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 A spaceman came travelling
	A spaceman came travellingAre you a traveller? Best/worst places you have visited
Do you have to travel with work? Best/worst places you have visited
Alt:
Where would you like to live?
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:16, 216 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
 I like Norway. Especially the top bit.
	I like Norway. Especially the top bit.Tallinn is lovely. And I really like New England and San Diego.
At the risk of provoking another "row", I dislike Paris and San Francisco despite the fact that apparently they are "great"
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:20, Reply)
 I dislike Paris, stinks of piss and full of twats
	I dislike Paris, stinks of piss and full of twatsbut there are many parts of France I do like
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:21, Reply)
 Absolutely
	AbsolutelySome of France is lovely. I just don't "get" the attraction of Paris.
Unless being raped for substandard food and wine whislt being treated like dogshit by waiting staff is somehow a pleasure that I don't properly understand?
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:23, Reply)
 My uncle recently said "In the UK and the US, the customer is always right.
	My uncle recently said "In the UK and the US, the customer is always right."In France, the customer is always wrong. If you don't like something in their restaurant, then it's your fucking fault for not reading the menu properly."
He ent far wrong.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:24, Reply)
 I'm pretty sure, though
	I'm pretty sure, thoughthat your inability to read the menu doesn't actually excuse providing shit food.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:25, Reply)
 So they are deliberately fucking up things
	So they are deliberately fucking up thingsjust as punishment for being english? makes sense.
Also, I speak French, and it's still mostly shit. Most bistros in any town in rural France piss on Paris from a height. Fuck, I ate in a pseudobistro in Leith at the weekend that did a better confit than anything I've ever had in Paris.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:29, Reply)
 You have to let them know the meal's shit by doing some VERY passive-aggressive smoking.
	You have to let them know the meal's shit by doing some VERY passive-aggressive smoking.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:29, Reply)
 Oh I forgot.
	Oh I forgot.They built a cathedral in the middle of a river which is at least in the top ten religious buildings in europe.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:24, Reply)
 I tend to agree with you on the Paris thing
	I tend to agree with you on the Paris thingBut I do still like it, in the same way that people like to go to London or Edinburgh.
However one thing that I would give in Paris' favour is you should go to the Fete De Vendange de mont marte which is great for a weekend
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:45, Reply)
 Yeah, but Edinburgh really is a great town
	Yeah, but Edinburgh really is a great townfor all I slag London off, it's OK except for most of the people.
But Paris is dirty, rude and stupendously overrated. A bit like YM.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:14, Reply)
 I quite liked Paris but this was mainly due to it being a free holiday
	I quite liked Paris but this was mainly due to it being a free holiday(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:32, Reply)
 Best - Japan fucking beautiful country
	Best - Japan fucking beautiful countryWorst - Not sure really, Tunisia was a great holiday but the country is a shit hole, but it was cool to ride a camel in to the desert to a gypo village and poke about a bit. I think of all the countries I have been to it was the worst because of the pushy market traders and everything falling apart but I still enjoyed myself.
Alt. Japan. I didn't want to leave either time I was there.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:20, Reply)
 Worst place was rural Romania.
	Worst place was rural Romania.Lovely countryside, but fucking hell was it hot. Plus it was wall to wall swarthy gyppos, none of whom spoke a single word of English. Not one!
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:22, Reply)
 I'd love to live in Brighton, it seems like the best place in the planet to be.
	I'd love to live in Brighton, it seems like the best place in the planet to be.I bought half a lamb's shoulder today for £7,
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:24, Reply)
 Mate, last time I was there I was with my mum, cousin and uncle..... and I still blates could have pulled big time.
	Mate, last time I was there I was with my mum, cousin and uncle..... and I still blates could have pulled big time.If I was there on my todd i'd clean up.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:35, Reply)
 Worst place was 'the north'.
	Worst place was 'the north'.Ghastly place with awful people who like using the word 'duck'.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:24, Reply)
 He gets worried if he has to venture to Islington that he won't be able to find a decent organic grocer or competent baristas.
	He gets worried if he has to venture to Islington that he won't be able to find a decent organic grocer or competent baristas.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:10, Reply)
 Naples is fucking horrible.
	Naples is fucking horrible.Like a cross between Hull and Dundee.
