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CDG is the worst airport I have ever been in. AMS has some issues but CDG is a POS.
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Travel 4: All Around the World Same Song
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I love helsinki! Did a great walking food tour there
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Of course, you also need to try a sauna.
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It would be better to fly to Moscow to transfer there than go through CDG
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Hahahh
I’m coming to Berlin next month, but having to take ICE from ams both ways because its so hard to get to Berlin on skypesos (plus I need to stop in Hannover)
MichVandal
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Crap- strike planned Wed at AMS, may affect our travel....
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Yeah they are short and planned, but its causing issues. I may have to divert next week too. Luckily I have a fam member high up in delta ops who Said hed give me warning of he thought i needed to switch to (shudder) cdg
MichVandal
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Seeing if we can go a day early.... But our flight isn't on the canceled list, yet, so options are very limited.
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Right now it’s a 4 hour strike (literally texting them now)
Cdg has one for the 18th too
MichVandal
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We would arrive moments before it started, and leave after it, but it's still rather concerning that flights are canceled.
8am to noon for the strike.
MichVandal
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Good thing we changed flights- our original flight was canceled.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Taking 20+ minutes to taxi in at ORD; the faint smell of stale urine on the Blue Line; asshole FIB drivers honking at each other as they pull out right in front of each other and cut each other off; bars just getting started at 11pm on a Wednesday night.
I missed this town, and yet I am almost 40 and exhausted. Had an Italian beef and a Polish delivered to my hotel and I am ready to sleep.
I missed this town, and yet I am almost 40 and exhausted. Had an Italian beef and a Polish delivered to my hotel and I am ready to sleep.
MichVandal
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We are in very rural Finland right now. Looks exactly like the UP and Minnesota. And we know mosquitos are a big thing just like home- but it’s curious how few screens are in the home we are renting.
We are very close to where I got my last name from, although the farm was split up and renamed just over 120 years ago.
We are very close to where I got my last name from, although the farm was split up and renamed just over 120 years ago.
MichVandal
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Tried some new food that would grow well in the upper mid west.
Sea Buckthorn. Small orange berry- kind of a cross in taste of passion fruit and a strong orange. It’s health food here in Finland. And not to be confused with common buckthorn.
Wine made from birch sap. Mixed with other northern berries- of all sorts. Surprisingly good. U of Mn and MSU really need to visit the winery in Alajärvi to get ideas for new foods for Minnesota and Michigan.
Sea Buckthorn. Small orange berry- kind of a cross in taste of passion fruit and a strong orange. It’s health food here in Finland. And not to be confused with common buckthorn.
Wine made from birch sap. Mixed with other northern berries- of all sorts. Surprisingly good. U of Mn and MSU really need to visit the winery in Alajärvi to get ideas for new foods for Minnesota and Michigan.
MichVandal
Well-known member
Sometimes Europeans really confuse me. I really believe that they think they are doing a lot to fight global warming via energy use.
But at the same time, it sure seems that they don’t fully think it through. We have spent a month in Finland, and one observation we have seen everywhere is how hot they keep interiors. It’s really uncomfortable. And that is with nominal interior clothing. It’s cool now in autumn, so we have warmer clothing on- meaning interiors are almost unbearable. Sure- they have very, very well insulated buildings- but one should not overheat places as it uses more energy than keeping temps lower.
And even weirder is how the hvac fights itself. The bathroom is heated, which has enough power to heat the bedroom in the hotel rooms. So you have to use the ac to cool the room enough to sleep. Mind you, like clothing, the room has some very, very warm covers. Wait, not coverS, cover. So we need the room at 18c just to sleep. Just a total waste of energy.
One peculiar situation was when we thought we turned the heat to 16, opened the windows to cool the room, and the floor heating kept the room near 20.
I’ve experienced similar things in other counties, so it’s not just Finland. But I am surprised that a country that can deal with cold so well with clothing has a system that wastes a lot of energy like that.
Another funny thing is how you are told to conserve water, which I’m 100% on, they have REALLY high flow systems. Seems like every faucet should be low flow, instead.
Maybe someone can provide some insight to these apparent contradictions.
But at the same time, it sure seems that they don’t fully think it through. We have spent a month in Finland, and one observation we have seen everywhere is how hot they keep interiors. It’s really uncomfortable. And that is with nominal interior clothing. It’s cool now in autumn, so we have warmer clothing on- meaning interiors are almost unbearable. Sure- they have very, very well insulated buildings- but one should not overheat places as it uses more energy than keeping temps lower.
And even weirder is how the hvac fights itself. The bathroom is heated, which has enough power to heat the bedroom in the hotel rooms. So you have to use the ac to cool the room enough to sleep. Mind you, like clothing, the room has some very, very warm covers. Wait, not coverS, cover. So we need the room at 18c just to sleep. Just a total waste of energy.
One peculiar situation was when we thought we turned the heat to 16, opened the windows to cool the room, and the floor heating kept the room near 20.
I’ve experienced similar things in other counties, so it’s not just Finland. But I am surprised that a country that can deal with cold so well with clothing has a system that wastes a lot of energy like that.
Another funny thing is how you are told to conserve water, which I’m 100% on, they have REALLY high flow systems. Seems like every faucet should be low flow, instead.
Maybe someone can provide some insight to these apparent contradictions.