So who is travelling?
Apr 22nd 2005 | 1:55 am
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Re: Subway Dubai
Ulf Kutzner wrote:
> Tom Peel schrieb:
>
>
>>>>last night from Dubai, definitely a lot nicer than Saudi!!!
>>>Exactly.
>>>I've been told so, so I will be finding that out by myself :)
>>>J.
>>They've started work on The World's Tallest Building, and the World's
>>Largest Shopping Mall with an indoor skiing centre is nearly finished.
>>The World's Largest Condo park right behind Jumeira Beach resort is half
>>finished.
>>Crazy guys, these sheikhs. To deal with the traffic, they will now start
>>building The World's Longest Subway.
>
>
> How long?
>
> Regards, ULF
Hi Ulf
I just Googled a link: http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-metro-network
It says it will be 70km long. BTW the pictures of Sheikh Zayed road on
that website are real, not artistic fantasy.
T.
> Tom Peel schrieb:
>
>
>>>>last night from Dubai, definitely a lot nicer than Saudi!!!
>>>Exactly.
>>>I've been told so, so I will be finding that out by myself :)
>>>J.
>>They've started work on The World's Tallest Building, and the World's
>>Largest Shopping Mall with an indoor skiing centre is nearly finished.
>>The World's Largest Condo park right behind Jumeira Beach resort is half
>>finished.
>>Crazy guys, these sheikhs. To deal with the traffic, they will now start
>>building The World's Longest Subway.
>
>
> How long?
>
> Regards, ULF
Hi Ulf
I just Googled a link: http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-metro-network
It says it will be 70km long. BTW the pictures of Sheikh Zayed road on
that website are real, not artistic fantasy.
T.
Apr 22nd 2005 | 2:00 am
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Re: So who is travelling?
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:39:06 +0100, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to Juliana L Holm
>>When they spoke to us they spoke beautiful English (with an accent) but when
>>they spoke to each other we understood absolutely nothing.
>I was born 400 miles from Glasgow and even have Scottish ancestry
>but there are people in Glasgow that I cant understand at all!
>Not so bad further north as far as I can see.
I found it much the same, although I managed to tune my ears to
Glaswegian after about a week.
Not a pleasant sounding accent.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to Juliana L Holm
>>When they spoke to us they spoke beautiful English (with an accent) but when
>>they spoke to each other we understood absolutely nothing.
>I was born 400 miles from Glasgow and even have Scottish ancestry
>but there are people in Glasgow that I cant understand at all!
>Not so bad further north as far as I can see.
I found it much the same, although I managed to tune my ears to
Glaswegian after about a week.
Not a pleasant sounding accent.
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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Apr 22nd 2005 | 3:21 am
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Re: Subway Dubai
Tom Peel wrote:
>
> Ulf Kutzner wrote:
> > Tom Peel schrieb:
> >
> >
> >>>>last night from Dubai, definitely a lot nicer than Saudi!!!
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Exactly.
> >>>
> >>>I've been told so, so I will be finding that out by myself :)
> >>>
> >>>J.
> >>>
> >>
> >>They've started work on The World's Tallest Building, and the World's
> >>Largest Shopping Mall with an indoor skiing centre is nearly finished.
> >>The World's Largest Condo park right behind Jumeira Beach resort is half
> >>finished.
> >>Crazy guys, these sheikhs. To deal with the traffic, they will now start
> >>building The World's Longest Subway.
> >
> >
> > How long?
> >
> > Regards, ULF
> Hi Ulf
>
> I just Googled a link: http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-metro-network
> It says it will be 70km long. BTW the pictures of Sheikh Zayed road on
> that website are real, not artistic fantasy.
Well I wouldn't call it the "World's Longest Subway".
One of the routes is 50 km long the other is 20 km long. The total
length of the project is not in subway.
Now lets go halfway around the world to Washington DC and look at
the Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project. This Project is 37.1 km
long and it will connect to an existing route. The combined Dulles
Corridor Rapid Transit Project and existing sustem will have a
line that will be 59 km long.
--
John in the sand box of Marylands eastern shore.
>
> Ulf Kutzner wrote:
> > Tom Peel schrieb:
> >
> >
> >>>>last night from Dubai, definitely a lot nicer than Saudi!!!
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Exactly.
> >>>
> >>>I've been told so, so I will be finding that out by myself :)
> >>>
> >>>J.
> >>>
> >>
> >>They've started work on The World's Tallest Building, and the World's
> >>Largest Shopping Mall with an indoor skiing centre is nearly finished.
> >>The World's Largest Condo park right behind Jumeira Beach resort is half
> >>finished.
> >>Crazy guys, these sheikhs. To deal with the traffic, they will now start
> >>building The World's Longest Subway.
> >
> >
> > How long?
> >
> > Regards, ULF
> Hi Ulf
>
> I just Googled a link: http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-metro-network
> It says it will be 70km long. BTW the pictures of Sheikh Zayed road on
> that website are real, not artistic fantasy.
Well I wouldn't call it the "World's Longest Subway".
One of the routes is 50 km long the other is 20 km long. The total
length of the project is not in subway.
Now lets go halfway around the world to Washington DC and look at
the Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project. This Project is 37.1 km
long and it will connect to an existing route. The combined Dulles
Corridor Rapid Transit Project and existing sustem will have a
line that will be 59 km long.
--
John in the sand box of Marylands eastern shore.
Apr 22nd 2005 | 3:42 am
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Re: So who is travelling?
"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> There is always some noise in this group, and I suppose I do my share
> in contributing to it.
> It does, however, appear to me that we have been having relatively
> little discussion of travel recently. It looks to me as if fewer
> people than usual are discussing their plans or hopes for making
> trips, or telling us about what they have been doing.
> Come on, folks, tell us what trips you are thinking of doing or have
> done, and invite discussion.
> I'm off to Brittany in two weeks' time. Not much to say about it, I'm
> afraid: it's familiar territory for me; I'll be spending most of my
> time meeting friends; I'll be taking home a carful of wine. The
> savings on the wine will cover to cost of the ferry so, in that sense,
> it's a free trip.
Just back from Bangladesh and Dubai. A bigger contrast I don't think you'll
find. Execellent value clothes shopping in Bangladesh - all genuine run ons
from the factories out there and electronics and prescription sunglasses
from Dubai.
Highlight of the trip had to be driving in Dhaka - nerver seen anything like
it.
news:[email protected]...
> There is always some noise in this group, and I suppose I do my share
> in contributing to it.
> It does, however, appear to me that we have been having relatively
> little discussion of travel recently. It looks to me as if fewer
> people than usual are discussing their plans or hopes for making
> trips, or telling us about what they have been doing.
> Come on, folks, tell us what trips you are thinking of doing or have
> done, and invite discussion.
> I'm off to Brittany in two weeks' time. Not much to say about it, I'm
> afraid: it's familiar territory for me; I'll be spending most of my
> time meeting friends; I'll be taking home a carful of wine. The
> savings on the wine will cover to cost of the ferry so, in that sense,
> it's a free trip.
Just back from Bangladesh and Dubai. A bigger contrast I don't think you'll
find. Execellent value clothes shopping in Bangladesh - all genuine run ons
from the factories out there and electronics and prescription sunglasses
from Dubai.
Highlight of the trip had to be driving in Dhaka - nerver seen anything like
it.
Apr 22nd 2005 | 3:47 am
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The Reids <[email protected]> wrote:
> Following up to Juliana L Holm
>>When they spoke to us they spoke beautiful English (with an accent) but when
>>they spoke to each other we understood absolutely nothing.
> I was born 400 miles from Glasgow and even have Scottish ancestry
> but there are people in Glasgow that I cant understand at all!
> Not so bad further north as far as I can see.
This was, indeed, just outside Glasgow.
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> Following up to Juliana L Holm
>>When they spoke to us they spoke beautiful English (with an accent) but when
>>they spoke to each other we understood absolutely nothing.
> I was born 400 miles from Glasgow and even have Scottish ancestry
> but there are people in Glasgow that I cant understand at all!
> Not so bad further north as far as I can see.
This was, indeed, just outside Glasgow.
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Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at
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Apr 22nd 2005 | 4:38 am
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Re: So who is travelling?
"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Terry Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected].. .
> >
> >> Where in Brittany?
> >>
> >
> >Slap bang in the middle :)
> >
> >In a little hamlet of 3 houses just outside Glomel. Glomel itself is
little
> >more than a bump in the road about half way between Rostrenen and
Carhaix.
> >
> I think that rings a bell. Did you find the hotel in Huelgoat
> disappointing?
We did indeed but it was more a function of the season than it was any
fundamental failing of the hotel. See
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/terryr999/France2.htm. That was (almost exactly) 4
years ago though and we only arrived back here last year after weaving a
rather long and tangled web :) It's all on the web site but you have to hunt
around a bit to find all the pieces.
