Secret European Villages -- obscure for the sake of obscurity?
Mar 26th, 2015, 12:25 AM
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Nice list. I have driven through Giornico a few times but never really noticed it as a "place to explore." I've always wanted to do the bike tour from Airolo to Bellinzona. Now there's even more motivation to do it.
Mar 26th, 2015, 05:14 AM
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Really funny choices. Staufen, for example is a) not a village but a town, as has already been mentioned, and b) very easy to reach by train, c) the photo they chose is St Trudpert abbey which is not in Staufen but further into the Black Forest in Münster valley. They also conveniently forgot to mention that Staufen's old town is crumbling due to the side-effects of geothermal drillings and that it is high time if you want to see it.
They happily think that hamlet = village = town all mean the same, it seems.
They happily think that hamlet = village = town all mean the same, it seems.
Nov 29th, 2016, 02:17 PM
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So another set of places for a another click-bait article.
I haven't heard of most of these.
http://www.travelandleisure.com/slid...L_JustIn112916
But a lot of them don't look that postcard-perfect. For instance, why would people go to this or that village near a more famous one, such as the one near Cinque Terre or Santorini instead?
I haven't heard of most of these.
http://www.travelandleisure.com/slid...L_JustIn112916
But a lot of them don't look that postcard-perfect. For instance, why would people go to this or that village near a more famous one, such as the one near Cinque Terre or Santorini instead?
Nov 29th, 2016, 02:22 PM
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I would go to a nearby village to get away from the crowds. Haven't read the whole article, but suggesting Colmar is undiscovered is ridiculous.
I recently got back from Japan and I found getting away from the crowds very rewarding.
I recently got back from Japan and I found getting away from the crowds very rewarding.
Nov 29th, 2016, 02:40 PM
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I recently got back from Japan and I found getting away from the crowds very rewarding.>
I've spent months in India trying to get away from the crowds -just not possible and for me very frustrating.
I've spent months in India trying to get away from the crowds -just not possible and for me very frustrating.
Nov 30th, 2016, 01:47 AM
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Off topic: Whilst I would agree that Heineken is horrible Jupiler is not a whole lot better - just another industrial beer, owned by a mega brewer.
Belgian brewers are playing nasty with Dutch brewers nowadays - forcing Pampus brewery to change it's name because it sounds too much like a beer called Campus. Really???
Giethoorn is postcard perfect in the depths of winter, but nowadays it is, like so many of these places listed, overrun with tourists sadly. We know someone who lives there and their lives are miserable all summer. They have even found strangers in their kitchen, assuming the whole village is an open air museum!
Belgian brewers are playing nasty with Dutch brewers nowadays - forcing Pampus brewery to change it's name because it sounds too much like a beer called Campus. Really???
Giethoorn is postcard perfect in the depths of winter, but nowadays it is, like so many of these places listed, overrun with tourists sadly. We know someone who lives there and their lives are miserable all summer. They have even found strangers in their kitchen, assuming the whole village is an open air museum!
Nov 30th, 2016, 03:31 AM
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Jupiler is to be drank after mowing the grass just before taking a shower.
Or at a cafe as draught beer.
Home you should drink a leffe or a gauloise or a chouffe or a duvel
If you want strong dark one get yourself a chimay with cheese.
My fav for the moment is the Waterloo.
There are some microbreweries in Belgium or northern france that are quite nice. There is a small bar in the 18th in Paris on rue caulaincourt with these beers.
Or at a cafe as draught beer.
Home you should drink a leffe or a gauloise or a chouffe or a duvel
If you want strong dark one get yourself a chimay with cheese.
My fav for the moment is the Waterloo.
There are some microbreweries in Belgium or northern france that are quite nice. There is a small bar in the 18th in Paris on rue caulaincourt with these beers.
Nov 30th, 2016, 04:17 AM
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We found quite a few good microbreweries in Brittany. The French were never known for making beer but these were very good.
Waterloo is good, and Leffe is what DH drinks when we are away or he can't get any of the local Dutch brewery beers, or has run out of his home brew. It is of course another one from the dreaded A-B InBev just as Jupiler is, and to my eternal regret Hoegaarden.
Hopefully the Waterloo brewery in Canada doesn't behave as the Belgian brewers are regarding names.
Waterloo is good, and Leffe is what DH drinks when we are away or he can't get any of the local Dutch brewery beers, or has run out of his home brew. It is of course another one from the dreaded A-B InBev just as Jupiler is, and to my eternal regret Hoegaarden.
Hopefully the Waterloo brewery in Canada doesn't behave as the Belgian brewers are regarding names.
Nov 30th, 2016, 06:47 AM
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The number of breweries in France has quadrupled in the last ten years and now numbers around 1000.
Was at a beer tasting in Nice last week, at a new beer shop/brewery, and was quite amazed at the number of locally brewed beers.
Also met one of the guys responsible for brewing socca beer that is growing in popularity in the area.
Was at a beer tasting in Nice last week, at a new beer shop/brewery, and was quite amazed at the number of locally brewed beers.
Also met one of the guys responsible for brewing socca beer that is growing in popularity in the area.
Nov 30th, 2016, 12:58 PM
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Home you should drink a leffe or a gauloise or a chouffe or a duvel
If you want strong dark one get yourself a chimay with cheese. >>
WoinP - we can get most of those in our local supermarket, would you believe? Not sure about the Gaullist or Chouffe though - I'll look out for them. and I'll have a go at tasting Chimay with cheese - any recommendations for which one? [we like Brie and pear, or Manchego with grapes, for example]
If you want strong dark one get yourself a chimay with cheese. >>
WoinP - we can get most of those in our local supermarket, would you believe? Not sure about the Gaullist or Chouffe though - I'll look out for them. and I'll have a go at tasting Chimay with cheese - any recommendations for which one? [we like Brie and pear, or Manchego with grapes, for example]
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