I am really sorry that I did NOT
Oct 10th, 2004, 02:15 PM
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Ditto to what Underhill said.
And, exploring the highlands of Scotland while living there.
Going to the famous museums in Madrid instead of shopping, although I wish I bought more leather goods while there!
I wish I could have hiked in the alps instead of just driving through. That goes for the Black Forest as well.
If calories were not a concern I wish I could have drank a lot more beer in Germany, ate a lot more spaetzel, winersnitzel, etc...
drank a lot more wine in Italy and France....
And, exploring the highlands of Scotland while living there.
Going to the famous museums in Madrid instead of shopping, although I wish I bought more leather goods while there!
I wish I could have hiked in the alps instead of just driving through. That goes for the Black Forest as well.
If calories were not a concern I wish I could have drank a lot more beer in Germany, ate a lot more spaetzel, winersnitzel, etc...
drank a lot more wine in Italy and France....
Oct 10th, 2004, 03:41 PM
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On our very first trip in 1990, my wife and I met a woman on the train from Frankfurt to Nuremberg who lived in Passau.
She had just flown in from New York on a shopping trip and was on the way home.
We talked for a long time about all kinds of things and she ended up inviting us to stay at her home in Passau for the night.
We regret not taking her up on the offer. Had we done so, we likely would have kept in contact with her all these years.
As soon as we got off the train in Nuremberg, I knew we made a mistake.
She had just flown in from New York on a shopping trip and was on the way home.
We talked for a long time about all kinds of things and she ended up inviting us to stay at her home in Passau for the night.
We regret not taking her up on the offer. Had we done so, we likely would have kept in contact with her all these years.
As soon as we got off the train in Nuremberg, I knew we made a mistake.
Oct 10th, 2004, 04:07 PM
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Spend my junior year in college in France.
Continued studying Russian after one year in high school.
And learned SPANISH!
Ira, my macaroons never make it home. In Riqwhir (spelling? too lazy to look it up), the best ones are on the left in the shop at the top of the hill. To learn that, you have to sample ones from all the bakeries.
No, I didn't eat dinner that night.
Continued studying Russian after one year in high school.
And learned SPANISH!
Ira, my macaroons never make it home. In Riqwhir (spelling? too lazy to look it up), the best ones are on the left in the shop at the top of the hill. To learn that, you have to sample ones from all the bakeries.
No, I didn't eat dinner that night.
Oct 10th, 2004, 04:15 PM
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Hi FSM,
>Ira, my macaroons never make it home.<
Buy two boxes. Eat one on the plane.
I had one macaron a day for two weeks.
Went into withdrawl.
Emergency ambulance t the hospital.
Pumped me up with methadone.
Now I am a heroine addict.
Still crave macarons - especially rose.
>Ira, my macaroons never make it home.<
Buy two boxes. Eat one on the plane.
I had one macaron a day for two weeks.
Went into withdrawl.
Emergency ambulance t the hospital.
Pumped me up with methadone.
Now I am a heroine addict.
Still crave macarons - especially rose.
Oct 10th, 2004, 04:22 PM
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At Harry's Bar in the 1970's my husband, daughter and I had enjoyed cocktails and than dinner. There was a rather "crusty" older woman there who was at the next table by herself. She invited herself to our table after dinner and had a after dinner drink with us. She was a reporter with the
Internation Herald Tribune. Very interesting person. When she found out we were driving to Milan the next day she invited us to the opera in Verona the next evening as she had 4 extra tickets. Told us the name of a hotel we could stay at. It was her birthday, she told us how much we added to her birthday.
We told her we would try to make it, she made arrangements for us to meet at a restaurant in Verona if we could (before cell phones). For some reason, our daughter, dear as she was, did not like this woman. As we drove the next day on the way to Verona she "begged" us not to stay there, did not want to spend the evening with this woman at the opera. My husband went along with her wishes (his reasoning was it was her vacation too). I was not happy but gave in to her wishes. Guess I felt outnumbered.
The very next year we were celebrating this same dear daughter's birthday in San Francisco.
Who was at the next table? Of course, the reporter from Italy!
She told us how beautiful the opera in Verona had been and how sorry she was we were not able to join her but said she of course understood. She, on discovering it was our daughter's birthday insisted on treating her to a very special desert (she knew the chef at the restaurant).
