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So far there is relationship, garden and food, let's do travel now. Seems we have Canadians, Brits, Hawaians, Americans, Australians, excuse me if I've missed anywhere, anyone been anywhere else interesting? Suffered from any tropical diseases?
I've never really left Ontario/Quebec area so I must live vicariously through all of you. What's your travel story?
Justintime
4/17/02, 10:36pm
South America, Caribbean, France, Germany
got flu in the caribbean :rolleyes:
Where's the interesting part? How was the bier in Germany? Did you get snubbed by the French? Did you get burnt in the Carribean? Why South America? :D
Spain - wow those spanish men waste no time ;)
France - nude beach ... dammit, it was an old people nude beach :eek:
Monaco - took tourist pics with those royal guards :headbang:
Italy - got lost :(
Greece - got more lost :(
other than that, I've only been to Cali (Disneyland), Arizona (Grand Canyon), Vegas (casinos) and Florida (Disneyworld).
:D
outside looking in
4/17/02, 11:59pm
Just got back (this week) from a week long trip to Cancun, Mexico. That was a blast... being that many Universities were on spring break didn't hurt either. :cool:
The golf was great, the beach was great, the Tequila was great, and the women were great. ;)
A bit further back (nearly three years now) I took a six week tour through England, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, The Czech Republic, and The Netherlands (Amsterdam.... mmm...)
That was a great six weeks.
Justintime
4/18/02, 12:19am
splutterrr.. did you just say GOLF??? :D:D:DHAHAHHA!!
MitchSchaft
4/18/02, 12:23am
last place I traveled to was San Diego for bootcamp :eek:
In February I went to Disneyland, California Adventure, Knott's Berry Farm, Las Vegas, Lake Havasu (Arizona). Fun trip, got me away from the Canadian winter for a couple weeks. ;)
I caught something when I got back, but I puked that up and moved on. :D
outside looking in
4/18/02, 12:42am
Originally posted by sbcanada
I caught something when I got back, but I puked that up and moved on. :D
Must have been the American women!
Justintime
4/18/02, 01:00am
HAHA!!:D :D
unclehobart
4/18/02, 01:00am
Germany(born there), Austria(castle hopping), New Zealand(glacier trekking), Australia(rotting at the airport)
Originally posted by outside looking in
American women!
Now there is a good tune I haven't heard in a while :D
Originally posted by unclehobart New Zealand(glacier trekking)
I think I saw those on Crocodile Hunter sounds cool!
unclehobart
4/18/02, 01:08am
Glaciers on Croc Hunter? I don't think I've ever seen them do anything remotely related to cold. That would be a wild sight to see.
Its fun and miserable all at once. It rains constantly for nearly 300 days a year on top of the glacier. Wet and cold is the theme of the day... but its really neato when you reach the frost flashover atmosphere line. You can distinctly make out the break between rain, sleet, and snow barriers.
outside looking in
4/18/02, 02:17am
Originally posted by L. Summerton
a good tune I haven't heard in a while :D
Well, I think it's American Woman, but hey... the more, the merrier! :)
Originally posted by unclehobart
Glaciers on Croc Hunter? I don't think I've ever seen them do anything remotely related to cold. That would be a wild sight to see.
He took a helicopter out to somewhere out there and did a show on it, how they're melting and how it would affect the species there, and if I remember correctly, he had his little shorts on. :D
Originally posted by outside looking in
Originally posted by L. Summerton
a good tune I haven't heard in a while :D
Well, I think it's American Woman, but hey... the more, the merrier! :)
Yeah, well you knew what I meant. :D Saw the Guess Who in concert recently. Good show. :headbang:
Originally posted by L. Summerton
and if I remember correctly, he had his little shorts on. :D
So did Uncle...rofl
greenfreak
4/18/02, 09:43am
I liked Steve Irwin (Croc Hunter) when he was first on but I think he's gotten overexposed. It seems every time I turn on Animal Planet, I look just in time to see him almost get bitten by a snake with him saying, "Yore awlright, yore awlright" lol
Ever see the Jeff Corwin Experience? He's a funny guy.
