Red Mosquito

the terrorists have already won

kinda bummed. I wanted to check out Brussels, if even for a day.

dad wrote:kinda bummed. I wanted to check out Brussels, if even for a day.

meh..maybe next time..you can get mussels and fries anywhere...

Still get to see The Smile. #winning

Brussels is gorgeous and a great day to be for a day, but you made a good choice.

What happened in Brussels anyway?

A few tussles

the belgians eat mostly the eggs of sea birds

according to julius ceasar

if i recall correctly

which i likely don’t

Bammer wrote:What happened in Brussels anyway?

the serious answer is... https://www.dw.com/en/belgium-police-ar ... a-68429543

even though i'm traveling to Europe for vacation I have to disclose where I'm going when traveling outside the US. That includes what countries/cities I'm visiting, the duration, and when I plan to return to the US. As part of that disclosure, we're encouraged to sign up for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), which keeps you up-to-date on security and safety for said country you're going to be visiting. It just so happened that Belgium popped up with a high security threat, so we called an audible and opted out of the day trip.

dad wrote:

Bammer wrote:What happened in Brussels anyway?

the serious answer is... https://www.dw.com/en/belgium-police-ar ... a-68429543

even though i'm traveling to Europe for vacation I have to disclose where I'm going when traveling outside the US. That includes what countries/cities I'm visiting, the duration, and when I plan to return to the US. As part of that disclosure, we're encouraged to sign up for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), which keeps you up-to-date on security and safety for said country you're going to be visiting. It just so happened that Belgium popped up with a high security threat, so we called an audible and opted out of the day trip.

is paris always at a high security threat? stuff popping off there constantly.

spike wrote:

dad wrote:

Bammer wrote:What happened in Brussels anyway?

the serious answer is... https://www.dw.com/en/belgium-police-ar ... a-68429543

even though i'm traveling to Europe for vacation I have to disclose where I'm going when traveling outside the US. That includes what countries/cities I'm visiting, the duration, and when I plan to return to the US. As part of that disclosure, we're encouraged to sign up for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), which keeps you up-to-date on security and safety for said country you're going to be visiting. It just so happened that Belgium popped up with a high security threat, so we called an audible and opted out of the day trip.

is paris always at a high security threat? stuff popping off there constantly.

yeah, but fortunately I've not seen anything pop up as of late.

let's keep it that way.

Spent like an hour trying to buy train tickets in Italy last night. Kept getting errors then we’d get timed out. Then payments wouldn’t work. What a painful process

wease wrote:Spent like an hour trying to buy train tickets in Italy last night. Kept getting errors then we’d get timed out. Then payments wouldn’t work. What a painful process

Also know that trains are always late in Italy.

spike wrote:

wease wrote:Spent like an hour trying to buy train tickets in Italy last night. Kept getting errors then we’d get timed out. Then payments wouldn’t work. What a painful process

Also know that trains are always late in Italy.

Wonderful

wease wrote:

spike wrote:

wease wrote:Spent like an hour trying to buy train tickets in Italy last night. Kept getting errors then we’d get timed out. Then payments wouldn’t work. What a painful process

Also know that trains are always late in Italy.

Wonderful

and they stop every 17 minutes so make sure you bring plenty of mortadella..

doug rr wrote:

wease wrote:

spike wrote:

wease wrote:Spent like an hour trying to buy train tickets in Italy last night. Kept getting errors then we’d get timed out. Then payments wouldn’t work. What a painful process

Also know that trains are always late in Italy.

Wonderful

and they stop every 17 minutes so make sure you bring plenty of mortadella..

You have no idea how excited I am to try the local meats and such. Well, maybe you do.

When are you off to Italy wease? Soon I assume if you are buying tickets for museums etc now. We are off there in mid September through mid October.

I too am looking forward to perusing and sampling the variety of smallgoods on offer.

wease wrote:

spike wrote:

wease wrote:Spent like an hour trying to buy train tickets in Italy last night. Kept getting errors then we’d get timed out. Then payments wouldn’t work. What a painful process

Also know that trains are always late in Italy.

Wonderful

don’t listen to him wease. this is false.

Higgs wrote:When are you off to Italy wease? Soon I assume if you are buying tickets for museums etc now. We are off there in mid September through mid October.

I too am looking forward to perusing and sampling the variety of smallgoods on offer.

We’ll be there end of June-early July. We’re starting in Paris/France, then Italy, and from there, Greece.