Have you ever instantly fallen in love with a place?
Sep 25, 2012, 5:39 pm
#47
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Programs: United MileagePlus Silver, Nexus, Global Entry
Posts: 8,798
I still remember thinking "Why doesn't every American I know move here?"
Sep 26, 2012, 12:20 pm
#51
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Illinois-downstate
Programs: UA 1K, UA MM, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 955
I've been heard time and again saying that if I win the lottery, I'm going to buy a house in Locarno Switzerland. Lucerne would be a close second. I also love Amsterdam and could see myself living there as well. Bangkok is at the top of my list of favorite cities (I've been 27 times and still counting two more trips there in 2012) but I cannot see myself actually living there. It's exotic, chaotic, and the shopping can't be beat, but I just feel good to get back home to the midwest USA after a few weeks in Bangkok.
Sep 26, 2012, 12:41 pm
#54
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: CDG
Programs: Emirates Gold, Delta Gold, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 338
Atacama desert.
When we got out of the car and saw this endless beautifull emptiness with the most amazing landscapes of the world, it was the first and only time I was full of emotions because of a landscape.
When we got out of the car and saw this endless beautifull emptiness with the most amazing landscapes of the world, it was the first and only time I was full of emotions because of a landscape.
Sep 26, 2012, 12:48 pm
#55
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seattle USA
Posts: 7
NYC - for the energy; for the arts; for being 'larger than life' compared to any other city.
Paris - for the food; for the museums; for pure beauty.
Chicago - for being a mini NYC.
Vienna - for the MUSIC.
Ah, I need several million more FF miles, plus a fist full of cash!
Paris - for the food; for the museums; for pure beauty.
Chicago - for being a mini NYC.
Vienna - for the MUSIC.
Ah, I need several million more FF miles, plus a fist full of cash!
Sep 26, 2012, 1:03 pm
#56
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: NYC
Programs: AA GLD, AC
Posts: 4,222
I do, however, think it would be great to go to Putre and hang out by Lago Chungará. And I'm longing to go to the Salar de Uyuni.
Sep 26, 2012, 2:26 pm
#57
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NC
Programs: Priority Club Plat, AA Gold
Posts: 428
A deeply moving experience has been the Mezquita (Mosque) of Cordoba, Spain, in the morning, just after opening. Almost as good were the Greek ruins at Paestum, Italy (coupled with the nearby museum) and Herculaneum near Naples (also coupled with the Naples archaeology museum). Encountering very few tourists contributed greatly to my enjoyment.
Other beautiful places have been the Amalfi coast of Italy (like Amalfi in shoulder season; Positano was dead, Sorrento full of tourists still), Hawaii (not Oahu), smaller towns in Germany, and Sedona. Big cities like NYC, Chicago, London, Munich, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, Amsterdam, San Diego, SFO, Naples, Buenos Aires just haven't done it for me. Most of them are too mobbed by tourists even in shoulder season, or too Americanized for my taste. Haven't been to Asia though.
Other beautiful places have been the Amalfi coast of Italy (like Amalfi in shoulder season; Positano was dead, Sorrento full of tourists still), Hawaii (not Oahu), smaller towns in Germany, and Sedona. Big cities like NYC, Chicago, London, Munich, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, Amsterdam, San Diego, SFO, Naples, Buenos Aires just haven't done it for me. Most of them are too mobbed by tourists even in shoulder season, or too Americanized for my taste. Haven't been to Asia though.
Sep 26, 2012, 3:35 pm
#59
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Western Europe
Programs: Yeah, well, don’t really care anymore
Posts: 846
My current love affair is with Como. Went for the first time this summer, and it is one of the most beautiful and wonderfully civilised places I've ever been to. Would move there in a heartbeat and be forever happy, if it wasn't for the small matter of mortgage prices. It's, ahem, well, it's expensive!