I'd like to live in Holland for a bit. One of my sisters lives in Den Haag and I visit quite regularly. It's a cool country, nice people and great cheese.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:25, Reply)
 One of the many downsides to repeatedly deciding to build in the shadow of an active volcano
	One of the many downsides to repeatedly deciding to build in the shadow of an active volcanois that you lose any particular desire to invest in fine architecture.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:27, Reply)
 Although that probably doesn't explain the terrifying levels of street crime
	Although that probably doesn't explain the terrifying levels of street crimeor the utter filth of the place.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:29, Reply)
 I really, REALLY wish that that had read "One of my sisters lives in Def Leppard".
	I really, REALLY wish that that had read "One of my sisters lives in Def Leppard".(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:28, Reply)
 Monument Valley at Sunrise: best
	Monument Valley at Sunrise: bestNearly getting turned over by the local mafia in Romania - worst.
I get the tube to work. It's full of ugly, and generally smelly working class-types using my train. In my graciousness, I allow this.
Alt: I would like to live in Winona Ryder's heart.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:27, Reply)
 Actually, i'd forgotton about that bit of the US
	Actually, i'd forgotton about that bit of the USI'd like to add that general area - Yosemite, death valley, etc as well
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:31, Reply)
 Yosemite is beautiful, and Death Valley is like walking on the fucking moon.
	Yosemite is beautiful, and Death Valley is like walking on the fucking moon.Indeed - don't they do a load of sci-fi filming there?
All those national parks are great.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:34, Reply)
 The journey to work this morning was dreadful
	The journey to work this morning was dreadfulI had to walk downstairs today, like some sort of savage.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:31, Reply)
 I tell you what
	I tell you whatthat guy sounds like the sort of chap you'd love to go out for a pint with. I bet it's a right laugh.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:34, Reply)
 If you tell my Dad where you're from/you've been recently/you about to go to
	If you tell my Dad where you're from/you've been recently/you about to go toHe'll bore your to madness by explaining the many different routes, highways and byways you should or could take. He is blissfully unaware that he is the worlds least interesting man.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:37, Reply)
 I think it's something peculiar to that generation.
	I think it's something peculiar to that generation.Maybe something to do with the motorways being built during their lifetimes?
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:40, Reply)
 Wouldn't you like to know every conceivable route from Oxford to where you live?
	Wouldn't you like to know every conceivable route from Oxford to where you live?(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:43, Reply)
 Pah! Amateurs.
	Pah! Amateurs.We knocked down far more of it ourselves after the Luftwaffe left.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:38, Reply)
 Yeah, a lot of it is.
	Yeah, a lot of it is.There are some nice bits though.
If you had visited me, I would've taken you for the best Indian food you'll find in this country and then to see a great band.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:43, Reply)
 
	 Up the Khyber and left you a broken man
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:49, Reply)
 Bollocks, that's a place a bit down the road, called 'Imrans', in Sparkbrook.
	Bollocks, that's a place a bit down the road, called 'Imrans', in Sparkbrook.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:20, Reply)
 Dresden, on the other hand, is bloody lovely.
	Dresden, on the other hand, is bloody lovely.It's a bit weird though. Half of it is Soviet concrete block buildings, and the other half is that really lovely old 19th century German painted style.
I went to a piano & violin recital in the crypt of the cathedral when I was there. It was ace.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:45, Reply)
 Yeah, Coventry seems to have taken the approach that they may as well knock down the rest of it and start again.
	Yeah, Coventry seems to have taken the approach that they may as well knock down the rest of it and start again.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:48, Reply)
 Oh and they didn't really stick to the designs of the start again plan.
	Oh and they didn't really stick to the designs of the start again plan.But apart from that, it's a lovely place.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:00, Reply)
 I'd live in Iceland as I had a particularly good 'chilli dog' there whilst tearing up Reykjavik on my annual international flange hunt.
	 I'd live in Iceland as I had a particularly good 'chilli dog' there whilst tearing up Reykjavik on my annual international flange hunt.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:36, Reply)
 Surely EVERYTHING would be chilly in Iceland
	Surely EVERYTHING would be chilly in Icelandhaahahhahahahahahahahhaahhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:37, Reply)
 Not with it's unique geothermal qualities and temperate climate which is warmed by the gulf stream. LOLOLOL!!!1111
	Not with it's unique geothermal qualities and temperate climate which is warmed by the gulf stream. LOLOLOL!!!1111(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:39, Reply)
 I say! That's mean coming from you with the cavernous echoing quim.
	I say! That's mean coming from you with the cavernous echoing quim.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:04, Reply)
 wrong poster
	wrong posteryou want the grammar badger. but she hasn't posted in a while.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:05, Reply)
 Oh yeah, you're the one with the puckering cats arse excuse for a ladies front bottom.
