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Destinations!
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Wife and I are going to New Orleans in April for 5 days. We will meet my brother and sister there. We will fly out. I will fly back and she will come back on the train: NO to Chicago to Albuquerque. Apparently April is not a fun time in Vermont.
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NOLA is amazing, I really liked it there. Everything I ate there was at least really good, and the people are amazing
I was there about 20 years ago, no one else in the party has ever been though. Should be fun.
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DC's where I'm heading in less than two weeks.
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Alright, this time around I'm looking for any tips on the Deep South, from an outdoors perspective, for my next hiking/cycling trip. East of the Mississippi, I've never been south of the suburbs of Knoxville.
Currently plan is roughly:
1 day in NW Georgia near Chattanooga. Lots of parks to hike there.
2 days in Talladega National Forest, Alabama. Also lots of hiking, and Alabama's tallest mountain
2 days in southern Mississippi, near Hattiesburg
2 days in northern Mississippi, near Tupelo
Cool museums for day trips in case it's stormy for a day would be nice to be aware of; Jackson and Birmingham are valid options there. Cool state parks are also of interest, especially in eastern Mississippi, in case I tire of cycling (always a risk on the first long rides of the season) Also curious for any tips on local cuisine that is must-try. Getting some authentic north Alabama barbecue is currently at the top of the list as it's pretty good when I've had it in western NC.
Tagging @Smellincoffee as our OT resident poster from the Heart of Dixie in the hopes that you might have some recommendations for the area.
Backup plan if the weather forecast winds up being bad for the entirety of the second half is Orlando/Gainesville, so also mildly curious about bad-weather options there. I hear there's this place called Disney World and the Epcot Center looks like it might be worth a visit, but I'm not sure if there are any other indoor things of note around that area.
Currently plan is roughly:
1 day in NW Georgia near Chattanooga. Lots of parks to hike there.
2 days in Talladega National Forest, Alabama. Also lots of hiking, and Alabama's tallest mountain
2 days in southern Mississippi, near Hattiesburg
2 days in northern Mississippi, near Tupelo
Cool museums for day trips in case it's stormy for a day would be nice to be aware of; Jackson and Birmingham are valid options there. Cool state parks are also of interest, especially in eastern Mississippi, in case I tire of cycling (always a risk on the first long rides of the season) Also curious for any tips on local cuisine that is must-try. Getting some authentic north Alabama barbecue is currently at the top of the list as it's pretty good when I've had it in western NC.
Tagging @Smellincoffee as our OT resident poster from the Heart of Dixie in the hopes that you might have some recommendations for the area.
Backup plan if the weather forecast winds up being bad for the entirety of the second half is Orlando/Gainesville, so also mildly curious about bad-weather options there. I hear there's this place called Disney World and the Epcot Center looks like it might be worth a visit, but I'm not sure if there are any other indoor things of note around that area.
I don't know much about the deep south, but there is great hiking along the NC/TN border. Linville gorge, Table Rock, Roan Mtn. Rafting on the New River!
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I've been to Linville Gorge, it is great, as is the whole area right around it. Haven't been to Table Rock but a friend in NC has recommended it. Hadn't heard of Roan mountain, but I see it's not too far Blowing Rock and other places I've been in North Carolina. I'm quite likely to make another trip to that neck of the woods (or maybe farther south near Asheville) at some point this year. Going to have to add it to the list of possible destinations!
I definitely need to try New River rafting at some point, too. Around here, people go down to West Virginia for rafting, but I'm curious if you've done it farther south? I took a trail that roughly followed the New for dozens of miles in western Virginia last year, but didn't see any rafts out on the water. It looks like it reaches into northern North Carolina though.
@Quintillus When I lived in NC (Chapel Hill), we frequented the mountains in the Linville area. Table rock overlooks the gorge IIRC. We used it for rock climbing. I have not rafted anywhere in the area, but just know from others.
Christiania? I have never been, but it the only reason I want to go to Copenhagen, and considering your avatar...
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I have a relative in Chapel Hill and a friend in Raleigh, so I've been going down there once or twice a year for many years now (except the pandemic years). I am somewhat tempted to move down there, whether that means in that part of central NC, or farther west towards the mountains.
What brought you all the way from there to Albuquerque? I haven't been to that part of the country but from what I've read it sounds pretty different from North Carolina.
I went to UNC and stayed 20 years after graduating. We lived 15 or so miles outside of CH south of Efland. We loved it. Orange Cty and the Triangle area were/are pretty liberal. In 1990 I got a job offer from a catalog company in Albuquerque to produce their catalogs. I had never lived off the east coast so moving west was a bit unnerving. In Nm we are and were far from our families, but adjusted just fine. Going back would be tough. NM has been a great place with few downsides. In general, the west has everything the east has but on a bigger scale and without the unpleasantries. The only downside for me was being far from the Carolina beaches.
