Please tell me that I did not just see that happen...............
Jul 29th, 2006, 06:19 AM
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I was visiting Versailles several years ago when I encountered my "I didn't just see that happen..." story. The weather was beautiful and the gardens lovely... until...
We stood in line to use the toilets. The little girl in line in front of us obviously had to go but her (French) family was tired of waiting for her. There were four adults and each one took a limb (like they were about to draw and quarter her!), lifted her up a good three feet off the ground and pulled down her underwear. Right there, in the dirty of the courtyard, she peed with everyone looking in disbelief.
What happened to little munchkins getting to cut when desperate?
We stood in line to use the toilets. The little girl in line in front of us obviously had to go but her (French) family was tired of waiting for her. There were four adults and each one took a limb (like they were about to draw and quarter her!), lifted her up a good three feet off the ground and pulled down her underwear. Right there, in the dirty of the courtyard, she peed with everyone looking in disbelief.
What happened to little munchkins getting to cut when desperate?
Jul 29th, 2006, 06:30 AM
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OK, I'll probably get slammed for adding to the "sterotypes", but have you ever been at a hotel where there were a lot of German hikers staying? The breakfast tables get ravaged for their days rations -- just as you describe here.
And by the way, I still vividly recall a TV Rick Steve's episode in Italy where he SUGGESTED that you can make a sandwich for the day from the breakfast buffet, although I don't recall his suggesting you treat the buffet like a local Costco.
And by the way, I still vividly recall a TV Rick Steve's episode in Italy where he SUGGESTED that you can make a sandwich for the day from the breakfast buffet, although I don't recall his suggesting you treat the buffet like a local Costco.
Jul 29th, 2006, 08:13 AM
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Health and sanitation rules mandate that once food has left the kitchen it shouldn't be returned. So, eat it up or take it away.Food items that are in secure packages, crackers, cheese and such can be reserved and served again. A superior class buffet will have attendants serving guests. This again is a sanitation practice. It keeps patrons from contaminating menu items.
Rolls for lunch? This story was current in South Beach, Florida 60 years ago.
Rolls for lunch? This story was current in South Beach, Florida 60 years ago.
Jul 29th, 2006, 11:24 AM
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GSteed: I think those health laws may apply only to the U.S. My friend in Florence told me he never orders wine by the carafe because "restaurants will mix wine together from unused bottles of wine and serve it in carafes".
Alya: Thanks for the LAUGH!
Alya: Thanks for the LAUGH!
Jul 29th, 2006, 01:46 PM
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Geez, these stories are making me absolutely cringe. If I saw this happening at breakfast, I'd definitely have to say something, couldn't keep my mouth shut and as for the waiting in lines, if someone was pushing in ahead of me, I'd certainly have something to say about that too.
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Jul 29th, 2006, 03:40 PM
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All these stories are so funny...Mine was tragic...
We were in Rome enjoying the Trastevere walking along the Tiber river. Across the street was a parked car with a couple in it. All of a sudden we realized that a young Italian man in the carwas violenly beating and chocking his girlfriend.It became really frightening because seemed like it was going on for such a long time. We wanted to do something but before we could, we saw some city employees approaching. All of a sudden the car speed away....
We still wonder if she is alive to this day.It left a bad taste for Rome for me .It brought Rome's violent past to reality for me!
We were in Rome enjoying the Trastevere walking along the Tiber river. Across the street was a parked car with a couple in it. All of a sudden we realized that a young Italian man in the carwas violenly beating and chocking his girlfriend.It became really frightening because seemed like it was going on for such a long time. We wanted to do something but before we could, we saw some city employees approaching. All of a sudden the car speed away....
We still wonder if she is alive to this day.It left a bad taste for Rome for me .It brought Rome's violent past to reality for me!
Jul 29th, 2006, 03:49 PM
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Not just in Rome hypatia. In the small city I used to live in I saw the same thing ahead of me on a residential street. When the car ahead of me stopped for the red light the male driver started choking his female passenger. This was before cellphones. I was horrified! I honked my horn several times. The car turned onto a major street that led one to the freeway. To this day I do not know what happened to that woman.
Jul 29th, 2006, 07:33 PM
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I know a couple here in the good old USA that brag that they never have to buy breakfasts for the family when they vacation. They just drive to the nearest hotel (they especially like Holiday Inns) and go into the free breakfast room and freeload.
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Jul 30th, 2006, 11:18 AM
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Our newspaper had a story today by a syndicated travel writer.
He was on a tour of eastern European capitals and complained that there were no bananas on the breafast buffet.
He was told that it was common practice for hotels to hide the unpeeled fruits when large bus groups were staying there because it all gets stolen for their lunches.
(Hey, is that a banana in your pocket.....?)
He was on a tour of eastern European capitals and complained that there were no bananas on the breafast buffet.
He was told that it was common practice for hotels to hide the unpeeled fruits when large bus groups were staying there because it all gets stolen for their lunches.
(Hey, is that a banana in your pocket.....?)
Jul 30th, 2006, 04:35 PM
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The lunch-from-the-breakfast buffet thing MUST have been in a book somewhere. While staying in NC for a week at a Homewood Suites Hotel, I saw multiple, different families packing meals.
The most annoying thing was the guy who commandeered the waffle maker and proceeded to make a pile of waffles... heaven knows what he did with a big ol' pile of waffles!
On the flip side, during our visit to Ireland last year, one of the B&B owners absolutely insisted that we take a piece of fruit with us for our ride each day. So sweet!
The most annoying thing was the guy who commandeered the waffle maker and proceeded to make a pile of waffles... heaven knows what he did with a big ol' pile of waffles!
On the flip side, during our visit to Ireland last year, one of the B&B owners absolutely insisted that we take a piece of fruit with us for our ride each day. So sweet!
Jul 30th, 2006, 06:03 PM
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wow - hearing these expert, urbane and impeccably-mannered travel veterans trade racial slurs that are thinly disguised as critiques of others' travel faux-paux is sad and disheartening - just stay home - npo one will miss you.........
Jul 30th, 2006, 08:20 PM
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When someone registers a new screen name for the purpose of throwing insults -- like suggesting posters are making racial slurs -- I'm very suspicious as to which regular poster needed to hide behind that new screen name. Check all that posters posts and see if there is a hint.
Jul 31st, 2006, 06:51 AM
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There's nothing overly racially insulting about this post---according to most of you it seems that all nationalities are equally tacky.
Rather, this is a classic post in the vein of, "Aren't we the most cultured, well-mannered travelers, and to prove it let me tell you about those Other People Who Obviously Don't Travel Much and Really Shouldn't Be Let Out of their Own Little Area of the World."
Posts like this make me sad. And Neo, don't you have anything better to do than "investigate" posters by checking their back comments? That is utterly CREEPY.
Rather, this is a classic post in the vein of, "Aren't we the most cultured, well-mannered travelers, and to prove it let me tell you about those Other People Who Obviously Don't Travel Much and Really Shouldn't Be Let Out of their Own Little Area of the World."
Posts like this make me sad. And Neo, don't you have anything better to do than "investigate" posters by checking their back comments? That is utterly CREEPY.