Sadly, I have never been off the East Coast of the US. I was in a plane that landed in Freeport Bahamas but we couldn't get off the plane-we were only there to refuel. That's ok though because the airport was this ugly Pepto-Bismol pink. Didn't look that interesting.
unclehobart
4/18/02, 09:49am
If fact I DID have shorts on that day. It was a recommendation of the trek leader... a bloke who had climbed the glacier 100s of times. It rains so much that long pants would soak up all of the freezing water and make it worse for you in the long run. Besides, climbing and hiking up up up will make you hot enough inside of two or three minutes.
Were they teeny weeny khaki shorts? :D
unclehobart
4/18/02, 11:21am
Khaki, affirmative. Just don't say 'teeny weeny' to a guy... that just hits too deep.
When a healthy male wears teeny weeny shorts, they are oh so nice and bulgy. :D
unclehobart
4/18/02, 11:31am
Youre off the market. You need only have eyes for your hubbys teeny khakis. :cool:
lol we're both entitled to look! :D
unclehobart
4/18/02, 11:47am
One layer of clothing or two? I need like five layers to deaden the imperfections. :D
:D :D Aging process starting to kick in? :P :D
unclehobart
4/18/02, 11:55am
No... I just have a gut... always have.
Pshaw that's nothing, most men have that. Pobody's nerfect! :cool: :D
unclehobart
4/18/02, 11:59am
It just looks all outta whack because I have normal arms, legs, and face. Having a spare tire just doesn't fit. Damn these delicious crisps... they keep me hostage.
did it go away when you were heaving the boa filled road cases around?
you know they have surgery for that stuff now, huh? :P
unclehobart
4/18/02, 12:34pm
No. I didn't lose an ounce on the road.
Surgery... hmm... It can be costly. I just need some 70s grade steroids and work it off the hard way. Carrot sticks and lemon grass wouldn't hurt either.
outside looking in
4/18/02, 01:03pm
Originally posted by L. Summerton
Pshaw that's nothing, most men have that. Pobody's nerfect! :cool: :D
I beg to differ. ;)
Originally posted by unclehobart
I just need some 70s grade steroids
But then you'd be back to the teeny weeny issue again! :D :D :D Carrot sticks would probably be better. :)
unclehobart
4/18/02, 03:13pm
Shrink? The twins; yes, over time with prolonged abuse. Big Jim? no. Hes around as is regardless. :D
The other option is to do some human growth hormone/ insulin combos. That would get the best results with almost zero side effects. The only drawback is the $$.
you guys have to get a better health system.
is hgh prescribable or do you have to "find" it?
unclehobart
4/18/02, 04:09pm
Not sure.
It takes all the fun out of it if its actually legal. :D
:D true! this has been off the topic for a long time. I guess noone cares about travelling anywhere. Oh well. *shrug*
*knock wood* I've never yet had to worry about weight. I'm one of those disgusting people who can eat anything. Probably will die at 35 of a heart attack, but I'll be slim in my coffin. Have to go for cholesterol test soon :( I think I don't want to know.
Originally posted by sbcanada
In February I went to Disneyland, California Adventure, Knott's Berry Farm, Las Vegas, Lake Havasu (Arizona). Fun trip, got me away from the Canadian winter for a couple weeks. ;)
Hey, me and nalani were at Disneyland, Cali Adventure and Knott's Berry Farm in February!
Here's my fave pic of that trip ...
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greenfreak
4/18/02, 07:04pm
They're too cute to be scary. :D
Guess who is who, Leslie.
MitchSchaft
4/18/02, 09:06pm
Pshaw that's nothing, most men have that. Pobody's nerfect!
Guess you haven't seen me;)
:headbang: :headbang:
Originally posted by greenfreak
They're too cute to be scary. :D
Guess who is who, Leslie.
