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anonymous

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Thank you Uli,

I appreciate the tips and the links! I'll be checking them out. I am not a night owl, and I mostly prefer local culture to entertaiment or action. I've never been big on the clubbing thing. Yo can do that in NYC, why travel half way around the world to do so?

What are some of the other places you've been to?

Christian
 
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anonymous

New member
Thank you Uli,

I appreciate the tips and the links! I'll be checking them out. I am not a night owl, and I mostly prefer local culture to entertaiment or action. I've never been big on the clubbing thing. Yo can do that in NYC, why travel half way around the world to do so?

What are some of the other places you've been to?

Christian
 
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anonymous

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Well, thats a long list, but I try:
USA: Everglades,Orlando,Miami,Tampa,Naples,Sawgrass mills<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">,Homosassa Springs,Crystal Springs, Wakulla Springs, Tallahassee
New Orleans, Natchez, Memphis,Nashville,Atlanta,Charlotte
Washington D.C.,New York, Boston, Chicago, Niagara Falls,
San Francisco,Sacramento,Carmel,Los Angeles, San Diego
Yosemite,Death Valley,Grand Canyon north and south rim,Las Vegas, Zion NP, Bryce Canyon,Arches NP,Petrified Forest,
Painted Desert,Canyon de Chelly, Alamogordo/White Sands,Las Vegas,Phoenix,Carlsbad Caverns,Santa Fe,Albuquerque,
Tucson
Kanada:Toronto
Europe: Greece (Santorin, Korfu),Italy(Rome,Sicily,Rimini,Alpes,Florenz,Pisa,Milano,San Marino)Austria(Alpes,Vienna),France(Paris,Cannes,Nice),Monaco,Sweden,Denmark,Great Britain,Spain(Valencia,Mallorca,Ibiza,Gran Canaria),Turkey
Australia:Adelaide,Sydney,Melbourne,Cairns
Africa: Tunesia, Kenia, Zanzibar, Comores, Seychelles, Madagaskar
Singapur
Bali
Maldives
Sri Lanka
Dominican Republic
San Andres
Israel
Dubai only at the airport<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

Uli,Germany
 
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anonymous

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Well, thats a long list, but I try:
USA: Everglades,Orlando,Miami,Tampa,Naples,Sawgrass mills<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">,Homosassa Springs,Crystal Springs, Wakulla Springs, Tallahassee
New Orleans, Natchez, Memphis,Nashville,Atlanta,Charlotte
Washington D.C.,New York, Boston, Chicago, Niagara Falls,
San Francisco,Sacramento,Carmel,Los Angeles, San Diego
Yosemite,Death Valley,Grand Canyon north and south rim,Las Vegas, Zion NP, Bryce Canyon,Arches NP,Petrified Forest,
Painted Desert,Canyon de Chelly, Alamogordo/White Sands,Las Vegas,Phoenix,Carlsbad Caverns,Santa Fe,Albuquerque,
Tucson
Kanada:Toronto
Europe: Greece (Santorin, Korfu),Italy(Rome,Sicily,Rimini,Alpes,Florenz,Pisa,Milano,San Marino)Austria(Alpes,Vienna),France(Paris,Cannes,Nice),Monaco,Sweden,Denmark,Great Britain,Spain(Valencia,Mallorca,Ibiza,Gran Canaria),Turkey
Australia:Adelaide,Sydney,Melbourne,Cairns
Africa: Tunesia, Kenia, Zanzibar, Comores, Seychelles, Madagaskar
Singapur
Bali
Maldives
Sri Lanka
Dominican Republic
San Andres
Israel
Dubai only at the airport<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

Uli,Germany
 
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anonymous

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Oh my Goodness ULI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have wanted to go to Egypt since I was literally 5 years old. It is my dream! When did you go, what did you like/not like? Where did you stay? What did you tour?

We looked into doing a private Nile cruise, with an egyptologist, guards, translators, ect. I'm sure you know, there have been several terrorist attacks there, and we're not sure it's too safe for American's to just walk around wherever we want. We wanted to do it in the safe way, and in a way to see it best without being mobbed by the crowds of beggars and children too. But, we found out that is the expensive way! So maybe in a few years we'll go, but we can't afford it now.

Also, I used to live in Naples, Florida. Did you like it?

And I was wondering, what was your favorite city in Italy? We want to go there this summer, but we can't do a tour of the whole country. We can only go to probably one or two cities.

Thanks,

Christian
 
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anonymous

New member
Oh my Goodness ULI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have wanted to go to Egypt since I was literally 5 years old. It is my dream! When did you go, what did you like/not like? Where did you stay? What did you tour?

