Who and where you gonna spend your summer?

Who and where you gonna spend your summer?

Post the best places for summer.

<a href="http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=160982">fixed the headline</a>.

Me, I am likely to spend good parts of it in China.

In which case we can expect China to attack the Czech Republic in the late summer.

Somewhere in Europe, presumably. At least some of it in Germany, though possibly no more than a weekend.

i spend part of it too in Nigeria

Originally posted by chikadinho:

i spend part of it too in Nigeria

Well yeah, seeing how I live in Belgium, chances are that's where I'll be most of the summer...

Just gonna spend the summer where I am, maybe one day in the distant future I will visit another country

Originally posted by hisnameismark:

Who and where you gonna spend your summer?

At work.

"Welcome to Africa"."HAKUNA MATATA".

I think im going to way-uhles.



...(wales)

Who am I going to spend my summer?

Haven't decided yet but might return to Ulster for a run about on the railways again or maybe back to the Netherlands for some more cultural stuff.

The wet season has just begun here and i love it. Will love to go to S.A for the world cup tournament.

I will be sitting in front of my television for a big chunk of the summer. Money permitting I might go on a train ride after that. I hope the chick is in my carriage. In the event of financial restrictions, maybe I'll just settle for Oaxaca. Money is tight - saving up to move back to the UK takes dedication when you earn in pesos.

Originally posted by parkerjm:

Who am I going to spend my summer?

Still having problems with English, Parkerjm?

I'll spend my summer in Northern Illinois. Not a bad place, really, and I could spend quite a bit of "off-time" just seeing the county and state parks in the area.

Originally posted by mjmsprt40:

I'll spend my summer in Northern Illinois. Not a bad place, really, and I could spend quite a bit of "off-time" just seeing the county and state parks in the area.

Ever been here? http://www.fpdcc.com/tier3.php?content_id=68&file=map_68j I thought it was quite nice along the trail. Also saw some deer.

I also thought the crabtree forest preserve was quite nice. Saw a couple of deer, a fox, and there were literally hundreds if not thousands of frogs around. It's funny how American frogs actually make a noise that sounds roughly like "ribbit" whereas our frogs sound more like "quahck" (hence they say "kwaak" in Dutch).

This place (north of the road) was also enjoyable. Lots of birds, and just generally a feel that you're really surrounded nature. Lots of those "forest preserves" felt more like parks where they're slightly less bothered about every little detail than in "real" parks. Therefore a lot more enjoyable, but still essentially a park feeling.

The Deer Grove forest preserve was one of the better more park-like ones imo, but it was quite crowded in summer (had a couple of nice walks there in March though, plus I saw an actual wild wolf then... that was kinda creepy).

Anyway, I don't know if you're really nearby any of those, but those'd be my top picks from all the ones I went to. Do with it what you like. ;P

It's really amazing how quiet the relatively small amount of nature you guys get around there is.

Originally posted by Frenzie:

It's really amazing how quiet the relatively small amount of nature you guys get around there is.

That may be the case in Illinois, but part of Californian nature was in my experience filled with noisy and frankly annoying tourists. I have come to the conclusion that American tourists seem overall well-behaved in Europe and Asia, but are a horror in their own country.

Originally posted by Frenzie:

It's funny how American frogs actually make a noise that sounds roughly like "ribbit" whereas our frogs sound more like "quahck" (hence they say "kwaak" in Dutch).

Do American pigs say "oink" as well?

Originally posted by Frenzie:

Also saw some deer.

Deer are commonplace here.
I saw 20 on the side of the interstate on my drive back from Starkville yesterday.

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

I saw 20 on the side of the interstate on my drive back from Starkville yesterday.

My garden is a deer candy parlor.

Any natural reserve at all can serve uh!

Any natural reserve at all can serve uh!

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

Originally posted by Frenzie:

Also saw some deer.

Deer are commonplace here.

I saw 20 on the side of the interstate on my drive back from Starkville yesterday.

I saw dead deer on the way from Holland to Detroit on the 96 or something. :/

Anyway, by seeing deer, wolves and foxes "in" the Chicago suburbs I'm apparently ahead in wildlife spotting compared to most locals. Spotting the wildlife in the Chicago suburbs that is, not in spotting wildlife necessarily.

Originally posted by jax:

That may be the case in Illinois, but part of Californian nature was in my experience filled with noisy and frankly annoying tourists. I have come to the conclusion that American tourists seem overall well-behaved in Europe and Asia, but are a horror in their own country.

There's like 4 million people living within 20 minutes of the areas I mentioned and the traffic on the roads clearly testifies to this, yet except for the more park-like areas they were practically deserted, and even these park-like areas only had a fairly limited number of people there. You could argue that this was due to the limited parking space (compared to your average store or residential area), except the parking lots always had like 5 cars in tops them (excluding ours) so it didn't exactly make a difference. You could argue it were the hours we were there, but we went after work, or after dinner, or in the weekend, and the situation was always the same.