I couldn't even give you a guess :( - never saw pics of either. Clue me in though, please :)
Originally posted by MitchSchaft
Pshaw that's nothing, most men have that. Pobody's nerfect!
Guess you haven't seen me;)
:headbang: :headbang:
:D @ MitchSchaft lol
Professur
4/18/02, 10:00pm
I've been dragging my ass to every backwater hole in quebec since x-mas.
Originally posted by L. Summerton
Originally posted by greenfreak
They're too cute to be scary. :D
Guess who is who, Leslie.
I couldn't even give you a guess :( - never saw pics of either. Clue me in though, please :)
I'm the one in braids next to the evil queenie. Nalani is on the faaaaar right. :D
great! now there is a face to the name for both of you! :cool: You'll have to wait a bit longer for me, we've been too lazy to get a port for our camera to hook up, no scanner :(
prof that sounds like hell on earth. I can only stay there for a few days at a time. I don't know how you live there and travel around it as well :eek:
Professur
4/18/02, 10:36pm
I can read computer manuals without having to translate them (thereby loosing all hope of comprehension). To them, I am a GOD.
Unfortunately, to them I am Anglophone, so I am DIRT prof, have you pet any cats in the last 5 minutes or so? :D ;)[/siz]
Professur
4/19/02, 12:29am
Funny you should mention that. I just popped out to grab the stray cat that was trying to knock over my trashbin. I gave it a good licking ... I mean kicking. It shouldn't come back ... Unless it likes that sort of thing.
Curiousity killed the cat... but satisfaction brought him back. :D
i was in gernmany about a month ago for a week. we took a whole bunch of archi students to stuttgart and frankfurt, some of the stuff was fabulous, if i can find them i'll scan in the slides and photos i took.
and the weisbier was the finest :)
You lost them already? :P :D
yeah, they're under a pile of papers that's under some books, that's possibly near an essay draft which is covered by a couple of rolls of tracing :)
this is a little out of date, i was writing then so now with all the a1 paper lying about it is even messier now :eek:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid18/pc6965cf2c77b3aef7f1584c2c749a4dc/fdcc06d1.jpg
outside looking in
4/19/02, 12:34pm
I've got about twenty rolls of film from my Europe trip. Germany was awesome, but I liked the cars more than the architecture. ;) Have lots of pics of buildings and stuff though. Maybe some day I'll scan it all in.
leslie - that's our front room, too
my poor missus has to live with this crap 24/7
[then again, as a journo she's no lightweight on the paper-mess either]
greenfreak
4/19/02, 01:42pm
Originally posted by Professur
To them, I am a GOD.
Aren't you to everyone? ;) :D
You know, that desk looks a lot like mine. Of course, I'm a journalist too, so maybe all journalists have paper mountains on their desks.
I was in Germany 2 years ago. Went to Berlin, hamburg, Southern Germany. Saw many a hot male. Was suppose to stay for 5 months to go to school only stayed for 5 weeks cause Daddy got sick and I wanted to come home to see him.
Professur
4/20/02, 11:21am
You were also in Newfoundland last year.
Yeah, i was born in NFLD. That was not a fun NFLD trip though it was for my Grandfather's funeral. I am prolly going this summer for a fun trip. My grandparents 50th anniversary (other side of the family obviously)
Professur
4/20/02, 11:51am
Driving there again?
Indeed. I will actually get to drive this time too! YAY!
Professur
4/20/02, 03:54pm
Who's car?
nice room, ris lol
Nix, is it worth the drive for a tourist would you say? We've been talking about taking the kids on Canada tours over the next few summers.
