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So, I was asking whether or not 1000€ was enough to physically spend time visiting places in Madrid and Barcelona. Judging that I pay zilch for the airfare, I guess 1000€ is more than enough? Also, any one from Greece to help me on pointers there as well? Like I said previously, Athens is actually the top of my list on places to visit. Quote:
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2006-11-26, 07:27 | Link #22 | |
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2006-11-26, 07:44 | Link #23 |
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In my humble opinion, of someone who knows quite a bit of Europe, Spain is most certainly not the first destination for someone who has never been here.
In a historical perspective, Italy, Greece and France would be on the top of my list, especially Italy. After that I would choose England. Regarding budget, even not counting the airfare, if you think about Scandinavia, a 1000 euros (and remember that Sweden uses the Swedish crown as currency, which is currently quite strong) would be the lower limit since hotel and food can be quite expensive here depending on your standards. Last edited by Loniat; 2006-11-26 at 08:18. |
2006-11-26, 08:46 | Link #24 | |
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Anyway, I live near both Cambridge and London, both of which seem to be popular tourist destinations... Cambridge especially seems to have as many Japanese tourists as local inhabitants... |
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2006-11-26, 09:54 | Link #25 |
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Heheh.... no one is interested in Malaysia? It is a nice place....... Well, maybe not as nice as all the countries mentioned by you all, but still, I think my country is nice.
But, there are many social problems here too...... Still I think it is nice. |
2006-11-26, 16:21 | Link #26 | |
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Well, there aren't that many places left that I really want to go visit. I've been around nearly all of Europe, I'm not so interested in places just outside of Europe because they're slighlty dodgey. (I mean to say that they usually have some kind of conflict going on). Next summer I move permanently to Montreal. Right now I'm living in Ottawa, but I have to go back to London soon for a short while. :P My uncle lives in Singapore, he has told me I can visit for free any time. That's awesome! |
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2006-11-29, 16:44 | Link #27 | |
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2006-11-29, 17:05 | Link #28 | ||
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Some humble thoughts: Greece and Italy are for Greeks and Romans mainly. Italy has a renaissence feel but if you want that it is better to head to Spain (Since in that epoch Italy was under the control of Spain and other historicals reasons that I don't feel like to explain right now). In some ways Rome and Madrid are dissapointingly similar and I'm serious. Spain, France and Portugal are somewhat similar. Portugal is more sea-oriented/north oriented , France more XVIII centurish and Spain more XV centurish. The British Isles are a weird case in Europe as they are isolated. They constitute a diferent group on it's own. Unfortunatedly I don't know enough about East europe to talk about it but they have a very nice architecture as far as my model railroading experience can tell me.(Prague is really nice!) Quote:
I will update a bit the Spanish tour because i'm bored. |
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2006-11-29, 18:35 | Link #29 | |
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Anyway, if someone wants to crash in here I could offer some help, depending if I'm around and not too busy. |
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2006-11-29, 18:43 | Link #30 | |
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Several cool sites to see is the Berjaya Times Square, Chinatown, the Petronas Twin Towers. Obviously since the past two trips were on business, I didn't get to see much around. |
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2006-11-30, 07:40 | Link #31 | |
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The construction of both countries is similar, the mediterranean-type. Of course that Spain has a lot more monuments than Portugal, due to their more superior wealth over the centuries. Portugal is sea-oriented, obviously, since it was the Portuguese who commenced the "Discoveries" in the XV century. Açores, Madeira (now part of Portugal's territory), Brazil (or "Terra de Vera Cruz", at the time), the western/south/eastern coast of Africa (S.Tomé e Principe, Angola, Mozambique, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), India through sea, Indonesia, even Japan were first discovered by the Portuguese. The Cape of Good Hope was first crossed by Vasco da Gama on route to India. Spain was more into conquering than discovering. After the Tordesilhas Treaty that was signed by Portugal and Spain kings, all the land that was to the west of the imaginary parallel that crossed Brasil in its west side was to Spain: all Latin America exclueding Brazil, basically.
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2006-11-30, 09:18 | Link #32 | |
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Of course Portugal and Spain are more similar between them that with France but I still feel them similar. (I think my english skills have dissapeared. What the hell I'm writing?!) What I would like to do is going to London this summer (Well, next year's summer) for three months, probably working in some random jobs. I need to practise my English and get a nice British accent. |
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2006-12-03, 17:00 | Link #33 |
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I was in Lima last July on a mission trip. Now, I love the place because of the people there, being a missionary, and all, but if it weren't for them... I'd have to wonder why a person would want to go. There must be something that attracts all those Japanese folk to Lima!
Cuzco, of course, needs no justification! It's a beautiful place, and I'm headed to Lima/Arequipa/Cuzco in January. I'll probably be making pretty regular trips out there for a good while. Wherever you go in Peru, you can get by cheap. If you eat where most of the population does and you spend about what you would for a meal where you are, you're eating VERY well! There is one thing I recommend spending extra on, and that is a hotel. We spent nearly what a hotel would cost in the US to stay in a rat's nest hotel with no hot water in some rooms, frequent unavailability of toilet paper (pack some extra), and drive-by shootings. While little else there costs much, to get a good hotel room in a good part of Lima will probably cost a good bit. It's probably not anything you would hesitate to pay for, though. Do not--DO NOT--plan to drive! Traffic in Peru is crazy in general, with unexpected road hazards, nonsensical road layouts, and people, shops, and animals scattered across half the roads. And the traffic in Lima is beyond insane. Here is a video that will give you just an inkling. The video was from the Cebu in the Phillippines, but the people, sights, and traffic are all things you'll see in Lima, though--on the BEST of days. It's normally far worse. And if you don't know exactly where you're going, it's easy to get into a bad part of town, since Lima's a compact town and the bad parts are found right beside the good parts. If you want some advice on what to put on an itenerary, or some personal recommendations for interpreters, let me know what kind of things you like and I'll try to get some information for you. I know people in Peru I can ask advice of or recommend personally for help. Also, seeing your other desired visits, might I recommend Havana, Cuba? I've been there, and it's an amazing place, full of history. I can give some advice on if you or any one else here ever decides to vacation there. |
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Well, I'm from Poland, so if anyone want to come here ask about anything.
Poland is very uniqe, we are the only country on the world, which has brothers for president and prime minister (twins!) Anyone here have visited Poland?
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2006-12-05, 23:59 | Link #36 |
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Well..Ill love to go to New Zealand and Mexico, those would be my first choice.
Im From Dominican Republic...I nice caribean island..anyone up to some of the best beaches in the best weather???? and its really cheap. 1 USD = 33 Dominican Pesos.
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English, I'm pretty confident. Spanish...I learned two years but I'm sure it's degraded to a point of no return. Quote:
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But alas, no one here is from Athens, Greece? C'mon, I know I saw someone from there on this board!! |
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2006-12-06, 07:50 | Link #39 | |
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Coincidentially I find it amusing how a lot of old discarded Japanese vehicles are refurbished and reused in Sri Lanka, and they sometimes don't bother removing the tags... so you see these random food outlet vans cruising along here and there. Actually I think a lot of people there drive Japanese cars, come to think of it - my uncle himself actually drives a car directly imported from Japan, I helped him translate the funky control panel thing so he knew exactly what he was messing with.
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