I really enjoyed my daughter's red face hehe.
It is amazing how one year in a life of a teenage can make them so much smarter.
I don't remember this reporters name, but what a fun, interesting and kind woman.
Now my dear daughter (who is married to a dear man from Rome) plays opera for hours at a time. And wishes (oh how she wishes) that we had gone to the opera in Verona!
And although I have been to Verona since than I have never been to an opera in Verona.
I am really sorry that I did listen to my daughter and husband. LOL. Oh sigh!
Internation Herald Tribune. Very interesting person. When she found out we were driving to Milan the next day she invited us to the opera in Verona the next evening as she had 4 extra tickets. Told us the name of a hotel we could stay at. It was her birthday, she told us how much we added to her birthday.
We told her we would try to make it, she made arrangements for us to meet at a restaurant in Verona if we could (before cell phones). For some reason, our daughter, dear as she was, did not like this woman. As we drove the next day on the way to Verona she "begged" us not to stay there, did not want to spend the evening with this woman at the opera. My husband went along with her wishes (his reasoning was it was her vacation too). I was not happy but gave in to her wishes. Guess I felt outnumbered.
The very next year we were celebrating this same dear daughter's birthday in San Francisco.
Who was at the next table? Of course, the reporter from Italy!
She told us how beautiful the opera in Verona had been and how sorry she was we were not able to join her but said she of course understood. She, on discovering it was our daughter's birthday insisted on treating her to a very special desert (she knew the chef at the restaurant).
I really enjoyed my daughter's red face hehe.
It is amazing how one year in a life of a teenage can make them so much smarter.
I don't remember this reporters name, but what a fun, interesting and kind woman.
Now my dear daughter (who is married to a dear man from Rome) plays opera for hours at a time. And wishes (oh how she wishes) that we had gone to the opera in Verona!
And although I have been to Verona since than I have never been to an opera in Verona.
I am really sorry that I did listen to my daughter and husband. LOL. Oh sigh!
Oct 10th, 2004, 04:37 PM
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Four things I regret . . .
One: Not travelling to London in my early 20's armed with a working visa and a sense of adventure (now it's too late)
Two: Not buying the most devine 3/4 length leather coat (cream with a taupe trim)in Florence - it was expensive but I've never seen another like it.
Three: Going to St. Peters in Rome twice and not seeing the Sistine Chapel. The first time it was closed the day we were there - the second time I was so ill that no sooner had we arrived at St. Peters I had to get a cab back to my hotel - I was literally metres away.
Four: Not staying in touch with many people I met on my travels who live all over the world and swapped addresses with.
One: Not travelling to London in my early 20's armed with a working visa and a sense of adventure (now it's too late)
Two: Not buying the most devine 3/4 length leather coat (cream with a taupe trim)in Florence - it was expensive but I've never seen another like it.
Three: Going to St. Peters in Rome twice and not seeing the Sistine Chapel. The first time it was closed the day we were there - the second time I was so ill that no sooner had we arrived at St. Peters I had to get a cab back to my hotel - I was literally metres away.
Four: Not staying in touch with many people I met on my travels who live all over the world and swapped addresses with.
Oct 10th, 2004, 04:40 PM
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I knew reading these replies to this question would teach me a lot.
I look forward to our trip there. I hope to not let our friends and my husband outnumber me if I meet someone interesting or with any offers on our trip.
If I find a baffling crime to solve, I will be sure to do that too.
I look forward to our trip there. I hope to not let our friends and my husband outnumber me if I meet someone interesting or with any offers on our trip.
If I find a baffling crime to solve, I will be sure to do that too.
Oct 10th, 2004, 04:59 PM
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I met my best friend in Provence, when I stopped in th post office to ask directions to a B&B. They didn't know it but this French woman overheard and offered to lead us there in her car. Her son was a friend of the daughter at this place. She invited us back to her home for a pastis and it's now six years that we get together for a few nights.
Oct 10th, 2004, 06:47 PM
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Loveitaly: I am amazed that you had met that same woman twice.
It was important that your daughter saw the lesson. I know there are lessons we all need to learn on our own but I think we can learn from others as well.
It was important that your daughter saw the lesson. I know there are lessons we all need to learn on our own but I think we can learn from others as well.
