Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
Mar 10th 2004, 2:02 pm
#16
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
Steltzjr wrote:
>
> << Otherwise, set and watch people, I do it all time sitting in the cafés here
> I live (Paris). >>
>
> Why is it fun watching people while sitting at a side-walk café - but so boring
> watching people while sitting in an air terminal?
Do you find it so? I don't. (People watching is the same, wherever you
do it - and the variety of folks you see in an air terminal is greater
than on a street, anywhere.)
>
> << Otherwise, set and watch people, I do it all time sitting in the cafés here
> I live (Paris). >>
>
> Why is it fun watching people while sitting at a side-walk café - but so boring
> watching people while sitting in an air terminal?
Do you find it so? I don't. (People watching is the same, wherever you
do it - and the variety of folks you see in an air terminal is greater
than on a street, anywhere.)
Mar 10th 2004, 2:10 pm
#17
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
Hatunen wrote:
>
> When my wife has several hours layover at Heathrow on the way
> back to the USA she goes out to the stop for local buses and asks
> the bus driver how far away the nearest Tesco supermarket is.
> Then she goes and buys stuff like Tesco store brand teabags,
> which she prefers to the cheap teas available here. We enjoy
> looking around in shops and supermarkets in other countries.
Oh, so do I! But it's disappointing to buy something I really like
there, then find there's no comparable product available at home.
Although "Wasa" brand crisp breads are sold in the US, the one labeled
"Appetit" which I bought in Vienna (and particularly liked) doesn't seem
to be sold here! (Of course, the package DID say "New" - maybe they
just haven't begun exporting it, yet.)
>
> When my wife has several hours layover at Heathrow on the way
> back to the USA she goes out to the stop for local buses and asks
> the bus driver how far away the nearest Tesco supermarket is.
> Then she goes and buys stuff like Tesco store brand teabags,
> which she prefers to the cheap teas available here. We enjoy
> looking around in shops and supermarkets in other countries.
Oh, so do I! But it's disappointing to buy something I really like
there, then find there's no comparable product available at home.
Although "Wasa" brand crisp breads are sold in the US, the one labeled
"Appetit" which I bought in Vienna (and particularly liked) doesn't seem
to be sold here! (Of course, the package DID say "New" - maybe they
just haven't begun exporting it, yet.)
Mar 10th 2004, 2:12 pm
#18
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
Tommy Petersson wrote:
>
> Heathrow is *nothing* compared to Geneva Airport, talk about sitting
> crammed together with no room at all - seating for less than half of the
> people there. Horrible restaurant, horrible everything (including
> prices)...
ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
rather impressive prices they charged!
>
> Heathrow is *nothing* compared to Geneva Airport, talk about sitting
> crammed together with no room at all - seating for less than half of the
> people there. Horrible restaurant, horrible everything (including
> prices)...
ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
rather impressive prices they charged!
Mar 10th 2004, 2:20 pm
#19
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
Bring a nice long 19th century novel with you and read it. The hold 4x6
Oxford World Classic hardbounds with thin paper are highly recommended.
Jim Paris
Bob Thomas wrote:
> We will be traveling home from Europe on an unfortunate and
> unchangeable timetable that includes sitting at Heathrow airport for 7
> hours (afternoon) - not enough to really do anything, but too long to
> sit and twiddle our thumbs.
>
> Any idea what to do for 7 hours? Is there a nice nearby town to visit
> for the afternoon? Is there some nice touristy place close by ??
>
> I'm sure that we're not the first to have this problem ... so what do
> people do ??
Oxford World Classic hardbounds with thin paper are highly recommended.
Jim Paris
Bob Thomas wrote:
> We will be traveling home from Europe on an unfortunate and
> unchangeable timetable that includes sitting at Heathrow airport for 7
> hours (afternoon) - not enough to really do anything, but too long to
> sit and twiddle our thumbs.
>
> Any idea what to do for 7 hours? Is there a nice nearby town to visit
> for the afternoon? Is there some nice touristy place close by ??
>
> I'm sure that we're not the first to have this problem ... so what do
> people do ??
