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If you don't start every conversation with "parlez vous anglais" you're dumb and deserve mean things to happen to you (unless you speak french, of course)
I keep getting mixed reviews on this. Half the people I've spoken to who have been recently said every one was friendly and most will willing speak English if you ask them. Other half say everyone was rude. We're following it up with a week in Scotland so I'm sure that will be much easier to deal with.
My wife speaks French so I really don't know. I just let her talk all the time. I was being sarcastic. If you go speaking English, you'll have some issues but not awful. Most countries prefer you at least try
Scotland will be pretty damn difficult, too. Maybe harder than a non-native English speaker. Swear some of those fuckers are speaking an entirely different language.
Well we're spending almost the entire trip hiking the highlands so there won't be too much interaction with locals outside of meals.
I loved Scotland, would like to go back and spend most of the time up north as opposed to the Edinburgh area
that sounds/looks awesome. idea got pivoted real quick to a first week of december ski trip. what are the popular TMB spots or is there a thread for ski trips? Buddy of mine is suggesting getting a group for the south shore of Lake Tahoe. Anyone have likes/dislikes here?
I was just there last month and had no problems speaking english. Although it's a bit easier for me since I know some random words from French in school and since our food labels have both english and french sides. I feel like it's overblown because there's no way Parisians in service jobs are going to be stuck up to most of the rest of Europe/North America who don't speak French and make up a large percentage of the city's tourists.
2 days in Minneapolis. never been. potential moving destination. what things must I do, want the wife to want to move there (going to hit Spoon and Stable bar then have a later reservation at Butcher and Boar friday night)
Better hurry up and take her before it gets cold there. You can walk from on side of downtown to the other and never go outside. A maze of tunnels and bridges under/between buildings.
You're good on food. In Downtown I would say Nicollet Mall but it's still under construction. The southern part near Brit's Pub (worth the visit for the rooftop patio) and The Local (great Irish Pub) is mostly done and that is probably the best area anyway. Randle's is a good sports bar in that area too. There is good stuff...lots of theatres, rooftop restaurant/bars, etc in the Warehouse District near Target Center/Target Field too but I would avoid the area at bar close because it is a bit of a shitshow at 2 am. Places to see/hang out...North Loop (this is where Spoon and Stable and Bachelor Farmer is...Bar La Grassa is another great restaurant in the area and there are a couple great basement bars Marvel Bar (hidden under Bachelor Farmer with a back entrance and Parlour Bar (underneath Borough). Great place to live, walking distance from Target Field, river, etc. There are also a few breweries: Fulton, Modist, Inbound, etc. Nordeast/St. Anthony Main: it starts right across the Hennepin Ave bridge from Downtown/North Loop area. St. Anthony Main is the birthplace of the city with a historic brick main street and a bunch of coffee shops, bars and restaurants and great views of the city and is really well known for the Stone Arch Bridge. If you go up either Main Street (which turns in to Marshall) or University Ave it turns in to a more eclectic mix of bars (and dive bars) that all have a lot of character. Betty Danger's Country Club, Psycho Suzie's, Tony Jaros (greenies), Gasthof's (German restaurant with polka band in the basement on weekends and boots of beer). Along Central Ave is more of a Hispanic immigrant community but before you get to that you have a pocket with a bunch of old warehouses that are now breweries. Uptown/LynLake: Centered around Hennepin Ave from Franklin to Lake St (30th) and then over to Lyndale Ave. Popular artsy place for 20-somethings and early 30s.. Traffic and parking is a challenge so I generally avoid it but there are good restaurants (Heyday in particular, World Street Kitchen is also great fast casual), shopping, bars and then you have Lake Calhoun. Minnehaha Falls. Beautiful park area. Breweries: Surly (for quality), Bauhaus (for outdoor area)...nearby there are Indeed Brewery, 612 Brew, Sociable Cider Works and Dangerous Man all in NE. And then the stuff by North Loop with Fulton probably being the best quality (Fulton 300 is a good IPA). Is there anything else you're specifically looking for? The only areas to generally avoid are North Minneapolis and Phillips Neighborhood although that is where the hospitals are. Where are you staying?
more than I could have hoped. hotel is in the dead center of downtown. from my rudimentary research over the last few months an apartment/condo in the north loop is where we'd live. 100% going to hit some of the bars mentioned, going to hit Surly after I drop the wife off at the interview
Maybe we just got unlucky but on our honeymoon my wife was literally told to "fuck off" because she didn't know any french. Also, had a couple of waiters be decently snarky about us needing an english menu. I tried to speak as much French as I could (a very small amount) but it didn't seem to really help much.
Is AirAisia a pretty decent option when flying between locations in Thailand? Anyone on here used them before?
I speak French pretty well and when I'm in France, especially Paris, most people speak English back to me because they figure their English is better than my French, which is true. Never had or seen anyone be as overtly rude like what happened with Russellin4885 but I don't doubt that it happened. There are shitty people worldwide. I've actually been a bit surprised by the patience some French show with some of the more ignorant Americans. The guy taking tickets at L'Orangerie a few years ago is a saint for how he endured the barrage of louder and louder english this one dumb bitch kept directing at him because he wouldn't let her enter 10 minutes before it opened for the day.
Yes. They are totally fine. Much better than US based budget airlines. I think we paid like $8 to upgrade to a bulkhead.
Speaking of AirAsia.. https://slickdeals.net/f/10554596-a...cities-from-4-more-travel-march-november-2018
Rabid may be way out of your scope but any thoughts on north loop apartment/condo buildings? theres like 90 of them
Most went up in the last 10 years and the last time I was in the market for a condo was 2006 so I don't know them well. I've been in many but don't even know the names of half of them. If you ask on specific ones I can look them up and give feedback if I know them. I think hardcorekickball lives in the one above Whole Foods on Henn & Wash.
was reading about those today hardcorekickball thoughts as I'm trying to knock down the 900 to like 3 I might visit over two days
I've never been there but the pool area looks awesome based upon the pictures I've seen posted by friends.
Btw- Lyrtch - Thanks for the Block 15 Recommendation in the PDX thread. We stopped there when I was in Corvallis last week. The Perishable Produce IPA (seasonal) was fantastic.
just finished my last can tonight, bought a bunch to take to a retreat this weekend and got rave reviews by the cunty beer drinkers they do fantastic stuff basically across the board but its clear the owner prefers IPAs and Sours, which works out for me
222 is pretty awesome, especially the rooftop. it has a great view of downtown. the apartments across the street, Maverick, is brand new and loosk really nice as well, but is a bit more expensive. i think they have like three separate rooftop areas. there are a few that are right by 2 really awesome breweries, but i can't remember what they are called.
Planning on going to the Caribbean from like Dec 27th through Jan 3rd. Any tips or suggestions on where to go?
while I would agree about the generic ones, I highly recommend Royal Plantation in Ocho Rios Jamaica. It's technically owned by them but was a private property next door they bought out. Full butler service, incredible restaurants, nothing like the standard sandals that are everywhere. Very small (like 80 rooms), not even much of a pool, but purely private beach, 5 star service and amenities and incredible spot to relax.
Had friends stay at the Sandals south coast in Jamaica and said it was their worst experience ever at a resort.