The Analog Cub Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 welcome back to TRF...thanks for the travelogue! Sounds like you made a lifetime of memories. Both for yourself, and that Amsterdam hooker with a heart of gold. Remember when an Ohio native basically determined Kate Upton's next adventure? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 welcome back to TRF...thanks for the travelogue! Sounds like you made a lifetime of memories. Both for yourself, and that Amsterdam hooker with a heart of gold. Remember when an Ohio native basically determined Kate Upton's next adventure? ;)I'm drawing a blank. Maybe it would be better to find out through PM...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 It's awesome that you are able to travel around like that. I would have killed to have been able to go overseas to school when I was your age. I think people tend to appreciate the history of all of the older places in Europe more as they get older. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 It's awesome that you are able to travel around like that. I would have killed to have been able to go overseas to school when I was your age. I think people tend to appreciate the history of all of the older places in Europe more as they get older. The history was wonderful. But I'm not one for art. The only art I appreciate is music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 It's awesome that you are able to travel around like that. I would have killed to have been able to go overseas to school when I was your age. I think people tend to appreciate the history of all of the older places in Europe more as they get older. The history was wonderful. But I'm not one for art. The only art I appreciate is music. Well that may come more as you get older as well. I think appreciation for culture in general tends to happen as people age and become more aware of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 welcome back to TRF...thanks for the travelogue! Sounds like you made a lifetime of memories. Both for yourself, and that Amsterdam hooker with a heart of gold. Remember when an Ohio native basically determined Kate Upton's next adventure? ;)I'm drawing a blank. Maybe it would be better to find out through PM... :) Sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Very cool, BowlCity, and thank you for sharing your photos and experiences with us. I think it is so important for people to travel and see the world as it is too easy to become insulated in your home city/country and not realize how 99.9% of the world lives. I didn't realize the importance of travelling until I started to do it myself, and I didn't start until just a few weeks before my 30th birthday. As someone else mentioned, travel can indeed be a life-changing experience. You just have to move slightly outside of the tourist bubble--meaning, experience something other than the strict tour bus/cruise ship group that goes from one [native language]-speaking guided tour to the next [native language]-speaking gift shop, and get a little taste of what life in that place is about. One of the most interesting things about travel is you realize that people everywhere are so different, yet there are some things that are completely the same! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Dachau concentration camp, the template upon which all the other concentration camps were built: My first visit to a concentration camp was going to Auschwitz & Birkenau in 1999. (A couple years later I also visited Dachau.) The experience was completely shocking and totally astonishing, and the fact that Auschwitz itself was a collection of beautiful brick buildings surrounded by green grass and clear blue skies only made it worse. But the experience was life-changing because I am part Polish, and I learned that had I been born in a different place and time I would have been killed for that fact alone, nevermind who I actually *was*. Horrifying indeed. It made me realize my life wasn't actually bad at all, and oddly enough it caused me to become a happier person. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Dachau concentration camp, the template upon which all the other concentration camps were built: My first visit to a concentration camp was going to Auschwitz & Birkenau in 1999. (A couple years later I also visited Dachau.) The experience was completely shocking and totally astonishing, and the fact that Auschwitz itself was a collection of beautiful brick buildings surrounded by green grass and clear blue skies only made it worse. But the experience was life-changing because I am part Polish, and I learned that had I been born in a different place and time I would have been killed for that fact alone, nevermind who I actually *was*. Horrifying indeed. It made me realize my life wasn't actually bad at all, and oddly enough it caused me to become a happier person. Interesting, I love history and would love to visit a place like this. On the other hand I don't know how I would deal with it. Both mentally and physically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Dachau concentration camp, the template upon which all the other concentration camps were built: My first visit to a concentration camp was going to Auschwitz & Birkenau in 1999. (A couple years later I also visited Dachau.) The experience was completely shocking and totally astonishing, and the fact that Auschwitz itself was a collection of beautiful brick buildings surrounded by green grass and clear blue skies only made it worse. But the experience was life-changing because I am part Polish, and I learned that had I been born in a different place and time I would have been killed for that fact alone, nevermind who I actually *was*. Horrifying indeed. It made me realize my life wasn't actually bad at all, and oddly enough it caused me to become a happier person. Interesting, I love history and would love to visit a place like this. On the other hand I don't know how I would deal with it. Both mentally and physically. It was 3 euros for a tour guide and we got one in English. He was full American, born and raised in Munich. His life in Germany made his accent sound a little similar to Minnesota His tour was well worth the cheap price, gave us a lot more insight than the museum itself did. Made the liter of beer worth its price later that night, too... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Well done my young friend. I have to say I am a bit envious of your little trip as I have been outside of the US only once in my lifetime and that was a trip to Canada when I was 7 to The Worlds Fair. That is it. Glad you had a great time and are still enjoying your experience... :cheers: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) Well done my young friend. I have to say I am a bit envious of your little trip as I have been outside of the US only once in my lifetime and that was a trip to Canada when I was 7 to The Worlds Fair. That is it. Glad you had a great time and are still enjoying your experience... :cheers: Hey, was that the World Expo in Montreal in 1967? I was there! Why didn't you say hi? :P Edited April 19, 2015 by x1yyz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Dachau concentration camp, the template upon which all the other concentration camps were built: My first visit to a concentration camp was going to Auschwitz & Birkenau in 1999. (A couple years later I also visited Dachau.) The experience was completely shocking and totally astonishing, and the fact that Auschwitz itself was a collection of beautiful brick buildings surrounded by green grass and clear blue skies only made it worse. But the experience was life-changing because I am part Polish, and I learned that had I been born in a different place and time I would have been killed for that fact alone, nevermind who I actually *was*. Horrifying indeed. It made me realize my life wasn't actually bad at all, and oddly enough it caused me to become a happier person. Interesting, I love history and would love to visit a place like this. On the other hand I don't know how I would deal with it. Both mentally and physically. It was 3 euros for a tour guide and we got one in English. He was full American, born and raised in Munich. His life in Germany made his accent sound a little similar to Minnesota His tour was well worth the cheap price, gave us a lot more insight than the museum itself did. Made the liter of beer worth its price later that night, too... A few shots would be in order before I walked through the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Well done my young friend. I have to say I am a bit envious of your little trip as I have been outside of the US only once in my lifetime and that was a trip to Canada when I was 7 to The Worlds Fair. That is it. Glad you had a great time and are still enjoying your experience... :cheers: Hey, was that the World Expo in Montreal in 1967? I was there! Why didn't you say hi? :PIt was. You must have been really young, heck I was only 7. We took a month long camping trip and that was part of it. We spent about a week there if I remember correctly. We were all over the eastern part of Canada, Niagara Falls and the upper east coast of the U.S on the way back home... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 I'd like to visit Niagara someday. Parents went up there in the early 90's a couple years before I was born. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Only other time I left the country was to go to a resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico back in 2008 with the family. It was fun but you get the same experience in Florida, where the water is drinkable and it's actually safe to leave the resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Well done my young friend. I have to say I am a bit envious of your little trip as I have been outside of the US only once in my lifetime and that was a trip to Canada when I was 7 to The Worlds Fair. That is it. Glad you had a great time and are still enjoying your experience... :cheers: Hey, was that the World Expo in Montreal in 1967? I was there! Why didn't you say hi? :PIt was. You must have been really young, heck I was only 7. We took a month long camping trip and that was part of it. We spent about a week there if I remember correctly. We were all over the eastern part of Canada, Niagara Falls and the upperI'm east coast of the U.S on the way back home... Yeah, I was three. It was my first trip to Canada. I went with my mom to visit her side of the family who lived in Montreal and Ottawa. I don't really remember the trip because I was so young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Dachau concentration camp, the template upon which all the other concentration camps were built: My first visit to a concentration camp was going to Auschwitz & Birkenau in 1999. (A couple years later I also visited Dachau.) The experience was completely shocking and totally astonishing, and the fact that Auschwitz itself was a collection of beautiful brick buildings surrounded by green grass and clear blue skies only made it worse. But the experience was life-changing because I am part Polish, and I learned that had I been born in a different place and time I would have been killed for that fact alone, nevermind who I actually *was*. Horrifying indeed. It made me realize my life wasn't actually bad at all, and oddly enough it caused me to become a happier person. Interesting, I love history and would love to visit a place like this. On the other hand I don't know how I would deal with it. Both mentally and physically. It was 3 euros for a tour guide and we got one in English. He was full American, born and raised in Munich. His life in Germany made his accent sound a little similar to Minnesota His tour was well worth the cheap price, gave us a lot more insight than the museum itself did. Made the liter of beer worth its price later that night, too... My tour guide in Auschwitz was an older Polish man who had actually been imprisoned in the camp during WWII. Wow, it was a very intense experience. Troutman, like you I wasn't sure how I would deal with the visit. Would I be overwhelmed or burst out crying or what? But my mind filed away all the information and it took until a few weeks after I got home for my brain to come to terms with everything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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