TRIP'S USA TRIP

[Triple Zero]

Also, are you going to be able to leave the airport(s) on layovers? And do you REALLY want to deal with security that often? Think about that.

Oh, but whatever you do, DO NOT FLY INTO/OUT OF/LAYOVER IN PHILADELPHIA. That airport is a nightmare.

Hmmmm okayyy very good points. It's better to have a layover in Europe then (including Reykjavik).

Now I kinda wonder what horror US airport security must be.

I mean, I did read all the TSA shit that went on, but we got pretty much just the same in Schiphol, I thought. Including the nude scanners. They don't make you take off your shoes, though (just the belt, if it's got metal in it). Every airport in other countries have been more relaxed with security (Turkey, Spain, Germany, don't think I flew anywhere else recently).



Warning - while you were typing 5 new replies ABOUT CHEESE STEAKS have been posted. You may wish to review your post. ALSO, CHEESE STEAKS.

You almost convinced the (vegetarian) Miss Torte to go to Philly, just for the cheese steaks, though

[Triple Zero]

OH. MY. GOD. Now I was wondering WTF a "cheese steak" was .. I mean, must probably be something like an inverted cordon bleu, right?

BUT NO

NOOOOOO

IT'S NEITHER CHEESE NOR STEAK



... so it's either THAT or ...

Hákarl or kæstur hákarl (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhauːkʰartl̥]) (Icelandic for "fermented shark") is a food from Iceland. It is a Greenland or basking shark which has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months. Hákarl is an acquired taste[citation needed] and has a very particular ammonia-rich smell and fishy taste, similar to very strong cheese slathered in ammonia.

OR ...








anyway, we choose the one with a layover in Reykjavik on the way back, because we don't expect to get a chance to see Reykjavik again any time soon, if ever [unlike Madrid]. And seriously, it sounds like an adventure, and we're going to feel sorry if we don't do it And finally, it doesn't actually cost anything extra, so at the very worst, we're just going to be extra hungover and jetlagged when we get back.

OMG SHE CLICKED THE BUTTON AND NOW WE GOT THE BOOKING W00T (we can't go back now hihihi)

[Cuddlefish]

OMG SHE CLICKED THE BUTTON AND NOW WE GOT THE BOOKING W00T (we can't go back now hihihi)

You have just crossed the event horizon of fuxxored!   

[Telarus]

[Suu]

OMG SHE CLICKED THE BUTTON AND NOW WE GOT THE BOOKING W00T (we can't go back now hihihi)

You have just crossed the event horizon of fuxxored!   

What's the itinerary!?!

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I'm excited to know just what the hell you Eurospags are gonna do in this god-forsajken country!!


(stray j left for Eurosplaglandianese)

[Triple Zero]

OMG SHE CLICKED THE BUTTON AND NOW WE GOT THE BOOKING W00T (we can't go back now hihihi)

You have just crossed the event horizon of fuxxored!   

What's the itinerary!?!

You mean the times and flight numbers and such? I'll post them tomorrow, don't have em right now.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

Also where you will be on what dates

[Phox]

Will pop my head in to say the cheesesteaks in Philly are worth losing the last ten years of life for. And enjoy your trip, 000 and 000GF. Wish I was close enough to drop in and see ya'll. (and hit up Suu's list of eats. Damn.)

[Triple Zero]

Times and dates will come tomorrow. I'll set my phone a reminder.

Question to Suu, what are now exactly our plans for the Friday before the weekend in the Stagecoach Inn? Well, not exactly, but what is decided upon so far, and with who?

I'm going to dig up my headset, this stuff needs talked over via Skype (with Suu, Cram and possibly Squid).

(edit: not right now, of course, it's 3AM here)

Also see my reply in the other thread.

[Suu]

Friday we can go up to Boston for the day and come back to Providence, or rather, Pawtucket to go to the Ratskeller for dinner. It's the German American Cultural Society bar, it's only open on Friday nights, the beer is good AND CHEAP, and they have authentic German food.

You know...exactly what you want on your trip to the states. 

I'm actually just curious to get your opinion. Lol.


Or, depending on when you arrive, we can just relax Friday night at the bar, and then Saturday roam Providence before heading to CT. And Monday we can do Boston.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I'm up for that.
How cheap??

[Triple Zero]

okay ... what group/people/spags is going to be there at Friday in Providence/Pawtucket then? cause I thought Torte and me were going to carpool Cramulus out of New York ... but that's all changed ... Is there still a meetup in Boston between the people who live there, or, or has that all moved to the Stagecoach Inn now? Cause at the beginning of the thread there was talk about "the next Providence/Boston meetup" but if that's replaced what about the people that can't come to the Stagecoach Inn? It's all about as many spags meeting as many spags as possible, after all.

It'll probably all be fine and we'll figure it out and have a great time.

I worked out the most confusing part for me, which is the placenames, it must sound real stupid to admit, but when I hear "Providence" I keep thinking about a region not a city (probably cause it sounds like Provence) and when I hear Connecticut I keep thinking about a city not a state (for no good reason) and then New England which is not a state but a region, and Rhode Island confused with Long Island and THEN there's the matter of which one contains the other one. But now I know what's been slipping my mind all the time, I memorized them: Boston is in Massachusetts, Providence is in Rhode Island, the Stage Coach Inn is in a weird Indian-named village in Connecticut, Long Island is in New York City which is in New York State. And all of that is in New England. Phew.

So now you know, why I won't ever ever blame people for forgetting Belgium is the capital of Kopenhagen, famous for its sprouts. Or indeed, never join the dogpile on people unable to locate Iraq.

Is there a word for that or something? Dysgeographia? Used to have the same problem when I was little, confusing Dutch provinces with the places inside them.

So never mind, it's not really important, just needed to get it off my chest, just so you all know it's not that I don't care or anything, cause I do.

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If you have a landline phone number, we can also call that with Skype, rates are real cheap for calling landlines all over the world. We'll do that tomorrow then. And speaking English is no problem for her, so don't worry about the German (you can practice on her when we meet, though).

Kirschtorte will be back home today and tomorrow at 16.30 our time / 10.30 your time. I hope I can catch Cramulus on IRC today, (but you're usually online during that time, right Cram?).

I talked to her this morning in the short bit between waking up and her leaving for work and it seems we're both unclear on what the plan actually is, for the whole weekend, but on different bits, and right now it's really stressing me out. And this is just a few days of the time we'll spend in the USA. It'll probably all be fine.
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[Suu]

I'm up for that.
How cheap??

$3 Franziskaner drafts cheap enough for you? $5 Korbinian on draft too.

[Suu]

To add to your confusion, Long Island is not part of New York City, but Brookyn and Queens are PART of Long Island. 





Yeah, we all have to sit down and chat and figure out what is going on. I will PM you my cell number, Trip. I'm going to be upgrading to an international plan soon once I find out the rates so it'll be easier when you're actually here to keep in touch and not cost a fortune...Hopefully.

I need to talk to Cramulon as well so we can figure out who's going to plan what and we can get this less confusing for everyone.