Cities you've visited

[ibus246]

Out of interest, what cities outside the UK have forum members visited on here?

[wivenswold]

Hmmm. Not a lot. In order of preference....

Ajaccio
Bastia
Cologne
Munich
Amsterdam
Berlin
Kandy
Paris
Columbo
Brussels
Dublin

Adding Bridgetown, Barbados to that list this year.

[snoggle]

Sydney
Melbourne
Hong Kong - several times
Singapore - several times
Istanbul
New York
San Francisco
Oslo - drove a tram there
Paris
Berlin - before and after the Wall came down. East Berlin was really interesting.
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Cologne - still remember having sausages and potato salad there. Yum.
Utrecht
Brussels
Zurich
Lausanne
Geneva
Budapest
Sofia
Dusseldorf
Rome
Milan
Munich - on German reunification night. Got very drunk with some German soldiers.
Vienna
Tokyo

I've possibly forgotten one or two places. Loads of countries I've never been to but would like to visit - Czech Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, would like to do Russia but not happy about personal safety there I'm afraid.

[b7tl]

Majority of Europe was a perk of being a tour driver - most stayed at overnight, others just for sightseeing

France - Paris, Lyon, Cruix/Bordeaux region, Nice/Monacco
Spain - Barcelona, Pamplona, Majorca
Netherlands - Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Dordrecht
Belgium - Bruge, Brussels
Luxemburg
Hungary - Budapest
Denmark - Copenhagen
Italy - Florence, Venice, Rome, Sorento
Greece - Athens, Corfu, Mykonos
Turkey - Istanbul Canakkale/Troy
Albania - Tirana
Bosnia - Sarajevo
Croatia - Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Zadar, Split
Macedonia - Skopje
Romania - Bucharest
Bulgaria - Sofia
Slovakia - Bratislava
Austria - Vienna, Innsbruck
Switzerland - Bern, Lucern, Lake Geneva
Czech Republic - Prague
Ploand - Krakow, Katowice, Ostrava
Germany - Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne
US - New York, Boston (Vegas in 3 months!)
Austrailia - Melbourne (and technically Dubai...)
Live in Dublin

If you like interesting buses, check out the Routemaster rip offs in Skopje!

[Green Kitten]

Jan 9, 2016 11:01:26 GMT wivenswold said:

Hmmm. Not a lot. In order of preference....

Ajaccio
Bastia

Corsica. <3

So, my list is minimal:
Paris
Copenhagen
Nice
Marseille
Ajaccio
Bastia
Amsterdam
Calais
Freetown
Washington D.C.

I hope to visit many more in the future.

[RT3062]

Went to Holland once with the scouts once .

[M1199]

Tend to visit more Town's/Resort's than Cities on my travels, but here goes,

Czech Republic:
-Prague
-Most
-Varnsdorf

Cyprus:
- Ayia Napa

Egypt:
-Alexandria
-Cairo

France:
- Paris

Israel:
- Ashdod - (Was meant to go to Jerusalem, however Israelly immigration decided to be funny and not let my girlfriend enter the country, she's from Pakistan but has had a British passport since birth, I was ok though, being a brit.)

Malta:
- Bugibba
- Mdina
-Sliema
-Valletta
- Rabat (Gozo)

Spain:
(Mainland)
- Alicante
- Benidorm
- Guadalest
- Torrevieja - Almost my second home! Need to get back there soon, missing a lot of Iveco Cityclass thrash from the Costazul drivers!

(Majorca)
- Alcudia
- Inca
- Magaluf
- Palma
- Port de Pollensa

(Tenerife)
- Playa de Americas
- Los Cristianos
- Los Vinos

Turkey:
- Alanya
- Marmaris

UAE:
- Dubai
- Fujairah

USA:
- Los Angeles
- Las Vegas
- Monterey
- San Francisco
- Pismo Beach
- Santa Barbara
- Also have spent time in the Yosemitie National Park and in Death Valley.

Favorite places:

San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Benidorm - Many think its tacky but I think its clean, tidy, friendly, cheap and has plenty of things to keep you occupied.

Least favorite:

Dubai - Found it boring! yes, its clean and tidy and the architecture is amazing but if its the middle of a hot day, there's only so many shopping centre's I can look round!

[Eastlondoner62]

I have been to:

Dubai
Sharjah
Chennai
Bahrain
Alicante
Murcia

[rmz19]

The cities I've been to are:

Dusseldorf
Brussels
Cairo
Luxor
Alexandria
Sharm El Sheikh
Hurghada
Paris
Zurich
Nice
Rome
Dubai
New York
Castries
Beirut
Tripoli (Lebanon)

[vjaska]

Cities

Barcelona
Dublin

Non cities:

Calais
Marmaris
One of the Costas in Spain - can't remember which one as it was many years ago
Rhodes
Tenerife

[YY13VKP]

Cities I've been to:
Mumbai
Dubai
Brussels
Sydney
Melbourne
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Paris
Bangkok
Phoenix
Calgary
Las Vegas
New York
Abu Dhabi
Bridgetown (Barbados)
San Fransisco
And i think a few more which i can't really remember.