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i'm indeed spooky but i'm always willing to say hello. we can grab a coffee or a wine or a beer.Sounds good.
Sounds scary.
for copenhagen, it's mostly just a bunch of really good restaurants, great walks and such. just a really lovely city. not as much good touristy stuff if you want eiffel tower class things. i guess rundetårn is worth checking out? at least that is a very silly tower with a weird backstory (the king was too lazy to walk up, so the inside staircase is made so he could be driven to the top with horse carriage. like the little mermaid, it's stupid, tiny and quaint.)
in general, researching where it's just neat walking around is great, and there's a lot of small shops where you can get excellent food and coffee. don't let the prices scare you. a lot of places are expensive, but the food standard is really high. depends on the place ofc. small local cafés are mostly great if you just want a cappucino. very hard to get a bad cup of coffee. so just taking a walk where you get a few coffees in random places as you go along the route is good. i recommend walking around the square lakes in the middle of the city. it's not much, but it's pretty lovely, there's usually birds, lots of wind of course, and there's a reason people like kierkegaard basically took walks in that area constantly. i've been there a lot, both listening to music (daytime) or drinking with friends by the trees (nighttime... mostly).
and of course: they hate tourists, but i really suggest visiting christiania. it's a really lovely place. lots of great craft shops (and no, i'm not talking about the drug areas). the buildings are all very prettified with street artsy stuff. and there's often small, good concerts, if you look for it.
it's worth going out to a bodega or bar somewhere (depending on the nature of your trip, concert sounds like no children, so). danes are usually quite cold until you've befriended them, but in the right bars you can easily strike up a conversation and get to know a few drunk locals, it really depends on the place. not everyone enjoys this ofc, a buncha drunks, but i love some of the random people i find there, getting some insight in other people's lives, and there's a lot of random foreigners where i visit that i talk to. some of the places i like are quite trashy, ofc.
for more artsy stuff, if you have time it's worth it visiting louisiana in humlebæk. it's a museum of modern art that has a lot of cool stuff, and (again) an excellent, expensive café. the café very much runs very quickly though. they'll very fast be at your table when you're done with your meal. but the art is interesting, and they sometimes host really cool events often aimed at international crowds. it's kind of a day trip, though, the train's like... two hours? i don't remember, to be honest.
on restaurants and bars (again, lol), kødbyen is a good place with a lot of well expensive concept restaurants and is probably the most hipster downtown area in the city if you want to get drunk or get a good meal. it's a tiny area with a lot of good spots. i haven't been there much myself, since i'm more of a dusty trash bodega person, but yea. crapton of craft beers in that area, too.
there's ofc also a bunch of parks that are lovely, and a zoo and such. frederiksberg have is good. also take a walk around assistens kirkegaard. bunch of our inner city graveyards have the double function of also being lovely parks.
oh, and huset i magstræde usually has stuff going on, and is otherwise lovely. they have a huge selection of boardgames you can rent and play with people.
tourists also really love nyhavn. it's probably the quaintest area architecturally, and usually international pictures from copenhagen are taken from that area. like a tiny harbor with a bunch of old buildings around it. there's a boat you can take around the channels for reasonably cheap, tourists do this a lot, altho idk if it's open this time of year.
other museums, uh. glyptoteket. kunsthallen charlottenborg.
and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, do NOT walk on the bike lanes. YOU WILL DIE. but since you have netherlands experience, you should be good.
of course, everyone speaks a-tier english, although most events and such are hosted in danish. there's always some culture event going on if you know where to look, although yea, the language.
if you're curious where i like to go, i can let you know. no guarantee it's for you, of course, but if you're curious. like, you can always check it out and leave.
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Thanks for the offer to meet up, but I don't think I'll have...er... available time. I'm traveling with a friend, and I have 3 different friends to visit within 4 days, so this will be tight.
Thanks for all the rest too
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Bike lanes should not be a problem, and as you say, I didn't expect the English to be a problem either.
It seems Copenhagen is then comparable to Amsterdam. Nothing outstanding tourist-wise, but an overall nice city. (sadly this is the case for most Dutch cities :/ ).
One of my friend lives in Nyhavn, and I guess we'll take kodbyen into account.
(Cristiana too)
Thanks for all the rest too
.Bike lanes should not be a problem, and as you say, I didn't expect the English to be a problem either
.It seems Copenhagen is then comparable to Amsterdam. Nothing outstanding tourist-wise, but an overall nice city. (sadly this is the case for most Dutch cities :/ ).
One of my friend lives in Nyhavn, and I guess we'll take kodbyen into account.
(Cristiana too
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I'll be in Paris on the 4th of July!! 
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I'll be in Paris on the 4th of July!!
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Close enough, i'll get the Eurostar!
Where are you jetting onwards to?
