A European city for 5 days in April

DRPSZ schrieb:

: Since you are only going for five days, the difference in the cost of
: flights would probably more than make up in the difference in the cost
: of accomodations, food, etc...

I would be returning from a business trip and can add a free stop (for
some bureaucratic reason, it has to be within Europe). The price for
different cities will differ only by local airport taxes.

Even if it was Odessa or Tallinn?

Regards, ULF

Magda wrote:
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:12:51 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, Stephen Farrow
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... Magda wrote:
... On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:44:49 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, B
... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
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... ... On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:19:49 +0200, Magda wrote:
... ...
... ... I had great meals in Belgium, too. I don't remember ever having a bad meal in Greece, or
... ... in Germany. But Italian food is decidedly not my cuppa.
... ...
... ... I've had some dreadful meals in Germany: too starchy, overcooked
... ... vegetables, fatty meat.
...
... More starchy than pasta?
...
... Oh God, yes. Some varieties of pasta are quite light, whereas I've eaten
... dumplings in Germany that could have been used as ammunition in a riot.

Where do you guys find such holes?

Same places you go for Italian food, at a guess.

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Stephen

Correctamundo! A word I've never used before, and hopefully never will
again...

Magda wrote:
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:41:15 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
...
... Magda wrote:
... On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:22:27 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, B
... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
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...
... ... As far as I'm concerned, it's easier to find good food in Italy than
... ... in Paris. Paris has more options at the high end, but just popping
... ... into the average restaurant is a toss-up. In Italy, it's hard to find
... ... a bad meal. You just have to avoid the places with laminated menus in
... ... four languages.
...
... It depends on your tastes. I eat pasta twice a year, at most.
...
... True! Although I like Italian food (I like most anything
... edible, whatever its national origin), given the choice, I
... think I prefer French. (Or better still, the Belgian
... version of it.)

I had great meals in Belgium, too. I don't remember ever having a bad meal in Greece, or
in Germany. But Italian food is decidedly not my cuppa.

German cuisine isn't the most interesting or varied in the world, but
if you like meat and dessert you won't be disappointed.

I found the food in Northern Italy to be outstanding, and true North
Italian cooking rarely involves pasta.

Travelling on a small budget, I ate better French food in Lyons,
Marseilles and Nice than in Paris.

And British food has improved a lot in recent years. It's not all
kidney pie and bubble and squeak anymore.

Ulf Kutzner :

: Even if it was Odessa or Tallinn?

Are these your favorites? I had explicitly checked on Moscow, St Pete,
but I'll check on these if you think they are the "best".

B Vaughan wrote:
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:19:49 +0200, Magda wrote:


I had great meals in Belgium, too. I don't remember ever having a bad meal in Greece, or
in Germany. But Italian food is decidedly not my cuppa.


I've had some dreadful meals in Germany: too starchy, overcooked
vegetables, fatty meat.

That's probably true - but for me that would be "just like
mother (and grandmother) used to make"! (All my ancestry is
German, although they came from all over the country -
including Alsace-Lorraine.)

DRPSZ schrieb:

: Even if it was Odessa or Tallinn?

Are these your favorites?

Indeed I suggest to try less well-known places.

I had explicitly checked on Moscow, St Pete,
but I'll check on these if you think they are the "best".

I guess you need a visa in order to leave the transit area of any
Russian airport. You might be able to enter Ukraine without visa, which
might be a plus.

Well, I went to Odessa and liked it. However, it helps to know ione of
the two local languages.

Regards, ULF

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:51:10 +0200, Magda wrote:

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:22:27 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, B
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:


... As far as I'm concerned, it's easier to find good food in Italy than
... in Paris. Paris has more options at the high end, but just popping
... into the average restaurant is a toss-up. In Italy, it's hard to find
... a bad meal. You just have to avoid the places with laminated menus in
... four languages.

It depends on your tastes. I eat pasta twice a year, at most.

I've never seen an Italian restaurant where pasta occupies more than
half the menu.
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Iceman wrote:
Magda wrote:
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:41:15 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
...
... Magda wrote:
... On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:22:27 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, B
... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
...
...
... ... As far as I'm concerned, it's easier to find good food in Italy than
... ... in Paris. Paris has more options at the high end, but just popping
... ... into the average restaurant is a toss-up. In Italy, it's hard to find
... ... a bad meal. You just have to avoid the places with laminated menus in
... ... four languages.
...
... It depends on your tastes. I eat pasta twice a year, at most.
...
... True! Although I like Italian food (I like most anything
... edible, whatever its national origin), given the choice, I
... think I prefer French. (Or better still, the Belgian
... version of it.)

I had great meals in Belgium, too. I don't remember ever having a bad meal in Greece, or
in Germany. But Italian food is decidedly not my cuppa.

German cuisine isn't the most interesting or varied in the world, but
if you like meat and dessert you won't be disappointed.

I found the food in Northern Italy to be outstanding, and true North
Italian cooking rarely involves pasta.

Travelling on a small budget, I ate better French food in Lyons,
Marseilles and Nice than in Paris.

And British food has improved a lot in recent years. It's not all
kidney pie and bubble and squeak anymore.


It never was. The thing about (good) British cooking is that a lot of
the time you are more likely to find it in homes than in restaurants,
particularly around the tourist spots.

--

Stephen

Rose: What have you been doing? Where have you been?
The Doctor: Well, among other things, I think I just
invented the banana daiquiri a couple of centuries early.

On 6 Oct 2006 13:01:21 -0700, "Iceman" wrote:

I found the food in Northern Italy to be outstanding, and true North
Italian cooking rarely involves pasta.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'true', but in the north of Italy pasta
is eaten far more than any other food.
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On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:46:45 +0200, Magda wrote:

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:49:49 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, Stephen Farrow
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... Magda wrote:
... On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:12:51 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, Stephen Farrow
... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
...
... ... Magda wrote:
... ... On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:44:49 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, B
... ... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... ...
... ... ... On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:19:49 +0200, Magda wrote:
... ... ...
... ... ... I had great meals in Belgium, too. I don't remember ever having a bad meal in Greece, or
... ... ... in Germany. But Italian food is decidedly not my cuppa.
... ... ...
... ... ... I've had some dreadful meals in Germany: too starchy, overcooked
... ... ... vegetables, fatty meat.
... ...
... ... More starchy than pasta?
... ...
... ... Oh God, yes. Some varieties of pasta are quite light, whereas I've eaten
... ... dumplings in Germany that could have been used as ammunition in a riot.
...
... Where do you guys find such holes?
...
... Same places you go for Italian food, at a guess.

I never go anywhere for Italian food. I'm (sometimes) dragged to trattorias, kicking and
screaming, by my friends.

I've never found good Italian food outside of Italy, no matter how
many places I've been dragged to.
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