Posted on 12/07/2014 10:59:06 AM PST by Bettyprob
Edited on 12/08/2014 4:14:54 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
and near Amish country
Milwaukee, on the other hand . . .
I took our French friends Vegas, Death Valley, Yosemite, SF, down the coast back to SD. In vegas (1 night) Iasked if they wanted to stay another night. All four looked at me and said no thanks 1 is enough.
Having spent two delightful weeks in Paris in 2012, I have my doubts about the accuracy of this list. I could go anywhere easily; order in English, experience great European history and generally found the Parisians to be friendly and helpful. The list is pushing stereotypes.
Yes, I have been there. Good place!
CC- New Zealand is totally worth the 20+ hours and $2000 round trip from Detroit (Air New Zealand is very classy and no poisonous bugs or snakes like Australia) - the Kiwis are nice people and the countryside is different every few hours of travel - the water is pretty cold even in summer, but still nothing like Lake Superior - do both North and South Island if you can - just plan on your flight not making it on time to the West coast if you dont’ leave yourself a whole day of travel to make the connection (had to spend the night both trips and then deal with a very crowded plane the next flight out). I have a new grandson over there, so have gone twice and will be going as often as my retirement savings hold out ;)
Ditto on Rome. If anyone plans to of look up the Scavi tour online. Under St. Peters and nay 20 people per day. Book in advance.
What do you do there? Shop?
Great snorkeling there. Crystal clear waters.
Would love to camp there someday.
Exactly. One of my favorite movie quotes is from Harrison Ford in "Six Days and Seven Nights." He runs a charter airline in a tropical paradise, but tells someone: "It's an island, babe. If you didn't bring it here, you won't find it here."
Big time. My wife and I are really on a kick of seeing what we can here in the USA. We go by car, air travel can go suck an egg. I’ve only just seen a little of Michigan because my wife’s sister married into a family from Michigan. I told my wife, “I could retire here.”
LOL Heard the same. I did like the river walk for a 1 time experience. Did a bus tour and found there were 5 forts in the area. Different view of SA. People should put t on their bucket list.
Went to Dallas for Dealey Plaza and sniper’s next hit the Texas Staet Museum. 5 hour total. Headed south. What did I miss in Dallas?
I highly recommend the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. A world class event. Feb-Ict every year. Multi-le plays and different venues. Then Oregon Caves and jet boat out of Medford. Before or after the coast to kick back and relax.
You may enjoy the post from FactualPedantic as much as I did, search on the name or look for a long post starting with the following two paragraphs :
“One day, all traffic throughout all of Seattle will halt - I’m surprised it hasn’t happened yet. The cause will be that, somewhere, in some neighborhood, four drivers will all arrive at a four-way stop simultaneously. They will each begin waving at the person on their left: “nono, after you.” Traffic will begin to pile up behind each of the four drivers, first a little, then for blocks in each direction.
A crowd will develop to watch the spectacle, and some of the drivers will finally decide to stop waving at each other. None of them will move, however - Imean, look at all the people on the sidewalk, standing within 5 feet of the curb. One of them might want to cross. Slowly, the drivers will begin to wave at the pedestrians to let them know they are visible and safe to cross. This waving at pedestrians will start at that one four-way stop and ripple outward across the now one mile radius of completely stopped traffic, followed shortly afterward by an aftershock ripple of pedestrians waving back at the cars to tell them the cars should go first.”
I see Vegas as a pretty glittery rock
When you flip it over all you see are bugs worms maggots and black widow spiders
Many Europeans come just to see Death Valley. Especially in Feb March after any rain. Wildflowers etc.
It depends what you enjoy, I guess. I’ve done and been to many of those things and I’m still not enamoured with the “California experience”. Monterrey is nice, granted, but if you’ve been many times everything starts to wear on you. Carmel is also okay. Again, it’s different for everyone.
A couple of Army buddies trained a Fort Sam Houston and had surprisingly few positive things to say about SA.They did have more positive things to say about "Boys' Town" however. ;-)
Vegas is one of my favorite cities. Even if you’re not a gambler or into shows, there are other things to see and do.
The hotels on the Strip can be awful, but there are some decent hotels in the suburbs if you don’t mind the commute The hotel rates are often way less than those on the Strip. These hotels have more of a neighborhood feel instead of the glitzy Strip feel. Often more relaxing than being on the Strip.
My own personal favorites are:
1) Anchorage and Seward, Alaska, for the first week of July. Direct flights from the lower 48, 20 hours of sunlight a day so you never want to sleep with perfect temperatures, green everything that isn’t in bloom (Anchorage has a ‘flower theme’ each summer). Animals everywhere (we have pigeons, they have eagles). Good Bed & Breakfast accommodations (you need to book six months ahead). The land is gorgeous, and the sea is both fisherman Heaven with big fish everywhere, and Hell because it can turn rough quickly. A first class state run railroad to Seward, that is still lovely but has a more classic “rough hewn” look around the edges, but with streetcars. Just DO NOT go for a walk on the beach silt or you WILL die. They mean it.
2) Antigua, Guatemala. The country just South of Mexico. The North half of the country is dense jungle preserve, and you will see beautiful animals and plants that do not live in the US. A short hop flight from the capitol to the big ancient city of Tikal, which is about a 4-1/2 hour walking tour.
Every city in Guatemala looks different. Antigua, Guatemala is Spanish colonial, surrounded by three jungle volcanoes. Perfect weather (mid 70s) year around. Very couple oriented, the town’s business is teaching Spanish to Americans. Also big on horseback riding. It is the regions weaving capitol, and bright colors predominate. The people either look like ancient Mayans or ancient Olmecs. The major downside are the buses, which are horribly overcrowded and nightmarish. The best comment was that “If the Germans ran Guatemala, it would be heaven, except for the Germans.”
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3) Kauai, Hawaii. They filmed Jurassic Park there, but the vast majority of the island is unoccupied. Best toured by helicopter. Some great places to stay. The rainiest place on Earth is on one side of an ancient volcano that collapsed, and now acts like a catcher’s mitt with the humid breeze from the ocean. Hundreds of little waterfalls. The biggest downside is that a long time ago there was a storm that broke open the chicken coops, so now the place has an abundance of feral chickens. Noisy feral chickens. So hey!, free chicken.
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