29 Apr 2011, 12:46 pm
Indy wrote:
Zen wrote:
My SO's sister likes to come for food tours sometimes. We go to a bunch of ethnic restaurants, including Lebanese, Thai, Indian, Ethiopian, Polish, Hungarian, Vietnamese... The only rule is no Italian, because they're Italian and no one cooks like mom. 
How about the Andy Warhol museum? We could visit his grave too. It's close to my house.
/boring
How about the Andy Warhol museum? We could visit his grave too. It's close to my house.
/boring
I've been to the Andy Warhol museum. It had a room full of floating balloons that you could push around and jump through
Do you live in Pittsburgh? I wish I'd visited some of those restaurants when I was there.
Yeah, I guess I let my guard down there. Don't tell anyone.
That is my favorite room there.
Well, if you can't take us to the Torchwood hub, I guess a castle would be okay... Just kidding. I actually love that kind of thing, because we have nothing of the sort here.
29 Apr 2011, 1:17 pm
Zen wrote:
Indy wrote:
Zen wrote:
My SO's sister likes to come for food tours sometimes. We go to a bunch of ethnic restaurants, including Lebanese, Thai, Indian, Ethiopian, Polish, Hungarian, Vietnamese... The only rule is no Italian, because they're Italian and no one cooks like mom.
How about the Andy Warhol museum? We could visit his grave too. It's close to my house.
/boring
How about the Andy Warhol museum? We could visit his grave too. It's close to my house.
/boring
I've been to the Andy Warhol museum. It had a room full of floating balloons that you could push around and jump through
Do you live in Pittsburgh? I wish I'd visited some of those restaurants when I was there.
Yeah, I guess I let my guard down there. Don't tell anyone.
That is my favorite room there.
Well, if you can't take us to the Torchwood hub, I guess a castle would be okay... Just kidding. I actually love that kind of thing, because we have nothing of the sort here.
That photograph reminds me of how I felt when I first saw the room
The Torchwood Hub is a good idea! I could show people the bay as well then.
29 Apr 2011, 2:45 pm
Hmm... I live in metropolitan Atlanta, GA, so...
One of the first places I'd take you to would probably be Stone Mountain Park, seeing as it's very well-known around here and honestly only about ten minutes away from my house, if that. It was basically a second home to me during my early childhood; many nice memories were spent there. Also, walking up it is quite fun.
Next would probably be the world's largest aquarium, The Georgia Aquarium. Only been about three or four times, and they're always updating it. Last time I went was two years ago; they didn't have the dolphins yet. 
I'd then probably take you to the World of Coca-Cola Museum because it's so close to the aquarium... I haven't been there in awhile, honestly... as in, nine or ten years. I've heard it's been renovated.
Then The Fox Theatre, because it's badass. That's all that needs to be said.
Hrmm... then probably some other cities in metro-Atlanta, like Alpharetta, because they have nice houses.
All I can really think of right now.
29 Apr 2011, 3:15 pm
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29 Apr 2011, 9:07 pm
30 Apr 2011, 12:51 am
30 Apr 2011, 1:05 am
CockneyRebel wrote:
I'd take you to the Hawaiian islands.
I've only ever been to one of the islands, CockneyRebel. Let's go!
30 Apr 2011, 1:22 am
Solvejg wrote:
I live in adelaide, so if you look at a map, you will see it is out in the middle of nowhere.
Day 1. I would take you down to the museum, art gallery, archaeological museum. Then a lunch time classical music concert at the conservatorium of music. Then we would eat a picnic lunch from local produce in the botanic gardens before heading down to the adelaide zoo. We would then catch the tram up to the central markets and pick out local products for the next day. Then i would take you down for a sunset cruise in port adelaide, to see the dolphins and a swim at the beach before going to bed.
Day 2. We would head out to Monarto zoo. It is an open plain zoo where Animals are out in the open. We would spend most of the day there and eat a picnic lunch watching over the lion paddock. On our way back to the city we would stop at Handorf and look at all the touristy stuff. Then we would head to Worawong wildlife sanctuary for a night time walk to see all the native australian wildlife in their natural habitat. (I am sure you want to pat kangaroo's).