I'm guessing the people in Cook County and surrounding counties just aren't properly familiar with the nearby stuff and they opt to drive or fly for hours instead to visit well-known tourist "nature" locations...

I've got to say I thought it was quite nice when I lived in Enschede that I could cycle north for a few minutes and be in the middle of abundant forests and everything...

Originally posted by jax:

Originally posted by Frenzie:

It's funny how American frogs actually make a noise that sounds roughly like "ribbit" whereas our frogs sound more like "quahck" (hence they say "kwaak" in Dutch).

Do American pigs say "oink" as well?

I think they were imported from Europe, unlike the frogs.

I think jax maybe American pigs oink with a slight drawl especially the ones south of the Mason-Dixon? Anyway travel is being put off the boil with the news of the ash from that northern volcano. Those damn Icelanders trying to show they are still around after the financial debacle.

I may have to visit those parks someday. As it is, I live within a half mile of the GWT/IPP trail system which is built on a couple of old railroad beds. The Great Western Trail is built on what was the old Great Western roadbed, and the Illinois Prairie Path runs on what used to be the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Interurban road. Combined, they make some eighty miles of hiking and biking trail through western Cook, Dupage and Kane Counties. The western legs of the IPP get pretty badly beaten up by horses which can make bike riding a bit of a challenge, but overall it's not too bad.

Originally posted by mjmsprt40:

I may have to visit those parks someday. As it is, I live within a half mile of the GWT/IPP trail system which is built on a couple of old railroad beds. The Great Western Trail is built on what was the old Great Western roadbed, and the Illinois Prairie Path runs on what used to be the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Interurban road. Combined, they make some eighty miles of hiking and biking trail through western Cook, Dupage and Kane Counties. The western legs of the IPP get pretty badly beaten up by horses which can make bike riding a bit of a challenge, but overall it's not too bad.

Sounds interesting. I don't think I'll be visiting that (or Illinois) anytime soon if only 'cause the planes can't fly - not visiting this year at any rate. Sounds like you can have some fun there.

In Egypt, learning Arabic?

most of it at work.. and then 2 weeks in Spain.

From Rabat to south along the littoral, Casablanca, Essaouira until Agadir.
Then, to the interior, along the Atlas Mountains, Quarzazate until Ksar es Souk facing the big dunes of the Sahara.
One can't be very rigorous, walker there is no path, you are doing it yourself with your own steps.
Anyway, summer it's not the good season for this little trip.

Originally posted by Belfrager:

From Rabat to south along the littoral, Casablanca, Essaouira until Agadir.

Then, to the interior, along the Atlas Mountains, Quarzazate until Ksar es Souk facing the big dunes of the Sahara.

One can't be very rigorous, walker there is no path, you are doing it yourself with your own steps.

Anyway, summer it's not the good season for this little trip.

I took a very similar trajectory about a decade ago, it comes highly recommended. Yes, walking up sand dunes sans camel is strenuous work. (At least I did the journey in February.)

Originally posted by Denny77:

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

I saw 20 on the side of the interstate on my drive back from Starkville yesterday.

My garden is a deer candy parlor.

Originally posted by OnetimePoster:

In Egypt, learning Arabic?

When you off to Egypt and who is teaching you Arabic

I be home here this time hooked up to a machine .But looking forward to christmas away .

I be home here this time hooked up to a machine

How come mate?

Originally posted by TroyMclure:

I be home here this time hooked up to a machine

How come mate?

i am sick mate

One weak betwen london and scotland

Originally posted by Juggalo1:

Originally posted by TroyMclure:

I be home here this time hooked up to a machine

How come mate?

i am sick mate

If you are not offended i will say one..

Ok

Ok

I will not spend summer anywhere, bcz
i don't like summer!

But.........
I like spring and i would like to spend my spring in hempshire and PORT ROYAL!

i dont' k, so much port royal. it's preaty?

Yeh, it looks preetty!

hi guy's im hadil

And im going to spend my summer next year with my special someone where going together to my country to for two weeks, and im going to bring him in the most famous and known as the your heaven on earth, a private shangria in philippines.

I just hope nothing goes wrong until that time come..inshallah.

Got a plan to going back home to my own country (phils) for a vacations and spend my summer with my family there

In India manali

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

Originally posted by hisnameismark:

Who and where you gonna spend your summer?

At work.

Away from home, but Working too

i think i'll be having a good summer but as i can see now i'll be spending it alone its really a bad news for me. I don't wanna take my vacation

I like to spend my summers in manali in India.

Originally posted by jax:

fixed the headline.

Me, I am likely to spend good parts of it in China.

YUCK!

Originally posted by Museatlantis:

Just gonna spend the summer where I am, maybe one day in the distant future I will visit another country

Visit Philippines..its nice here..

Originally posted by usatonycuba:

Originally posted by thedawgfan:

Originally posted by hisnameismark:

Who and where you gonna spend your summer?

At work.

