Travel

[prymetyme]

Yeah europe is the best, I spend a month in Angers France and Paris with my class last year it was one of the best times of my life, Paris is amazing beet all my expectations.

[StrikerCW]

It is 16 for beer/wine and 18 for licquor. Switzerland was 14 for beer and 18 for licquor (at least before the boss came in to check on the bartender...)

[Numquam Moribimur]

Yeah europe is the best, I spend a month in Angers France and Paris with my class last year it was one of the best times of my life, Paris is amazing beet all my expectations.


How where the french :eek:

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Sounds like an interesting life. If you come to Mississippi (for some reason you get kidnapped or something and brought here against your will I hope) then send me a line.

Will do.

does anyone know the rules for that in Germany? age limits ect...

Pretty sure it is 16 for beer/wine and 18 for spirits.

[prymetyme]

suprisingly good, I think they were intimidated by me since they knew i was a republican, but they were great. Im hoping my correspondant will come visit me this summer. Now the random french guys i met on the street were kinda sketchy, but while i was doing a anthropology project I met some guy from cincinati which was pretty cool.

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Can't say that I like France to be honest. Don't know if that is just a general hatred on my part or not. :o

[prymetyme]

yeah man thats how i felt going there, but it improved basically because i got to spend a month with my friends there. That helped a lot. Plus you cant beat the pastries.

[Numquam Moribimur]

anyone been to barcelona, thinking about doing a few days there while i am in england since flights are so cheap and all ?

[Achtung]

How where the french :eek:

Their reputation for hating us is a bit overrated. But then when I was there, I at least tried to speak a little of the language, despite having only one year of French under my belt. Paris definitely has its sketchier areas though.

Germany and Switzerland are a bit funny in that even if you try to speak the language, they'll figure out where you're from immediately and start speaking English with you. It's very convenient, but it just made me feel uncomfortable, like I was making them speak my language. I get a bit annoyed, for example, with people who live here for years yet speak almost no English--sadly including members of my own family.

[jayro75]

How where the french :eek:


They're actually not as bad as advertised.. Try and say something in french to begin a conversation and they'll typically switch right ot english to help you along.. Note I said typically because some of them just suck...In Paris I never had a problem but I ran into some French people in Kenya who epitomized the stereotype..

[Sapphire]

I spent a week in Valence, France, with my husband's family, and it was lovely. People were extremely friendly and were interested in my being from America; they were happy to speak english with me and asked me lots of funny questions. (Valence is a smallish town in the south, so it's probably alot different from the experience in Paris.)

[prymetyme]

yeah most of the time i blended in since my 5 years of french that I have hated, actually got to be used but its the 90 10 theory, 90 percent good 10 percent bad

[jayro75]

Germany and Switzerland are a bit funny in that even if you try to speak the language, they'll figure out where you're from immediately and start speaking English with you. It's very convenient, but it just made me feel uncomfortable, like I was making them speak my language.


The Italians are like that as welll.. and the sad thing is the friends I have over there speak perfect english yet apologise because they think they're butchering my language.. Meanwhile outside of some pasta's and key getting around words I'm useless in Italian...

[Achtung]

anyone been to barcelona, thinking about doing a few days there while i am in england since flights are so cheap and all ?

Check some of the rates at the websites for airlines like RyanAir and easyJet. You can get round trip deals including all fees for under $50.

[Numquam Moribimur]

i guess i asked the question bc i spent 2 def weeks in montreal and just the anti-american looks and all no one would speak english with me and i would try and speak french with them and all and still nothing.
:cool:

yes before you asked i know montreal is not france:D

[Achtung]

The Italians are like that as welll.. and the sad thing is the friends I have over there speak perfect english yet apologise because they think they're butchering my language.. Meanwhile outside of some pasta's and key getting around words I'm useless in Italian...

Same happens to me in India. I'm poor with the language, but these days even the little shopkeepers speak English enough to at least understand that I want to refill my mobile minutes for example.

[Numquam Moribimur]

Check some of the rates at the websites for airlines like RyanAir and easyJet. You can get round trip deals including all fees for under $50.


yea i know the flights are cheap and all but i was just wondering if anyone has been there and all , tips,hotels bars ...and all

[Bluto11]

Dublin - Jameson Distillery. if you like whiskey, go here. it shows how they make it. as soon as you hear the guide ask for a brave soul or something like that raise your hand. only 4 people get picked. at the end of the tour when everyone gets 1 free shot of whiskey, you get SEVEN. i think the admission might be 15 euros.

[StrikerCW]

The Italians are like that as welll.. and the sad thing is the friends I have over there speak perfect english yet apologise because they think they're butchering my language.. Meanwhile outside of some pasta's and key getting around words I'm useless in Italian...
Italy there are definatelly some mean fellas, however, like everyone there are nice people.

I once bought a gellato right outside the Holy See from a shop in which the guy didn't know any English. Ended up talking to him about soccer (well we understood about 10% of the words) for about 10 minutes. Pretty interesting at least.

On another note, a few minutes later a fat guy went in the shop and into the back room and then left a few minutes later. After a bit the Carabinieri rolled up a looked for the guy. I promptly left the vacinity gellato in hand of course.

[Numquam Moribimur]

Dublin - Jameson Distillery. if you like whiskey, go here. it shows how they make it. as soon as you hear the guide ask for a brave soul or something like that raise your hand. only 4 people get picked. at the end of the tour when everyone gets 1 free shot of whiskey, you get SEVEN. i think the admission might be 15 euros.


that just went on my list of things to do when i am in dublin this summer


ooo Billy , wann be my guide :D