Day 3. We would head up to the barossa valley and spend the day wine tasting and eating local cheeses and preserves.
Day 4. We would head down to victor harbour and go sand surfing, learn about the local aboriginal culture, swimming, ride the horse drawn tram out to gradite island and see the fairy penguins.
Day 5. We would have to fit in reef diving and ship wreck diving at Port Willunga before going to bed early.
Day 6. We would catch the Ghan out to Alice springs (a full day trip). You can't come all this way and not see Uluru.
Day 7. You would go home.
Day 1. I would take you down to the museum, art gallery, archaeological museum. Then a lunch time classical music concert at the conservatorium of music. Then we would eat a picnic lunch from local produce in the botanic gardens before heading down to the adelaide zoo. We would then catch the tram up to the central markets and pick out local products for the next day. Then i would take you down for a sunset cruise in port adelaide, to see the dolphins and a swim at the beach before going to bed.
Day 2. We would head out to Monarto zoo. It is an open plain zoo where Animals are out in the open. We would spend most of the day there and eat a picnic lunch watching over the lion paddock. On our way back to the city we would stop at Handorf and look at all the touristy stuff. Then we would head to Worawong wildlife sanctuary for a night time walk to see all the native australian wildlife in their natural habitat. (I am sure you want to pat kangaroo's).
Day 3. We would head up to the barossa valley and spend the day wine tasting and eating local cheeses and preserves.
Day 4. We would head down to victor harbour and go sand surfing, learn about the local aboriginal culture, swimming, ride the horse drawn tram out to gradite island and see the fairy penguins.
Day 5. We would have to fit in reef diving and ship wreck diving at Port Willunga before going to bed early.
Day 6. We would catch the Ghan out to Alice springs (a full day trip). You can't come all this way and not see Uluru.
Day 7. You would go home.
I visited a few cities in Australia, Solvejg, Unfortunately, Adelaide wasn't one of them.
Everything you have described sounds wonderful. The wine tasting might be a bit lost on me as I barely drink alcohol. I most likely will not be able to tell a $5 bottle of wine from a $200 one.
I will definitely bring back a couple of bottles though for my sisters. I will more than make up for not drinking wine by sampling a lot of the cheeses and preserves.
I got to see fairy penguins at Phillip Island! Definitely a highlight of the bus tour I went on.
Sadly, I don't know how to swim so anything that will involve getting in the water, I will watch you enjoy from dry land.
Oh! A train ride to Alice Springs would be cool. I like trains; I find them so relaxing. And yes, Uluru is a must.
I would love to see it someday.
Thanks for your hospitality. What a fantastic 7 days.
30 Apr 2011, 1:35 am
30 Apr 2011, 1:41 am
Fudo wrote:
i thought we'd stay in... 
Fudo, it's been really fun listening to you play music, but I'm kinda starving. Is there a good chipper close by? Not big on fish and chips, but I so enjoy a snack box with proper garlic mayo!
30 Apr 2011, 1:49 am
Zen wrote:
My SO's sister likes to come for food tours sometimes. We go to a bunch of ethnic restaurants, including Lebanese, Thai, Indian, Ethiopian, Polish, Hungarian, Vietnamese... The only rule is no Italian, because they're Italian and no one cooks like mom.
How about the Andy Warhol museum? We could visit his grave too. It's close to my house.
/boring
How about the Andy Warhol museum? We could visit his grave too. It's close to my house.
/boring
Not boring at all! I've never had Lebanese, Ethiopian, Polish and Hungarian cuisine before, so take me there please. And since I'm not Italian, you can even take me to a couple of those. I promise it'll be our little secret from your SO and his sister.
I'm only slightly aware of Andy Warhol and his work, so I'd be more than curious to check out the museum. That balloon room looks so much fun! I can already tell it will be my favorite part of the museum, too.
30 Apr 2011, 2:23 am
Esther wrote:
Fudo wrote:
i thought we'd stay in...
Fudo, it's been really fun listening to you play music, but I'm kinda starving. Is there a good chipper close by? Not big on fish and chips, but I so enjoy a snack box with proper garlic mayo!
no particularly good chip shops near me, but a nice curryhouse
30 Apr 2011, 2:23 am
Henbane wrote:
My town is veery small, so it wouldn't take too long to show you everything. I'd take you around my part of Suffolk.
For breakfast we could go to my local pub, The Crown Hotel, which is a 14th century coaching inn. Apparently they do very good scrambled egg and smoked salmon, or you could have a greasy full English breakfast if you'd prefer.
We could go for a walk around the castle and the mere.
Then go for a drive across Suffolk to the coast, and go to Aldeburgh, a seaside town. We could have fish n chips for lunch and have a walk on the beach. I'm afraid the North Sea isn't quite as dramatic as the Atlantic, but hopefully the sun will come out. Maybe we could borrow someone's labrador and throw sticks for it. We could pop over to Southwold, for an ice cream.
We could go to captain's wood, an ancient woodland, over 1000 years old, which has a carpet of bluebells at the moment, as well as fallow deer.
We could then toddle to snape maltings, which is on the edge of a bird reserve, and have afternoon tea. Scones, with strawberries and cream, and a nice cup of tea, followed by victoria sandwich cake. More strawberries and cream. We could have a mosey around the shops there, and look at the art galleries.
By then we'd both be knackered, and would be in need of a nice long nap. Following that, I could make you a nice roast dinner. Roast chicken and roast tatties with aspargus and purple sprouting brocolli. Or roast beef with yorkshire pudding. With local Aspall's Cyder or a good wine. And a nice rhubarb crumble and custard for pudding.
After all that food, you'd need to sleep for a week!.
That would be as exciting as it gets round here.
I've been to Orange County, when I visited my grandmother when I was 14. I went to Disneyland with my mum, and my grandmother went to Knott's Berry Farm with her husband. It was a bit overwhelming, but I enjoyed it.
For breakfast we could go to my local pub, The Crown Hotel, which is a 14th century coaching inn. Apparently they do very good scrambled egg and smoked salmon, or you could have a greasy full English breakfast if you'd prefer.
We could go for a walk around the castle and the mere.
Then go for a drive across Suffolk to the coast, and go to Aldeburgh, a seaside town. We could have fish n chips for lunch and have a walk on the beach. I'm afraid the North Sea isn't quite as dramatic as the Atlantic, but hopefully the sun will come out. Maybe we could borrow someone's labrador and throw sticks for it. We could pop over to Southwold, for an ice cream.
We could go to captain's wood, an ancient woodland, over 1000 years old, which has a carpet of bluebells at the moment, as well as fallow deer.
We could then toddle to snape maltings, which is on the edge of a bird reserve, and have afternoon tea. Scones, with strawberries and cream, and a nice cup of tea, followed by victoria sandwich cake. More strawberries and cream. We could have a mosey around the shops there, and look at the art galleries.
By then we'd both be knackered, and would be in need of a nice long nap. Following that, I could make you a nice roast dinner. Roast chicken and roast tatties with aspargus and purple sprouting brocolli. Or roast beef with yorkshire pudding. With local Aspall's Cyder or a good wine. And a nice rhubarb crumble and custard for pudding.
After all that food, you'd need to sleep for a week!.
That would be as exciting as it gets round here.
I've been to Orange County, when I visited my grandmother when I was 14. I went to Disneyland with my mum, and my grandmother went to Knott's Berry Farm with her husband. It was a bit overwhelming, but I enjoyed it.
Henbane, my favorite city is London, but I've been on a few tours out of London that sadly, showed me only a glimpse of England. And it made me hungry for more! Your part of Suffolk sounds heavenly.
When we go for breakfast, I shall order the eggs and smoked salmon plus the full English breakfast. I'm not too crazy about black pudding, so I always ask for extra white pudding or rashers instead.
The castle and mere get both
from me. I may just have to roll down that mere if it's hilly. I'll need to be careful though as I did this once and ended up rolling on to something nasty. Nobody wanted to sit next to me in the car.
I think I shall enjoy Snape Maltings very much! I must remember to get me a fridge magnet while there.
The homemade roast chicken sounds the best out of all that. Though I'm torn as I love roast beef as well. And don't get me started on yorkshire pudding! Gawd I could just inhale that stuff. I think I would have to try Aspall's Cyder simply because I love the bottle it comes in. And we don't really get rhubard here, so that crumble will go down a treat drenched in warm custard.
The last time I was at Disneyland was three years ago. I went because I hadn't been in years and I had a lot of fun, too. The trick is to go on a weekday when kids are in school and it's not hot, but dry. I went in April and it was perfect as the lines moved quickly and it wasn't so crowded. The theme parks here really are for tourists. I suppose it's like having the Eiffel Tower and being a Parisian. It's not a big deal as you can reach it anyday as a local, but it sure is fun to show it off to visitors and play tourist yourself that day.
30 Apr 2011, 2:33 am
Indy wrote:
If anybody visited me, I would take them up Snowdon. If they don't like walking up mountains, I would take them to a Castle. If they don't like castles either, then I would have to take them to a nature reserve. Apart from that, I could take them to the coast, or to look at some of the 11,000,000 sheep.
An enthusiastic YES to all your suggestions, Indy, especially looking at sheep.
How close are you to Pembrokeshire? I'm particularly interested in staying at this B&B - Bryn-y-Mor.
30 Apr 2011, 2:50 am
jmnixon95 wrote:
Hmm... I live in metropolitan Atlanta, GA, so...
One of the first places I'd take you to would probably be Stone Mountain Park, seeing as it's very well-known around here and honestly only about ten minutes away from my house, if that. It was basically a second home to me during my early childhood; many nice memories were spent there. Also, walking up it is quite fun.
Next would probably be the world's largest aquarium, The Georgia Aquarium. Only been about three or four times, and they're always updating it. Last time I went was two years ago; they didn't have the dolphins yet.
I'd then probably take you to the World of Coca-Cola Museum because it's so close to the aquarium... I haven't been there in awhile, honestly... as in, nine or ten years. I've heard it's been renovated.
Then The Fox Theatre, because it's badass. That's all that needs to be said.
Hrmm... then probably some other cities in metro-Atlanta, like Alpharetta, because they have nice houses.
All I can really think of right now.
One of the first places I'd take you to would probably be Stone Mountain Park, seeing as it's very well-known around here and honestly only about ten minutes away from my house, if that. It was basically a second home to me during my early childhood; many nice memories were spent there. Also, walking up it is quite fun.
Next would probably be the world's largest aquarium, The Georgia Aquarium. Only been about three or four times, and they're always updating it. Last time I went was two years ago; they didn't have the dolphins yet.
I'd then probably take you to the World of Coca-Cola Museum because it's so close to the aquarium... I haven't been there in awhile, honestly... as in, nine or ten years. I've heard it's been renovated.
Then The Fox Theatre, because it's badass. That's all that needs to be said.
Hrmm... then probably some other cities in metro-Atlanta, like Alpharetta, because they have nice houses.
All I can really think of right now.
I'm excited about visiting your town, jmnixon95. The only thing I've experienced of Atlanta is its massive airport, so it would be nice to actually stay put and explore the city.
And Coke over Pepsi hands down, all the time every time! I went to a smaller World of Coca-Cola when I was in Las Vegas before you were even born, so I don't know if it's still there. I had a lot of fun trying out all the Cokes from different countries.
I love live theatre so The Fox Theatre is right up my alley! Fiddler on the Roof is playing.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHZFYpQ6nc[/youtube]
Will you be checking out any of the upcoming shows? I saw David Gray in concert once. I remember enjoying his show at the time, but haven't really followed his career since.
And I know my Mom would just love Alpharetta.