T.
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> "Terry Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected].. .
> >
> >> Where in Brittany?
> >>
> >
> >Slap bang in the middle :)
> >
> >In a little hamlet of 3 houses just outside Glomel. Glomel itself is
little
> >more than a bump in the road about half way between Rostrenen and
Carhaix.
> >
> I think that rings a bell. Did you find the hotel in Huelgoat
> disappointing?
We did indeed but it was more a function of the season than it was any
fundamental failing of the hotel. See
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/terryr999/France2.htm. That was (almost exactly) 4
years ago though and we only arrived back here last year after weaving a
rather long and tangled web :) It's all on the web site but you have to hunt
around a bit to find all the pieces.
T.
Apr 22nd 2005 | 5:03 am
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Following up to Juliana L Holm
>> I was born 400 miles from Glasgow and even have Scottish ancestry
>> but there are people in Glasgow that I cant understand at all!
>> Not so bad further north as far as I can see.
>This was, indeed, just outside Glasgow.
the man next to me in the bar said:-
"fdgfd **** dsmbfdm fpdopop **** dfgmfd ffjnd Jimmy?"
I bought him a drink, just in case, even though my name isnt Jim.
:-)
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>> I was born 400 miles from Glasgow and even have Scottish ancestry
>> but there are people in Glasgow that I cant understand at all!
>> Not so bad further north as far as I can see.
>This was, indeed, just outside Glasgow.
the man next to me in the bar said:-
"fdgfd **** dsmbfdm fpdopop **** dfgmfd ffjnd Jimmy?"
I bought him a drink, just in case, even though my name isnt Jim.
:-)
--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-Photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
Apr 22nd 2005 | 5:03 am
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:13:27 -0700, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
> Grand Place is the 18th. I have my confirmed hotel
> reservations and have my airline ticket and opera tickets in
> hand, so if you're merely warning me it may be crowded,
> thanks, but I think I'm okay. (On the other hand, if you're
> recommending something I should see, please tell me more.)
The latter, actually: http://www.visitbelgium.com/bepres02.htm
Sounds like there will be an interesting parade, and a nice (though
pricey) show in the Grand Place. I'll be along the street somewhere on the
30th.
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> Grand Place is the 18th. I have my confirmed hotel
> reservations and have my airline ticket and opera tickets in
> hand, so if you're merely warning me it may be crowded,
> thanks, but I think I'm okay. (On the other hand, if you're
> recommending something I should see, please tell me more.)
The latter, actually: http://www.visitbelgium.com/bepres02.htm
Sounds like there will be an interesting parade, and a nice (though
pricey) show in the Grand Place. I'll be along the street somewhere on the
30th.
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To e-mail me, unmunge my address
Apr 22nd 2005 | 5:24 am
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"Terry Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> "Terry Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected].. .
>> >
>> >> Where in Brittany?
>> >>
>> >
>> >Slap bang in the middle :)
>> >
>> >In a little hamlet of 3 houses just outside Glomel. Glomel itself is
>little
>> >more than a bump in the road about half way between Rostrenen and
>Carhaix.
>> >
>> I think that rings a bell. Did you find the hotel in Huelgoat
>> disappointing?
>We did indeed but it was more a function of the season than it was any
>fundamental failing of the hotel. See
>http://perso.wanadoo.fr/terryr999/France2.htm. That was (almost exactly) 4
>years ago though and we only arrived back here last year after weaving a
>rather long and tangled web :) It's all on the web site but you have to hunt
>around a bit to find all the pieces.
That was the bell it rang. I've had coffee in that hotel, but never
stayed there.
Was it the Hotel d'Ahès in Carhaix? I have stayed there. And was the
creperie Ti Gwelc'h? It's the only one I can think of which might have
an open fire.
I'll be in Carhaix in early May. Coffee at the Brasserie just in front
of the Mairie?
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>"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> "Terry Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected].. .
>> >
>> >> Where in Brittany?
>> >>
>> >
>> >Slap bang in the middle :)
>> >
>> >In a little hamlet of 3 houses just outside Glomel. Glomel itself is
>little
>> >more than a bump in the road about half way between Rostrenen and
>Carhaix.
>> >
>> I think that rings a bell. Did you find the hotel in Huelgoat
>> disappointing?
