LSU90 Gasthaus Woracziczky near Naschmarkt is great. Owners are super friendly and the food was outstanding. Second AptosDuck and would recommend going to the original Figlmuller. I don't know how far out they book but I would look into it ASAP, especially around Christmas. I was able to secure a reservation about two months out. Reinthaler's Beisl is great for a cheap, delicious meal. Very traditional Austrian dishes. We went to Cafe Diglas for strudel. It was good but didn't live up to the hype. I'm sure you can find better in the city. For bars, we enjoyed Bockshorn Irish Pub (extremely small, do not recommend either of you is claustrophobic), Josef Cocktailbar, and Loos American Bar. Loos is best known for its Art Deco interior. The drinks at Josef are better but Loos is worth a visit. Philosoph is great if you like beer, they had a pretty wide selection. We also went to 1516 Brewing Company for lunch. Beer and food was good but definitely was more American brewpub than anything authentically Austrian.
Waiting in JFK for my flight to Dublin for st Patty's. Flight is delayed 4 hours and apparently were entitled to up to 600 euros in compensation. Anyone hear about this before? Looks like itll be extra craic...
And like others, would absolutely recommend Salzburg. Someone here recommended pasta y vino and it was one of the best (and cheapest) meals of our trip.
Man picking restaurants in New Orleans is so difficult. Settled on Atchafalaya for Sunday brunch, Cochon when we get there Saturday for dinner, and Harbor on the way back to the airport. Any recs for what to see? Thinking of going to see Whitney Plantation. Definitely going to the WWII museum. Maybe Barataria Reserve for some swamp experience. Otherwise, thinking of just exploring neighborhoods and eating/drinking. Spent NYE and a post-Sugar Bowl night on Bourbon so that's my entire New Orleans experience to date. Gf has never been there.
I’m open to all recs. I have a ton of restaurants to pick from already but I’m always open to options.
FriendsofJtyler Flew the old seats back today, greatly preferred the others. Flight was hot which is a common complaint, we got stuck in the center aisle facing ones as it was a late equipment change. Oh and a guy literally died on the flight so that complicated things.
Trip was incredible, will write it up with photos in the next week or two. 30 hours door of hotel to door home if flight gets out of la on time is decidedly not fun though. Feel like I'm on drugs from sleep deprivation.
Trains don’t fuck around here. Underground was running behind so we missed our train this morning and they put us on the next one at no charge since the delay made us miss it. Then last train back to London from Swansea was minutes after the match so we had to leave early. Made it onto the train 1 minute before it was supposed to leave and on the dot it was out of the station.
Complete surprise of the trip, our car on the train just filled with Irish (and a few Welsh) after the 6 nations match. They got killed, the guy who sat down to share a table with us said he had a bottle of champagne and about the loss “shit happens”. They’re drunk and singing. Amazing fun
legit on the verge of re-organizing my entire korea vacation thats in two weeks more I read about Busan more I think it may not be worth the trek especially this time of year now just whether to do long day trips(Jeonju, Gyeongju, Suwon, maybe Nami island) from a seoul centric visit or hotel hop. not counting taking the metro to Bukhansan park or anything. would probably stay in 3 different hotels in seoul to experience different neighborhoods. there's so much shit to do in seoul. illinasty noticed when searching you live(lived?) in Seoul so hit me with any advice you got, have 9 full days
We had dinner at 1516 one evening because it was right out our front door and we figured the kids could find something to eat. Not a bad place, but nothing Austrian to it. I'm not that keen on the art or natural history museums, but I do like arms and armor, and there's a good display in the Hofburg. I also like the Military history museum down past the Belvedere near the new Hauptbahnhof. Naschmarkt is a good place to get a lot of different kinds of foods, or just to wander. Not sure how open or busy it will be in December. Several decades ago my great aunt and uncle used to work at the Cafe Sperl a few blocks off the Naschmarkt; it's getting a little frayed at the edges in their effort to keep it old world, but it's still one of the better authentic Viennese coffee houses.
National Geographic Orion, should be about six days there plus three more on the boat going and coming back. Will take about three days in Santiago on the way down.
