Travel thread

[96583UP]

why dont we have a travel forum again

does it cost money

travel journal threads sound like a great idea

[daft twat]

My thoughts on Italy:

Venice: Took a water taxi from the airport to a pier close to a hotel. I recommend this. What a perfect introduction to the city. I have three other recommendations: 1) Walk away from the main area and just wander. The main area is just tourist shops and food. We found a cool park and made a point of visiting the ghetto from WWII. It’s nuts to butts in the main area, but you can be alone in some very beautiful places even in the summer. 2) Book an evening with Row Venice. 90 minutes. So much fun actually rowing in the Grand Canal alongside all the boats and gondolas. 3) Pay to go up the bell tower in St. Mark’s square. You can see all of Venice and it’s really pretty.

Florence: Make sure to head up to the Piazzale Michaelangelo for incredible views of the city. Uffizi is the major art gallery here. We skipped it and just went for the Academia to see David instead. I admit, when it comes to art I just want to see the biggies. I prefer sculpture to other mediums and you get a ton of it on the streets for free. David is unbelievable, though.

Pisa: We had 4 hours here and it was more than enough. Rent a locker for luggage and make it a quick stop. You can climb the tower, but I don’t know why you would other than to say you did. It won’t afford spectacular views. The tower is worth seeing, though.

Cinque Terre: We stayed in La Spezia and used the day train pass to explore the 5 villages. The first one is probably the one you’ve seen photos of. The second one is the best all-around for views, shopping, eating, and cliff jumping. The third was a grueling climb and had the least spectacular views. The fourth is the most touristy but is especially beautiful down by the water. The fifth is like a boardwalk. We spent hours swimming there. They’re all doable in a day. If you’re short on time or worn out, skip the middle village.

Rome: Make sure you visit the Coliseum/Forum/Palatine with a guide. It’s a crapshoot, I’m sure, but ours was amazing. He took his time and we learned so much. The Given to Fly statue is right outside the forum, btw. I would otherwise just say walk around. Like other European cities I’ve been to, it’s beautiful everywhere. Everyone goes to Trevi fountain, and we did as well, but it’s just people. It’s not anything you’ll remember fondly.

The Vatican: The Sistine Chapel is amazing, but it is frustrating. It’s over an hour in packed and unairconditioned halls to finally see the Fresca you’re there for. It’s worse than a Disney line because people are recording everything. The church area is way more interesting, in my opinion. If you’re there, you’re gonna go, but I’d happily skip it.

Naples: This city is a shithole. We needed it as a home base. That said, I loved the Main Street. Felt like what I imagine São Paulo neighborhoods are like - laundry hanging from every window, poor people trying to sell shit on the sidewalks, mopeds careening dangerously among pedestrians…the whole place needs a good power wash. I wouldn’t recommend it exactly, but I’m really glad we spent a little time there.

Mt. Vesuvius: Spectacular views of Naples, but the volcano itself is nothing to see. It’s just a bit with dirt inside.

Pompeii: I mean, what can you say? It’s unreal. We had a guide for this as well. He wasn’t great, but we got enough out of it. I’m sure you could spend all day here. We had 3 hours in the heat and it was enough. It is amazing, but it’s all pretty samey after a short period of time.

Positano: We had 6 hours here. I would have preferred 6 weeks. We took a ferry from Naples and a car service back. It’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever been. Have seafood while you’re here. Spend time in the water just bobbing and staring at the city and all the tremendous ass visiting it.

General stuff:

Food: So overrated. It’s the same menu in every ristorante. I’ll be off pizza and pasta for a while now.

Trains: What an unbelievable infrastructure. It makes seeing so much of the country easy. We had one bad train experience because of a fire near the tracks that caused us to be rerouted. Otherwise, everything was smooth and quick. No idea why anyone drives here.

I’d been to Italy with a school group once before and saw Bologna and Assisi as well. I remember the latter vividly and the former not at all.

Overall, it’s a great country to visit. It for sure lives up to the hype. I give Spain the edge because of the food.