	Oh yeah, you're the one with the puckering cats arse excuse for a ladies front bottom.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:07, Reply)
 yeah
	yeahlike you know what one looks like.
i bet a cat's arse is as close as you've ever come to a pussy.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:09, Reply)
 I was born by traditional methods rather than being manufactured in a laboratory experimenting with splicing Ronald McDonald with a block of lard.
	I was born by traditional methods rather than being manufactured in a laboratory experimenting with splicing Ronald McDonald with a block of lard.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:16, Reply)
 You fucking Ninja
	You fucking NinjaHow badly did you spell "traditional" for it to come out as "radio all" ?
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:18, Reply)
 I thought he was having a bit of a breakdown there.
	I thought he was having a bit of a breakdown there.Must have been distracted by thinking about fannies.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:18, Reply)
 I dunno what one is really I'm just joining with what the bigger boys talk about on here.
	I dunno what one is really I'm just joining with what the bigger boys talk about on here.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:20, Reply)
 I don't know either.
	I don't know either.Despite owning one myself, I've never actually seen it.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:21, Reply)
 If you put your ear up against it and listen *very* carefully
	If you put your ear up against it and listen *very* carefullyyou can still hear chompy's voice saying 'I fancy a pizza'.
I mean, that's just what I've heard.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:06, Reply)
 that would be implying that his mouth went anywhere near it
	that would be implying that his mouth went anywhere near itwhich would be to give him FAR more credit in the sack than he deserves.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:10, Reply)
 The poor sod's still trapped, that's where he disappeared to, never to be released.
	The poor sod's still trapped, that's where he disappeared to, never to be released.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:10, Reply)
 
	 Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu Kensington wgah'nagl fhtagn
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:22, Reply)
 Just pointing out that I have clicked "I like this!" on a post by b3th.
	Just pointing out that I have clicked "I like this!" on a post by b3th.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:13, Reply)
 I'd quite fancy a go on that Solomon but not a nosh
	I'd quite fancy a go on that Solomon but not a noshHer teeth could strip bark from an oak
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:54, Reply)
 No No No
	No No No Sporters I want you to stand in the corner and think about what you have said.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:00, Reply)
 But her VOICE!
	But her VOICE!Oh my god, when she's not singing, that voice is just ....
words fail me.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:02, Reply)
 Well then if you said you wanted to fuck her headless corpse
	Well then if you said you wanted to fuck her headless corpseI would have had no problem with that
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:33, Reply)
 I proper love travelling.
	I proper love travelling.The whole aspect of the journey, including trains and planes, train stations and airports. Not that I don't enjoy getting to where I'm going, but I do love the travelling part too.
I really enjoyed Siena and Venice, Berlin has some awesome museums, and parts of north east USA are really lovely.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:41, Reply)
 Doesn't that apply to life with kids in general?
	Doesn't that apply to life with kids in general?It's bad enough trying to plan your life around a dog. I can't imagine how I'd manage it with kids and not kill them after ten minutes.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:56, Reply)
 Thats my favourite Christmas song
	Thats my favourite Christmas song I want to travel more in the coming years, possibly Australia and more of Europe.
Worst place was Benidorm. Spains Blackpool. I blame the British.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 13:42, Reply)
 Also, Thailand for the food.
	Also, Thailand for the food.Not the underage prostitution.
Apparently
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:02, Reply)
 They tour the UK every year to mime badly to 'Diva' songs.
	They tour the UK every year to mime badly to 'Diva' songs.That box is ticked.
Much like theirs!
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:09, Reply)
 Why would anybody want to go on a package holiday?
	Why would anybody want to go on a package holiday?They sound just AWFUL.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:07, Reply)
 I know... I suppose to save money?
	I know... I suppose to save money?I like anice private villa or if I must do a package, then all inclusive.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:08, Reply)
 The only vaguely packagey thing we've done was a Med cruise.
	The only vaguely packagey thing we've done was a Med cruise.There was no enforced jollity, and no wacky japes with oversexed reps.
Thank fuck.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:14, Reply)
 I'm not a big traveller
	I'm not a big travellerIceland was probably my favourite place, my least favourite was probably Spain but that might be because I was a child at the time.
Alt: In this country, I'm pretty happy in Brighton atm. Would like to be in London. New York would be good for a try as well.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:12, Reply)
 To be fair, it happens to a lot of women when they get the the middle parts of middle age.
