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Penn said:I can tell you this much vrai; you will learn to appreciate what freedoms, accessabilities, and availabilities(sp)? we have here in our country.


Penn said:I can tell you this much vrai; you will learn to appreciate what freedoms, accessabilities, and availabilities(sp)? we have here in our country.
I believe it was in Paris, France where they had these narrow kiosks that were semi-circular, were open at the top and at the bottom, had two steel footprints that you'd turn around, drop your drawers and do your thing at.crabcake said:my first time copping a squat in a public restroom at the train station in venice made me appreciate the gas station and fast food establishment bathrooms immensely!
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ceo_pte said those were the hotdog stands!Penn said:I believe it was in Paris, France where they had these narrow kiosks that were semi-circular, were open at the top and at the bottom, had two steel footprints that you'd turn around, drop your drawers and do your thing at.
My daughter just read your post and I think you've successfully talked her out of Paris.Penn said:Traffic going by, as well as people; see, they look at things a bit different than we do here.
Weiner schnitzels, you dolt! Oh Sacre Bleu, les Americains, bah!SmallTown said:ceo_pte said those were the hotdog stands!![]()
The one I had to use in Venice was a stall in a typical public restroom sized facility, and it was basically like a one-person shower floor (place for the feet, hole in the middle ... thus "cop a squat").vraiblonde said:My daughter just read your post and I think you've successfully talked her out of Paris.![]()
Oh non, non, madamoiselle! You must experience the Phrenchh way of doing things! You can only find them in Paree!vraiblonde said:My daughter just read your post and I think you've successfully talked her out of Paris.![]()
I never did get to Italy; no leave built up, or low on financial resources, were the key problems. However, Paris is much like what you say, in that outside of the main streets/boulevards - the Champs-Elysee(sp?), the Rue-de-la-Paix, you only had to go off on a sidestreet, maybe 2 blocks, and you'd be amazed at the filth, the smell of rotting garbage/waste in the side alleys.fishn guy said:Did A med. cruise in the navy and went all over Europe.
Have to say my favorite was either Greece or Bulgaria. Greece has lots to offer for your whole family, Italy was pretty but it was dirty and the people dont like us as much as some people believe. You WILL get ripped off.
RoseRed said:My dad purchased a car while stateside and we picked it up in Frankfurt where we flew in. He had it shipped back to the states from London afterwards.
At the time he was, can't say the same now.Penn said:Daddy Warbucks?
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Go for it, it's a great experience! We lived in Holland for 3 years and took weekend trips to Germany every other month. You can base yourself either in Germany, Holland or Belguim, drive around and see Austria, Liechenstien (1/2 day for whole country) & Switzerland. You can also rent apartments for a week in any country also. We did in Austria, Switzerland and Denmark. So much history to visit. The language is not a barrier in most of Europe, its where my kids learned a lesson in the proper usage of bidets! The only minor adjustment I had traveling over there was even in 5 star hotels they usually did not provide washcloths. That was a simple fix, I just learned to pack them.vraiblonde said:Larry and I don't even want to go. I like it right here in the good ol' USofA.
This is the middle daughter's idea. Every year she gets one of these People to People Student Ambassador things and this is the first year we felt she was mature enough to go. Her trip is Switzerland, France, Austria and Italy. But she's balking a bit because she "says" she wants her first trip to Europe to be with her family, not a bunch of strangers. I think she's just feeling pre-bashful.
But anyway, it got me thinking that we could all go to Europe somewhere. :shrug: I just don't know anything about foreign travel and am looking for suggestions.