Favorite World City
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I have been to Cancun Mexico and Thunder Bay Canada. Thats the extent of my travels. So really I feel your pain. I would like to actually travel across an ocean sometime.
World Cities???
Athens - Just got back from there, but wow!
Munich/Nuernberg/Regensburg - I live an hour from all three of these, and they are awesome places to visit. (As an aside, any CFer who can make it to one of these places when I'm not in a training cycle can have a free tour and the first beer on me!)
Savannah, Georgia - Just love this town/area.
Kiev, Ukraine - Used to be home of the world's strongest beer (Imperial Ale - 18.5% alcohol, and I once drank 1.5 liters of it at lunch on a dare....
) I also convinced the woman I loved more than life that she should feel the same about me, here.
Athens - Just got back from there, but wow!
Munich/Nuernberg/Regensburg - I live an hour from all three of these, and they are awesome places to visit. (As an aside, any CFer who can make it to one of these places when I'm not in a training cycle can have a free tour and the first beer on me!)
Savannah, Georgia - Just love this town/area.
Kiev, Ukraine - Used to be home of the world's strongest beer (Imperial Ale - 18.5% alcohol, and I once drank 1.5 liters of it at lunch on a dare....
) I also convinced the woman I loved more than life that she should feel the same about me, here.
Hamburg, Germany in a similar way as Amsterdam. Red light district was "interesting" to walk through.
Salzburg
Venice I fully expected to be overrated, but loved it.
My #1 favorite city is Eisenach, Germany. Not necessarily a tourist hotspot, but I've been there 3 times and it probably has more to do with the timing.
All 3 times in the spring right after classes let out. 10 days of sitting on the streets, sipping on the dark beer with one hand and a thuringer sausage in the other. The bun covered just a little of it and a thin layer of mustard running from one end to the other.
Salzburg
Venice I fully expected to be overrated, but loved it.
My #1 favorite city is Eisenach, Germany. Not necessarily a tourist hotspot, but I've been there 3 times and it probably has more to do with the timing.
All 3 times in the spring right after classes let out. 10 days of sitting on the streets, sipping on the dark beer with one hand and a thuringer sausage in the other. The bun covered just a little of it and a thin layer of mustard running from one end to the other.
Hmmmm where to start? I didn't spend much time in any of them, so time spent / who was there is a factor. The cities I had the most fun in were the ones I spent the most time so but... whatever
Amsterdam (not for the reasons you think :wink
Paris, France
Carcassone, France (Old fortified city with walls and towers left from roman times, and everything on up)
Krakow, Poland. Had a damn good time there. And lots of vodka...
London, England My stay there wasn't long enough
Rome, Italy Again, didn't stay long enough
Berlin, Germany Good time but I was ready to go home
Valencia, Spain Breaking the length of visit rule, I spent the most time here, so got to know it a lot better but not as exciting as some places. Still had a good time
<insert several day trips to various Spanish cities like Salamanca and Toledo>
The Vatican I didn't get blessed by the Pope but I blessed his coffers... :skeptical:
Amsterdam (not for the reasons you think :wink
Paris, France
Carcassone, France (Old fortified city with walls and towers left from roman times, and everything on up)
Krakow, Poland. Had a damn good time there. And lots of vodka...
London, England My stay there wasn't long enough
Rome, Italy Again, didn't stay long enough
Berlin, Germany Good time but I was ready to go home
Valencia, Spain Breaking the length of visit rule, I spent the most time here, so got to know it a lot better but not as exciting as some places. Still had a good time
<insert several day trips to various Spanish cities like Salamanca and Toledo>
The Vatican I didn't get blessed by the Pope but I blessed his coffers... :skeptical:
I forgot about Rome. Anyone who has even the slightest interest in history would love it there. Does the Vatican count as a different city?
Barcelona, Paris, Salzburg, Prague, Amsterdam, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Rome...how can you choose??
I studied abroad through ISU in Newcastle, England, and it was one of the best experiences of my life.
I studied abroad through ISU in Newcastle, England, and it was one of the best experiences of my life.
I think we've had this conversation before, but the "real" Thuringer sausage from there is un-flippin-believable.
Our next door neighbor from back in Iowa lives in Eisenach 3 months out of the year, as she is originally an Eisenacher.
Funny story about the Red Light District:
We arrived in Amsterdam, and I wanted to go out and see the sights. My wife (then fiancee) was too tired, and stayed in the hotel to sleep. I got lost in the Red Light District, and was two hours late in getting back to the hotel. Try explaining that one to your fiancee!!
If you've ever been to the RLD, you can see that it is labyrinthine and easy to get lost in!
We arrived in Amsterdam, and I wanted to go out and see the sights. My wife (then fiancee) was too tired, and stayed in the hotel to sleep. I got lost in the Red Light District, and was two hours late in getting back to the hotel. Try explaining that one to your fiancee!!
If you've ever been to the RLD, you can see that it is labyrinthine and easy to get lost in!
1) Prauge
2) Moab
3) Dresden Germany - As my wife is from there, we visit about once a year.
4) NYC
2) Moab
3) Dresden Germany - As my wife is from there, we visit about once a year.
4) NYC
Martigny and Champex, Switzerland
Olbia and La Maddalena, (Sardegna) Italy
Sorrento and Naples, Italy
Monte-Carlo, (Monaco) France
Bergen, Norway
Edinburgh, Scotland
I've been to several others, but those are the spots that bring back great memories of past journeys. Most are not cities, but rather places I had memorable visits.
I am actually thinking to moving to Switzerland for work. I love Europe and would love to spend a few years there to be able to explore it in my time away from work. I think in many ways it would also be good for my kids to experience it. My wife spent a few years in Switzerland during her youth and her and my chidlren are already Swiss citizens. I would likely live and work in the north near Zurich.
Olbia and La Maddalena, (Sardegna) Italy
Sorrento and Naples, Italy
Monte-Carlo, (Monaco) France
Bergen, Norway
Edinburgh, Scotland
I've been to several others, but those are the spots that bring back great memories of past journeys. Most are not cities, but rather places I had memorable visits.
I am actually thinking to moving to Switzerland for work. I love Europe and would love to spend a few years there to be able to explore it in my time away from work. I think in many ways it would also be good for my kids to experience it. My wife spent a few years in Switzerland during her youth and her and my chidlren are already Swiss citizens. I would likely live and work in the north near Zurich.
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