Professur
4/21/02, 11:35am
We do a tour of the maritimes (minus nufie) nearly every summer. And HELL YES it's worth it. I've even seen a bald eagle out there. I dunno about going west, tho. There's not much to see until you hit the rockies. But the costal tour from Quebec city, over Gaspe, round NB, over the Confederation bridge (worth the gas all on it's own) round PEI (stop over at Avonlea and Green Gables) ferry to NS, round Cape Breton, back through NB, pop over the border nip through Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, NY, over to Niagra, back over the border into ontario, stop in TO to hit the scottish butcher's and a quick end run home.
It's worth it.
It's my mom's van we're going in. (Me, my mom, my bro and maybe brainsoft are going). I didn't have my licence last time.
Leslie: I would say it's definatly worth it. Where my family lives there is near Gros Morne National Park and I see Moose everytime I go, a few times I have seen Black Bear and it is SO beautiful. There are table mountains that they do hikes on and everything. Also there is a viking settlement somewhere in NFLD that I went to when I was really little but by the looks of the pics it looks like a cool place with lotsa historical stuff.
Thanks, both, it does (always has) sound great. i think we'd all love it. There are brown bear around here and deer, moose are a little more north. Saw a wild turkey a few months ago, lol. Think that will be a plan in a couple years when the youngest is a little older.
Never have thought about driving west really, think if we do we'll fly over the prairies and rent a car lol corn/potatoes is boring enough can't fathom wheat.
*and I think the scottish butcher's is off the list, lol the bakery is still on though ;)
Professur
4/21/02, 03:22pm
Do you like lobster? In Nb, at the right time of year, you can get it for $2/lb right off the boat.
No, I'm not kidding.
We do on occasion, well buttered, unfortunately our oldest turns out to be deathly allergic to the crayfish food family :( so all that stuff is out now. T'would be nice though. Wonder how it is cooked over a campfire lol
Professur
4/21/02, 03:41pm
If you're gonna camp it, I've got a list of good campsites for the entire route.
We're still a year or two away, not yet, but I'll remember that. thanks :D
Professur
4/21/02, 04:20pm
np. Most of the places we go to, we've found by blind chance.
We haven't ever been camping in a real campground lol All the camping we've done was pre-kids, and we'd take the 4x4 (also prekids) first Jeep then Toyota, and trespass on Queen's land for a few days lol those were the days. Should be an experience with 3 boys when we attempt it. Being in a real campground would probably make all the difference, though. :D
Shadowfax
4/21/02, 04:26pm
Although a lot of people really hate Germany to go on vacation, I actually loved it. It is only a 2hr drive from where I live :D
Besides that, it's fairly easy to speak German when you can speak Dutch. At least you understand 90 percent of what they say.
Germany hasn't got a lot of history left anymore, that's a pity in my opinion. A lot of acient stuff has been destroyed during bombing raids in the WWII....necessary alas!
On the other hand, the advantage is that there are a lot of beautiful new buildings there, especially in Berlin :)
A great city to party, I'm gonna see the Love Parade next time :D
Beer, music, bratwurst, beer, beer and women :D
Can it get any better than that? :D :D
I think Germany would be a lovely place to go, when $ and time are more available that's on my list. But then again so is most of Europe. Germany though looks like a beautiful country, I look forward to seeing it someday :)
Justintime
4/22/02, 02:41am
i loved Germany, you must go! :eek:
germany is great but my german is not. i have enought to ask questions and understand about 30% of the reply, but i persevere as nothing is worse than another brit going abroad and speaking slowly and loudly :rolleyes:
in frankfurt there is this amazing pocket of the old city that the raf missed, it's full of bars and pubs and restaurants. easily my favourite bit of the city. :)
unclehobart
4/22/02, 08:36am
Hofbrauhaus in Munich is the place to be.
gonna take me a few years, :( but I'll get over there someday ("over there" lol :D heeheehee)
unclehobart
4/22/02, 08:54am
I was born there. The fatherland is always with me. Every once in a while I get the urge to swarm into the Low countries.
