Places You Loved That No Longer Exist
Jun 1, 2013, 10:54 am
#63
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Jun 1, 2013, 3:11 pm
#64
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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Jun 1, 2013, 3:48 pm
#66
Moderator: Delta SkyMiles, Luxury Hotels, TravelBuzz! and Italy
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Los Angeles
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Kona Village Resort on the Big Island. It was the most relaxing and most authentically Hawaiian resort in the islands. We used to fly in there in the 1970's on a Cessna from HNL and land on the resort's landing strip. So great getting out of the plane right in front of the "lobby" and being practically on the beach. On our last visit, a few years ago, the service had drastically declined and we moved to the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Kona Village ultimately was destroyed by natural forces.
Jun 4, 2013, 3:47 pm
#67
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Elgin, IL, U.S.A.
Posts: 912
WTC-NY, Disney Quest-Chicago, Circus World-Florida (I like theme parks, etc
, Hotels that have changed brand and I don't stay at the new brand. There had been places that I have recommended to people and they have not been there anymore when they go. Now I tell them to verify information and/or check the website first.
, Hotels that have changed brand and I don't stay at the new brand. There had been places that I have recommended to people and they have not been there anymore when they go. Now I tell them to verify information and/or check the website first.
Jun 5, 2013, 11:10 am
#71
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 2,172
Borders in Europe. May sound strange, but they made my childhood travels exciting. Names like Kiefersfelden, Waidhaus, Passau-Suben Autobahn, Brenner, Drewitz-Dreilinden, etc weren't just associated with long waits and encounters with old-fashioned bureaucracy, but also stood for the beginnings (or ends) of exciting adventures. (While we're at it, I miss individual currencies, too ... the simultaneously outdated and futuristic-looking Schilling notes, zero-tastic Lira, Francs printed on that flimsy yet oddly pleasant paper, the comfort emanated by a 1000 Mark note). Sweet memories!
Jun 5, 2013, 12:33 pm
#72
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Jun 5, 2013, 11:24 pm
#75
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: The Castro, San Francisco, California
Programs: UA, DL, AA, Aegean Air, Cal Alumni (go Bears!)
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West Berlin before the wall came down. The city was electric, and the residents seemed to be living life to the fullest, on the presumption the WWIII could begin any day.
Visited again, 30 months after the border opened up, and the city had lost all of its appeal, and long time West residents had a clear antipathy toward those who used to live in the East.
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This is just an observation about the old West Berlin city that no longer exists. The ability of those under communist control to take control of their life decisions, trumps IMO the loss of sense of community that used to exist in the Western zones.
Visited again, 30 months after the border opened up, and the city had lost all of its appeal, and long time West residents had a clear antipathy toward those who used to live in the East.
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This is just an observation about the old West Berlin city that no longer exists. The ability of those under communist control to take control of their life decisions, trumps IMO the loss of sense of community that used to exist in the Western zones.