Not sure if you're ripping the piss or not but the folks did the villa thing out there a few years and said it was a class spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
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Not sure if you're ripping the piss or not but the folks did the villa thing out there a few years and said it was a class spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
You obviously come from a classy family.
Of course I don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
Albufeira is a hellscape.
My night on the strip last year will go down as one of the more interesting social experiments of the 21st century.
What does one do in Budapest? Going in a couple of weeks and never been.
Their old secret police headquartes (Stasi? I always get these mixed up) is grimm as fuck but very good and interesting. There was also a park full of old Soviet monuments a short bus ride outside Budapest that was pretty cool. The main castle area had a few nice history things as well. Actually thinking back Budapest was pretty good for historical and architectural stuff in general.
Erm, they're still tourist destinations despite the unrest in parts of the country. It's the not the same as Syria you moody fuckwit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Thanks. I think I might stomach one such activity at most, basically I'm more wondering where to eat and drink and if there's any activities that doesn't involve just looking at old stuff?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pen
Have you heard of Spain?
Yes but I'm going to Budapest, which isn't in Spain.
They're pretty well known for their spas I think. Food wise I think Budapest was pretty good too, but I'd advice you to look into that a bit in advance as most places didn't look that great (this might be different now as it was ages a go that I went). I quite like spotted by locals as one of the sites to look for restaurants, it's usually quite good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazuuurk
http://www.spottedbylocals.com/budapest/
Brilliant cheers. Looking to go for a few days in May, and all of the above interests me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pen
Adam on the ropes here.
:D I was just thinking to myself what a car crash your posting has been tonight but this made me lol so fair play.
PS It's Albufeira. Considering you go every year you'd think you'd know.
Alright cheers, that's good advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pen
Hertha are playing Werder away from home that week. Shame.
What about Union?
Edit: they're at home on the Friday. They're still in with a shout of promotion so could be a good game.
It might be the ale talking but I'm in Gothenburg and I definitely reckon I'd like living here. Haven't even been gang raped yet.
To elaborate, a snapshot of what i saw over 36 hours:
It's fairly compact, you can walk nearly everywhere, but there's plenty to do. Great food, great shops, great cafes. There's a huge theme park a 20 minute walk from the city center for some reason, as well as a dope science center/indoor rainforest place with snakes and sloths
The people are polite and speak perfect English. There are very few tourists.
It's clean.
I think the best thing about it is how transport works. There are barely any cars, there's never any traffic, and cars always stop for pedestrians at crossings. There are bike lanes everywhere. The trams are good as well. I think this, more than anything leads to a harmonious city experience.
I am not on commission.
What made you go there? What would you say it's cost for that length of time, day to day spending wise?
I'm amazed places like that haven't been colonised by wanker British stag parties. I guess the expense keeps them away.
I was flying back from Greece and the cheapest way of doing it was via here. Obviously that was nullified by getting a hotel and the flight a day later though lol.
It's expensive but not outrageously so, probably around London prices.
Four star hotel: 700 SEK
Return ticket from airport to city center: 180 SEK
A pint of beer: 50-60 SEK
This excellent wrap (sausage, mash, berries, crispy onions etc.) http://m.imgur.com/fDxQjuy : 60 SEK
Cappuccino and a croissant: 64 SEK
Are those Goji berries?
I can't imagine how sausage, mash, and berries combine to make a satisfying wrap, but that actually looks not bad.
Lingonberries, like what you get in IKEA.
Another thing I noticed is that they're really not fans of cash. Public transport and two eateries i went to were card-only, so you could probably get by without entirely. Curious to see if it's worked out better or worse in terms of exchange rate.
I'd imagine they're lingonberries. They are used with fatty and salty meats at times around Sweden (and Finland).
All of the Northern countries would be pretty nice to live in apart from living in constant fear of rape gangs of course.
edit: And yeah, cash is shit.
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Originally Posted by Pen
I guess my thesis could be summarised as: Scandinavians have a high standard of living lol. Who knew.
Cash should be abolished really, but there are so many what I would call 'old school' people in this country who can't yet function without it and we have to wait for them all to die. After that, landlines should be next against the wall.
All criminals would go out of business overnight if you abolished cash.
Trolleys and lockers are the only things I need cash for now, and even that's ballsed up with a new pound coin coming in.
That PayPal instant cash transfer thing Americans use will be here by Christmas. Venmo.
I guess all transactions on such things will belong to Her Majesty but they'll just move to that. Or Bitcoin.
I don't get the deal with trolleys and coins as you can just ask a cashier to give you one of those plastic things that fits there too. Why not just keep them available without any deposit? It's not like the small piece of plastic is going to make me return it.Quote:
Originally Posted by wullie
Yet we're still here waiting to have cheques abolished.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
This totally confused me when I moved to the UK. If I wanted to steal a trolley, I'm probably not going to be overly concerned about the 1GBP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pen
Here's a question for you international people. Someone is coming to this country and I need to pay him money, but:
1. He doesn't have a bank account
2. I don't want to use cash
My best solution is one of those prepaid currency cards that you can get, but does anyone know a better way?
Pre-paid debit card is your best bet. It's what I use in the UK as my card doesn't work internationally.
I got one of those (Revolut) for using abroad too but I just use it everywhere now. So handy being able to disable and enable stuff like chip&pin, online purchases, etc or even just temporarily block it just from the app. And getting the notifications too every time money goes off it makes it infinitely more useful than the one from my bank.
@Jimmy Floyd, just stick it in his home account and let him figure out himself how to spend it.
I would be all for that idea, except it'll take days to go between the two countries and if he starves to death that isn't an ideal situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
What an absolutely lovely part of the UK this is. Love it. Will definitely holiday here at some point.
Flying to College Park, MD in a few hours. Will be there until Wednesday. Hit me up for a TTH MEET.
Murderland? Hold me.
Where are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
Romsey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
We've narrowed down to Orlando, Santorini, Zakynthos, and Cinque Terra. Down to the agent to see what they can do now.
Lol what is this 1992Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
That's a thing? Christ. Actually, I'm not that surprised really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
If it was 1992, would you be able to fly to any of them without having a panic attack?
I didn't think Santorini would be up your street.
Any of the last three would be decent I reckon.
Always amuses me to see a Fred and Rose West couple noncing about the Disney parks with no children. Freaks.
Fuck sake Boydy. I was hoping no one would ask and he would keep posting about it absolutely raging that no one was giving him attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
I've already said in the weekend thread so 2/10 miniJohn/Kikoprentice
To which you received loads of replies.