Snowhaus 0 Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 1. Sydney 2. Havana 3. Amsterdam Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 Ipswich (Town/City/Conurbation) Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 New York Tokyo Barcelona Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 0 Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 Bangkok is an amazing city, I'll tell ya Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 LA's cool. It looks insane from the sky when you fly into it, but on the ground it's very pleasant. 'Leafy' springs to mind. Spontaneous and in-depth conversations with complete strangers on the street is another interesting feature of the city. Paris is nice, but for the French people who live there. We went there for our 'lune de miel' and were roundly abused by ratty little 'garcon' in the cafes. On arrival, we went to a cafe for dinner and ordered Salade Nicoise and white wine. Both came, but I wanted some bread to go with it. I asked the garcon if I could have some bread, to which he replied 'Mais c'est la France!' which translated means 'Yes, some bread will come at some point, but at our convenience, not yours, probably when you've finished your wine, because we're bloody-minded Frogs here'. On another occasion we dropped into a cafe for ice cream. My delicious vanilla ice cream came in a little glass dish with a spoon, while Mrs 11's choc-ice arrived, wrapped, on a similar dish but with no spoon. When no spoon came and it started melting out of the wrapper, she decided to unwrap it and eat it before it liquified completely. At which point, garcon comes mincing up waggling a little spoon, regards my wife with horreur, and says 'Cochonne!' (pig fem.) In my experience, only the Greeks can beat the Frogs for that sort of thing. Link to post Share on other sites
talisker 0 Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 Edinburgh - greatest collection of pubs in the world, the festival, two football teams if you fancy a fight, although lately there are a few English creeping in............ Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 I remember eating in this huge restaurant in Paris, and the waiters were taking our meals away before wo had even finished them, and rudely telling us to get out before we could drink our wine. We weren't being noisy or anything, they were just busy and wanted to speed up the turnover. Bladdy Frogs! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 It seems we have lots of Paris bashing going on. Well, I've only had good experiences there too, and I've been 4 times. Paris gets a big and from me. To all those people who have had "bad" experiences there - what about other places? Are you saying that you've never felt badly treated in Japan, or anywhere else? Or do you just hate French people (for some unknown reason)..? French blokes are generally far sexier than Brits as well. Maybe that's what the problem is?!! Link to post Share on other sites
Lama 0 Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 yeah, i know mudguts... paris can be like that. been there 3 times and i too have had bad experiences there, got done for fair evasion on the subway (=40 euro), had a big black security guard in a dodgy supermarket flash his gun at us just to let us know he was watching us (very scary at the time). but you gotta admit there is something about the place..... Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Lama... there definitely is something about paris. Just the feeling of being there. I dont know... its hard to hit the spot with it but I really like the place. My hometown is sydney (despite using "woywoy" as my username!) and I think it goes off. I have had lots of friends visit from OS and lots have said things like "I wish I never had to go home!" on like their first day here. I mean we lots of beaches, a decent sized city and still even today quite a lot of unspoilt bushland. What more can you ask for? ... Probably a few bigarse mountains. But then again you cant have everything, can you!? Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 You have a point, Rach, but the same goes for french women. Been to France on numerous occassions, love the french, but have no time for the average Parisian. Never been treated particularly badly in any city other than Paris. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Young French women - vain, vacuous, brittle and boring. Every last one of 'em. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 I have loved NY each time I visited. Paris? Don't know, certainly seems to be a place people either love or hate. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Birmingham, hands down Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Rome, Athens Nothing against Paris myself. Link to post Share on other sites
Lama 0 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Dont really rate french women either.... and they are very overated as far as good looks go too. spent a bit of time in france earlier this year traveling and never really saw any women that made me look twice and go schwing!! (except for the ones at the crazy horse naturally!!!) Link to post Share on other sites
Raury 0 Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 Adelaide for the lifestyle - but the hayfever year round really sux. Inverness - for being the biggest town/nearly a city, in the the North West of Scotland Aberdeen - for being where I was born Not really a city person. Link to post Share on other sites
Higuma 0 Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 Well it seems it's now official.. Aussies and Canucks can rejoice - we have the Best Cities to live in... CNN - Best Cities in the World.. Glad to know I had the pleasure to experience it for 20 years.... Link to post Share on other sites
curious-georgia 0 Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 NY, NY Link to post Share on other sites
misia 0 Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 I love Spain, my choce goes to Barcelona and other Spanish cities and villageds. Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 1. sydney (by a long shot) 2. venice 3. NY and last last last on my list ever is 100000000000billionth. Paris (ICKY) Link to post Share on other sites
truth-be-told 0 Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 What's so good about Sydney. Silly name. Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 truth be told, u havent been to sydney hey?? theres nothing wrong with its name!! its a beautiful city everyones layed back and cruisy, theres unreal beaches and were bout 5 hour drive from the snow in winter and its just awsome we have the habour bridge and the opera house we have awsome sports facitiltys from the olympics its such a pretty city it really is! If you have surfed or sunbaked at one of our beachs, if youd shoped in the city or at the local mall, if youd climbed the harbor brigde of seen a play at the opera house, if youd caught a ferry accross the harbor.... then youd understand y sydney is the best! i wouldnt live in anyother country. (i have been to lots too... im not just sayiing that i have seen lots of countrys!) let the TRUTH BE TOLD! Link to post Share on other sites
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