I must be insane

riverman · Post by **riverman** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:41 am

Sounds more like an adventure than insanity--with a sweet little whistle to remember the experience.

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:46 am

emtor wrote: We laugh at american citizens who return home saying:
"I did Europe in two weeks",-but what we do ourselves is far more stupid . . . "I did a beach and a hotel-room in Greece in two weeks".

I too have noticed the vastly different holidays/vacations that Europeans and Americans tend to take.
The joke here is "I need a vacation to recover from my vacation".
We tend to try to do far too much in far too little time.
My wife and I did an insane amount of driving on our trip to Britain three years ago. We literally did an entire circuit of England, Wales, and Scotland in ten days. While in Cornwall we noticed that the British tend to take a caravan down to some Cornish beach for two weeks, and that's their holiday. Seems a lot more relaxing than what we did.
I work in the tourism industry here in Southern California and I'm often surprised (and admittedly disappointed) when I talk to people who spend a week or two near Disneyland and then go home, seeing nothing else of our vast and varied country. Or, they spend a few days at Disneyland, go down and spend a day or two in San Diego and a day or two in Las Vegas, and then go home. Did you see the Grand Canyon? Did you see Yosemite? No time, they say.
The Germans on the other hand do seem to spend most of their time here enjoying our country's natural beauty by visiting our National Parks.

Brigitte · Post by **Brigitte** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:44 pm

pancelticpiper wrote:
emtor wrote:
The Germans on the other hand do seem to spend most of their time here enjoying our country's natural beauty by visiting our National Parks.

I guess that is the advantage of up to 6 weeks paid holiday leave per year if you are an employee

Brigitte

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:06 pm

emtor wrote: one should never shop for whistles on an empty stomach

Hmmm... . .is that the name of another tune? Jig, reel, polka, hornpipe?

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:53 pm

Sorry for your trouble Erik.

Just wanted to mention that I'm happy to hand deliver whistles to anyone that would like to pay for the plane ticket to Europe...least I can do.

Doc

rhulsey · Post by **rhulsey** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:23 pm

Doc Jones wrote:Sorry for your trouble Erik.

Just wanted to mention that I'm happy to hand deliver whistles to anyone that would like to pay for the plane ticket to Europe...least I can do.

Doc

that confirms it - you are indeed a kindly and humble man!

breqwas · Post by **breqwas** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:39 pm

Aghrrr, damn you, lucky european Basmatis :)
I wish I could just buy a plane ticket to visit London :)

MagicSailor · Post by **MagicSailor** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:04 pm

Hi

emtor wrote:Yes folks,-I seriously think I must be insane . . . the thing is,-I bought a plane ticket to London just to visit Hobgoblin Music located at Rathbone Place to buy a whistle.
How sane is that???

About as sane as my friend who sailed from Norway to New Orleans to buy a banjo. His boat is a 30 foot steel sloop named "Nirvana".

Regards,

Owen Morgan

Yacht Magic
Anchored in the lagoon, St Maarten

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Deathtrap · Post by **Deathtrap** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:44 pm

thats not too insane, at least he didnt try swimming

Guinness · Post by **Guinness** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:55 pm

I'd certainly have no compunction about buying a ticket from Heathrow to Hell just to pick up a hardanger.

BEC · Post by **BEC** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:11 pm

I thought Heathrow WAS hell

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:27 pm

MagicSailor wrote:About as sane as my friend who sailed from Norway to New Orleans to buy a banjo. His boat is a 30 foot steel sloop named "Nirvana".

would you buy a banjo in Norway?!?

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:49 pm

Brigitte wrote:
pancelticpiper wrote:
emtor wrote:
The Germans on the other hand do seem to spend most of their time here enjoying our country's natural beauty by visiting our National Parks.

I guess that is the advantage of up to 6 weeks paid holiday leave per year if you are an employee

Brigitte

That and they always seem fixated on open spaces. I think its genetic.

I kid!

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