How to Avoid Pickpockets
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From: Martin on 28 Jul 2010 15:04 On 28/07/10 14:16, David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote: > Markku Gr�nroos<cucumber(a)hassuserveri.fi> wrote: > >> 28.7.2010 11:26, Martin kirjoitti: >>> On 27/07/10 14:57, Erilar wrote: >>>> Martin<martin(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>> . >>>>> >>>>> Don't underestimate her determination to rubbish all things French. >>>> Oh, thay have some nice historical sites here and there. >>> >>> and some of the best food, drink and castles in Europe. >>> >>> Boycotting France is your loss. >>> >> If you boycotted rte, that would be our gain. > > I was in Kotka in January, and while nibbling on a pastry in a cafe > overlooking the frozen Baltic sea, I saw this old fat bald man suddenly > jump out of a seaside sauna and jump into a hole in the ice. I don't > know why, but I thought of you. > ROFL
From: Martin on 28 Jul 2010 15:05 On 28/07/10 18:27, Erilar wrote: > Martin<martin(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> On 27/07/10 14:57, Erilar wrote: >>> Martin<martin(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>> . >>>> >>>> Don't underestimate her determination to rubbish all things French. >>> Oh, thay have some nice historical sites here and there. >> >> and some of the best food, drink and castles in Europe. >> >> Boycotting France is your loss. > > Not in my opinion. I prefer the thousands of German and Austrian > castles, food, and wine and much friendlier people, danke 8-) I prefer both Germany and France.
From: Martin on 28 Jul 2010 15:30 On 28/07/10 21:14, Magda wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:31:07 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, Dave Smith > <adavid.smith(a)sympatico.ca> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > > ... Erilar wrote: > ... > ...>>>> Don't underestimate her determination to rubbish all things French. > ...>>> Oh, thay have some nice historical sites here and there. > ...>> and some of the best food, drink and castles in Europe. > ...>> > ...>> Boycotting France is your loss. > ...> > ...> Not in my opinion. I prefer the thousands of German and Austrian > ...> castles, food, and wine and much friendlier people, danke 8-) > ...> > ... > ... From my experiences travelling in Europe, I found the warmest most > ... hospitable treatment was in Garmish-Patertenkircken. We also had good > ... experiences in other parts of Germany, but found people in other parts > ... of the country to be a little cool. For the most part, treatment in > ... France was excellent. I have been there three times and on one > ... occasional we had a snotty waiter. The rest were great. The food was > ... great and the scenery wonderful. It was Italy where I found the people > ... in hotels and restaurants a little hard to take. > > Don't try Greece in summer, then. There is no similarity.
From: Martin on 28 Jul 2010 16:09 On 28/07/10 21:44, Magda wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:30:42 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin<martin(a)invalid.invalid> > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > > ... On 28/07/10 21:14, Magda wrote: > ...> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:31:07 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, Dave Smith > ...> <adavid.smith(a)sympatico.ca> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > ...> > ...> ... Erilar wrote: > ...> ... > ...> ...>>>> Don't underestimate her determination to rubbish all things French. > ...> ...>>> Oh, thay have some nice historical sites here and there. > ...> ...>> and some of the best food, drink and castles in Europe. > ...> ...>> > ...> ...>> Boycotting France is your loss. > ...> ...> > ...> ...> Not in my opinion. I prefer the thousands of German and Austrian > ...> ...> castles, food, and wine and much friendlier people, danke 8-) > ...> ...> > ...> ... > ...> ... From my experiences travelling in Europe, I found the warmest most > ...> ... hospitable treatment was in Garmish-Patertenkircken. We also had good > ...> ... experiences in other parts of Germany, but found people in other parts > ...> ... of the country to be a little cool. For the most part, treatment in > ...> ... France was excellent. I have been there three times and on one > ...> ... occasional we had a snotty waiter. The rest were great. The food was > ...> ... great and the scenery wonderful. It was Italy where I found the people > ...> ... in hotels and restaurants a little hard to take. > ...> > ...> Don't try Greece in summer, then. > ... > ... There is no similarity. > > None that you can see. None that I know of.
From: Erilar on 28 Jul 2010 17:06
Dave Smith <adavid.smith(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: > Erilar wrote: > >>>>> Don't underestimate her determination to rubbish all things > > > > > French. >>>> Oh, thay have some nice historical sites here and there. >>> and some of the best food, drink and castles in Europe. >>> >>> Boycotting France is your loss. >>> Not in my opinion. I prefer the thousands of German and Austrian >> castles, food, and wine and much friendlier people, danke 8-) >> > From my experiences travelling in Europe, I found the warmest most > hospitable treatment was in Garmish-Patertenkircken. We also had good > experiences in other parts of Germany, but found people in other parts > of the country to be a little cool. For the most part, treatment in > France was excellent. I have been there three times and on one > occasional we had a snotty waiter. The rest were great. The food was > great and the scenery wonderful. It was Italy where I found the people > in hotels and restaurants a little hard to take. Well, everyone knows by now that my experiences in France were different than yours 8-). My only experience in Italy outside the airport in Rome was Sicily, Where I was generally favorably impressed. They kept offering me pasta I didn't care for, but I was also offered so much other food that I didn't suffer 8-) I also had some wonderful calamari more than once. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist |