Upcoming Trip to Europe

[Martin Mayers]

The wife and I are going to Europe this Spring. We are going from futbol game to futbol game. Starting in Munich, ending in London. Along the way we will be taking in games in Italy, France, and Spain (including the Barca - Real Madrid in Madrid). We will also spend a lot of time in and out of museums and such. I am looking forward to it. -- jim

Wasting your time mate....Europe according to some of our friends on Politics and Religion....

 

[Sparafucil3]

Wasting your time mate....Europe according to some of our friends on Politics and Religion....

I have lived in Europe for 10 years. I know better. If I were independently wealthy, I would move to Bavaria tomorrow. -- jim

 

[AZslim]

The wife and I are going to Europe this Spring. We are going from futbol game to futbol game. Starting in Munich, ending in London. Along the way we will be taking in games in Italy, France, and Spain (including the Barca - Real Madrid in Madrid). We will also spend a lot of time in and out of museums and such. I am looking forward to it. -- jim

That sounds like a great trip.....

 

[Paul M. Weir]

Wasting your time mate....Europe according to some of our friends on Politics and Religion....
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Nah, that's too simplistic a view, what the Septics see when the oil or coal companies pass through or their town when their jobs go Mexican.

They would have something more like from Hieronymus Bosch in mind.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch

 

[von Marwitz]

Wasting your time mate....Europe according to some of our friends on Politics and Religion....

But didn't Tolkien shape the Shire in the Lord of the Rings after the model of some region in the UK? Which ain't Europe at least accoring to most locals? So he should be safe for at least for another week or two.

von Marwitz

 

[Martin Mayers]

But didn't Tolkien shape the Shire in the Lord of the Rings after the model of some region in the UK? Which ain't Europe at least accoring to most locals? So he should be safe for at least for another week or two.

von Marwitz

Indeed. Yorkshire. Not UK though, that's a common mistake... PRY (People's Republic of Yorkshire)

Where you can always tell a Yorkshireman, but you can't tell him much (an old Lancastrian proverb).

Also, where the men are dangerous, the women more dangerous, and the sheep don't sleep too well.

 

[von Marwitz]

You people(s) from the isle are very difficult to fathom bytimes...
But I like the proverb.

von Marwitz

 

[Martin Mayers]

You people(s) from the isle are very difficult to fathom bytimes...
But I like the proverb.

von Marwitz

We Lancastrians and Yorkshire folk have good sport with each other but ultimately we get on quite well. I have lots of friends over there in bands and we play gigs over there very frequently.

And Yorkshire is truly one of the most stunning counties to travel around. It's beautiful.

Lancashire and Yorkshire folk are known for their straight talking both to each others and to outsiders. Also know for their friendliness. And good ale.

With now having a motor home, I am hoping to be able to persuade a couple of my fellow tournament war gaming friends to attend Grenadier next year or within the next two-three years at least and tie in with a few days around the Bastogne and 'Bulge' area.

 

[von Marwitz]

With now having a motor home, I am hoping to be able to persuade a couple of my fellow tournament war gaming friends to attend Grenadier next year or within the next two-three years at least and tie in with a few days around the Bastogne and 'Bulge' area.

That would be great. We could after all these years have a FtF game, then. BTW, at long last and FINALLY, you'll get the looooooooong promised setup for our next VASL game. Took out your file just yesterday.

Cheers,
von Marwitz

 

[Martin Mayers]

That would be great. We could after all these years have a FtF game, then. BTW, at long last and FINALLY, you'll get the looooooooong promised setup for our next VASL game. Took out your file just yesterday.

Cheers,
von Marwitz

Yeah....been a while mate.

 

[Robin Reeve]

From July 8 to July 29, I will be on holiday with my wife and my youngest child (18 y. o.), at Tilly-sur-Seules, between Caen and Bayeux.
Of course it will be an excellent occasion to visit the different sites and museums pertaining to D-Day and the Normandy campaign.
But we certainly won't only do that.

 

[Jeffrey D Myers]

I was fortunate to get to the Netherlands for work a few years ago, one snowy December. The military highlights were the museums at Oosterbeek and Groesbeek (and the drive in between, including a stop at the church in Elst). Cultural highlights were the Domtoren in Utrecht (where I was staying) and the Anne Frank Museum. The train museum in Utrecht is really nice, too.

 

[Robin Reeve]

Wasting your time mate....Europe according to some of our friends on Politics and Religion....

It rather looks like the Politics and Religion cesspit from my European point of view.

 

[echack]

But didn't Tolkien shape the Shire in the Lord of the Rings after the model of some region in the UK?

IIRC, the Shire was supposed to be at the same latitude of Oxford.

 

[MajorDomo]

The Vienna Military Museum was a very pleasant surprise to me last summer.

It is an easy walk down Arsenalstrasse from the central train station.

The WWI and Austro-Hungarian empire coverages were the best I have seen (with apologies to the wonderful museum on the latter in Budapest near the castle) and fascinating.

The WWII stuff was not up to either the London Imperial Museum or the Paris War Museum where Napolean's body is entombed, which is understandable as both Germany and Austria must cover WWII in muted tones.

I thoroughly enjoyed Bovington tank museum, but you will not be in London. Also off topic, I spent one entire day at the Louve, but only 6 hours at the Normandy sights, YMMV.

Still have the Brussels museum on my list.

Rich

 

[Thunderchief]

From July 8 to July 29, I will be on holiday with my wife and my youngest child (18 y. o.), at Tilly-sur-Seules, between Caen and Bayeux.
Of course it will be an excellent occasion to visit the different sites and museums pertaining to D-Day and the Normandy campaign.
But we certainly won't only do that.

In early June Tilly hosts a military book fair which is quite good - new books with authors and some second hand dealers too. I met Ian Daglish and Georges Bernage there in different years. Highly recommended for anyone if you are there are the right time.

 

[Thunderchief]

I'm going to be on a trip with friends to Europe this fall. We will be in Prague, Vienna, Venice, and Florence. Any good military museums or battlefields I ought to visit? (I was completely bummed out to miss the Imperial War Museum in London when I was there a couple of years ago - it was closed for renovations for the centenary of WWI.)

My wife and I did a group tour to Theresienstadt from Prague a few years ago - very interesting.

Warning though - the Czechs will tell you at every opportunity that they were the ones who killed Heydrich.

The military museum in Vienna is quite good (but the tanks were closed off for some reason when we visited a couple of years ago).

European museums seem to have adopted a "pay to take photos" policy. Normally photography is banned but if you pay a few Euros they give you a sticker to put on your shirt or jacket (I think) and you can take as many as you like.

 

[tunixx]

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European museums seem to have adopted a "pay to take photos" policy. Normally photography is banned but if you pay a few Euros they give you a sticker to put on your shirt or jacket (I think) and you can take as many as you like.

Usually you only pay if you are a professional photographer and use a tripod and flash. Of course every museum may have its own policy.

 

[bendizoid]

My wife and I did a group tour to Theresienstadt from Prague a few years ago - very interesting.

Warning though - the Czechs will tell you at every opportunity that they were the ones who killed Heydrich.

The military museum in Vienna is quite good (but the tanks were closed off for some reason when we visited a couple of years ago).

European museums seem to have adopted a "pay to take photos" policy. Normally photography is banned but if you pay a few Euros they give you a sticker to put on your shirt or jacket (I think) and you can take as many as you like.

They blew him up real good.
If you do go to a beautiful old battlefield it could be like that scene from the movie 'Patton'. You know, the one where he's driving around in North Africa and has some sort of past life flashback. Listen for faint trumpet sounds, ya never know.