Where don't you want to go?
Replies: 18 - Last Post: Dec 5, 2012 3:41 AM Last Post By: jayanraj
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Where don't you want to go?
Continuing from the thread about rarely mentioned cities, where in the country you live in have you no desire to visit?I already started with France: Clermont Ferrand, and can add Nancy. I'm sure there are lots of others but we'll stick to bigger towns or cities.
Next we can do a thread about places you have been but have no wish to return to. :)
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seems Peejee started a thread as well, yet since yours started first, I'll stick to this one, bjd :-)maybe we could ask the mods to join them and make it a sticky, it might help first time visitors with their itineraries...
I usually like to regard myself as attracted to just any place, however there are many industrial cities that don't even appeal to me. further, WWII has 'helped' making a number of German cities considerably less interesting, and a lot of what was left has been disimproved afterwards...
places like Wolfsburg or Ludwigshafen would be easy choices. however, sfgirl's bold comment on that other thread about NY and Chicago impressed me (since both places would be high up on my list). so of the bigger places that are less 'obvious', I pick Braunschweig and Saarbrücken as cities I don't intend visiting anytime soon. (and I'm not too keen on returning to either Hannover or Bielefeld within my lifespan...).
I don't know anything about Clermont Ferrand but it hasn't triggered any emotions in me so far, wheras Nancy is a place I'd actually like to visit. for Charleroi, which has been mentioned by Peejee, I must admit I was always intrigued by that huge pipe that runs (ran?) parallel to the rail tracks for quite some time - someday I'll find out where it comes from and where it leads to ;-)
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Interesting that you do not want to go to Nantes. We visited the city in july and actually liked it. As far as Spain is concerned, where I live now for almost 20 years, I wouldn't know a place I really disliked. An area I disliked is the Manga del Mar Menor. Fortunately with the rise of the sea-level it will disappear pretty soon!In the Netherlands, my country of origin, Idon't care for Eindhoven, just factories and no real center.
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Liberat -- I do like Nantes -- went there for the first time this year and would go back because we didn't have time to see the island with the mechanical things.It's Nancy I don't want to visit -- in the northeast of the country. Apparently there is not much to see once you have seen the main square and also, the climate is not very nice.
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bjd, I am clearly a poor reader. Indeed the island in Nantes is interesting.We followed the pink line for quite a while, which also brings you to the island.I must confess having been quite a lot of times in Nancy on business and like the main square, Place Stanislas a lot. I never had the opportunity to visit any museum, but ate well in town.
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St. Etienne in France is a place to pass by as quick as possible. For a deep moment of loneliness go between the end of September and June to St. Tropez.9
Basically, anywhere east of the Rocky Mountains. Although there are some excellent places in the United States east of them, I much prefer the mountains and the places in or to the west of them. The same is true for Canada.10
#8. I enjoyed our several day stay with friends in St. Etienne. Going up in the mountains nearby for lunch in a small village was an unforgettable experience. There was a set meal in a small restaurant in which you had to have reservations, and of course no one from outside of the region would have done so. So it was just the local bicyclists and nearby residents. Nothing really special in the way of food, just traditional food and a nice enjoyable experience. And my wife has visited many times and always loves her stay there.I think that for many European places that you have to slow down and not rush right through. If you take the time to investigate, you'll find a lot of interesting enjoyable things there and nearby.
