many and might be too high falootin as well. But, for total privacy, service, food and drinks. I love the place.
Always spend a little time in the courtyard entrance. Some pretty spectacular vehicles, some only two wheeled.
Beach? Stunning and private.
L.A.? Stuff everywhere to do.
San Diego? If that is ever a disappointment then being called an insocient ass probably has a familir ring.
Palm Springs? One day I’ll do a world class write up of all the things to do around there.
My only gripe about it? It’s Palm Springs and I can’t stand the heat.
Winter is pretty dang’d nice though.
No, on my list
Many friends liked costa Rico
I enjoyed st martins with day trip to st Bart’s (pricey)
Miniature version outside Sam hill museum. Columbia river Washington. Hour east of hood river or
Well, I tend to equate flat = nothing and don’t scuba dive. Also, knowing that homo culture is big in Key West doesn’t help. If I had been able to spend time on a boat around the Keys that probably would have changed my mind about the place. Have a nice trip next time you go!
Jamaica is on that list if you read the entire article.
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I like Vegas too, it’s fun with a lot of energy, everything is within walking distance.
” I hope that as these people age, since they are mostly ‘young’, that they too will learn the internal entertainment that comes from experience and learning.”
Yeah, I do not understand some of the yunguns today. My friends kid who is 20 is living in the apartment above my garage is perpetually bored. I have a huge beautiful backyard with a pool, and a fireplace, and a TV in the tree in downtown Reno, and he is happy to spend all day hiding in the apartment playing XBox. If I take him camping or on a road trip he is bored the whole time. I am more than two and a half times his age, and even had my rib cage sawed in half a year ago to replace some blood vessels on my heart, I work too much, travel too much, and in my older age am a little lazy, but despite all that I am 1000 times more active than a 20 year old.
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I would add in Berkeley above football stadium. Lawrence museum. Great for kids. On clear day spectacular view including into sf
I love Paris, i fact, I love France. Like anywhere else, there are unfriendly people and there are lovely people. We’ve come in contact with very friendly folks throughout the country. We’ve found the italians to be rather rude with the exception of those in the north. That being said, my favorite place to visit, so far, has been Capri. Absolutely magical. The Amalfi Coast was spectacular and I did enjoy Venice. Naples was disgusting and Rome and Florence too crowded. We would return to Lake Como and the area around it.
Last year, we visited Virgin Gorda and found it beautiful and the beaches were some of the best anywhere.
Sorry. Lawrence hall of science
When I was there they did not let you in but I loved going to Egypt. In Luxor you do get to visit a couple of tombs in the Valley of the Kings and Queen Hatchetsup’s temple.
I was treated very warmly by everyone but that was 1997 & ‘99. I also thought Sharm el Sheik was amazing snorkeling. It is incredibly crowded and dirty but I Loved It!
If you go back to San Antonio, there is a mission south of town on the ‘Mission Trail’ that is very similar to The Alamo, complete with the surrounding wall that no longer exists at the downtown location. Gives a much better view of what the 184 men were tring to defend.
As an aside, I had a relative that died fighting for Texas’ freedom at The Alamo.
Thanks to an 0bola visit Southwest holed me up at the South Point resort for the night.
That place was pretty good, 24 hour pool and all.
Worth a look as a side trip from Salisbury Cathedral. Check out the Magna Carta original copy at the cathedral.
Thanx
Can’t convence my wife to visit Egypt. So far Istanbul ok
Stone Henge is just a monument to Sun-god worship.
So is the Vatican, but at least they have nice museums.
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Agree. Both islands. I rented a car, drove all over in the rural areas (most all scenic) and rode the trains and ferries with a pass.
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