Things to do in Europe.

[mgz]

Italy, to be precise. I'm shipping over there next week and I'm wondering if anyone knows things I absolutely HAVE to do while there. Also, any Cons outside the big ones (Comic Con Italia, Lucca, etc.) that I should know of.

Fuck Italian girls

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[molbjerg]

Trouble is, Italian girls generally seem to like Mediterranean guys...

[Sitio]

Hm...I've been to Rome (twice), Venice and Florence myself, and I would recommend you to spend a couple of days in Rome! There is so much to see, but I think reading up on the history beforehand makes the visit more enjoyable. The St. Peter's Basilica is a must!

Florence is nice too, but personally I found it a tad too spartan compared to Rome. If you go there, however, visit the Medici family's home and stroll around. It's the best way to see Florence.

Venice is...hm...I guess it grows on you. Life pass slowly there, and after you have seen the main attractions there isn't much to do. They have some great restaurants though!

I hope you'll have fun!  

[AntiPaladin]

Should have mentioned that. I'll be posted in Gaeta, about 30 miles (50 km for you damned Euros...) west of Naples. My current plan is to hit the rail system anytime I have at least a 72 (3 day weekend) and just hit a new country every time. Oktoberfest is an obvious win, as is a trip to Athens and Rome. Venice, eh, I've heard nothing but bad things about. Plus there's a great DoD ski resort in the Bavarian Alps I was going to look into so I can show off my mad board skills.

And I've already done the Polar Bear thing (jumping in a frozen lake on new years day.) when I was in Alberta.

Fuck Italian girls

I'd like to think this one goes without saying. I plan to apply this thought to pretty much any country I visit. I wonder if I'll be able to make it to South America soon...

[mgz]

Should have mentioned that. I'll be posted in Gaeta, about 30 miles (50 km for you damned Euros...) west of Naples. My current plan is to hit the rail system anytime I have at least a 72 (3 day weekend) and just hit a new country every time. Oktoberfest is an obvious win, as is a trip to Athens and Rome. Venice, eh, I've heard nothing but bad things about. Plus there's a great DoD ski resort in the Bavarian Alps I was going to look into so I can show off my mad board skills.

And I've already done the Polar Bear thing (jumping in a frozen lake on new years day.) when I was in Alberta.

Fuck Italian girls

I'd like to think this one goes without saying. I plan to apply this thought to pretty much any country I visit. I wonder if I'll be able to make it to South America soon...

everyone loves large amounts of cocaine. Baseball parties everyone

[Carnivus]

Well,if in Rome,do as the Romans.
Visit Rome,and Florence maybe.Milano is of course a must-see.just as Venice.Go also in Sicilly.Italy is a great country,clouded just by gypsies,so I think you should see the best not the worse of it.

[Morgia]

Oktoberfest is an obvious win,

well too bad it's only in the last two weeks of September You can buy a bavarian Maßkrug all year 'round though.

...as is a trip to Athens and Rome. Venice, eh, I've heard nothing but bad things about. Plus there's a great DoD ski resort in the Bavarian Alps I was going to look into so I can show off my mad board skills.

best ski resort in the bavarian Alps: Nebelhorn-Fellhorn-Kanzelwand. You can ski around three mountains that are all interconnected through skilifts and cross the border to another country at the same time (Kanzelwand is already austrian). Since it's really big, it's not too overpopulated on the various trails and there's something for every level of skiing experience (Fellhorn summit Buckelpiste is pretty demanding... beware ) plus it's only a 30 minute drive to two other less known (mainly to locals) and smaller ski resorts in Immenstadt (Alpsee Skizirkus) and Gunzesried (Bergbahnen Ofterschwang-Gunzesried) if you want to explore the area a bit (which is btw beautiful and ehm... yeah I grew up there )

Personally I prefer this ski resort over the Garmisch-Patenkirchen (Zugspitze) or Bayrischzell (Sudelfeld) areas, since those are imo overrated and therefore overpopulated :/

[muesli]

Should have mentioned that. I'll be posted in Gaeta, about 30 miles (50 km for you damned Euros...) west of Naples.

Gaeta is nice (in summer at least). you should definitely see the church in-between the cliffs!

will you be posted in that big harbor in gaeta..?

[molbjerg]

everyone loves large amounts of cocaine. Baseball parties everyone

Actually, some of us like real drugs ...

[SirSkyRider]

Oktoberfest is an obvious win

Nope, it is definitely NOT. Go and see Maidult, Gäuboden and Plärrer for REAL, AUTHENTICAL Bavarian Volksfeste. Oktoberfest is far too internationalized and commercialized.

(I'm from Bavaria, so I can tell...)

