duanja Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Hi...... My visa allow me to go through countries that have schengen agreement : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. I need your suggestion bout where to visit. My criteria. 1. Budget price 2. I am not moved by buildings, palaces... 3. I like trying new dishes of seafood and vegetarian food. no meat. 4. I love to see garden....big old trees...colorful flowers (but say no to tulip) or wonderful forest. 5. I 'd like to visit a house of famous dead which opens like museum. The problem is i dont know many dead famous. Please give suggestion. 6. I like sculptures...I love Rodin...Where else that I cant miss? 4. Any FREE filmfestival? 5. Any european versions of WOODSTOCKS? Thanks u ka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiCKeDBiRD Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Q : Budget price A : .... :roll: Q : I am not moved by buildings, palaces... A : .. then you gotta get a BF for -->> shagactivities. ... Q : I like trying new dishes of seafood and vegetarian food. no meat. A : .... "Greek Salad" ... Yummy Q : I love to see garden....big old trees...colorful flowers (but say no to tulip) or wonderful forest. A : Its Winter now... NO Garden ... NO flowers ... :? unless you could wait unitl Mid of April for Spring ... and Mid of July for Summer. Q : I 'd like to visit a house of famous dead which opens like museum. The problem is i dont know many dead famous. A : .... then you are NOT really that interested.... 8) .. anyway .. "Google" Q : I like sculptures...I love Rodin...Where else that I cant miss? A : ... Paris .. -Louvre-... loads & loads ...really. It would probably take you about 3 full days to really complete it.... http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp < Last time I was there .. I had to wait for almost 2 hours just to get in.... it was free-entry that day.. Q : Any FREE filmfestival? A : ..... mmmm then you need a fancy dress for the red carpet... eh ? Q : Any european versions of WOODSTOCKS? A : One in England that I know of ...its called " Glastonbury Festival" ... been there once .. FUN.. 8) --->>> http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/ but you are not allowed to entre England with Schengen Visa tough... :roll: -WB- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiCKeDBiRD Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Q : Any european versions of WOODSTOCKS? A : One in England that I know of ...its called " Glastonbury Festival" ... been there once .. FUN.. 8) --->>> http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/ but you are not allowed to entre England with Schengen Visa tough... :roll: forget to mention ... "Ibiza" in Spain ...... if ONLY.... You are a "Party Animal" and very much into "House, Dance,Trance ... Electonica, Lounge & Chillie Music" .... Loads of Loads of Eyes Candies there though .... -WB- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper223 Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Visit Germany. Specifically, Trier - birthplace of Karl Marx. http://www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Germany/trier.htm "This was also Karl Marx's birthplace ? so of course there's a Karl Marx Museum in the house, a Trier baroque c. 1727, where his family lived when he was born. The house itself is one of the most beautiful in the city, and has a wonderful garden ? but the exhibits are as dry as Marx's writing: it may just be a photo-op." The chinese certainly seem to think it's interesting. http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,355765,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 film festivals are rarely free anywhere, but STCL is right about venice and cannes. these are two of the most important film festivals on the planet (especially to filmmakers). cannes is in late spring/early summer and i believe venice is in summer. if you do end up in the Northern Countries With Terrible Food like the netherlands and germany, then there are two great film festivals in the winter--rotterdam and berlin. rotterdam is my favorite film festival on the planet (havent been to them all though). rotterdam is good for filmmakers, tends to favor artsy films, have a real mix of films from all over, and attract a lot of the locals as opposed to just film industry people, so it's one of the more fun for filmmakers. but dutch food, generally, is something to be feared. hopefully you can find decent belgian restaurants, there's lots of them, and indonesian as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiCKeDBiRD Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Hi......My visa allow me to go through countries that have schengen agreement : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. I need your suggestion bout where to visit. My criteria. 1. Budget price 2. I am not moved by buildings, palaces... 3. I like trying new dishes of seafood and vegetarian food. no meat. 4. I love to see garden....big old trees...colorful flowers (but say no to tulip) or wonderful forest. 5. I 'd like to visit a house of famous dead which opens like museum. The problem is i dont know many dead famous. Please give suggestion. 6. I like sculptures...I love Rodin...Where else that I cant miss? 4. Any FREE filmfestival? 5. Any european versions of WOODSTOCKS? Thanks u ka. Unless you enjoy looking out of train/bus windows for hours on end I would stick to the countries with the most to offer : France;Spain and Italy.All you want is there from the chateaux of the Loire valley (trust me....you will be moved by them) to the famous Murillo Gardens in Seville.Cities of Paris,Venice ,Firenze ,Rome ,Barcelona etc etc all full of culture..Islands like Sardinia and Corsica,Mallorca,Sicily....are full of wild open spaces , mountains(+volcanoes),ancient Greek ruins (Sicily ) and great beaches(all). .Food wise well you got 3 of the worlds top 5 cuisines....French,Italian and Spanish.Whether vegetarian or seafood......you are spoilt for choice .Just get a Eurail youth pass and voila film festivals ...well Venice and Cannes are the obvious ones.Maybe hard to get tickets though.But sure you can check online for others. Woodstocks...well UK is the best choice but thats not on your list so maybe you could check out an *oom pa pa oom pa pa * festival in Bavaria ...... someone's future Sugar Dada .... 