JaiDee Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Same country - Romania Been wanting to go there for a while, looks like a super-cool place and I think Transylvania would be a good place to check out. When I tell this to my Viennese buddy Mike, he always has a chuckle and jokingly ridicules me, as in "why the hell would anyone wanna go to Romania?" I guess it would be the same to an Austrian as an American saying they want to take a vacation in Jersey; or a Canadian wanting to spend time in Newfoundland. He also said the same thing when I wanted to see [and did go see!] Bratislava.......curiousity is all, for some reason all those former eastern-bloc countries have intrigued me since childhood. Quote Link to comment
Manarak3 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Same country - Romania Been wanting to go there for a while, looks like a super-cool place and I think Transylvania would be a good place to check out. When I tell this to my Viennese buddy Mike, he always has a chuckle and jokingly ridicules me, as in "why the hell would anyone wanna go to Romania?" I guess it would be the same to an Austrian as an American saying they want to take a vacation in Jersey; or a Canadian wanting to spend time in Newfoundland. He also said the same thing when I wanted to see [and did go see!] Bratislava.......curiousity is all, for some reason all those former eastern-bloc countries have intrigued me since childhood. Romania is actually pretty cool. They got very scary looking castles and I love their meat products - simply excellent, maybe even better than German meat products. Quote Link to comment
williethepimp Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Same country - Romania Been wanting to go there for a while, looks like a super-cool place and I think Transylvania would be a good place to check out. When I tell this to my Viennese buddy Mike, he always has a chuckle and jokingly ridicules me, as in "why the hell would anyone wanna go to Romania?" I guess it would be the same to an Austrian as an American saying they want to take a vacation in Jersey; or a Canadian wanting to spend time in Newfoundland. He also said the same thing when I wanted to see [and did go see!] Bratislava.......curiousity is all, for some reason all those former eastern-bloc countries have intrigued me since childhood. me too jaidee...i think its growing up in the cold war when all those countries and cities were off limit to us westerners.....i had the same yearning to go to prague and budapest,and i did so in the 90's.....theres still a few places left that i'd love to visit....lvov in Poland.....Minsk in belarus...Odessa,.and Romania,especiallly transylvania...... Quote Link to comment
Manarak3 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 me too jaidee...i think its growing up in the cold war when all those countries and cities were off limit to us westerners.....i had the same yearning to go to prague and budapest,and i did so in the 90's.....theres still a few places left that i'd love to visit....lvov in Poland.....Minsk in belarus...Odessa,.and Romania,especiallly transylvania...... I was in Prague in 1980 ... trenchcoat and hats galore ! Whereever we went, conversations instantly died when our "escort" entered the shop about a minute after us, 555 Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 That must have been fantastic.......my first visit there was in 2007 and I still loved it. Went back again in 2009 and it's one of my favorite cities in the world. Been to Budapest, Bratislava, Dresden, Prague......spent a night in Brno as well. Like Willie said, as history buffs these places which were pretty much off-limits to westerners during our childhood are really intriguing and I'd love to go even deeper into Eastern Europe, perhaps Bulgaria......then north towards Kiev, Estonia, Latvia, St. Pete, etc........wouldn't mind seeing Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan either. This same curiouslty is what got me to Asia in the first place as well; seeing the Vietnam war on the TV during the 60's and 70's always made me say to myself "I have GOT to check out that place some day!" I finally did so 15 years ago and it literally changed the course of my life. Quote Link to comment
Hefe Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I was able to cross over into East Berlin 1971 via Checkpoint Charlie, it was a real trip walking down that narrow corridor with armed soldiers in high watchtowers checking us out through binoculars which were used constantly. What I still remember, besides the no mans land besides the wall & the empty adjacent buildings with bulletholes, I remember how peaceful, leafy & quiet E Berlin was, lots of folks on bikes & walking, & then the obvious hit me - nobody owned any cars except a few taxis & the odd car here & there. The only other thing I can remember is the fantastic museum there & the city elevated rail that somehow ran around the eastern sector without stopping at the stations there. I thought Berlin, east & west, was very cool & I'm disappointed I have never gone back yet. 2 Quote Link to comment