	To be fair, it happens to a lot of women when they get the the middle parts of middle age.It's not her fault and it's a bit unfair to say that she makes all of London smell of piss.
It's really just the central couple of miles squared.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:19, Reply)
 I'd love to say New York is overrated
	I'd love to say New York is overratedbut in all honestly it's so overrated I've actively avoiding going there for years, so I can't actually really say.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:16, Reply)
 OK, I now believe you're the geographical Monty
	OK, I now believe you're the geographical Montyjust saying everything's shit because everybody else likes it.
LABELLED.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:18, Reply)
 I can't lie, I've seen how much respect Monts gets and imma after some of that.
	I can't lie, I've seen how much respect Monts gets and imma after some of that./honestly, I just don't see the attraction of New York. So it's always going to be overrated to me.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:24, Reply)
 Iceland looks so picturesque
	Iceland looks so picturesqueI'm adding Sweden too.
Oh to have the money.
If I ever had a windfall I would go to a load of obscure places. Macchu Picchu looks breathtaking
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:23, Reply)
 You need a fair amount of money for Sweden
	You need a fair amount of money for Swedenunless you want to drink tap water and eat ryvita.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:26, Reply)
 Now, THAT'S supposed to be really expensive.
	Now, THAT'S supposed to be really expensive.But at least you can get duty free when you visit.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:30, Reply)
 I so love proper travelling.
	I so love proper travelling.It's having to share a plane with these oiks who are on a package holiday I detest. Fucking working class. They don't evenhave a Lonely Planet guidebook ffs! Some of them even have the temerity to bring children!
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:21, Reply)
 Unsedated children should not be allowed on planes.
	Unsedated children should not be allowed on planes.Neither should people under six foot, foreigners, or those that like to try to strike up conversations with other passengers.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:24, Reply)
 Surely you mean people OVER six foot?
	Surely you mean people OVER six foot?With their stupid elbows and extra legroom.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:27, Reply)
 what's the problem with short people on planes?
	what's the problem with short people on planes?at least they don't kick the back of your fucking seat.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:27, Reply)
 Without pandering to the lowest denominator, we can space seats out to a more civilised distance.
	Without pandering to the lowest denominator, we can space seats out to a more civilised distance.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:28, Reply)
 Well - with anyone you don't know then.
	Well - with anyone you don't know then.Basically what I'm saying here is that I have a private jet.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:05, Reply)
 Do you do your scouser impression, going
	Do you do your scouser impression, goingEh! LA!
Or simply go for the immediate threesome, as I actually do with them?
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:22, Reply)
 I bum the pair of them inside out then wear Kylie as a condom to fuck Rhianna
	I bum the pair of them inside out then wear Kylie as a condom to fuck Rhianna(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:33, Reply)
 i hate it when you get stuck next to/in front of a selfishly tall cunt
	i hate it when you get stuck next to/in front of a selfishly tall cunttheir legs poke under your seat, their knees poke into your back, their lanky elbows and arms poke everywhere, they make you nervous that they are going to poke their heads on the overhead lockers because they are just too big to be there...
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:14, Reply)
 i'm not im
	i'm not imfirst you put them in where they're not needed, then you take them out when they are...
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:25, Reply)
 They're not as bad as fat cunts who spill over the arm rests.
	They're not as bad as fat cunts who spill over the arm rests.Nobody got tall from self-negligence did they?
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:22, Reply)
 kroney did
	kroney didhe got to a normal height, forgot to stop growing. careless.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:25, Reply)
 What if the people trying to strike up a conversation with you
	What if the people trying to strike up a conversation with youare 2 19 year old lesbian bi curious members of the beach volley team who want you to teach them the ways of the penis...
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 14:37, Reply)
 Then apparently I'd be travelling on Porn Airways and all bets are off.
	Then apparently I'd be travelling on Porn Airways and all bets are off.(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:05, Reply)
 Treworgey Farm, Liskeard, Jethroland.
	Treworgey Farm, Liskeard, Jethroland.I've just spent a King's ransom on a bottle of antique Oloroso sherry, fact fans.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:41, Reply)
 haha because the joke's on you because I don't get this because I'm not gay
	haha because the joke's on you because I don't get this because I'm not gay(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 15:48, Reply)
 I used to neck a bottle of 'Mansion House' before a night out in my teens.
	I used to neck a bottle of 'Mansion House' before a night out in my teens.and I wonder why I can;t remember a lot.
(, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 16:30, Reply)
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