>We did indeed but it was more a function of the season than it was any
>fundamental failing of the hotel. See
>http://perso.wanadoo.fr/terryr999/France2.htm. That was (almost exactly) 4
>years ago though and we only arrived back here last year after weaving a
>rather long and tangled web :) It's all on the web site but you have to hunt
>around a bit to find all the pieces.
That was the bell it rang. I've had coffee in that hotel, but never
stayed there.
Was it the Hotel d'Ahès in Carhaix? I have stayed there. And was the
creperie Ti Gwelc'h? It's the only one I can think of which might have
an open fire.
I'll be in Carhaix in early May. Coffee at the Brasserie just in front
of the Mairie?
--
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Apr 22nd 2005 | 5:56 am
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I've read several bad raps on Brussels lately (commercial modern city
w/o much 'personality' left) ... I was planning to make it my hub for
day trips to Brugge and Ghent... Might I be better off reversing this
strategy?
Tim K
"Deep Foiled Malls" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote in
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> On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:34:14 +0100, [email protected]
> (chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:
> >quiqueg <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >[]
> >> BTT; we (I and my gentle Herself) were in Bratislava last summer
and found
> >> it a bit of a letdown. But maybe we were looking for the wrong
things and
> >> had just passed 10 days of very lazy and self-indulgent Vienna-ing,
so
> >> maybe the comparison was unfavorable.
> >
> >As I'm visiting both soon, I've certainly read here that Bratislava
is
> >not _that_ interesting. From my own research thus far, it seems like
a
> >place that would interest us at least for the few days we plan to
spend
> >there! I'll certainly report back if I'm bitterly disappointed!
> I would recommend heading to one of the smaller towns in the east of
> Slovakia instead. Some of them are really nice, and are cheaper and
> easy to get to. Bratislava would rate as No. 1 for the most
> forgettable capital in Europe in my books (and that includes
> Brussels!).
> --
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w/o much 'personality' left) ... I was planning to make it my hub for
day trips to Brugge and Ghent... Might I be better off reversing this
strategy?
Tim K
"Deep Foiled Malls" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:34:14 +0100, [email protected]
> (chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:
> >quiqueg <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >[]
> >> BTT; we (I and my gentle Herself) were in Bratislava last summer
and found
> >> it a bit of a letdown. But maybe we were looking for the wrong
things and
> >> had just passed 10 days of very lazy and self-indulgent Vienna-ing,
so
> >> maybe the comparison was unfavorable.
> >
> >As I'm visiting both soon, I've certainly read here that Bratislava
is
> >not _that_ interesting. From my own research thus far, it seems like
a
> >place that would interest us at least for the few days we plan to
spend
> >there! I'll certainly report back if I'm bitterly disappointed!
> I would recommend heading to one of the smaller towns in the east of
> Slovakia instead. Some of them are really nice, and are cheaper and
> easy to get to. Bratislava would rate as No. 1 for the most
> forgettable capital in Europe in my books (and that includes
> Brussels!).
> --
> ---
> DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
> ---
> --
Apr 22nd 2005 | 6:10 am
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John R Cambron schrieb:
> > I just Googled a link: http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-metro-network
> > It says it will be 70km long. BTW the pictures of Sheikh Zayed road on
> > that website are real, not artistic fantasy.
>
> Well I wouldn't call it the "World's Longest Subway".
>
> One of the routes is 50 km long the other is 20 km long. The total
> length of the project is not in subway.
>
> Now lets go halfway around the world to Washington DC and look at
> the Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project. This Project is 37.1 km
> long and it will connect to an existing route. The combined Dulles
> Corridor Rapid Transit Project and existing sustem will have a
> line that will be 59 km long.
What about the longest existing London lines?
Regards, ULF
> > I just Googled a link: http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/dm-metro-network
> > It says it will be 70km long. BTW the pictures of Sheikh Zayed road on
> > that website are real, not artistic fantasy.
>
> Well I wouldn't call it the "World's Longest Subway".
>
> One of the routes is 50 km long the other is 20 km long. The total
> length of the project is not in subway.
>
> Now lets go halfway around the world to Washington DC and look at
> the Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project. This Project is 37.1 km
> long and it will connect to an existing route. The combined Dulles
> Corridor Rapid Transit Project and existing sustem will have a
> line that will be 59 km long.
What about the longest existing London lines?
Regards, ULF
Apr 22nd 2005 | 6:34 am
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"Timothy Kroesen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I've read several bad raps on Brussels lately (commercial modern city
>w/o much 'personality' left) ... I was planning to make it my hub for
>day trips to Brugge and Ghent... Might I be better off reversing this
>strategy?