Actually didn’t end up being crazy expensive, but also not something I could do if I wasn’t married to a law firm partner. And we aren’t really going anywhere else except to visit family for the next couple of years either way.
yeah i'm just jealous, have that trip and african safaris for a few years down the road type save for trips
Safari is definitely on the list but that’s probably a retirement-type trip for us. We figured conservation efforts were more likely to be successful than climate change prevention.
my conclusion was basically that i'm going prior to beach season so thats all off the table and that theres a handful of touristy things to do (including a hike which who knows what weather will look like) that may not be worth the train ride and posting up for a couple days vs the day trips I outlined in my other post reading about Busan it just seems really really mixed about whether people like it and without the outdoor/beach component i imagine it moves way more towards not worth it
Alright so not meant to be an all-encompassing or *the best* list but I dug up something I sent to a friend a few months ago who literally had never been to this area of the country much less new orleans. He also stayed in frenchmen area so some of these are specific to that area. Restaurants - its more about places to avoid than places to go. Soooo many good restaurants it's hard to even make a list of "you have to go there" kind of places. Sounds like you have some solid places picked out already. If you travel a lot you know what to look for if a place is good or if its touristy and shitty. -New Orleans classic foods to try somewhere - charbroiled oysters (dragos or a rec), bananas fosters, pralines, Poboy, snowball (hansens or plum street), Muffalata (central grocery), Crawfish (below), Beignets (below) -Bachanal - Backyard live music great food, wine, and cheese. Get there early or at an odd time to get a seat. Awesome chill, eat, and drink place. -Crawfish - Not sure when you are coming but if its before like june get boiled crawfish (never had them in New Orleans so don't have a rec). I would only get them somewhere by recommendation of a local. -Three muses - Live local music and great food. -Beignets - Cafe du monde for the full experience but places like cafe beignet and others serve a pretty comparable beignet if you dont want to wait. Cafe du monde also has a to-go window. -Other restaurants off top of my head - Domenica (half price pizza 2-6), Shaya, commanders palace, galatoires, delmonico, herbsaints, gw fins, la petite grocery, borgne, blue oak bbq, peche, la boca, august, butcher, Turkey and the wolf (fried balogna sandwich), cafe amelie, Coops place (fried chicken) -More frenchmen recs - marigny brasserie, dat dog (solid mid day snack), The maison. Drinks -Like restaurants...so many places. Walk down bourbon once if you want but all the good bars are on streets off of bourbon or in other neighborhoods. -Pat O's piano bar is a good time, Bachanal as mentioned earlier, Erin Rose (big fan of this place, frozen irish coffee, bloody mary, Shrimp poboy from the restaurant in the back),Carousel bar, Sazerac bar (original sazerac), avenue pub (if you want good beer go here), Finn Mccools Irish Pub (best place to catch to watch soccer), snake and jakes (dive bar), bakery bar, the delachaise, Arnauds, alot of good breweries for day drinking. Things to do -Do the swamp tour. Ive never done one but I live nearby and have been in the swamp enough to not need a tour but I heard they are really well done. -WWII museum is a really great museum so good call. -Walk around in all the different areas. So much to do and see. Was there a few weeks ago with wife and in laws and we literally made up our own bar crawl where we only went to bars on bourbon cross streets. Wife and I go every year for our anny. We eat, drink, and walk around for 3 days...its amazing. -French quarter and Jackson square - shops, food, music, art, etc. -Don't walk alone at night or any street that doesnt have at least some activity. -Ride the street car. -I did a drinking history tour one time that was pretty good. If there ever comes a time you dont know where to eat, drink, ordo just ask a local and they will give you something.
When we lived over there it was still operational, we never rode it, but saw the jet(s?) all the time on the tarmac.
Don't go to shaya the chef Shaya got forced out for calling besh on being a piece of shit so opened his new place Saba
Yeah I should have mentioned that. I've only eaten at shaya before so that's why it was on my list. Heard Saba is great
It was good for a couple days and the cooler weather was great for us coming from HK. I see what you mean though. Think you’ll get similar experiences in Seoul. Speaking of Seoul, my buddy went to a Doosan Bears game a couple years ago and loved it.
My grandmother once got into an argument with actress Shelly Winters on the Concorde because my grandmother refused to put her cigarette out when asked.
Never even seen one. I don't think it ever flew on the West Coast. Expensive, loud, and uncomfortable is what I recall hearing about it.
Brother-in-law's boss flew in it a year before it was fully grounded. Very expensive tickets to sit in seats the equivalent of coach from his perspective. Still said it was very nice it to fly from JFK to Heathrow in 3 hours.