Away from home, but Working too

Seems workaholic, have yourself a break to get rid of the stress dude

Originally posted by arlyndomos00:

Got a plan to going back home to my own country (phils) for a vacations and spend my summer with my family there

Damn kababayan! Where in Phils do you stay?

Originally posted by Hadilfrancisco:

hi guy's im hadil

And im going to spend my summer next year with my special someone where going together to my country to for two weeks, and im going to bring him in the most famous and known as the your heaven on earth, a private shangria in philippines.

I just hope nothing goes wrong until that time come..inshallah.

What does Shangria you mean to? Is it a hotel? Im from Philippines Maybe I can help you to find a perfect place here..

You're catching up from last summer I see...

Originally posted by hisnameismark:

Originally posted by jax:

Me, I am likely to spend good parts of it in China.

YUCK!

Yuck?

Originally posted by jax:

Yuck?

I understand that many Chinese cities are severely affected by smog (which is, of course, worst in summer); in that light, "yuck" seems like a fairly appropriate reaction.

That is vile Anti-Chinese propaganda. Why, the air in Shanghai has improved so much lately that on a good day it is comparable with downtown Los Angeles... Seriously, one of the pleasant surprises has been that the air in most Chinese cities has become less visible than they reportedly used to be, as heavy industry is moving out of the cities and cause less pollution for production than they used to be, while recently planted trees and greenery catch much of the icky stuff. This has been offset by an explosive growth in traffic.

This reminds me of Prague in the days of Czechoslovakia. A standing phrase was "the stench of winter", or to be exact the smell of low-grade brown coal heating Prague homes. After a couple years of transition this coal was banned, and the factories producing nothing but employment and pollution were shut down, while private cars started to make up most of the air pollution instead.

If I felt like it I'd try to find the vile anti-Chinese propaganda which I think you posted a few weeks or months ago.

PS Isn't (downtown) LA known for its horrible air quality? I did a quick search and that came up with http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30476335/ns/us_news-environment/ which seems to confirm that.

I have so far failed to find your specific posting, but it was an article about how parents push their children and how some of them are rather obese. It said that cycling or running outside wasn't advised due to the bad air quality.

Yes, my sentence was a paraphrase of one made in a Shanghai Expo folder last year, you know “Better City, Better Life”. I thought it was funny, but actually they had some reason to be proud, the air quality has improved greatly. The Shanghai air was fresh to my Beijing lungs, and Beijing is not so bad either. The city has only brought tears to my eyes on two occasions, and right now I am in the centre of Beijing, the sky is pure blue, the trees are green, the birds are singing, a veritable pastoral paradise beneath the high-rises.

Some of the inland second- and third-tier cities may still be taken out of London in the late 19th century, but the rust belt in the North-East is changing into a new Detroit, the old belching coal power plants are rapidly replaced by more modern ones, and as raw materials become more expensive the newer production plants have to use them more efficiently, with less pollution as a positive side-effect.

I'm aware that Shanghai (and the rest of China) is shedding its smog, so to speak. It's not like I'd say "yuck" myself, but relative air quality in cities coupled with censorship is what makes the phrase understandable in my mind. Nothing big to worry about for a few weeks of vacation though.

I will visit my semi-regular haunt across the irsh Sea to Ulster, visit Londonderry and walk the famus siege city walls. May also go back to the Netherlands for a third visit. One of my female admirers wants to come along but whether she would want to be trailed around museums and palaces I am not so sure? Udid enjoy gong out the the Het Loo Palace outside Appeldorn was it? The wee town impressed me looking typically Ducth and might explore that a bit more.

Het Loo is in Apeldoorn, yes. We actually intend to visit that region this summer as well; last year we used it as a base to visit the Deventer book market (which we'll probably visit again this year) and the Apenheul[1] is an awesome zoo.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apenheul

Why not jail? Okay hell? May be anywhere!

Danbuzu, I worry about you. Your choices of places to vacation leave something to be desired.

On a lighter note: If I can scare up the money I might visit the Dells. I've been up that way a couple of times and--- if you can avoid the tourist traps-- the Wisconsin Dells has something to offer.

Oh, heck--- I just plain like hill country. The Northwest corner of Illinois-- we call it the Galena Territory-- isn't to be missed if you get out this way.

I had a chance to see parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia the past couple of weeks (job change-- I'm over-the-road now) and if I can scare up money and time there's lots to see and do there.

The Dells sure had some stunning-looking landscapes and rivers.

Didn't know there was a zoo there Frenzie. I did enjoy Het Loo for obvious reasons as the palace has a link withour history and my associations (!). When I got off the train and took the few minutes bus outside the town I was quite impressed with the charm of the place and felt that the next time I go I will spend some time in the town itself. Very nice place.

I will spend the summer stone cold sober. Hopefully.

Sounds like wishful thinking to me.

Originally posted by TroyMclure:

I will spend the summer stone cold sober. Hopefully.

Been there for years. Great destination, cheap and rewarding.