[E.H. Ruddock]

tl;dr version, daft twat thinks Italian food in Italy is overrated

[tragabigzanda]

There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.

There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.

There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.

There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.

O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.

[wease]

Damn, daft. You almost mimicked our itenary. I’ll respond to it later.

[daft twat]

It is, at least if you’re sticking to urban and tourist areas.

And we did not have time to fall in with a family in the Tuscan countryside. We ate in touristy areas as well as less traveled side streets. Aside for the seafood in Positano, which was the most expensive and the best, all of our most expensive meals were worse than the cheaper ones. Location didn’t seem to make a difference.

[E.H. Ruddock]

You should have eaten at all the places Stanley Tucci ate. There’s where you went wrong

[96583UP]

nice trip daft

Venice: local specialty is a seafood risotto. next time. (and dont you dare put parmesean on it)

Florence: bistecca fiorentina or gtfo. also had some of the best wild boar ragu ever there

Pisa: agree, it should only be a 30 min-ish stop en route to somewhere else. not really that interesting tbh. but you know its the leaning tower

Rome: the eternal city... plenty here you just gotta find it ... glad you survived the forum/coliseum, which gets hotter than the surface of mars in the summer

Vatican: you cracked the code

Naples: never go here

Pompeii: Agree

Postiano: ding ding ding ding ding we have a winner. and its sea-faring neighbor capri is on another level of beauty

Food: near tourist locations will always be tough. its still europe which has some primal 'lets take advantage of the tourists' shenanigans. but based on the spread of places you traveled, there should have been more diversity than just pizza and pasta. also when you get vegetables there they are usually a notch above their cousins in the US, which makes everything more pleasant. but you gotta find the not-tourist places to get it

screw flanders

[tragabigzanda]

There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.

There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.

There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.

There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.

O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.

[96583UP]

Also you’ll get the best prosciutto and melon for like 8 euro everywhere

trag is marlon brando, confirmed

[spike]

We're contemplating four or five nights over our birthdays in Port Douglas, QLD later this year. Looks amazing.

[Chris_H_2]

The Vatican: The Sistine Chapel is amazing, but it is frustrating. It’s over an hour in packed and unairconditioned halls to finally see the Fresca you’re there for. It’s worse than a Disney line because people are recording everything. The church area is way more interesting, in my opinion. If you’re there, you’re gonna go, but I’d happily skip it.

i would wait all day in packed unconditioned halls for a Fresca

[wease]

My thoughts on Italy:

Venice: Took a water taxi from the airport to a pier close to a hotel. I recommend this. What a perfect introduction to the city. I have three other recommendations: 1) Walk away from the main area and just wander. The main area is just tourist shops and food. We found a cool park and made a point of visiting the ghetto from WWII. It’s nuts to butts in the main area, but you can be alone in some very beautiful places even in the summer. 2) Book an evening with Row Venice. 90 minutes. So much fun actually rowing in the Grand Canal alongside all the boats and gondolas. 3) Pay to go up the bell tower in St. Mark’s square. You can see all of Venice and it’s really pretty.

We did the same thing from the airport. The docking area the water taxi took us to was only about 50 yards from our hotel entrance. And only about 3 minutes from St Mark’s square. Tons of little back alley streets and it would be very easy to get lost. Our room at the hotel was one of my favorites we stayed in the whole trip. It was like a big studio apartment with a rooftop balcony and ultra-chic bathroom. I got some nice shots of the Venice “skyline” such that it is.

We took a guided tour that was both walking and water taxi. Our guide is from the states and actually from Nashville. He was pretty knowledgeable about the city and was worth the money.

We didn’t do the bell tower.

We did take in 3 museums while there.

Pisa: We had 4 hours here and it was more than enough. Rent a locker for luggage and make it a quick stop. You can climb the tower, but I don’t know why you would other than to say you did. It won’t afford spectacular views. The tower is worth seeing, though.

