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Lubecker Bier Stube
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Lubeck, Germany
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This place was Great
visited 1996
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It could be a typical German bar, with an international touch. The place seems rather popular, so I enter. It is a nice place. Not a place for single people, but since I don't know of anything else in Lubeck, I stay. The beer is good. The music is good. They give away little bottles of alcohol, something green. A nice little souvenir. A girl walks around with a little basket. She gives out balloons and candy. Maybe not your highest priority on a Friday night, but a nice gesture. Nobody talks to me, and I keep a low profile. After they play "99 Luftballoons" I leave. Not because I don't like the song, I do, more due to the fact that this bar visit has reached its peak; a low but interesting peak...
posted Mar 7, 2005
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Jazz With Sting
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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This place was Amazing
visited Apr 2000
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Jazzfest is for everybody. Even the locals of New Orleans, for whom Mardi Gras is just another Tuesday. But, at Jazzfest, Orleanians can focus on what makes life worthwhile - food and music. There's tons of food. Alligator pie is my choice. There's lots of music. Sting is the artist of my choice. He makes a solid performance. This relentless heat and the burning sun must surely affect an Englishman in New Orleans. But the crowd likes it. Why else would there be people everywhere you look? Literally, everywhere you look. An educated guess would create a ballpark figure of 80,000. Give or take 10,000...It's not until the man brings out the Police material the crowd really forgets that they're really dehydrated to their bones. Stingo lines them up at the end, with the rather obvious finish "Every breath you take". But "Every move you make"??? With 100,000 heading for the exit at the same time...? Not so much due to individual skills as to a collective move in one general direction, do we finally exit the fairgrounds.
posted Mar 7, 2005
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The Norwegian Fiord Theory
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Oslo, Norway
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This place was Average
visited 1993
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The guy has a theory. ”There are no fiords”. Even though the cruise ship gracefully sails up the fiord leading to Oslo, the Swedish guy is convinced. He tries to convince some American tourists to accept his statement. It’s all just a conspiracy. Maybe by the Norwegian government, in order to attract tourists. Maybe it’s just an illusion. Many of the passengers are spending the morning observing the fantastic sight. So does the guy with the theory. Yet he claims that this is not a fiord. It is something else. It could be anything else, but not a fiord. Nobody is buying his argument, although it is a very interesting one. Maybe by the time of his return trip home the young lad had sobered up and established new theories that are easier to support.
posted Mar 7, 2005
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Chicken Run
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Honolulu, Hawaii
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This place was Average
visited 1998
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”Rock the boat” has just ended, the ship is ashore. The shuttle bus has taken a bunch of party people from downtown Honolulu back to Waikiki. It makes a stop, and I get off. As is common after a party, I want to get home fast, and tradition has it that I run. So I start running. Stop by to talk to some students I know. Keep on running. Returns to the same people ten minutes later. Tell them ”Oops, I was running in the wrong direction”. Keep on running the opposite direction. Make it home eventually. The hangover the following day was severe.
posted Mar 7, 2005
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The Myth
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Daytona Beach, Florida
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This place was Poor
visited Mar 2001
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In numerous American movies and TV-shows, young kids go to Florida for spring break to party. A few decades ago the in-spot was Fort Lauderdale. They got tired of the drunken kids. Daytona Beach jumped on the bandwagon and said "We'll take them". So, now the hot spot of the east is Daytona Beach. Accordingly, it has to be visited. Arriving there daytime is about as exciting as driving on Interstate 10. In other words, no visible action anywhere. The kids are probably asleep. Taking a closer look at the site, it turns out that they're - kids. Judging by the activities offered, the target market is high-school teenagers, not college students. Arcade halls, go-cart tracks, silly beach activities, water parks, etc. Although college students may at times - especially in a drunken condition - act silly and immature, this resembles Disneyland more than Partyland. Sure, we did not stay for the night action, but the only people to be found over the age of 20 we found - in the mirror. Therefore, with the reservation of being completely wrong, Daytona Beach as the hottest party spot must be written off as a myth.
posted Mar 7, 2005
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