We looked into doing a private Nile cruise, with an egyptologist, guards, translators, ect. I'm sure you know, there have been several terrorist attacks there, and we're not sure it's too safe for American's to just walk around wherever we want. We wanted to do it in the safe way, and in a way to see it best without being mobbed by the crowds of beggars and children too. But, we found out that is the expensive way! So maybe in a few years we'll go, but we can't afford it now.

Also, I used to live in Naples, Florida. Did you like it?

And I was wondering, what was your favorite city in Italy? We want to go there this summer, but we can't do a tour of the whole country. We can only go to probably one or two cities.

Thanks,

Christian
 
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CowTown

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Oh, me too...we're going to Italy this summer and are between spending the majority of time in either Rome or Florence. We're wondering about just flying into Rome and then taking a train up to Florence to see that for a day or something and then continuing on a train into the Alps. What would you recommend in Italy? We will only have about 3-4 days there. The first part of our trip will be one week in England. We want to see castles, Stonehenge and stuff, as well as hopefully some haunted places! Do you know of any that would be scary? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif" border="0">

You're like an encyclopedia of travel! Very nice.
 
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CowTown

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Oh, me too...we're going to Italy this summer and are between spending the majority of time in either Rome or Florence. We're wondering about just flying into Rome and then taking a train up to Florence to see that for a day or something and then continuing on a train into the Alps. What would you recommend in Italy? We will only have about 3-4 days there. The first part of our trip will be one week in England. We want to see castles, Stonehenge and stuff, as well as hopefully some haunted places! Do you know of any that would be scary? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif" border="0">

You're like an encyclopedia of travel! Very nice.
 
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anonymous

New member
Okay,
I did a Nile cruise in Egypt about 11 years ago and visited Luxor,Edfu,Abu Simbel, Valley of the Kings,Karnak and it was really great. It was in February, so it was not too hot already, but warm enough. About 6 weeks later there was that terrorist attack at the temple of Hatschepsut (where I´ve been also) and about 30 people were shot...The cruise and the temples were really fascinating, but you should take a ship with 5 stars, especially for the meals. The ship I stayed one was okay, but the buffet could have been a little bigger and they did not always fill it up...After the cruise I went on to Kenia for a beach vacation, because the Red Sea at this time of the year is not really warm, about 20 degrees Celsius, while the Indian Ocean has about 28 degrees Celsius.
2 years ago we stayed 3 weeks at the Red Sea in September, not at Hurgada, which is one of the most popular places for divers and beach vacation, but about a 3 hours drive "down" looking on the map. As I was not in best health at that time we stayed in the hotel and relaxed on the beach, which was ok for my boyfriend, because he likes to be lazy... About 3 weeks later terrorist bombed hotels in Sharm el Sheik up north. The egyptian police is really trying their best, tourist buses are accompanied,hotels do often have private guards and I don´t think you have more safety with an expensive private tour, a organized "normal tourist trip" with a travel agency will do.
I think you never know, terrorist attacks can happen everywhere nowadays, so you need some luck too and I would therefore go again.
I have been to the Oktoberfest in Munich with my parents about 25 years ago, when a bomb exploded there; 10 minutes earlier and we all would have been dead or seriously injured, we had just walked from the entrance(where we stood before and where the bomb was hidden) behind the next tent...
My boyfriend and me have also been to Bali during the first bomb attacks. The bombs exploded at about 11 pm, we had been there in the afternoon and heard the explosion in our hotel about 2 kilometers away...There was a young woman of my birthplace, who survived the attack without serious injuries; afterwards she went to Australia to recover and forget and....no joke...was killed by a crocodile!
Another time I stayed in Austria, skiing and an avalanche killed 4 people about 400 meters from our hotel.
So...fate!?

Well,
Italy in one week? Difficult, there is so much to see! Rome with all its big churches, old buildings, artworks is absolutely fascinating, but also very hot in summer and much traffic/bad air all the time. Florence is a bit more quiet, at least it was about 13 years ago...and has also much to see. In the alpes the lakes are beautiful (Lago di Garda,Lago di Como, Lago di Maggiore), exotic vegetation,high mountains around, but there are also the dolomites and Meran, a very nice little town. Don´t forget to taste italian icecream, its marvellous and you can also go shopping on small markets(ask in the hotel, the markets are in another village every day) or in Mailand. Venetia is also very nice with the "gondolas", Beach life is found in Rimini,Riccione, Sicily is also a interesting island with the volcano Aetna.