We actually spent the night there, but you’re correct. We did climb the tower and I’m saying we did. That was a fucking climb. And you’re wrong, the views from the top were, indeed, spectacular. The oldest Weaseling and I hit up a couple of museums there, too.

Rome: Make sure you visit the Coliseum/Forum/Palatine with a guide. It’s a crapshoot, I’m sure, but ours was amazing. He took his time and we learned so much. The Given to Fly statue is right outside the forum, btw. I would otherwise just say walk around. Like other European cities I’ve been to, it’s beautiful everywhere. Everyone goes to Trevi fountain, and we did as well, but it’s just people. It’s not anything you’ll remember fondly.

The Vatican: The Sistine Chapel is amazing, but it is frustrating. It’s over an hour in packed and unairconditioned halls to finally see the Fresca you’re there for. It’s worse than a Disney line because people are recording everything. The church area is way more interesting, in my opinion. If you’re there, you’re gonna go, but I’d happily skip it.

We did the Coliseum/Forum guided golf cart tour. We had an absolutely fantastic guide. Like yours, he really took his time and it was a great learning experience.

Totally agree with you on the Sistine Chapel. The youngest Weaseling got about 30 pics of the ceiling and Papa Wease got busted after taking only one or two pics and they made him stop. It WAS absolutely incredible, tho.

Naples: This city is a shithole. We needed it as a home base. That said, I loved the Main Street. Felt like what I imagine São Paulo neighborhoods are like - laundry hanging from every window, poor people trying to sell shit on the sidewalks, mopeds careening dangerously among pedestrians…the whole place needs a good power wash. I wouldn’t recommend it exactly, but I’m really glad we spent a little time there.

It was a shithole and it was my favorite in Italy. It was like being away from all the tourist bullshit and being among the masses in their own neighborhood. I fucking loved it. Easy to navigate. Just fantastic

Mt. Vesuvius: Spectacular views of Naples, but the volcano itself is nothing to see. It’s just a bit with dirt inside.

Pompeii: I mean, what can you say? It’s unreal. We had a guide for this as well. He wasn’t great, but we got enough out of it. I’m sure you could spend all day here. We had 3 hours in the heat and it was enough. It is amazing, but it’s all pretty samey after a short period of time.

Pompeii was my favorite tourist stop we made in Italy. We had a guide and she was a sweetheart, but didn’t seem as experienced as the other guides we had up to that point. It absolutely blew me away. And there’s still a third of it they haven’t even begun excavating yet. To just consider when that happened and how long ago. Just fascinating.

We also took a guided tour/drive along the Amalfi Coast while in Naples and it was positively breathtaking.

General stuff:

Food: So overrated. It’s the same menu in every ristorante. I’ll be off pizza and pasta for a while now.

Trains: What an unbelievable infrastructure. It makes seeing so much of the country easy. We had one bad train experience because of a fire near the tracks that caused us to be rerouted. Otherwise, everything was smooth and quick. No idea why anyone drives here.

Overall, it’s a great country to visit. It for sure lives up to the hype.

I don’t know that I’d say the food is overrated, but I was very tired of eating pasta so much. And yes, basically the same menu everywhere.

The trains were incredible. We took two and they were much more pleasant than all the plane rides we took. Not a fan of the cobblestone roads tho. Too bouncy and jarring.

Overall, I liked it better than France, but Greece was all of our favorite.

[doug rr]

[E.H. Ruddock]

This reminds me of when I was in Madrid with my wife and mother in law and we wanted paella. My mother in law saw a place named something like "Paella king best paella eat here americans" and then bitched about how shitty the paella was.

[wease]

Here you go, daft.

Yeah. We go to Atlanta Wednesday night for her 7:30 am appointment on Thursday. Cutting it VERY close, but she’ll walk out of the place with renewed passport in hand and ready for Friday

Jesus Christ. We get to the hotel in Atlanta and there’s like 1000 people just milling about outside and in the lobby and the bar and restaurants in the hotel. And they all have soccer shit on. Apparently, Messi is staying at this hotel and all these people are just hanging around hoping to catch a glimpse.

