Topic: Vacation Advice (Read 2677 times)

Burrito Al Pastor · « **on:** June 29, 2009, 06:28:51 PM »

So over the next month, I'm going to be (at one point or another) in or around Stockholm, Toronto, Chicago, Buffalo, Cleveland, and Fargo. Anybody have any firsthand advice about things to do or not do while in any of those places?

Anybody else visiting fun places?

Brentai · « **Reply #1 on:** June 29, 2009, 06:36:05 PM »

Sweden, huh? I know some fun things to do there.

Spaco · « **Reply #2 on:** June 29, 2009, 06:51:36 PM »

That is a random smattering of places I've never been to. What is the logic/motivation behind this whirlwind tour?

Mongrel · « **Reply #3 on:** June 29, 2009, 07:13:51 PM »

Toronto is in the middle of an intense garbage strike that is not likely to end immediately.

As much as we'd like to say hi, your nostrils may not enjoy such a vacation.

Büge · « **Reply #4 on:** June 29, 2009, 07:29:53 PM »

Another garbage strike? What's with your city, Mongo?

Mongrel · « **Reply #5 on:** June 29, 2009, 07:39:51 PM »

Our garbage doesn't like to work. The perils of unionization.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #6 on:** June 29, 2009, 08:08:21 PM »

Quote from: Spaco on June 29, 2009, 06:51:36 PM

That is a random smattering of places I've never been to. What is the logic/motivation behind this whirlwind tour?

It's actually two discrete, unrelated vacations that happened to be scheduled consecutively - I'm going to Sweden for an archaeology field school (I'm going to be analyzing viking stuff!), and then it's just a series of visits to east coast cities to see family and baseball games and maybe some architecture and stuff like that.

Although I'm going to try and fit in a trip to the House on the Rock.

SCD · « **Reply #7 on:** June 30, 2009, 11:23:50 AM »

Fuck Toronto

Visit Kingston and the 1000 Islands

Again, your nostrils will thank you for that one. Actually, I plan to kayak the 1000 islands sometime this August on a couple days off.

Misha · « **Reply #8 on:** June 30, 2009, 11:33:04 AM »

The house on the rock is pretty awesome though I don't know that it's by itself worth the 3 hour or so drive from Chicago. If you like theatre I can pretty strongly recommend American Players Theatre which is pretty close to the House on the Rock and also pretty great. The only thing on the currently showing list I've seen is Comedy of Errors but I loved it when I saw it there several years ago.

Mongrel · « **Reply #9 on:** June 30, 2009, 11:51:28 AM »

WHO NEEDS A TRIP ABROAD?

BINGE DRINKING IS THE NEW TRAVEL!

yyler · « **Reply #10 on:** June 30, 2009, 11:52:46 AM »

With a good book and just your imagination, you can go anywhere in the world!

Brentai · « **Reply #11 on:** June 30, 2009, 12:39:57 PM »

I'll take your word for it.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #12 on:** June 30, 2009, 02:13:15 PM »

Well, the travel arrangements for Toronto are already made, so garbage strike be damned. You really don't think they'll have it resolved by mid-late July, though? I would have thought somebody would break by then.

James Edward Smith · « **Reply #13 on:** June 30, 2009, 02:45:54 PM »

Probably, but Toronto smells bad all the time.

Mongrel · « **Reply #14 on:** June 30, 2009, 03:04:04 PM »

Quote from: Geo T. Hermal on June 30, 2009, 02:45:54 PM

Probably, but Toronto smells bad all the time.

Sadly

Also: I will be in Seattle for the last week of July, both weekends inclusive, so uh... I hope your plans are for an earlier time?

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #15 on:** June 30, 2009, 03:15:33 PM »

Hah! No, I will be in Toronto on the 29th and the 30th of July.

Have fun in Seattle. It's a beautiful city.

Mongrel · « **Reply #16 on:** June 30, 2009, 04:40:04 PM »

It is. This will be the third time I'm going. Of course, the trip is for the usual purpose of visting my tragic, senile, semi-institutionalized in-laws (well, okay, this only applies to one of them...).

Büge · « **Reply #17 on:** June 30, 2009, 06:23:45 PM »

Quote from: Burrito Al Pastor on June 30, 2009, 03:15:33 PM

Hah! No, I will be in Toronto on the 29th and the 30th of July.

Have fun in Seattle. It's a beautiful city.

25 miles south and we could hang out.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #18 on:** June 30, 2009, 07:45:51 PM »

You live in Lake Ontario?

Büge · « **Reply #19 on:** July 01, 2009, 04:48:32 AM »

In a prehistoric sense, yes.

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