Brussels is okay. I was quite happy to spend a week there, using it as
my hub. Decent restaurants at whatever price level you want to pitch
things. I liked the bars. There is an amount to see and do in Brussels
-- perhaps less than some other cities of comparable size, but you
don't have to be bored.
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>I've read several bad raps on Brussels lately (commercial modern city
>w/o much 'personality' left) ... I was planning to make it my hub for
>day trips to Brugge and Ghent... Might I be better off reversing this
>strategy?
Brussels is okay. I was quite happy to spend a week there, using it as
my hub. Decent restaurants at whatever price level you want to pitch
things. I liked the bars. There is an amount to see and do in Brussels
-- perhaps less than some other cities of comparable size, but you
don't have to be bored.
--
PB
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Apr 22nd 2005 | 7:28 am
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> Forgive me Sarah: I'm really taken with the way you express your plans
> -- "leaning towards few hills"!
Well, I'll take 'em if they come, but I'm not going looking for 'em... :-)
> I'm not a cyclist, but the routes of Europe's great rivers seem like
> reasonable territory -- at least, when those rivers have emerged from
> their mountain sources. I know the Loire valley is popular for cycling
> tours.
Yes, so many choices! So little time, so far to travel from the U.S....
Sarah
> -- "leaning towards few hills"!
Well, I'll take 'em if they come, but I'm not going looking for 'em... :-)
> I'm not a cyclist, but the routes of Europe's great rivers seem like
> reasonable territory -- at least, when those rivers have emerged from
> their mountain sources. I know the Loire valley is popular for cycling
> tours.
Yes, so many choices! So little time, so far to travel from the U.S....
Sarah
Apr 22nd 2005 | 7:31 am
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> When we were in Ireland last year, we ran into a group called Irish
> Cycling Safaris. They have a number of tours in Ireland and it seemed
> to be a really fun group, with people of all ages and many
> nationalities. Many of them were repeat customers, which is always a
> good recommendation. They travel from B&B to B&B, with a support van.
> They said they made plenty of pub stops. One of them, a repeat
> customer, joked that it was a group for drinkers with a cycling
> problem. This particular man had one artificial leg, and maybe he also
> found cycling easier than walking.
> --
Now that's my kind of cycling tour! I'll have to put that on the (ever
growing) list :-)
> Cycling Safaris. They have a number of tours in Ireland and it seemed
> to be a really fun group, with people of all ages and many
> nationalities. Many of them were repeat customers, which is always a
> good recommendation. They travel from B&B to B&B, with a support van.
> They said they made plenty of pub stops. One of them, a repeat
> customer, joked that it was a group for drinkers with a cycling
> problem. This particular man had one artificial leg, and maybe he also
> found cycling easier than walking.
> --
Now that's my kind of cycling tour! I'll have to put that on the (ever
growing) list :-)
Apr 22nd 2005 | 7:39 am
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I know this could be its own thread but...
Can you recommend any 'must try' beers in Belgium; I'm partial to
lagers; don't care much for bitters; but am a reasonably adventurous
drinker. The Absinthe didn't kill me last year anyway...<g>
Tim K
"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Timothy Kroesen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I've read several bad raps on Brussels lately (commercial modern city
> >w/o much 'personality' left) ... I was planning to make it my hub for
> >day trips to Brugge and Ghent... Might I be better off reversing this
> >strategy?
> >
> Brussels is okay. I was quite happy to spend a week there, using it as
> my hub. Decent restaurants at whatever price level you want to pitch
> things. I liked the bars. There is an amount to see and do in Brussels
> -- perhaps less than some other cities of comparable size, but you
> don't have to be bored.
> --
> PB
> The return address has been MUNGED
Can you recommend any 'must try' beers in Belgium; I'm partial to
lagers; don't care much for bitters; but am a reasonably adventurous
drinker. The Absinthe didn't kill me last year anyway...<g>
Tim K
"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Timothy Kroesen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I've read several bad raps on Brussels lately (commercial modern city
> >w/o much 'personality' left) ... I was planning to make it my hub for
> >day trips to Brugge and Ghent... Might I be better off reversing this
> >strategy?
> >
> Brussels is okay. I was quite happy to spend a week there, using it as
> my hub. Decent restaurants at whatever price level you want to pitch
> things. I liked the bars. There is an amount to see and do in Brussels
> -- perhaps less than some other cities of comparable size, but you
> don't have to be bored.
> --
> PB
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