Mar 10th 2004, 3:52 pm
#20
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
In article <[email protected]>, Divamanque
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Tommy Petersson wrote:
> >
> > Heathrow is *nothing* compared to Geneva Airport, talk about sitting
> > crammed together with no room at all - seating for less than half of the
> > people there. Horrible restaurant, horrible everything (including
> > prices)...
>
> ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
> all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
> rather impressive prices they charged!
Yes. there are good Swiss restaurants in Zurich. Some of them are in
the smaller and cheaper hotels. One I remember on Limmatquai was a
gathering place for locals of middle age. Even the grey haired ladies
got outside of a considerable amount of beer and raclette and rosti and
bacon and fried eggs. Then singing over schnapps and dessert.
Distinctly not aimed at the tourist trade. Also lots of smoke.
billfrogg
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Tommy Petersson wrote:
> >
> > Heathrow is *nothing* compared to Geneva Airport, talk about sitting
> > crammed together with no room at all - seating for less than half of the
> > people there. Horrible restaurant, horrible everything (including
> > prices)...
>
> ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
> all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
> rather impressive prices they charged!
Yes. there are good Swiss restaurants in Zurich. Some of them are in
the smaller and cheaper hotels. One I remember on Limmatquai was a
gathering place for locals of middle age. Even the grey haired ladies
got outside of a considerable amount of beer and raclette and rosti and
bacon and fried eggs. Then singing over schnapps and dessert.
Distinctly not aimed at the tourist trade. Also lots of smoke.
billfrogg
Mar 10th 2004, 4:27 pm
#21
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
>air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
>long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
>that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
>filling any amount of time necessary.)
What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
has been checked through?
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
>air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
>long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
>that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
>filling any amount of time necessary.)
What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
has been checked through?
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Mar 10th 2004, 5:54 pm
#22
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:31:47 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I found that the book areas of Heathrow were excellent for WWII buffs.
>Otherwise, set and watch people, I do it all time sitting in the cafés
>here I live (Paris).
I too like watching people, but unfortunately it tends to be injurious
..... my wife belts me over the ear.
I think it may be because of the people I choose to look at .....
>I spend a lot of time thinking anyway, a pleasurable process.
Thinking is good ... fortunately my other half doesn't know what I'm
thinking ... or maybe she *does* given the thumpings ..... 8*)
Bob T.
wrote:
>I found that the book areas of Heathrow were excellent for WWII buffs.
>Otherwise, set and watch people, I do it all time sitting in the cafés
>here I live (Paris).
I too like watching people, but unfortunately it tends to be injurious
..... my wife belts me over the ear.
I think it may be because of the people I choose to look at .....
>I spend a lot of time thinking anyway, a pleasurable process.
Thinking is good ... fortunately my other half doesn't know what I'm
thinking ... or maybe she *does* given the thumpings ..... 8*)
Bob T.
Mar 10th 2004, 6:00 pm
#23
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
Thanks for all your comments ... I think the most likely possibility
is either Windsor or London via the express.
Of course I might end up reading a book and watching the hostesses go
by, but I think getting out of the place is the main aim - provided I
can avoid using too much time jumping through immigration hoops!
Bob T.
is either Windsor or London via the express.
Of course I might end up reading a book and watching the hostesses go
by, but I think getting out of the place is the main aim - provided I
can avoid using too much time jumping through immigration hoops!
Bob T.
Mar 10th 2004, 8:36 pm
#24
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" a écrit :
> ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
> all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
> rather impressive prices they charged!
Switzerland *is* expensive - but then, salaries are in proportion.
And yes, there are a lot of very good restaurants in Switzerland. Just in a 30
km radius from my house, I can name dozens, literally.
Nathalie in Switzerland
> ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
> all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
> rather impressive prices they charged!
Switzerland *is* expensive - but then, salaries are in proportion.
And yes, there are a lot of very good restaurants in Switzerland. Just in a 30
km radius from my house, I can name dozens, literally.
Nathalie in Switzerland
Mar 10th 2004, 8:46 pm
#25
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
> >air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
> >long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
> >that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
> >filling any amount of time necessary.)
> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
> has been checked through?
Read them?
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
> >air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
> >long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
> >that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
> >filling any amount of time necessary.)
> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
> has been checked through?
Read them?
Mar 10th 2004, 9:30 pm
#26
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
On 11/03/04 5:52, in article 100320042052269336%[email protected],
"billfrogg" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
>> all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
>> rather impressive prices they charged!
>
> Yes. there are good Swiss restaurants in Zurich. Some of them are in
> the smaller and cheaper hotels. One I remember on Limmatquai was a
> gathering place for locals of middle age. Even the grey haired ladies
> got outside of a considerable amount of beer and raclette and rosti and
> bacon and fried eggs. Then singing over schnapps and dessert.
> Distinctly not aimed at the tourist trade. Also lots of smoke.
Downtown they had something called the armory, I think. They had
sausages sold by the meter, called something like the kannonputzer.
Usually one has a half a meter for a person. And beer.
The other great plate I found was the "hashbrowns" the "rosti"
which is actually oven cooked with lots of butter. I would call
it super hashbrowns, better than anything the US. There is also
a sliced veal in a cream sauce which Is greater. This dish
is nearly French in character.
I generally found "German" food in Switzerland better than Germany.
I love sausages. The French have some, like from Toulouse or
Lyon which are grilled. But German cuisine has more selection.
The rail stations in Germany often have somebody selling
bratwurst, love it. Why eat a Big Mac!
The problem is that the sausage is sort of an underclass food
in Germany so one ends up having to look around for it.
The Ratskellars are usually a good bet, however. German
speaking Switzerland has better German good than found in
Germany. Also the sauerkraut in Alsace is better than
in Germany.
The wines are good too, both in West Germany and Switzerland.
They are not shipped out I think and consumed there. I had
Schneewein in the Landau area which is like a sauterne.
The grapes are picked late after the first freeze and slightly
rotten I believe. The French have a bright yellow mountain
wine, Jaune d'Arboise, which is similar. Very special.
Earl
"billfrogg" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
>> all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
>> rather impressive prices they charged!
>
> Yes. there are good Swiss restaurants in Zurich. Some of them are in
> the smaller and cheaper hotels. One I remember on Limmatquai was a
> gathering place for locals of middle age. Even the grey haired ladies
> got outside of a considerable amount of beer and raclette and rosti and
> bacon and fried eggs. Then singing over schnapps and dessert.
> Distinctly not aimed at the tourist trade. Also lots of smoke.
Downtown they had something called the armory, I think. They had
sausages sold by the meter, called something like the kannonputzer.
Usually one has a half a meter for a person. And beer.
The other great plate I found was the "hashbrowns" the "rosti"
which is actually oven cooked with lots of butter. I would call
it super hashbrowns, better than anything the US. There is also
a sliced veal in a cream sauce which Is greater. This dish
is nearly French in character.
I generally found "German" food in Switzerland better than Germany.
I love sausages. The French have some, like from Toulouse or
Lyon which are grilled. But German cuisine has more selection.
The rail stations in Germany often have somebody selling
bratwurst, love it. Why eat a Big Mac!
The problem is that the sausage is sort of an underclass food
in Germany so one ends up having to look around for it.
The Ratskellars are usually a good bet, however. German
speaking Switzerland has better German good than found in
Germany. Also the sauerkraut in Alsace is better than
in Germany.
The wines are good too, both in West Germany and Switzerland.
They are not shipped out I think and consumed there. I had
Schneewein in the Landau area which is like a sauterne.
The grapes are picked late after the first freeze and slightly
rotten I believe. The French have a bright yellow mountain
wine, Jaune d'Arboise, which is similar. Very special.
Earl
Mar 10th 2004, 11:19 pm
#27
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
"Markku Grönroos" schrieb:
> > Any idea what to do for 7 hours? Is there a nice nearby town to visit
> > for the afternoon? Is there some nice touristy place close by ??
> >
> > I'm sure that we're not the first to have this problem ... so what do
> > people do ??
