Greece is shit. Just a load of white statues and poor people.
Greece is shit. Just a load of white statues and poor people.
What was the island called?Originally Posted by Spoonsky
When are you going Giggles? If we're there at the same time
Left Istanbul after 3 weeks. Strange city. A week would probably be perfect if you're only doing tourist things. My last day I took a ferry out to this island with no cars, filled with old horse carriages and you can rent a bike and bike around the entire island. It was incredible (and the exact opposite of the rest of Istanbul).
@dino I want to go to Greece so badly now...
There's nowhere quite like the Aegean, you should definitely go.
I'm curious, where did you go in Greece and what for?
Only to the main Islands (Kos, Crete and Rhodes) never to the mainland. All of them were alright, I was mostly taking the piss.
If they're like Benfica, there will be fan houses which you can go into and buy them there from.Anyone know how I'd go about getting tickets for Porto - Pacos de Ferreira next weekend? Nothing on the website and viagogo is a total farce. Anyone know if we'll stand a chance if we just rock up before kick-off? I daresay it'll be a popular game?
(@Kikó ?)
How do you tag people on this?
Otherwise, I'm sure the club will be holding onto some.
Now Portugal, there's a shithole. Just dry cake and poor people.
You've got brain aids.
Isn't that just syphilis?
Booked part of a trip for end of May/start of June.
Flying to Venice to stay a night (that part is booked) and then mooch over to Croatia (either a ferry to Porec or a flight to Split/Drubovnik) and go round there for a week or so.
What's her name?
Flying to Venice for one night is serious admin. It takes about eight years just to get from the airport from the city on a fucking pedal boat that someone leased from the Medicis 500 years ago and hasn't given back.
Sounds amazing.
Worked out the next part now.
Train from Venice to Trieste then a bus to Rijeka for a night. We'll then hire a car and drive down to Split then Dubrovnik.
We?
Buyukada, it's the biggest of the Princes' Islands.
I'm in Melnik Bulgaria right now, and it's incredible. Actually it's like Southern Utah. I think I saw Greece in the distance too.
My friend went to Venice one August and said it was horrendous. Apparently you can't actually stop and enjoy anything because you get herded along by the crowds.
I've heard it stinks as well.
They should use that in their tourism commercials.
How long have you been travelling, Spoons, and how long are you planning on continuing for? Did you get a shitload of inheritance or something?
I've heard the same.
It's only for a day though so I shouldn't find too many things that piss me off.
Trying to find a hotel was fun because so many had incredibly shit reviews.
Come on.
He's got a waifu pillow of that Ukrainian.
Today makes it four months, though the first month I was in a school. I go till June 12th but soon I'm joining my parents and a friend from Utah so it will change a little.
Inheritance, not exactly. Two of my grandparents (my dad's mom and step-mom), the loaded ones, started giving money to their kids last year as it's taxed less this way than if they gave it all as inheritance. This doesn't go directly to me but it makes things easier. Being an only child and having no uni to pay for also makes it easier. I'm paying for most of it myself though, saved up the last couple years as well as saving all the money from relatives etc.
You really don't need very much money to travel for a long time. I'm not being incredibly cheap compared to a lot of the people I meet, but seeing them has shown me how possible it is as long as you stick to the cheaper countries.
Yeah, I know a guy who'd work for a summer in Jersey then travel South East Asia for a year or two. He didn't drink and slept on the beach most nights. Its basically being homeless, but what a place to be homeless.
So this is still the case and I'm sure it's gotten worse than last time (also how is that road still fucking closed!). Crap diversion! And no wonder Alison St is called ground zero.
I'm in a departure lounge and some woman is going around surveying people on their airport experience. I'm not sure I can think of a better way of ruining it.
My last week in my current job will end with a magical mystery tour of Europe. Thursday going to the in laws in Scotland then going to get the Caledonian sleeper back to London. Monday night visit the brother in law in Milan then Wednesday to Sweden to meet maz. Thursday fly back via Oslo then Friday off to Warsaw for the bank holiday weekend.
#happylife #magic
Bragging git.
Are your in-laws not Portuguese?
Both.
Ah
Some woman did that to me when I was queuing to board and I said no and gave that reason. She said in a snarky voice 'your plane hasn't even landed yet you'll have plenty of time' i still said nah it's ok. 2 minutes later 'flight MYFLIGHT is delayed for an hour'. She came back two minutes later and handed me the form. Tenacious little bitch.
I just answered the questions the lady had 'cause I had time and airports are pretty shit unless you're pissed.
She personally asked? Fair enough. I got a form with about a thousand questions.
Funnily enough I'll also be in Warsaw for the bank holiday weekend. Have you got the sights sorted out? My plan so far is just to walk around the old town and drink.
Porto game was good, stadium was half empty and nobody was very cheerful (Benfica won the title this weekend, "o espírito de campeăo vive apenas nos nossus adeptos" apparently. Pacos brought about 50 fans. Porto should have had about 5 penalties.
The city itself is pretty nice, has grown on me. Lots of good tiled buildings. Very happy to just arse about drinking espresso, eating de natas and smoking rollies.
My mate has organised a van to take us about run by some guys (this isn't the plot for the new Hostel film). They drive you around for 3 hours and stop and talk about all the historical monuments.
I'm going to get to colour in Greece at the end of the month too...
Travel Stoke is an underwhelming hashtag.
I've done 19 (Antigua, Barbados, Belgium, Cyprus, Dominica, England, France, Germany, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela* and Wales).
I'll be adding Italy and Croatia in just over 2 weeks.
Venezuela has a star by it as I went to Margarita Island which is part of Venezuela.
6 for me.
Three for me.
Count the UK as one and it's 4 for me.
Ten but having only really done New York I can hardly state that I've visited the U.S. so lets say nine.
Yeah, I was in Mexico for less than a day and yet I get to tick off that entire part of the map.
I was in Mozambique for about 2-3 hours, but they all count.
Does it count if you are in a country to transfer for a flight?
Oh I went to Ireland. Back to the big one zero.
edit: If we play by @7om rules then I'm up to 15. That fucking South Africa flight...
Absolutely fucking not.
Scotland / Wales / USA / Canada / Netherlands / France / Spain / Greece / Bulgaria / Turkey / Dominican Republic / Egypt / Belgium.
There might be more I'm struggling to remember. That's not too bad tho considering I have literally zero interest in traveling and never seen much more than a few towns / beaches.
South Africa, Turkey, Egypt, Spain, Portugal, USA, France, Netherlands, Greece, Dubai, Wales.
Enjoy seeing different places but hate flying. South Africa was definitely the best experience mainly because it was all paid for through work. They ended up giving us a daily allowance to live off, whilst not converting it to the cost of living out there. Lived like a king for 3 months.
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