In England I have been to London and Torquay on the south coast with 16 to learn English and I visited London again some years later. Later I preferred more tropical countries for my vacations, because I can have bad weather at home<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">. So I can´t give much tipps here, although London is of course very interesting.

Uli,43,Germany
 
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anonymous

New member
Okay,
I did a Nile cruise in Egypt about 11 years ago and visited Luxor,Edfu,Abu Simbel, Valley of the Kings,Karnak and it was really great. It was in February, so it was not too hot already, but warm enough. About 6 weeks later there was that terrorist attack at the temple of Hatschepsut (where I´ve been also) and about 30 people were shot...The cruise and the temples were really fascinating, but you should take a ship with 5 stars, especially for the meals. The ship I stayed one was okay, but the buffet could have been a little bigger and they did not always fill it up...After the cruise I went on to Kenia for a beach vacation, because the Red Sea at this time of the year is not really warm, about 20 degrees Celsius, while the Indian Ocean has about 28 degrees Celsius.
2 years ago we stayed 3 weeks at the Red Sea in September, not at Hurgada, which is one of the most popular places for divers and beach vacation, but about a 3 hours drive "down" looking on the map. As I was not in best health at that time we stayed in the hotel and relaxed on the beach, which was ok for my boyfriend, because he likes to be lazy... About 3 weeks later terrorist bombed hotels in Sharm el Sheik up north. The egyptian police is really trying their best, tourist buses are accompanied,hotels do often have private guards and I don´t think you have more safety with an expensive private tour, a organized "normal tourist trip" with a travel agency will do.
I think you never know, terrorist attacks can happen everywhere nowadays, so you need some luck too and I would therefore go again.
I have been to the Oktoberfest in Munich with my parents about 25 years ago, when a bomb exploded there; 10 minutes earlier and we all would have been dead or seriously injured, we had just walked from the entrance(where we stood before and where the bomb was hidden) behind the next tent...
My boyfriend and me have also been to Bali during the first bomb attacks. The bombs exploded at about 11 pm, we had been there in the afternoon and heard the explosion in our hotel about 2 kilometers away...There was a young woman of my birthplace, who survived the attack without serious injuries; afterwards she went to Australia to recover and forget and....no joke...was killed by a crocodile!
Another time I stayed in Austria, skiing and an avalanche killed 4 people about 400 meters from our hotel.
So...fate!?

Well,
Italy in one week? Difficult, there is so much to see! Rome with all its big churches, old buildings, artworks is absolutely fascinating, but also very hot in summer and much traffic/bad air all the time. Florence is a bit more quiet, at least it was about 13 years ago...and has also much to see. In the alpes the lakes are beautiful (Lago di Garda,Lago di Como, Lago di Maggiore), exotic vegetation,high mountains around, but there are also the dolomites and Meran, a very nice little town. Don´t forget to taste italian icecream, its marvellous and you can also go shopping on small markets(ask in the hotel, the markets are in another village every day) or in Mailand. Venetia is also very nice with the "gondolas", Beach life is found in Rimini,Riccione, Sicily is also a interesting island with the volcano Aetna.

In England I have been to London and Torquay on the south coast with 16 to learn English and I visited London again some years later. Later I preferred more tropical countries for my vacations, because I can have bad weather at home<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">. So I can´t give much tipps here, although London is of course very interesting.

Uli,43,Germany
 
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anonymous

New member
Hi,

my first stay in Israel was Nov/Dec. 1999. It was a 3-weeks-stay for cf-medical-rehabilitation at the Dead Sea. We made excursions to Jerusalem,Bethlehem, Massada and Eilat/Red Sea.To be honest: I did not like these excursions too much, except Massada, where you can overlook the desert/mountains/Dead Sea. In Jerusalem/Bethlehem everything is of that grey/yellowish color, there were crowds of people in the bazar and every sightseeingplace and there is nothing really "nice". You visit a church and they tell you "here Jesus was born, here he did..", but its just stories, in my opinion nobody really knows the exact places... Eilat has a very nice aquarium, where you can look directly into the Red Sea and a place to swim with dolphins.
The desert is worth a visit, if you like that kind of landscape and at the Dead Sea the air contains much oxygen and salts, which makes it so healty for CFers and let us breathe better.
Therefore I have been there again four times, 3 weeks every year.
As the Jewish people have to live "kosher", the meals in the hotels are kind of strange sometimes for non-jewish.For example you are not allowed to have milk-products and meat in the same room, so you do not get sausage/ham for breakfast, but fish. At lunch/dinner you get meat(always very soft or dry, no medium steaks), most of it tastes ery similar, but no milk, icecream(except soja),yoghurt.
The prices are quite high, but even in big hotels the service is not very good. On "Sabbat" most shops close, you don´t get soup for lunch and no fresh squeezed juice. From Thursday to Saturday big groups of people come to the hotels, most of them very loud and they often don´t have the best manners while eating...They take salad from the buffet with their hands, take lots of things from the buffets and eat only a little bit, the rest, spread all over the table and sometimes the floor has to be thrown away. They put their mouth directly at the drinking fountains and sometimes groups of arab women are bathing in the pool with all their clothes on.
In the evening you have music in the lobbys, mostly live and the people love to dance, thats nice.
So over all, compared to many other places I visited, I personally would not recommend Israel for a vacation, sorry, but of course thats only my personal opinion.