8) PS. ... you forget to mention ... "Capri" & "Santorini" ... :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyoiy Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I think you can enter CH with your schengen visa.. but you may need to get stamp with the Swiss Embassy in TH first.. It's easy if you already have schengen visa... I'm not so sure but just in case you wanna visit there. no clue about where to go... I like castles/church and those old architecture but seem you dont.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhrodisiac Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Forget about Spanish cooking. It doesn't belong in a top 5.French and Italian, alright, but if you're into Thai taste, you'll have trouble appreciating the amount of cheese and butter, as well as trouble discovering any taste whatsoever before you drop the pepper bottle in it. Anyway if you're on a budget, forget about any decent food altogether. They've got haalthy salads ;-) Modern Spanish cooking is getting rave reviews, but for what I do not know. Squid ink as a culinary ingredient seems as plausible as gunpowder in a protien shake to me. You can not go wrong eating anything in France or Italy, but for cheap stuff get bread, cheese and salads from the grocer's. I'd skip Northern Europe completely due to the weather, the expense (warm clothes, longer and more frequent travel times) and the dearth of what you are looking for. Depending on how long you have and your budget, stick to warmer Euro countries in the winter. Seeing all that you would like to in Italy alone could take months. Def. stop by Barcelona, not a place like it on the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duanja Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Thank you everybody.....i appreciate your advice so much. well....i dont know how to quote....but i wil try... I change my mind, i wont escape the winter time. longing for Aurora to shine over me. ...avoiding palace and wanna see great dead....is there contradiction here ? my great dead does not mean blue blooded ni na. GT...i enjoy drinking tea...maybe u like tea like me? i love drinking tea and coco (with cookies and white chocolate) but i dont know where can i buy green tea here. and i enjoy strawberry tea so much (dont know that there is strawberry tea before) To sum up... Greece...Santori...Rhodos..this summer for sure Paris....i wont misss... And i will look for more info about other places that u suggest ka. I will visit Marx's working place, and dead place ka...UK....but i am not sure about birth place..AND one more thing...Marx writing is far from dryness...He and his idea is romantic... Thank you again ka....any tempting picutures are welcome duanja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 If I go to visit Europe, I would arrange Sushi as a guide. In this case I don't spend money for Lonely Planet, safe from lust (he's married) and have vegetarian sushi. mmmm well I'll be in London in January but looks like you will be busy :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jao Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 It's a difficult question, since I don't know how much time you have (1 or more countries?) and my personal interests differ a lot. If I had to select one option for you to do your list in one week or so (which you shouldn't), I'd suggest going to the south of France in the summer. Generally, the northern countries are more expensive than the southern ones, you'll be somewhere in the middle. France has the weirdest kinds of food's, I don't know about vegetarian, but they'll eat anything that moves (and plants move also). Weather is nice and nature is very beautiful there. You could visit Paris then, I'll bet you'll enjoy the Rodin museum. Lots of famous dead people there also, you can pick your favorite yourself on Pere Lachaise Cemetery, which is famous for the famous dead people there. I can't decide on a nice house of one them for you though (you're a funny girl). And I'd plan a trip to a 'nearby' city along the way, Barcelona in Spain or Milano in Italy, to get to see another country as well. Finally, most festivals I know of are in the summer, most of these countries have 'em (Luxembourg?), but I don't know any free ones... Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiCKeDBiRD Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Unless you enjoy looking out of train/bus windows for hours on end I would stick to the countries with the most to offer : France;Spain and Italy.All you want is there from the chateaux of the Loire valley (trust me....you will be moved by them) to the famous Murillo Gardens in Seville.Cities of Paris,Venice ,Firenze ,Rome ,Barcelona etc etc all full of culture..Islands like Sardinia and Corsica,Mallorca,Sicily....are full of wild open spaces , mountains(+volcanoes),ancient Greek ruins (Sicily ) and great beaches(all). .Food wise well you got 3 of the worlds top 5 cuisines....French,Italian and Spanish.Whether vegetarian or seafood......you are spoilt for choice .Just get a Eurail youth pass and voila film festivals ...well Venice and Cannes are the obvious ones.Maybe hard to get tickets though.But sure you can check online for others. Woodstocks...well UK is the best choice but thats not on your list so maybe you could check out an *oom pa pa oom pa pa * festival in Bavaria ...... someone's future Sugar Dada .... 8) PS. ... you forget to mention ... "Capri" & "Santorini" ... :idea: hmm well Capri is a bit depressing for budget travellers.Could bring along a big lunchbox i guess :wink: :wink: Santorini.....well thats in Greece.Not on this itinerary 8) ... why not.... Greece aint expensive at all.. the cheapest in Europe... I could say :?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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