[forevr]

hey... you could come to our place... the heater's not broken but still has little effect atm... we're sitting around in blankets as well and our tapwatersupply in the kitchen froze XD   (...bathroom's still working though)

That's kind of you to offer. It's not Oslo is it?
Borrowed a fan heater today though. Good enough for now I guess.

Back to the Europe issue.
Once more: football, no matter where in Europe you go south of Scandinavia (hockey season here) there are lots of great games to watch
Also biathlon season. You'd be surprised of how many people there are at those competitions.

What do you like to do and see by the way?

[Morgia]

hey... you could come to our place... the heater's not broken but still has little effect atm... we're sitting around in blankets as well and our tapwatersupply in the kitchen froze XD   (...bathroom's still working though)

That's kind of you to offer. It's not Oslo is it?
Borrowed a fan heater today though. Good enough for now I guess.

No. Gjøvik. If you come, take the fan-heater with you (hey we're not *that* far from the swedish border ). I made bananas in beer-dough today, but we had more dough than bananas so I'll make Apfelküchle for tomorrow and I have a "schwäbischer Zwiebelkuchen" (Løk-kake) planned... I'd love to share ^^

Quote from: AntiPaladin on January 07, 2010, 06:40:16 PM
Oktoberfest is an obvious win

Nope, it is definitely NOT. Go and see Maidult, Gäuboden and Plärrer for REAL, AUTHENTICAL Bavarian Volksfeste. Oktoberfest is far too internationalized and commercialized.

(I'm from Bavaria, so I can tell...)

yeah... I lived in Munich for 5 years... we went to the Oktoberfest almost every year because of my little sister...and all that I connect with it is: overcrowded, overpriced and overall pretty boring. Really the Oktoberfestbier was the worst (german) beer I ever tasted in my life - tasted much like watered down soapwater with a bit of leftover vodka for the alcohol. If you just visit any german city, walk in any normal supermarket and buy any local brand beer... you can get drunk for 1/10 the price and 15 times the quality. If you visit one of those bavarian ski resorts, I'd highly recommend you to ask around which brands of beer are local. Those are usually the best. In Allgäu (the area where the Nebelhorn/Fellhorn/Kanzelwand ski resort is, get some "Allgäuer Brauhaus Fürstabt Hefeweizen" or "Engelbräu Urtyp Hell" (Winner of the World Beer Award 2008 in its category).

[forevr]

No. Gjøvik. If you come, take the fan-heater with you (hey we're not *that* far from the swedish border ). I made bananas in beer-dough today, but we had more dough than bananas so I'll make Apfelküchle for tomorrow and I have a "schwäbischer Zwiebelkuchen" (Løk-kake) planned... I'd love to share ^^

Gjøvik, I've never been there. Is it fun (to sort of connect to the topic)?
The only thing I know about that town is Fjellhallen.

How is life over there by the way? Must be kind of a chock to move from Berlin to a town with only 28,000 people.
Though I know a guy in NYC that dreams of moving to a small town like that one day.

Back on topic:
I've never actually been there but I would think that Pompeii is something that must be seen in Italy. That Roman town preserved since the eruption.
That and Teatro Massimo In Sicily would be the things I myself would like to visit some day.

[Morgia]

No. Gjøvik. If you come, take the fan-heater with you (hey we're not *that* far from the swedish border ). I made bananas in beer-dough today, but we had more dough than bananas so I'll make Apfelküchle for tomorrow and I have a "schwäbischer Zwiebelkuchen" (Løk-kake) planned... I'd love to share ^^

Gjøvik, I've never been there. Is it fun (to sort of connect to the topic)?
The only thing I know about that town is Fjellhallen.

How is life over there by the way? Must be kind of a chock to move from Berlin to a town with only 28,000 people.
Though I know a guy in NYC that dreams of moving to a small town like that one day.

Back on topic:
I've never actually been there but I would think that Pompeii is something that must be seen in Italy. That Roman town preserved since the eruption.
That and Teatro Massimo In Sicily would be the things I myself would like to visit some day.

well uhm... it's notinh really new to me... I only studied in Berlin but I was born in a city half the size (around 15.000 inhabitants) and grew up in a village with around 150(?) people. And yeah since you mentioned Fjellhallen... you can go skiing here, and ice-skating and swimming and.... get drunk and have snowball fights... or have drunk snowball fights and surprise buttseks afterwards.... or you can throw ice cones at drunk norwegians at night and get into a fight not involving (too much) snow... or just have sex... or uhm... you get the point

and yeah, I'd second Pompeji, although I might mention again that it's winter... and since it's a biggish outside thingie... go there in summer (or autumn or spring)