Uli,Germany
 
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anonymous

New member
Hi,

my first stay in Israel was Nov/Dec. 1999. It was a 3-weeks-stay for cf-medical-rehabilitation at the Dead Sea. We made excursions to Jerusalem,Bethlehem, Massada and Eilat/Red Sea.To be honest: I did not like these excursions too much, except Massada, where you can overlook the desert/mountains/Dead Sea. In Jerusalem/Bethlehem everything is of that grey/yellowish color, there were crowds of people in the bazar and every sightseeingplace and there is nothing really "nice". You visit a church and they tell you "here Jesus was born, here he did..", but its just stories, in my opinion nobody really knows the exact places... Eilat has a very nice aquarium, where you can look directly into the Red Sea and a place to swim with dolphins.
The desert is worth a visit, if you like that kind of landscape and at the Dead Sea the air contains much oxygen and salts, which makes it so healty for CFers and let us breathe better.
Therefore I have been there again four times, 3 weeks every year.
As the Jewish people have to live "kosher", the meals in the hotels are kind of strange sometimes for non-jewish.For example you are not allowed to have milk-products and meat in the same room, so you do not get sausage/ham for breakfast, but fish. At lunch/dinner you get meat(always very soft or dry, no medium steaks), most of it tastes ery similar, but no milk, icecream(except soja),yoghurt.
The prices are quite high, but even in big hotels the service is not very good. On "Sabbat" most shops close, you don´t get soup for lunch and no fresh squeezed juice. From Thursday to Saturday big groups of people come to the hotels, most of them very loud and they often don´t have the best manners while eating...They take salad from the buffet with their hands, take lots of things from the buffets and eat only a little bit, the rest, spread all over the table and sometimes the floor has to be thrown away. They put their mouth directly at the drinking fountains and sometimes groups of arab women are bathing in the pool with all their clothes on.
In the evening you have music in the lobbys, mostly live and the people love to dance, thats nice.
So over all, compared to many other places I visited, I personally would not recommend Israel for a vacation, sorry, but of course thats only my personal opinion.

Uli,Germany
 
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Allie

New member
I ate kosher most of my life, so that wouldn't be a big problem. I think Israel is more of an experience for Jews than non-jews. Did you go see the wailing wall? The Shabbat thing is also no surprise or nothing new to me, I have heard two opinions on Israel and now they have been exact opposites lol. I'll probably end up going someday, but I was just curious.
 
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Allie

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I ate kosher most of my life, so that wouldn't be a big problem. I think Israel is more of an experience for Jews than non-jews. Did you go see the wailing wall? The Shabbat thing is also no surprise or nothing new to me, I have heard two opinions on Israel and now they have been exact opposites lol. I'll probably end up going someday, but I was just curious.
 
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anonymous

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Yes I did but for me as non-jewish is has no real meaning, so it was just a wall for me...I prefer for example buddist or hindu temples with their bright colours. And I am afraid I will never get used to kosher food...I love bloody steaks, roastbeef,shrimps and other seafood, ham and cereals with milk for breakfast (although I liked the fish too), meat where I can taste if its goose or pig...
And i always wondered: how do you divide milk and meat in a normal kitchen? Do you have two refrigerators and do you also use different plates for breakfast and lunch/dinner?

Uli
 
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anonymous

New member
Yes I did but for me as non-jewish is has no real meaning, so it was just a wall for me...I prefer for example buddist or hindu temples with their bright colours. And I am afraid I will never get used to kosher food...I love bloody steaks, roastbeef,shrimps and other seafood, ham and cereals with milk for breakfast (although I liked the fish too), meat where I can taste if its goose or pig...
And i always wondered: how do you divide milk and meat in a normal kitchen? Do you have two refrigerators and do you also use different plates for breakfast and lunch/dinner?

Uli
 
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