Non-Cities that i have visited:
Malaga
Faro
Phuket
Goa (India)
Ypres (Belgium)

Places visited on stopovers:
Frankfurt
Munich
Montreal
Houston

[snoggle]

Jan 10, 2016 18:58:25 GMT YY13VKP said:

Cities I've been to:
Mumbai
Dubai
Brussels
Sydney
Melbourne
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Paris
Bangkok
Phoenix
Calgary
Las Vegas
New York
Abu Dhabi
Bridgetown (Barbados)
San Fransisco
And i think a few more which i can't really remember.

Non-Cities that i have visited:
Malaga
Faro
Phuket
Goa (India)
Ypres (Belgium)

Places visited on stopovers:
Frankfurt
Munich
Montreal
Houston

That's pretty good travelling and long haul miles for someone of your age.

[ibus246]

Very interesting to see where every one has been. Me personally I have just came back from NYC - I highly advise it for anyone wanting to go. I describe there subway as very "mechanical" looking but does the job and well in my opinion. Where I was staying in Queens/Long Island City they were in the process of building a new station.

Out of interest, those of you who have visited Hong Kong how difficult did you find it to communicate? Obviously all the signage looks like symbols etc... Unlike somewhere in Eurorpe

[Deleted]

Jan 9, 2016 13:05:46 GMT snoggle said:

Sydney
Melbourne
Hong Kong - several times
Singapore - several times
Istanbul
New York
San Francisco
Oslo - drove a tram there
Paris
Berlin - before and after the Wall came down. East Berlin was really interesting.
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Cologne - still remember having sausages and potato salad there. Yum.
Utrecht
Brussels
Zurich
Lausanne
Geneva
Budapest
Sofia
Dusseldorf
Rome
Milan
Munich - on German reunification night. Got very drunk with some German soldiers.
Vienna
Tokyo

I've possibly forgotten one or two places. Loads of countries I've never been to but would like to visit - Czech Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, would like to do Russia but not happy about personal safety there I'm afraid.

Just got back from the Harz, I am already missing that gorgeous potato salad

[snoggle]

Jan 11, 2016 5:09:39 GMT ibus246 said:

Very interesting to see where every one has been. Me personally I have just came back from NYC - I highly advise it for anyone wanting to go. I describe there subway as very "mechanical" looking but does the job and well in my opinion. Where I was staying in Queens/Long Island City they were in the process of building a new station.

Out of interest, those of you who have visited Hong Kong how difficult did you find it to communicate? Obviously all the signage looks like symbols etc... Unlike somewhere in Eurorpe

Hong Kong has very extensive english language provision - street names, bus and MTR destinations and lots of the shops. Anywhere in the touristy areas (so all the main parts) people will speak English. Even eating places with predominant Cantonese script will have an English menu somewhere - they all want your money! Only if you get a long way off the tourist trail, for example in the New Territories, will you encounter people who can't speak any English. Even then you can point and gesticulate. I've never had any great problem anywhere in Hong Kong and have eaten at small local restaurants which look "grotty" to our sanitised eyes and have had great food and no upset stomach.

One of the silliest things that happened was in a restaurant across from the hotel I've stayed at a lot. It was very popular with the local residents (everywhere is residential - always tower blocks above even the swankiest shops) but I ended up being delivered enormous quantities of food. The soup arrived in a terrine on a trolley, I'd picked the boniest fish on the menu which was a nightmare to eat etc. It was quite clear that the locals found my eating exploits (not deliberate on my part) very amusing judging from the reaction going on around me. I didn't quite get a round of applause when I left but I could tell I'd caused huge amusement.

Tokyo was the place that caught me out. Getting from the airport to the station near my hotel was fine - English script on the rail network. Trying to get out of Ikebukuro Station to find my hotel was horrendous. Think of Oxford Circus tube multiplied ten fold in terms of complexity and exits and with 20 times the number of people. I was totally lost. Japanese people stopped to help which was lovely and I eventually got out but then coping with the address system (there's no consistent way to write an address in Japanese) and how they number buildings, blocks and streets was alien. I eventually found my hotel but my stay was rather disorientating. I found it very hard to get around and work out where I was or to order food. I also got ill which didn't help. In the end I came home earlier which I regret to this day but I simply hadn't done enough research before hand. When I went back a second time it was much better as I'd done a lot more homework, had watched some english language Japanese TV (they also do learn Japanese programmes) so was far better prepared and had a much better time despite the language barrier. I think English was a bit more obvious the second time - more of it around the place. I love Japan as a country - unlike anywhere else I've ever been and it's good to have your perceptions challenged.