Getting antsy. Waiting for my parents and in-laws and the shuttle to take us to the airport. Just sitting and waiting for everything has me anxious. Not to mention Mrs Wease is practically manic at this point…

What an incredibly whirlwind of a couple of days!

Friday just disappeared within the travel. We left the house and it was Friday morning. When we land in Paris, it’s 24 hours later (almost exactly) on Saturday morning. It’s like time travel. Friday started and was gone. So now we’re back at the hotel in Paris after supper and getting ready for tomorrow’s trip to Versailles. (And hopefully a big surprise.) Had steak tartare tonight. Delicious.

So this happened today



VG and Wease meet in Paris. We laughed. We cried. VG got to meet the whole Wease clan. An absolutely wonderful example of a human being. I’m so glad we were able to work it out and meet. Paris Hilton may or may not have been involved.

Dude you are the best !! Wease’ clan is fucking great! I got to know Mrs Wease! Wonderful really.

We trashed so many of you for hours haha it was so cool

We did and it was!!

After a long night at the Eiffel Tower, up at 5am waiting for a shuttle service to pick us up and take us to the meeting place for the trip to Normandy. Gonna be a long one today. It’s just me, Papa Wease and my in-laws going. Mrs Wease and the Weaselings and cousin are going to EuroDisney.

Just got back from Normandy. 2.5 hour trips both ways. And a very full day there. It was a wonderful day. Very emotional. Highly recommended.

Having breakfast in the hotel. Total room holds 35 or so. Papa Wease left around 15 minutes ago and he just came back in. As he walks thru the door he announces to the room “well, I got two things out of the way, now I’m ready to go!” I swear, sometimes it’s like going around with a five year old.

Been going to a few record stores here in Paris

Remember when vinyl were cheap? Haha those were the days

I’ve hit a few bookstores. Not finding very much, tho.

Did you go to Shakespeare and Company?

We did! Oldest Weaseling bought a few things there.

Last day in Paris. Head to the airport at 1:00 for 3:00 flight. I had breakfast at the hotel then went with Mrs Wease and the Weaselings to Cafe de Flore and had hot chocolate and some delicious sorbet. Lemon is pretty much always my favorite but the pear sorbet I had was quite exceptional. Very humid today and everything just feels sticky and yucky. Very tired today. We’ve been going nonstop and pretty much the only real stop we’ve taken is when we met with VinylGuy. Other than that, it’s been up at 5am, GO GO GO, back to room about 11pm, crash by midnight, repeat… And it’s caught up with me. My knees and hips still ache and I’m dead tired. Glad today is a travel day and we’re pretty much finished with all the rushing here.

Next stop, Venice!

After a day and two nights in Venice, we’re now waiting for a shuttle to take us to Pisa. We’re making a stop somewhere along the way to do a wine and olive oil tasting. We’ve all started/restarted smoking because it’s some sort of law that everyone above the age of 3 in Venice has to smoke. And no vaping allowed.

If there’s any level below running on fumes, thats where I ended yesterday at. While the entourage rested after our guided tour, the oldest Weaseling asked me to take her to see the Peggy Guggenheim Collection about 2 miles away from the hotel. Of course I can’t say “no” to her so off we went. A very nice collection with some Picasso, Pollack, Warhol and Dali. They were also hosting an exhibit of Jean Coctaeu. Very interesting. Headed back and immediately went to dinner then another walk around everything afterwards. Very humid and very hot and I was very, very much done. Still just absolutely worn out this morning.

Up early again to catch our train to Rome. Pisa is pretty much a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it town. Not a lot to see, really. The hotel we stayed at is supposed to be the oldest of something. The area? Italy? I don’t remember. Room was gorgeous, tho. The bed was basically two twin pullout mattresses shoved together to make a king. VERY uncomfortable. My back is killing me this morning. We’re in first class on the train ride, so hopefully it’s comfortable. This is the first morning on the trip hot tea has been available. I was already resigned to drinking a cup of coffee so I wouldn’t have another caffeine headache all day like I have all the other mornings, so it was an extremely welcome surprise.

