London Calling

[Augie]

2 hours ago, snafu said:

Some airlines have deals where you can fly into their country and then do a leg to another city that they fly to, essentially for free.  You can even do the trip as a "triangle".  I think I'd look into something like that.  Fly to another city.  Stay there for a couple days.  Fly to London for the game and then fly home from there.

 

 

The bold part got me excited!  😂 

 

We’ve recently charged ourselves with coming up with some trips for this year. This just seems meant to be as it was on the short list already. Get some time in London and Paris. My wife has traveled so much she’s over it, and there were always reasons to balk. She’s excited about this. 

 

EDIT: We will be with old friends at the end of the month in FL. One night is dinner with a lady I haven’t seen in 15 years. We had dinner with about a dozen at her condo (above the Ritz) and out of all those people, I was the ONLY one who had never been to BULGARIA! Seriously? Been there? I’d struggle to find it on a map! 

 

<rant over>

Edited January 20, 2023 by Augie

[snafu]

1 hour ago, Augie said:

 

The bold part got me excited!  😂 

 

We’ve recently charged ourselves with coming up with some trips for this year. This just seems meant to be as it was on the short list already. Get some time in London and Paris. My wife has traveled so much she’s over it, and there were always reasons to balk. She’s excited about this. 

London is where Mrs. snafu and I met. It doesn’t take much to convince her to go there.  I’m thinking a side trip to Lisbon. We know both those cities pretty well.  

 

[Augie]

34 minutes ago, snafu said:

London is where Mrs. snafu and I met. It doesn’t take much to convince her to go there.  I’m thinking a side trip to Lisbon. We know both those cities pretty well.  

 

 

NICE! 

 

We spent a few days in Lisbon at the end of a Windstar cruise in Fall of 2019. Immediately signed up for the next group adventure with dozens of friends. Then 2020 came up, and, well……..you were there. 

 

Since you know the area, this is where we stayed in Lisbon. Awesome pool area!  Couldn’t get reservations in the almost empty dining room. “The chef will only cook so many meals in a night”. 😂 

 

https://www.lhw.com/hotel/Olissippo-Lapa-Palace-Lisbon-Portugal?gclid=Cj0KCQiA8aOeBhCWARIsANRFrQHcwk_JckNhi_OswufOkT0yKYMgdau-oo2ToREe643CNc-qf7Dg5FIaAoJiEALw_wcB

 

EDIT: I said dozens of friends, but it was dozens of acquaintances and two really good travel friends. You can’t travel with just anyone. Even my best friends would wear on me, but this couple is a perfect fit of easy going people.

 

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Edited January 20, 2023 by Augie

[snafu]

7 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

NICE! 

 

We spent a few days in Lisbon at the end of a Windstar cruise in Fall of 2019. Immediately signed up for the next group adventure with dozens of friends. Then 2020 came up, and, well……..you were there. 

 

Since you know the area, this is where we stayed in Lisbon. Awesome pool area!  Couldn’t get reservations in the almost empty dining room. “The chef will only cook so many meals in a night”. 😂 

 

https://www.lhw.com/hotel/Olissippo-Lapa-Palace-Lisbon-Portugal?gclid=Cj0KCQiA8aOeBhCWARIsANRFrQHcwk_JckNhi_OswufOkT0yKYMgdau-oo2ToREe643CNc-qf7Dg5FIaAoJiEALw_wcB

 

Poteug is one of those places when you start dinner one night and they don’t get to dessert until the next morning.

 

 

[IDBillzFan]

16 hours ago, KD in CA said:

 

I like it....it's the grown up version of wake and bake.

 

That said I'd rather watch the game from London. Will have to see if it's possible.

 

That's funny. I was trying to equate what it felt like to start watching football at 6:30 a.m. and it suddenly dawned on me: you ever work a trade show in Vegas, and get up early to hit the gym or have an early breakfast meeting?

 

You walk through the casino at 6 a.m. and pass by a guy sitting alone at a blackjack table, overflowing ashtray, lung dart in one hand, other hand stirring his 15th rum and Coke, clothes disheveled, hair all messed up from pulling it out, looking like he hasn't moved from that spot in 12 hours. 

