Travel thread 3.0
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I'm in Salzburg. What a great little city. Very walkable and it's buzzing at Christmas with markets and concerts in the old town. Well worth a visit.
Unlike Bratislava...it's a day trip from Vienna if you're box checker (which I am) but there is very little to see and do. The highlight is a statue of a head poking out of a manhole cover.
Unlike Bratislava...it's a day trip from Vienna if you're box checker (which I am) but there is very little to see and do. The highlight is a statue of a head poking out of a manhole cover.
TexanToffee
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Not really traveling far, but I'm in Shreveport Louisiana tonight to watch a minor league hockey game. 
evertony
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Went about 20 years ago after a long nighttime drive over the Hatta mountains from UAE….two hours at border control with three of us in a drunken stopper wasn’t a nice experience heading into a ‘dry’ country….especially when our Indian driver proclaimed we had guns in the boot. They were spray guns, but didn’t stop a very rough search.
Got to the ‘hotel’ ( very loose term) at about 3.30am desperate for a kip as we had a 5am work start due to the horrendously high temperatures at the time, pulled back the sheet and it looked like an Orangutan had just left. Knocked it on the head, went to get some breakfast and went to pour the milk for the cereal and it literally glugged out of the jug in one piece and was a funny shade of green. Spent 5 days there and wasn’t so impressed….however, spoken to people who have visited there recently and had really positive reviews.
The Binman
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HI im going to salzburg in March, can you kindly give me any recommends or stand outs at all pls?
Obvs markets won't be there, but anything else would be appreciated.
TIA
Obvs markets won't be there, but anything else would be appreciated.
TIA
evertony
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I feel like I could have written that in the late 90’s early 2000’s….worked there for a week every 6 weeks for a good few years. Absolutely deplored the place….we used to call it the sh#t hole in the sand. The lack of human decency and disinterest in sanitation was awful. Went back once with the wife and some friends around 2010 and couldn’t wait to get home. It’s as false and nauseating as all the big-lipped, polished orange low budget influencers who flock their like flies around a turd.
evertony
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Both are lovely, Porec just hits the spot more for me. Love the place, especially early May or late September
It's a really small city. Walk up to the fortress - it's hard work but beats waiting an hour for the funicular. Get lost in the streets/alleyways by Mozart's birthplace. Take a day trip to Hallstatt.
Enjoy.
In addition to @Bkk Andy 's recommendations: Mirabell palace and the gardens (although there might not be too much in bloom at that time of year). Stiegl-Keller near the fortress (local brewery restaurant). Walk up the Kapuzinerberg on the other side of the river from the fortress. Berchtesgaden might also be worth a day trip if you haven't been up the Eagle's Nest before. Brush up on your Mozart and Sound of Music before you go.
Weighing up doing a road trip to France next year. Just weighing up where to base ourselves - Normandy or Brittany. I've read Normandy is more 'French' and full of historical sites and Brittany is more celtic in vibe, less crowded and a bit more rugged in terms of landscape. Anyone offer any insights to either or both?
Ferry options would be Plymouth or Portsmouth overnight. Neither make any odds as it'll be a long drive to each port.
Ferry options would be Plymouth or Portsmouth overnight. Neither make any odds as it'll be a long drive to each port.
I've driven to Normandy twice but gone via the Eurotunnel. Driven down in the day and stayed overnight at a hotel and got the 9am train across the next day.
Last time stayed in Domfront which was a lovely town. Great base to do the Normandy landing beaches.
Been to both and enjoyed them equally.
In Normandy, Rouen and Caen are historic towns, then you have the whole D-Day landing stuff with the cemeteries and historic locations, plus some very nice ports and coastal towns (Honfleur, for example).
Although Mont St Michel is in Brittany, it's probably easier to visit from Normandy.
We really enjoyed Brittany. As you say, it's more relaxed and rural. We stayed in Vannes in the south, which is near the Quiberon peninsula and the Carnac prehistoric site(s), plus has a great bay and islands to visit. Seafood obviously great, had some superb sardines in Quiberon and watched the surfers on the way back.
Thanks for the Bratislava trip. We originally planned to do Bratislava and Vienna in July, then Mrs blueloon said we should do Munich with a day trip to Salzburg , that worked out very well , both great places. Only snag was I said we didn’t need our passports on the day drip to Saltzburg , the border police who boarded the train on the way back had a different view, we got away with a stern “ Next time .” All the Germans had ID cards, my driving license didn’t cut it but was better than Mrs bl’s who was preparing to offer photos of our cats on the basis of what could be more genuinely British than that
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