Travel 4: All Around the World Same Song

[dxmnkd316]

We were going to do Italy and France, but with all the airline nonsense going on and the fact that my fiance still hasn't applied for a passport (despite my nagging), I think we're going to delay Europe until our first anniversary next October. I'm re-evaluating our domestic options.

Oct 2023?

I'll be honest, the prices we saw for Oct '22 were pretty decent.

 

[The Sicatoka]

Gf and I were looking at Europe in August...but we won't risk it with the cancellations.

Good plan.
I have relatives in Europe right now and they keep running into transportation worker strikes (UK, France, Italy).
Their plans change daily.

 

[Kepler]

I'm re-evaluating our domestic options.

Ahem.

 

[Slap Shot]

*shrug?*

Last time I was there it didn't rain.

They also have scotch there, not sure you heard ;-)

I was kidding. It is beautiful and the scotch is great of course. I was planning a trip there with my dad, brother and nephew to go golfing but it then I moved here and haven't had a chance to go since.

 

[Swansong]

So the Red Sox leadoff hitter apparently is not vaccinated and thus cannot go play in Toronto (nice going, champ. The same people that would gleefully inject ground up deer antler if they thought it would add .3 MPH to their exit velocity won't take damn vaccine).

I know a guy who knows a guy who works for the Canadian State Department (I've honestly no idea what they call it there), and the guy I know asked the Canadian if there was any way the Red Sox could get around their rules. Hilariously and correctly, the Canadian simply said "he can get vaccinated."

Love it.

 

[burd]

I was kidding.

You gotta watch that damn Slap. He kids.

 

[Kepler]

I know a guy who knows a guy who works for the Canadian State Department (I've honestly no idea what they call it there)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I had to look it up. It was called the Ministry of State for External Affairs until 1993.

 

[Kepler]

TIL ATL is now the busiest airport in the world. O'Hare isn't even in the top 5 anymore.

 

[mookie1995]

dammit is it sticky hot here.
been so long since mookie had a shirt soaked while walking about.
found a combo coffee shop / massage outlet.

mookie is happy enough sitting on the curb sniffing bud fumes

 

[St. Clown]

dammit is it sticky hot here.
been so long since mookie had a shirt soaked while walking about.
found a combo coffee shop / massage outlet.

mookie is happy enough sitting on the curb sniffing bud fumes

The Middle East has changed a bit, it seems.

 

[mookie1995]

The Middle East has changed a bit, it seems.

Bangkok
oriental city

 

[Kepler]

Based on this last weekend's BBQ (which my god I am still recovering from), Dr. Mrs. & I are now going to spend a week in Portugal in October. We are very excited because we are going with our Brazilian friends who are of course fluent.

 

[SJHovey]

Based on this last weekend's BBQ (which my god I am still recovering from), Dr. Mrs. & I are now going to spend a week in Portugal in October. We are very excited because we are going with our Brazilian friends who are of course fluent.

I'm envious.

I have a friend whose son is pretty high up in Delta's management structure, which means (for reasons still unclear to me) that his father (my friend) gets to fly anywhere in the world, anytime he wants, for free. Needless to say that perk has been abused and my friend has been pretty much everywhere Delta flies. He says Portugal is his favorite place of all.

 

[Kepler]

I'm envious.

I have a friend whose son is pretty high up in Delta's management structure, which means (for reasons still unclear to me) that his father (my friend) gets to fly anywhere in the world, anytime he wants, for free. Needless to say that perk has been abused and my friend has been pretty much everywhere Delta flies. He says Portugal is his favorite place of all.

Oddly enough our Brazilian friends have only rarely been. I didn't know this but apparently for Brazilians, at least of their class, Portugal is regarded as ghetto. The parent-colony relationship is completely reversed.

Like the US and UK but imagine we thought of the UK as just Wales.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Oddly enough our Brazilian friends have only rarely been. I didn't know this but apparently for Brazilians, at least of their class, Portugal is regarded as ghetto. The parent-colony relationship is completely reversed.

They also think their dialect of Portuguese is superior, and that people from the old country who speak with a harder-to-understand continental accent are overly pedantic and unevolved. It's the exact opposite of the relationship between Quebec and France, where sometimes I think Parisiens might actually despise Quebecois visitors and expats more than Americans. Then again, they also look down on Francophonic Belgians and really anyone who wasn't born in Paris, so...

 

[LynahFan]

But enough about Portugal....

Let's talk about OMAHA (paging unofan)!

Going to be there for a few hours next weekend ahead of a black-tie, ahem, "customer" event. What should I see within walking/uber distance of downtown?

 

[JF_Gophers]

But enough about Portugal....

Let's talk about OMAHA (paging unofan)!

Going to be there for a few hours next weekend ahead of a black-tie, ahem, "customer" event. What should I see within walking/uber distance of downtown?

Axe Throwing won best nightlife in Omaha for 2022. So...

 

[unofan]

But enough about Portugal....

Let's talk about OMAHA (paging unofan)!

Going to be there for a few hours next weekend ahead of a black-tie, ahem, "customer" event. What should I see within walking/uber distance of downtown?

Only a few hours? Old Market area has restaurants, bars, and kitchy shops. The walk along the riverfront to the pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River is nice when the weather's good. If you've got time to kill during the day, the Western Heritage Museum is worthwhile. All that is within walking distance of one another downtown.

If you've got a whole day to kill, the zoo is a must. Could spend multiple days there to see everything if you wanted. Weather doesn't matter a whole lot because half the major exhibits are indoors. Quick Uber from downtown. The botanical gardens are right by there too, if that's more your thing.

Beyond that, it'd depend on your interests. Plenty of good golf courses, casinos, there's a horse track, could try to catch a minor league game or concert depending on the schedule. But the Old Market and the zoo are far and away the 2 biggest tourist attractions.

 

[unofan]

On my own travel notes, finally planning a trip to make it across the pond for the first time. Wife and I are planning to hit up Berlin and Prague next fall. We're both gonna do the Berlin marathon (me on Rollerblades, her running) which will eat up a couple of days, but beyond that any must see or do items we should look for in/ around either city?

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Both cities are great. I used to live in Berlin and I believe another poster is currently living there.

Holocaust memorial, reichstag, Tiergarten, potsdamer platz, east side gallery and checkpoint Charlie are typical stops. If you like history you can really see some cool stuff- mohrenstrasse subway stop has marble from hitlers bunker. There’s a playground now on the actual spot where he killed himself. I also enjoyed seeing Olympic stadium. The huge Russian war memorial is massive in treptower park and another cool thing for history buffs.

my favorite hoods are mostly east side- mitte, prenzlauerberg, friedrichshain, and kreuzberg