Next stop, Roma!

The hotel we stayed at is supposed to be the oldest of something. The area? Italy? I don’t remember. Room was gorgeous, tho. The bed was basically two twin pullout mattresses shoved together to make a king. VERY uncomfortable

How was the breakfast

Average. Not as nice a selection of cold cuts. No melon. Not much as far as pastry/bread selection. But they did have hot tea so that boosts their score for me.

How you enjoying those bidets though?

In all honesty, I haven’t figured them out. I’ve always envisioned them kinda spraying up in the air, but they just look like little sinks on the floor. What is proper bidet use and etiquette? How do you wash? Dry? It’s totally baffled me.

Goddamn. We’re here in a nice restaurant waiting for our food to come out. Reservations at 7:30, we probably ordered around 8:00-8:05. The waiter passes and Papa Wease starts yelling at him. “When are we gonna get our food?!? It’s been over an hour! We were the first ones in here and everybody else in the place already has their food!”

Jesus Christ

Started having some sinus symptoms yesterday so took a Sudafed around 5-6pm. Bad move. I was awake all night. Sinus symptoms continue along with chills and body aches. I hurt from head to toe. Today is the Vatican and the Coliseum. I really don’t feel like going at all, but it’s part of the reason we came. So on we go.

We had the foresight to get a rx for antibiotics to bring with us on the trip. So I took the first dose last night and second this morning. Feeling somewhat better this morning but I coughed for like 30 minutes straight. So now I’m hoarse as fuck. Hot shower really helped. We just boarded the train to Naples and are waiting for it to leave. Nothing much planned for today (THANK GOD!) other than a hop foo and on bus tour sometime this afternoon. Arrivederci, Roma.

We’re on the bus tour right now and my ibuprofen/Tylenol from earlier has worn off. Every bounce this thing makes send a jolt of pain everywhere. I’m not sure how much longer it is but I’m back to the miserable point and I’m ready for it to be over.

Luckily, we have dinner reservations afterwards. So more walking and listening to all the grandparents except Mema Wease bitch and gripe the whole way there, during and the whole way back. I came a hair’s breadth of absolutely losing it at lunch I was so enraged. I did blow of some steam but it could’ve been a LOT worse than it was. I just hope that when I do, I won’t cause irreparable damage to my relationships with everyone. Maybe some of it is just where I don’t feel good but I’m tired of it all.

And I’m absolutely sick of Italian food at this point. To be honest, if I saw a KFC on the way back to the hotel, I may not be able to be stopped from buying a bucket of thighs and drums with potatoes and gravy and biscuits.

Wease is being pushed too hard and too far.

Headed to Pompeii. Coughing my head off.

And driving up the Amalfi Coast.

Holy god, team. My MiL just ordered Snickers gelato. She starts eating it and exclaims “there’s chunks of something in this!” Mrs Wease asks what flavor she got and she says Snickers. So Mrs Wease tells her it’s chunks of Snickers. MiL responds “well why in the world would they put that in there?”

I’ve never seen so many women with Botoxified lips in one place ever. And none of them are good. It’s all like they have balloons instead of lips and their mouths don’t even move when they talk. It’s quite disgusting.

Pompeii was fantastic. Everyone’s favorite thing so far. Highly recommended.

good to hear. that's one place my wife has always wanted to go, though i'm in no rush to go back to Italy.

We’re staying in Naples, about 25 min away. It’s the least “Italian” place we’ve been. Other than the traffic and smoking, of course. Nighttime brings the locals out and they’re everywhere. It’s not as bougie as all the other cities.

Finally got to try suppli. At the airport in Naples. I have no doubts if I’d found it out and about in the cities, I would’ve like it more, but it was pretty good.

In Athens at hotel. Beautiful. Great view of the Acropolis. Getting ready to go out and grab a late lunch.