Gato_Solo
4/23/02, 03:20pm
Hmmm...Spain twice...Germany twice...Saudi Arabia once...Panama for 3 years...Colombia once...Korea for 1 year...Bosnia for 3 months...New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Arizona, California, Victoria BC, Mississippi, Washington, Washington DC, North Carolina, West Virginia, Texas, Ohio...Whew. The best bier was in Germany (naturally), the best beaches were, believe it or not, in Spain, and the best people had to be in Canada... :)
awwwwww shucks! lol most of us are good joes up here.
Were all those for work? Any of them for pleasure?
Gato_Solo
4/23/02, 04:40pm
They were work, but I had ample opportunity for pleasure. After all...all work and no play. :D :cool:
did you just say GOLF??? HAHAHHA!!
Whats wrong with golf :D
stupid double posts :mad:
I just got back from my bi-monthly (no, not that kind of bi:( ) New England trip in my big truck. IN, OH, PA, NY, MA, NH, ME, NH, MA, NY, PA, OH, IN. 1986 miles, 3 stops in less than 72 hours.
does that count as anywhere interesting?
I HATE OHIO!!!!!!!!!!!![/siz]
unclehobart
4/26/02, 01:18am
How much did you have to fork over in tolls for all of that?
each way-$46.55 on the NY Thruway, $13.20 on the MassPike (to I495), $3.50 in NH, about $7.50 in ME :grumpy:
:eek2: $46.55! is that the only road one can take? :eek:
Your trip is a lot more interesting than where I've been - Ontario, Quebec. yee haw. :laugh:
Professur
4/26/02, 03:33pm
The only thing he saw was asphalt. I don't call that interesting.
Gato_Solo
4/26/02, 04:13pm
I'm sure he saw more than that, prof. Ohio is the radar capital of the US. Pennsylvania ain't much better. I've only been to New York via New Jersey, so I don't know how many patrol cars NY has...
Other sights to see are...
Lake Erie...
Niagra Falls...
...
...
Dayum, prof. I guess you're right. :D
That's not all I saw. There were the insides of crappy hotel rooms. Shitty restaurants & plazas. I even got to see the warehouse side of FW Webb, Redlon & Johnson & that other plumbing place. Oh, there were trees & bushes & trash & grass & empty corn & soy fields & a few wannabe mountains. Of course, yes, lots & lots of asphalt speeding merrily past my 10 foot high cab window, except in Ozhio, where it seemed to crawl by.
yeah, but did you get any of those yummy pecan logs?
Professur
3/01/05, 05:40pm
Thanks, both, it does (always has) sound great. i think we'd all love it. There are brown bear around here and deer, moose are a little more north. Saw a wild turkey a few months ago, lol. Think that will be a plan in a couple years when the youngest is a little older.
Never have thought about driving west really, think if we do we'll fly over the prairies and rent a car lol corn/potatoes is boring enough can't fathom wheat.
*and I think the scottish butcher's is off the list, lol the bakery is still on though ;)
Bakery is closed now.
Professur
7/27/05, 01:15pm
The tolls might be high, but the roads sure beat hell outta the gravel we drive on here. Smooth and sweet.
I'm still trying to figure out why it cost me more in tolls going down to GA than it did heading north home.
paul_valaru
7/27/05, 01:26pm
barrie montreal and witchita
Still living vicariously through everyone else.
I met a lot of folks who travelled a ways, but I was lazy and stayed home to do it. :lloyd:
greenfreak
7/27/05, 02:52pm
Sadly, I have never been off the East Coast of the US.
Still true, although we do travel a lot PA, CT, RI, MA, NJ, NY.
But next year, that is going to change. We've decided on Hawaii for our honeymoon. :dance:
ooooooooooooh! that's exciting! *jealous*
Somewhere touristy or somewhere Ku'u and Na have recommended or ?
greenfreak
7/27/05, 04:37pm
No idea whatsoever. But we are definitely going to need to hit up a few orchid nurseries and get the necessary legalities fulfilled in order to bring them back to the mainland. I know a bunch of people who have done it, you just need these "CITES" permits so you're not transporting endangered orchids off the island.