> >
> Typically people read something like newspapers, books, timetables....; have
> a chat with fellow passengers next to them; go to eat and drink, have little
> strolls around every now and then.
Typically some people even connect to internet (not always for 7
hours)...
Regards, ULF
> > Any idea what to do for 7 hours? Is there a nice nearby town to visit
> > for the afternoon? Is there some nice touristy place close by ??
> >
> > I'm sure that we're not the first to have this problem ... so what do
> > people do ??
> >
> Typically people read something like newspapers, books, timetables....; have
> a chat with fellow passengers next to them; go to eat and drink, have little
> strolls around every now and then.
Typically some people even connect to internet (not always for 7
hours)...
Regards, ULF
Mar 10th 2004, 11:35 pm
#28
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> Tommy Petersson wrote:
> >
> > Heathrow is *nothing* compared to Geneva Airport, talk about sitting
> > crammed together with no room at all - seating for less than half of the
> > people there. Horrible restaurant, horrible everything (including
> > prices)...
> ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
> all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
> rather impressive prices they charged!
They didn't use herbs properly.
message news:[email protected]...
> Tommy Petersson wrote:
> >
> > Heathrow is *nothing* compared to Geneva Airport, talk about sitting
> > crammed together with no room at all - seating for less than half of the
> > people there. Horrible restaurant, horrible everything (including
> > prices)...
> ARE there any good restaurants in Switzerland? I certainly was not at
> all impressed with those near the Hotel Opera in Zurich - other than the
> rather impressive prices they charged!
They didn't use herbs properly.
Mar 11th 2004, 12:42 am
#29
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
On 11/03/04 7:54, in article [email protected],
"Bob Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thinking is good ... fortunately my other half doesn't know what I'm
> thinking ... or maybe she *does* given the thumpings ..... 8*)
>
> Bob T.
Reminds me of a Sempé cartoon. He published a number of them and I have
several books, he is French by for a while was the cartoonist on the
Front of the New Yorker. The French love New York, at least for
a while. They would prefer to call in New Paris!
Anyway, Sempé's favorite targets are the plump little
bourgeois Parisian Frenchman or woman.
This one cartoon is of the Frenchman tacking a photo of his wife
on vacation, she is standing about a foot from a cliff.
Over the Frenchman is shown his thoughts, he is thinking of
pushing over her off the cliff.
Her thoughts are of her ducking and him going over her and over
the cliff!
Alas, if you keep dark secrets from your wife she keeps them from you!
And the female is the deadliest of the sexes.
Earl
"Bob Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thinking is good ... fortunately my other half doesn't know what I'm
> thinking ... or maybe she *does* given the thumpings ..... 8*)
>
> Bob T.
Reminds me of a Sempé cartoon. He published a number of them and I have
several books, he is French by for a while was the cartoonist on the
Front of the New Yorker. The French love New York, at least for
a while. They would prefer to call in New Paris!
Anyway, Sempé's favorite targets are the plump little
bourgeois Parisian Frenchman or woman.
This one cartoon is of the Frenchman tacking a photo of his wife
on vacation, she is standing about a foot from a cliff.
Over the Frenchman is shown his thoughts, he is thinking of
pushing over her off the cliff.
Her thoughts are of her ducking and him going over her and over
the cliff!
Alas, if you keep dark secrets from your wife she keeps them from you!
And the female is the deadliest of the sexes.
Earl
Mar 11th 2004, 8:33 am
#30
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:46:58 -0000, "Mark Hewitt"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
>> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
>> >air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
>> >long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
>> >that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
>> >filling any amount of time necessary.)
>> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
>> has been checked through?
>Read them?
And then toss them in the nearest dustbin?
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:23 -0800,
>> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >I can't imagine being at a loss for something to do - especially in an
>> >air terminal which has so many shops and restaurants! (Of course, so
>> >long as there are books available - and even if I'd exhausted the supply
>> >that I brought with me, Heathrow has bookshops - I have no difficulty
>> >filling any amount of time necessary.)
>> What do yo do with the books you buy? Especially if your luggage
>> has been checked through?
>Read them?
And then toss them in the nearest dustbin?
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
