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It's a lawyers' marathon. A lot of talking and posturing. -
We went to Berlin in June. Awesome city. Stay in savignyplatz neighborhood. Cool.
have to go see Charlie!! East German city blocks are so bland one can still feel their pain.
this summer German is selling E9 monthly passes for all public transportation. ALL transport. Covers metro, bus, trains, etc. covers your regular car train from Frankfurt to Berlin even.
prague was a couple years ago and loved that too. Loved Budapest more, but Prague was sweet and better than Vienna.
Paris mookie didn’t even bother to use his horrible French. **** them. Spoke American to everyone. A handful were pleasant. Had breakfast at a “pub like” place a couple mornings and they were nice. Had to deal with a nasty woman at a pharmacy who pretended not to understand mookie :-) . Whatever.a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.Comment
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The east is where all the cool stuff is mookie. Savignyplatz is nice but the grit of the east side is something else.
the contrasts in the city are startling, though. After about six months of living there I found myself rarely going west. Kind of like how I rarely went above 23rd in nyc I guessComment
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Expo is Friday night, Rollerblade marathon is Saturday afternoon, running marathon is Sunday morning.Originally posted by mookie1995 View PostComment
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Just a note about this, the 9 euro a month ticket is currently scheduled to end at the end of August, although it's looking like it will be extended for September and October as well. Easily purchaseable online or via one of the machines, it covers all travel through Germany except for private transport companies and the high-speed (ICE, IC, EC) trains of the Deutsche Bahn. Basically, if you're sticking around Berlin you can use that for all of your needs, but with the marathon being at the end of September you would then need to buy a ticket for October if you're still in Berlin that month. Still, 18 euros for unlimited travel is great - just be prepared for really full trains.Originally posted by mookie1995 View Post
I certainly wouldn't want to take the regional trains from Berlin to Frankfurt like mookie said.
If you're taking the 4 1/2 hour train from Berlin to Prague, the 9 Euro ticket won't work, unless you want to turn it into a 10-hour journey with 6 changes. The "high speed" direct EC is between 50 and 75 Euros and easily bookable in the app.
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4th day of 5-day stay in Haida Gwaii, an island (cluster) off the coast of northern BC controlled by the Haida people, who have lived here for thousands of years. A lot of hiking, including yesterdays walk in virgin Sitka Spruce rainforest. Trees are hundreds of feet high and up to 15’ in diameter. Like being in natures cathedral. Somewhat like the Nocal redwood forests but unspoiled by people or industry. Some time and expense in getting to this place but well worth it.Comment
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TIL. Interesting. Did we **** them or are they still somewhat culturally stable?Originally posted by burd View Post
(Not that the culture is great; they had slaves.)Cornell University
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I really don’t know, though I’d guess the answer to that question is not an encouraging one, despite some very real recent efforts to preserve and protect their culture. But even with those efforts, the Haida language is in critical condition.Originally posted by Kepler View Post
One difference that stands out is that the Haida people have now been given sovereignty over ancestral lands that have supported them for thousands of years, not a small piece of hardscrabble land the dominant culture has little use for, as has been the case with so many American Indian tribes. But they have suffered the same unforgivable treatment as native people in this country. Reading the accounts of those histories in small museum displays here, I’ve been thinking of John Marshall’s (our Abraham of Supreme Court justices) depiction of native people as savages in McIntosh v. Johnson.
Yeah, I think we might have ****ed them. **** me.Last edited by burd; 08-12-2022, 06:59 PM.Comment
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Currently enroute to a company junket at a mountain resort. Please prep the guillotine for this member of le petit bourgeoisie.Comment
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"It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
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"Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
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If I'm shunned from socialism, then I'll dedicate a gin martini to all of our forum regulars, even the Dumpies. ;-)Originally posted by Handyman View Post
Nah we will just put you in the Iron Maiden!
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Random question for regular international travelers. What's the better airport to connect through for an international flight, Heathrow or JFK, all else being equal?
Basically in doing a preliminary look, we could do a Minneapolis/Chicago - London - Berlin route, or a MSP/KCI/OMA - New York - Berlin route. Starting city doesn't really matter, so mainly curious about the intermediate one. And if there's a better option I should look for, I'd be interested in that, too.Comment
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I used to always prefer schipol to cdg or heathrow but not sure if that’s still the same in post Covid trafficComment
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