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London-Paris-Alps-Venice-Athens
Dan Stephenson:
Oops, I got the gain-day versus loss-day swapped. Just remember, the sun moves from east to west, so (clock) time moves more slowly when you follow it. (And the International Date Line works the other way, because its job is to cancel the whole day's worth of time zone shifts you accumulate in a complete circumnavigation.) -- Mark Brader | "Any philosophy that can be put 'in a nutshell' Toronto | belongs there." | --Sydney J. Harris |
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Dan Stephenson:
On second thought, I'm afraid the Alps and Venice are just too much to fit into the time available, especially since March is the timeframe and the passes will be closed to some extent. March? You're planning a super-rushed trip *almost a year ahead*? Or does your calendar run the wrong way too? :-) By the way, I hope you get the calendar-date thing right when it comes to making reservations based on which day you arrive in Europe. -- Mark Brader | "... you're a detective, you like mysteries." Toronto | "I hate mysteries. What I like are *solutions*." | --Barbara Paul, "The Apostrophe Thief" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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Norway is Beautiful London-Paris-Alps-Venice-Athens
Dan Stephenson wrote:
On 2013-04-04 12:32:39 -0500, tim...... said: "Dan Stephenson" wrote in message news:20130403182141188-stephedanospam@maccom... From my recollection travelling through that area before, it's ALL beautimous. So I would ask if there are any glaciers that one can drive to and walk someone close to the face? That would definitely shape my route. Any ideas? Not aware of any worthwhile glacier faces on mainland Europe (even in Norway). You have to go to the far north islands (Iceland/Greenland/Svalbard) for that tim That depends on your definition of "worthwhile". Norway is the most beautiful places I've driven, the whole length of it is. It's a tour a person should take once in their lives. And the Lofoten penninsula in particular... it's Land Of The Lost. I can't handle a lot of walking nowadays, so I'm traveling by ship-- going south on the Hurtigruten this time, with a Lofoten excursion. It'snice taking the hotel and restaurant along! 8-). I took the northbound trip a few years ago, between Viking ship museums in Copenhagen(well, Roskilde) and Oslo. Gorgeous country! -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
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British Isles are perfect for scenic driving London-Paris-Alps-Venice-Athens
On 2013-04-14 04:48:48 -0500, Mark Brader said:
Dan Stephenson: On second thought, I'm afraid the Alps and Venice are just too much to fit into the time available, especially since March is the timeframe and the passes will be closed to some extent. March? You're planning a super-rushed trip *almost a year ahead*? Or does your calendar run the wrong way too? :-) By the way, I hope you get the calendar-date thing right when it comes to making reservations based on which day you arrive in Europe. ha yes I plan well in advance so there are no last minutes rushes or surprises In this way, the actual trip is laid back and carefree I lay in anchor points such as arrival and departure, and budget roughly for sightseeing, so when I am in-country, the travel is somewhat spontaneous. This was especially true of my travels in the British Isles. Quite literally, I would plan a day's approximate route over breakfast. How cool is that? I incredibly loved travelling the backroads between obscure megalithics. Even the single lane roads were an adventure... "gee how do we get out of this one"... when facing another vehicle, remembering where the last "wide spot" was. Travelling in the Fall, reaching out of the car window to pick huge blackberry off the verge. And getting to use words like "verge". Being completely lost in all ways, and stumbling on a pub in the middle of danged nowhere, and having a pint of something with a cool looking logo Being bemused as the sheep try to be intimidating when visiting some old ruin or megalithic, a few following you shoulder-to-shoulder as if to put up a front Discovering all the ways stiles are made to allow people to cross but not the sheep Keeping an eye out for cows, which are not so intimidated as sheep :-) That wonderful overcast, breezy, cool and drizzling weather (my home is in Texas, which is typically the reverse of all that) The lush grass, the ancient history, the locals you can mostly understand, fish and chips, and television that is either bizarre or fascinating -- Dan Stephenson http://stepheda.com Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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British Isles are perfect for scenic driving London-Paris-Alps-Venice-Athens
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:55:58 +0200, Martin wrote in post :
: Best not used in France. It's not for nothing that "Beware Soft Verges" signs are no longer used in UK. I'm still amazed that, considering the huge number of German speakers in the USA, that they still ask for a Latte when in a coffee house. -- Tim C. Linz, Austria. |
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British Isles are perfect for scenic driving London-Paris-Alps-Venice-Athens
Tim C. wrote:
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:55:58 +0200, Martin wrote in post : : Best not used in France. It's not for nothing that "Beware Soft Verges" signs are no longer used in UK. I'm still amazed that, considering the huge number of German speakers in the USA, that they still ask for a Latte when in a coffee house. Don't think it's huge, despite the ancestry. Wiki claims 1.38 million. D -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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British Isles are perfect for scenic driving London-Paris-Alps-Venice-Athens
Martin wrote:
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:39:01 +0100, (David Horne) wrote: Tim C. wrote: On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:55:58 +0200, Martin wrote in post : : Best not used in France. It's not for nothing that "Beware Soft Verges" signs are no longer used in UK. I'm still amazed that, considering the huge number of German speakers in the USA, that they still ask for a Latte when in a coffee house. Don't think it's huge, despite the ancestry. Wiki claims 1.38 million. I looked it up, because just judging from the number of Americans with German surnames it seems far too low. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American "German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States who were either born in Germany or are of German ancestry. They comprise about 50 million people,[1] making them the largest ancestry group ahead of Irish Americans, African Americans and English Americans.[5] They comprise about 1/3 of the German diaspora all over the world.[6][7][8]" But http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_..._United_States gives a pretty good rationale as to why it would be that low. It wouldn't surprise me, based on the number of Americans I know who don't speak a word or the German, despite the ancestry. D -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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British Isles are perfect for scenic driving London-Paris-Alps-Venice-Athens
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:43:33 +0200, Martin wrote in post :
: On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:29:42 +0200, "Tim C." wrote: On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:55:58 +0200, Martin wrote in post : : Best not used in France. It's not for nothing that "Beware Soft Verges" signs are no longer used in UK. I'm still amazed that, considering the huge number of German speakers in the USA, that they still ask for a Latte when in a coffee house. Google translates it as "lath" Literally plank. Colloquially "stiffy". -- Tim C. Linz, Austria. |
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British Isles are perfect for scenic driving London-Paris-Alps-Venice-Athens
On 4/17/2013 9:39 AM, David Horne wrote:
Tim C. wrote: On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:55:58 +0200, Martin wrote in post : : Best not used in France. It's not for nothing that "Beware Soft Verges" signs are no longer used in UK. I'm still amazed that, considering the huge number of German speakers in the USA, that they still ask for a Latte when in a coffee house. Don't think it's huge, despite the ancestry. Wiki claims 1.38 million. D Lots of Americans have many claims to ancestry without the ability to speak the appropriate language. My kids have German, French, Russian, English, Irish, Welsh and Scottish ancestry; sort of real Americans I would say :-) Their linguistic abilities exceed most Americans by having some ability in French. My daughter spent two years working for a German bank in Frankfurt and my son's *Spanish* is respectable. -- Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD) Extraneous "not" in Reply To. |
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