I'm just trying to get the ceremony & reception finalized first, then comes the buying of the dress, then the rings. I'm sure the honeymoon will be the last of our plans.
The tolls might be high, but the roads sure beat hell outta the gravel we drive on here. Smooth and sweet.
I'm still trying to figure out why it cost me more in tolls going down to GA than it did heading north home.
A lot of toll bridges only charge the toll one way. They're assuming you'll go back over it the other way later, I guess.
SouthernN'Proud
7/28/05, 11:04am
My travelling range is pretty limited. Never been west of just west of Nashville. Been to Florida once (ONCE!!). Been as far up yonder ways as Washington DC. Went on one trip to Appleton WI for a friend's wedding. That about does it so far.
But depending on one's definitions, I have been many interesting places. There are a few little towns around here that are...eccentric, shall we say. On one of these excursions many years ago when I was still the long-haired hippie freak type feller, I was chased out of town by some switchblade toting professional rednecks intent on cutting my hair for me. I found that experience rather interesting...
There are places I would like to see before I die. Most of them are right here in good ol' Dixie of course, but I would really enjoy touring some of the castles of rural England. I want to see Scotland also. Montana intrigues me. The Ballpark at Arlington would be nice. Every winter I swear that I am going to Tahiti next year. :lloyd: Otherwise, I'll probably stay around here mostly. When one lives in their version of paradise, ain't much reason to stray.
Professur
7/28/05, 11:47am
A lot of toll bridges only charge the toll one way. They're assuming you'll go back over it the other way later, I guess.
I do believe you're right about that. I know I was looking for one tollbridge, and never saw it on the way back. I'd assumed I'd just slept through it.
The Ballpark at Arlington would be nice.
Nice facility; a huge improvement over the old Arlington Stadium. The seats are better and so is the sound system. Food's nothing to write home about unless things have changed since 1998. But thanks to Tom Hicks it's no longer The Ballpark in Arlington; now it's Ameriquest Field in Arlington.
At least we can point and laugh at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who were ordered to disclose on their tickets and other literature that they, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, play their home games in Ahaheim and not Los Angeles. The scoreboard at Dodger Stadium still uses "ANA" as their abbreviation for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, instead of "LAA" like Fox Sports West uses.
At least we can point and laugh at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who were ordered to disclose on their tickets and other literature that they, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, play their home games in Ahaheim and not Los Angeles. The scoreboard at Dodger Stadium still uses "ANA" as their abbreviation for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, instead of "LAA" like Fox Sports West uses.
This whole paragraph confuses me...
It is an inside joke.
Inside California.
A state that has as many people in it
as yer whole country does...
and if it were a separate country the worlds ninth largest
economy
and there are some that wish it were, separate
This whole paragraph confuses me...
Arte Moreno bought the Anaheim Angels from Disney in 2003. He wants to make a profit, and one of his plans for doing so is to market the Angels to all of Los Angeles. So, he decided to change the team's name from the Anaheim Angels to the Los Angeles Angels. But then the City of Anaheim pointed out that one of the conditions set forth in the stadium lease is that Anaheim remain in the Angel's name, hence the compound fracture of a name, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers (of Los Angeles) aren't too happy about the Angels trying to horn in on the Dodgers' turf, and one way they show it is by using "ANA" instead of "LAA" on the scoreboard that shows other scores from around the league. ANA is how everyone abbreviated "Anaheim" last year, when the Angels were still known as the Anaheim Angels.
Stop Laughing
7/31/05, 04:18pm
How much do tolls cost elsewhere? They doubled all our tolls last year, it now costs $4.90 one way from Indiana to Wisconsin unless you dare to go downtown.
Going to Cyprus on a 2 week attachment on sept 19th. Mucho windsurfing and parasailing. Wish I tanned, instead got to avoid the sun at all costs. God I'm so white :D
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