Athens is super cool. Even more people smoke here than Venice. Did a 3-hour walking tour earlier. Doing some kind of hike somewhere tomorrow morning then Lycabettus hill tomorrow night. So hot and humid. So many shops and hardware stores. Every other storefront here is a hardware store. Bizarre

Cab driver just tried to scam me. Here in Athens you can obtain a cab thru the Uber app and you’re charged a flat rate depending on the the destination’s distance from you. Our ride just now was €7. When we arrive the driver tells me I owe €7. I let him know that was paid thru the app and he replies “we’re good then, have a good day.”

universal truth. cab drivers will try scam you no matter where you are in the world.

hows the trip other than that? are you going to any of the outta the way islands or just the big hits?

Big hits. We’re going to some islands on a boat thing tomorrow and we get to actually swim. I’ve been longing to swim in this heat and humidity.

Having lunch in a sushi place today. Unlike America, practically no tuna dishes and virtually all salmon. One sea bream thing (cooked) and a handful of sea bass items of which I got the nigiri. We have a tour of Cape Sounion tonight followed by a meal at a seafood restaurant. Apparently it’s an hour and a half away so this whole excursion is gonna be 5-6 hours.

Athens has been the most uncomfortable (not the right word but can’t think of a word that fits) city we’ve been to. In both France and Italy, I could kinda get by because I recognize the letters of everything, but the Greek language is absolutely alien to me. The only word I’ve been able to deduce was “lemon” and that’s only because only the first letter was different. However, I’m vastly enjoying the city.

On the boat about to head back on the last leg of our Aegean Sea tour. We stopped at one island and got to go to the beach and swim. Then we went out and the boat dropped anchor at sea and we got to jump off and swim. It was great. Then we sailed on to Aegina which seems to be the world capital of pistachios. Stands everywhere selling pistachio products. A particular family favorite was the pistachio butter. And I thought almond butter was tasty. This stuff was absolutely devine.

did you pee in the sea?

You better believe I did. Twice.

Welp, 78 miles walked, 3 countries, 8 cities, 3 airplanes, 2 trains and 3 sinus infections, we’re sitting in Athens airport waiting to board the flight back to Newark. All in all it’s been a great trip. Like every road travelled, there are bumps and holes, but all of Mrs Wease’s plans came off without any real problems and everyone had a time they’ll never forget. I think all of us liked Greece (Athens) the most out everywhere we went.

I’m SO ready for American food.

Flight to Nashville now delayed 2 hours. Its gonna be 1 am by the time we get home. assuming it’s not pushed back anymore.

Delayed 3 hours now

Ugh. In the last 5 minutes, it’s changed from Terminal A to C then back to A.

And now we’re headed to C…

Good goddamn, we’re finally boarded after a 3-hour delay, one terminal change and 7 gate changes.

I hope you're going into work tomorrow

Yep

Fucking hell. They get us all boarded then all the flight attendants have timed out. So now we’ve been sitting in the plane for over an hour waiting for new crew to show up and for catering to finish loading supplies.

which airport? i hate airports these days. I really hate them and i used to be such a fan of them.

Newark

oh you are already in the states, well thats better i guess.

Every flight, train and shuttle that we booked for this trip has been on time. Except for the very last one.

Papa Wease has now removed his shoes and socks and is siting barefoot on the plane.

Annnnd…

29 hours after we started, we’re back home.

[daft twat]

This reminds me of when I was in Madrid with my wife and mother in law and we wanted paella. My mother in law saw a place named something like "Paella king best paella eat here americans" and then bitched about how shitty the paella was.

Ruddo, you need to fuck off. It’s not like that at all. I had good meals and bad meals in very central tourist areas and in out of the way places. I’m just saying pizza and pasta are the two easiest things in the world to make and every restaurant does them, and the starch of it all just gets old quick.

Wease, I’d like to bend your ear about Greece. Maybe we have a beer in Chicago. While in Venice, our boy Strat offered me a Saturday Wrigley ticket. I’m excited.

Doug, every Wings reference makes me happy. Thank you.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Hey daft

[dimejinky99]

Is wease writing a book? A travel book of a sort if you will

[daft twat]

Hey daft

Hey