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09-30-2011, 11:46 AM
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I am lucky enough to have seen a little bit of Europe over the years and have great memories from many great places : Florence, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Rome, Athens, Paris, Prague, Brussels, Reykjavik, Stockholm and Helsinki are all ticked off.
This was all in the B.C. Days (before children), but now they are old enough to be dragged around museums and shops without whining and we are looking at a long weekend in Feb for another visit.
However, tempting as it is to play safe, we fancy trying somewhere different. Anyone been anywhere that blew them away that they would recommend? |
09-30-2011, 11:51 AM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | | My top two: Prague and Krakow.
I love the "ancient" aspect of both. Lots of history and a very real aesthetic of "times long past".
Take a walk a few blocks and you're back into the 21st century. Granted, most big cities in EU are kind of like that but these two resonate with me for some reason.
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09-30-2011, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Relic My top two: Prague and Krakow.
I love the "ancient" aspect of both. Lots of history and a very real aesthetic of "times long past".
Take a walk a few blocks and you're back into the 21st century. Granted, most big cities in EU are kind of like that but these two resonate with me for some reason. | +1 to Krakow. I was there a few years ago for a college course and just loved it. |
09-30-2011, 11:55 AM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | | It's hard to pick a favorite, but Vienna would have to be near the top of my list. Close behind: Heidelberg, Mechelen, and London, too. I wouldn't pass up opportunities to see Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hannover, or Magdeburg again, either. |
09-30-2011, 11:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | | Come to Edinburgh, it rains a lot but we have a castle on a volcano.
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09-30-2011, 12:01 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | I wouldn't call it a "great city" - it's too small for that - but I really like Lausanne in Switzerland. |
09-30-2011, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: PA | | | Check out Spain, my favorite country in Europe:
Barcelona, Alicante, Seville...
Cheaper than France, Germany, Italy and Scandinavia.
I hate the cold... |
09-30-2011, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Relic My top two: Prague and Krakow.
I love the "ancient" aspect of both. Lots of history and a very real aesthetic of "times long past".
Take a walk a few blocks and you're back into the 21st century. Granted, most big cities in EU are kind of like that but these two resonate with me for some reason. | I want to go to Auschwitz, but I don't think my kids would appreciate what it stands for just yet. I know it will upset me terribly, but I think it's just one of those places I need to visit.
Eastern Europe or Scandinavia looking favourite at the moment. St.Petersberg has a strange allure... |
09-30-2011, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by i_got_a_mohawk Come to Edinburgh, it rains a lot but we have a castle on a volcano. | Haha. I'm near Manchester and I cross the border a few times a year when we head to the lakes. Always starts to bucket down once you pass Carlisle. But yes, Edinburgh a wonderful place. |
09-30-2011, 12:19 PM
| | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tituscrow I want to go to Auschwitz, but I don't think my kids would appreciate what it stands for just yet. I know it will upset me terribly, but I think it's just one of those places I need to visit.
Eastern Europe or Scandinavia looking favourite at the moment. St.Petersberg has a strange allure... | I lived near Majdanek for a while. It's a brutal thing.... but I think that everyone should go to one of those such places at least once in their life.
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09-30-2011, 12:20 PM
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09-30-2011, 12:32 PM
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09-30-2011, 12:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Central Alberta | | | I only got a taste of Europe in high school. We went to Paris, Venice, Florence, and Rome. Out of what I saw, Paris was my favorite (speaking French may have helped).
I'd love to go to Holland. |
09-30-2011, 12:48 PM
| | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | Paris is great, too bad it's so criminally expensive to live there. |
09-30-2011, 01:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Charleroi, Belgium | | | I really like Paris, very nice city.
I work in Brussels and the more time I spend there, the more I like it.
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09-30-2011, 03:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Switzerland | | | There are lots of great cities in Europe, each one great for different reasons. One city I neve tire of is Paris. It's nice living an hour away making day trips fun.
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09-30-2011, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA | | | I can't narrow it down to just one. I'd have to include Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Dublin. |
09-30-2011, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Rocker949 I can't narrow it down to just one. I'd have to include Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Dublin. | Yeah. Amsterdam the most frequently visited. Twice a year for about six years. Not been since 2004. |
09-30-2011, 03:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lincoln, NE | | | Only have been to London, but I truly did enjoy it.
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09-30-2011, 05:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Zürich | | | I love Berlin - that city fits me perfectly.
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