 

It feels like that.

[KD in CA]

1 hour ago, IDBillzFan said:

 

That's funny. I was trying to equate what it felt like to start watching football at 6:30 a.m. and it suddenly dawned on me: you ever work a trade show in Vegas, and get up early to hit the gym or have an early breakfast meeting?

 

You walk through the casino at 6 a.m. and pass by a guy sitting alone at a blackjack table, overflowing ashtray, lung dart in one hand, other hand stirring his 15th rum and Coke, clothes disheveled, hair all messed up from pulling it out, looking like he hasn't moved from that spot in 12 hours. 

 

It feels like that.

 

That imagery reminded me of when I was a kid and worked as a lifeguard at a local pool/tennis club that had a men's club for all the old Italian guys.  One time our supervisor didn't show up so one of them let two of us in through their private entrance. It was like a scene out of Goodfellas; the full bar, decor, ashtrays, table of dudes still playing poker at 6:30....not one even looked up as we walked past.

 

These days my wife is always up early and makes good coffee so that helps.

[snafu]

1 hour ago, KD in CA said:

 

That imagery reminded me of when I was a kid and worked as a lifeguard at a local pool/tennis club that had a men's club for all the old Italian guys.  One time our supervisor didn't show up so one of them let two of us in through their private entrance. It was like a scene out of Goodfellas; the full bar, decor, ashtrays, table of dudes still playing poker at 6:30....not one even looked up as we walked past.

 

These days my wife is always up early and makes good coffee so that helps.

 

 

Did any of them call you Spider and shoot you in the foot?

 

 

 

[Fansince88]

I will have to wake extremely early that morning to turn a pen!

[Alaska Darin]

On 1/19/2023 at 4:33 PM, Augie said:

 

I completely agree with you!

 

 

 

 

Unless it gets me to London, or Munich or something. 😋 The wife is all in, but something seems to get in the way far too often. 

I highly recommend Munich/Stuttgart if you can swing it.  Both excellent cities to spend time in.

[Alaska Darin]

On 1/20/2023 at 9:20 AM, IDBillzFan said:

 

That's funny. I was trying to equate what it felt like to start watching football at 6:30 a.m. and it suddenly dawned on me: you ever work a trade show in Vegas, and get up early to hit the gym or have an early breakfast meeting?

 

You walk through the casino at 6 a.m. and pass by a guy sitting alone at a blackjack table, overflowing ashtray, lung dart in one hand, other hand stirring his 15th rum and Coke, clothes disheveled, hair all messed up from pulling it out, looking like he hasn't moved from that spot in 12 hours. 

 

It feels like that.

You literally just described Football Sunday in Alaska. 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

7 hours ago, Alaska Darin said:

I highly recommend Munich/Stuttgart if you can swing it.  Both excellent cities to spend time in.

 

You know who else spent a lot of time in Munich?

[Nanker]

21 hours ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

You know who else spent a lot of time in Munich?

Ernst Röhm obviously. 

[Ann]

Greeeeat

 

 

 

 

[Foxx]

26 minutes ago, Ann said:

Greeeeat

 

 

 

 

Then put some teams in Europe, duh!

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

1 hour ago, Ann said:

Greeeeat

 

 

 

 

 

Roger Goodell is simply a big fan of hearing Bavarians sing John Denver.

[Nanker]

8 hours ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

Roger Goodell is simply a big fan of hearing Bavarians sing John Denver.

Alpen Mountain High… Bavaria!

Edited February 9, 2023 by Nanker

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

5 hours ago, Nanker said:

Alpen Mountain High… Bavaria!

 

Take Me Home, Autobahnen...

[Uncle Joe]

Can't wait to see someone chicken dance in the end zone for a TD celebration. 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

29 minutes ago, Uncle Joe said:

Can't wait to see someone chicken dance in the end zone for a TD celebration. 

 

[Alaska Darin]

37 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

Gabe Davis lifts his shirt and it says "Would you like to touch my monkey?"