This summer I will be spending five weeks in Europe (June and July) traveling around the continent both discovering the disc golf scene there, and trying to find where Charlie Chaplin is buried. I'm not sure the disc golf trip will be as rich and full as last summer's trek but what Europe lacks in disc golf it more than makes up for in famous graves, crime scenes, culture and Eastern European hookers.
The trip begins in Finland but quickly jumps to Norway and Sweden for some discovery and "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" hunting. Then a jump from there to St. Petersburg, Russia. They filmed scenes from "White Nights" there and I gotta see it. That's not the only reason to go, but I have issues with such things. After Russia is a tournament in Finland and then the bulk of the trip takes place.
You cross the sea on a ferry and land in Estonia. From there it's a tour through Lithuania, Latvia, Poland (gotta see Auschwitz), Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, then back home. There is so much to see on this trip that I'm not sure I am going to have time to see even this much. And with gas hovering around ten thousand dollars a liter (3.8 liters per gallon) I don't want to dilly-dally much.
One of the many complaints that Europeans have about American tourists is that we try to do too much and see too much and we end up missing the bulk of what is important to each European country. I guess that's true for some tourists, but when you cut out wine, beer, bad ethnic dancing and shopping, most countries I can sum up with a few museum visits (and, of course, graves, crime scenes and hookers). I'm not real big on certain things and unless I plan on moving to Europe, I can't hang out and "take it all in" as they say. This doesn't mean that I am going to skip what is important in a visit to these countries, but I don't have the time to see every piece of art in every castle. I will make an effort, but I think the disc golf and the hookers... graves and crime scenes... will be the priority for me on this "Invasion of" tour.
Charlie Chaplin is buried in Switzerland.
Motzart and Beethoven are buried in Austria.
Bach is in Germany.
There are some other notables but these are the key "must finds."
BUT... after a few weeks of planning things out, mulling things over, suddenly a wrench has been thrown into the works...
Have you ever seen how beautiful Greece and Turkey are? Word on the street is that they have beaches there.
So the trip could end up looking like; Finland, Greece then back to Finland and then home. Yes, I'm willing to pass up Charlie Chaplin and hookers to spend a few weeks on the Grecian seashore. And if I don't come home, don't come looking for me. It means I was eaten by a shark in the Med while swimming nude.
"Popeye" was filmed in Malta!!!
I think I could move to Europe, just for a few years. It might take moving there to get away from Sprint's long arms and to put things into perspective.
Where will I live? Well, I hear there is this luxury cruise ship just sitting next to the Italian coast, just off shore. No one is using it. It's tilted a little bit to one side, but I hear it's empty. I doubt that anyone will care too much if I move in.
I promise to send postcards.
The trip begins in Finland but quickly jumps to Norway and Sweden for some discovery and "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" hunting. Then a jump from there to St. Petersburg, Russia. They filmed scenes from "White Nights" there and I gotta see it. That's not the only reason to go, but I have issues with such things. After Russia is a tournament in Finland and then the bulk of the trip takes place.
You cross the sea on a ferry and land in Estonia. From there it's a tour through Lithuania, Latvia, Poland (gotta see Auschwitz), Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, then back home. There is so much to see on this trip that I'm not sure I am going to have time to see even this much. And with gas hovering around ten thousand dollars a liter (3.8 liters per gallon) I don't want to dilly-dally much.
One of the many complaints that Europeans have about American tourists is that we try to do too much and see too much and we end up missing the bulk of what is important to each European country. I guess that's true for some tourists, but when you cut out wine, beer, bad ethnic dancing and shopping, most countries I can sum up with a few museum visits (and, of course, graves, crime scenes and hookers). I'm not real big on certain things and unless I plan on moving to Europe, I can't hang out and "take it all in" as they say. This doesn't mean that I am going to skip what is important in a visit to these countries, but I don't have the time to see every piece of art in every castle. I will make an effort, but I think the disc golf and the hookers... graves and crime scenes... will be the priority for me on this "Invasion of" tour.
Charlie Chaplin is buried in Switzerland.
Motzart and Beethoven are buried in Austria.
Bach is in Germany.
There are some other notables but these are the key "must finds."
BUT... after a few weeks of planning things out, mulling things over, suddenly a wrench has been thrown into the works...
Have you ever seen how beautiful Greece and Turkey are? Word on the street is that they have beaches there.
So the trip could end up looking like; Finland, Greece then back to Finland and then home. Yes, I'm willing to pass up Charlie Chaplin and hookers to spend a few weeks on the Grecian seashore. And if I don't come home, don't come looking for me. It means I was eaten by a shark in the Med while swimming nude.
"Popeye" was filmed in Malta!!!
I think I could move to Europe, just for a few years. It might take moving there to get away from Sprint's long arms and to put things into perspective.
Where will I live? Well, I hear there is this luxury cruise ship just sitting next to the Italian coast, just off shore. No one is using it. It's tilted a little bit to one side, but I hear it's empty. I doubt that anyone will care too much if I move in.
I promise to send postcards.
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