Manarak3 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I was able to cross over into East Berlin 1971 via Checkpoint Charlie, it was a real trip walking down that narrow corridor with armed soldiers in high watchtowers checking us out through binoculars which were used constantly. What I still remember, besides the no mans land besides the wall & the empty adjacent buildings with bulletholes, I remember how peaceful, leafy & quiet E Berlin was, lots of folks on bikes & walking, & then the obvious hit me - nobody owned any cars except a few taxis & the odd car here & there. The only other thing I can remember is the fantastic museum there & the city elevated rail that somehow ran around the eastern sector without stopping at the stations there. I thought Berlin, east & west, was very cool & I'm disappointed I have never gone back yet. it did change a lot, there aren't much leftovers from the DDR regime, Berlin looks like a big modern city now. Quote Link to comment
williethepimp Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 it did change a lot, there aren't much leftovers from the DDR regime, Berlin looks like a big modern city now. i first went to Berlin '92....there was still a big difference between what had been West Berlin and what had been East....You could tell immediately on leaving the U-Bahn which former sector,E or W you were now in......East Berlin was,and still is full of concrete high rise ,and the older apartment buildings were badly neglected,some still bearing the bullet holes from the war,,the people were not dressed as well and the shops/cafes were no where near what could be found in West Berlin.......I found the "Ossies" on the whole ,friendlier...especially the ones i worked with.....accomodation was also a lot cheaper in the former East...and all the cool bars and nightclubs were in the East also.....I'd live there tomorrow if i had a job to go to there.......best city in europe IMO Quote Link to comment
Guest sustra2 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 just seen these pics ...makes me really dream of this place..... 2 Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 Looks like southern Thailand around the Angthong National park.....or Vietnam around Ha Long bay. Quote Link to comment
Lefty Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Since Breaking Bad has the same initials as you BB, I think it's mandatory that you watch it! That, plus the fact that it could be the best TV show ever made. Here's a new place for you all, location and approximate year, please; It's not. Quote Link to comment
Lefty Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 BB... you must watch Breaking Bad, perhaps the best series ever on TV. One note of caution is that it follows the evolution of a character from Mr. Peepers into Scarface & accordingly the first several episodes are a bit slow at times when he is the typical Everyman living his life in suburbia. But as he gradually always makes the wrong moral choices the series adapts in tempo. I knew a few people that couldn't make it to the 4th episode because of the lack of typical television dramatic histrionics while he was a teacher & family man. ----- Those early photos make Pattaya seem idyllic. A lost era... It is not close to best series IMO, and I lasted through 2 seasons before stopping. Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 It's not. you know that......how? Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Can we get an answer on the tropical-looking island photos? Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 you know that......how? On no. You really want to start this?!?! Quote Link to comment
Guest sustra2 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Looks like southern Thailand around the Angthong National park.....or Vietnam around Ha Long bay. bravo! vietnam halong bay Quote Link to comment
Guest sustra2 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Can we get an answer on the tropical-looking island photos? you were correct ...vietnam Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 On no. You really want to start this?!?! well, as usual anything we say about movies, TV shows, music, etc......is an OPINION. By either myself or Lefty or anyone else. No one can say definitively "that's the best TV show ever made", which is why I clarified it with "it could be".....and it certainly is for me, but that's just one person's opinion. Maybe I should have said "I think - or in my opinion - that's the best show ever" For someone else to say "no it's not" makes absolutely zero sense, unless clarified with "in my opinion, no it's not." But I notice Lefty said IMO in his second post, so I will cut the big guy some slack Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 you were correct ...vietnam Thanks Sustra! Although Anghon national park.....of which Koh Phangan and Koh Tao are a part of....looks pretty much identical. 1 Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 New place; Quote Link to comment
seven Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 It is not close to best series IMO, and I lasted through 2 seasons before stopping. You're missing out, Lefty. Give all 5 season a chance, if you still don't think its great, i'll respect that. But after only 2 seasons you can't say. Quote Link to comment
seven Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 New place; Argentina. Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 No, but nice try Seven Quote Link to comment
ciobha Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Is it Los Angeles??? Quote Link to comment
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