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Started 6 years ago by Freelance
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poll: Do you like my pics?
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Freelance
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Hello mew.

I went on many trips and took probably over 2000 photos (my sister took a few but I took the majority 'cause her pics normally turn out crappy), give or take. I uploaded them to my special Photobucket account and you can view them if you like.

I think this is the URL.
The links are all on the left. If you don't see any links, clickie on a little arrow on the left that the links should come up. The majority of links have subfolders based on location, and the number beside the links indicate how many photos are in that album. Also, at the bottom of each album, there are buttons for more pages (if any). Click on any photo to see the full sized image.

I also have a video (taken by my sister) of the full (or almost full, I forgot) Glockenspiel animation. To view it, go to Germany & Austria > Germany > Munich > Marienplatz.

If any of you like flowers, then the best album to go to is at:
Belgium and Netherlands > Netherlands > Keukenhof Gardens
It is the largest flower park in the world, with approx. 7 mill flowers planted annually. There's 220 photos in the Gardens alone, with 10 pages. I also took photos of various flowerbeds around the area in the same folder. One highlight is a flower reproduction of a Van Gogh (I think it's him anyway) painting.

The worst trip (and album) is Las Vegas of course, 'cause it's just in the boring US of A. Only reason we went was 'cause we could only go for a few days so any better place was out since it won't be enough to cover all the sightseeing. I can't remember what casino it was, but I saw a nickle slot machine with a wolf pack theme and went straight for it to try my luck. I won $130 :D Too bad my luck ran out after though.

BTW if you guys ever go to Vegas, for the love of god do NOT go to the buffet at Tropicana. It was utter shit and you shouldn't go there with a ten foot pole. There was absolutely no line up at all which is unheard of in Vegas buffets so that should've clued us in but we went anyway cause there wasn't much time before a show started (that we were going to).

Posted 6 years ago #
Freelance
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BTW, I have the photos in their original res on my HD. I had to resize them for uploading. If you want to use any photo for wallpaper, give me URL and I'll send the original.

I don't expect anyone to ask though, since nobody ever has in the other forum I posted these in.

Posted 6 years ago #
Aaron Jean
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Now I feel like a jerk. I meant to answer yes, but somehow my brain switched around the poll options or something. Oh well, at least you know what I meant to say.

I like the photos, and they're very nice, but I do wish there was context. The best is when you've got a photo journal with your journey described, but even just a sentence or two of description below each photo would be nice.

Travel for me is about the journey as much as the locations, so I'd like to hear about that as well.

Posted 6 years ago #
Freelance
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Not much to tell mew. I just walk around taking pics and that's it. Oh, and listen to audio travel guides if there is any. With all the pics I take per trip, it'd be way too much work to make descriptions for them all, and most likely I'd have forgotten what happened on that specific day anyway.

All the photos are separated by location though, so if you wanted to know more about a place, you can Wiki it or something.

Okay me can tell you something. When me went to my favourite castle of them all (guess wot it be), it was foggy so I couldn't take any good pics at all. It wasn't 'til I left when everything cleared up(!!) So crappy. You have to go up this HUGE HILL to get to the castle and my legs were all jelly-like by the time I got up there. Sadly, only 15 rooms or so were completed out of 200+ so I didn't stay there for too long.

Lots of ppl speak English in Netherlands.

Posted 6 years ago #
Always_Serpico
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I made the suggestion for Freelance to share her vacation pics, so, you're all welcome.

Man, you have been to a lot of cool places. The furthest I've ever been is one state up. The only place I really want to go to is Japan. One of these day.

Speaking of Japan, I was looking at some of those pics and saw the Hachiko statue. That's one of about 2 landmarks I can ID (Landmarks aren't things I really care to know about). I had heard of the Hachiko statue a long time ago, but it wasn't until The World Ends With You that I actually did any reading about it. I'm not an animal person, but you have to respect his level of loyalty.

Posted 6 years ago #
Freelance
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Hello mew.

I no find Japan a good place to go to if all you want to do is sightseeing. Sure, there's temples and castles and cute gardens, but that's the problem with Japan. You know their philosophy for keeping things simple. If you go to their temples and castles, you'd notice that there's not much variation between them. They're usually devoid of furniture so all you'll be seeing are loads of empty rooms. Any other country is better for sightseeing, especially Europe. I do recommend you go to Kyoto though. Lots of the older houses and such are still present and nestled in among the more modern area of the city. It's very quaint there.

Japan is a better place to go to if you're into shopping though. Tokyo alone should keep you plenty busy, and then there's all the food. You can literally find restaurants/food places at every block. There's even buildings with nothing but restaurants on every floor. All big department stores have food halls in the basement and restaurants on the top floors. All the subway stations are connected to each other underground, and there's a billion stores too so it's like you're looking at a city within a city.

I am happy someone else knows about Hachiko. He is a famous doggie and I knew of him long before I went to Japan so naturally I wanted to visit the statue.

Digimon Tamers (the 3rd series) featured many landmarks from Japan although I haven't seen any of them. The main character, Takato, lives in the Shibuya district though, where the Hachiko statue is located. The show never featured the station though, and if it did, I don't think I ever saw the statue.

Everyone is polite in Japan. If you ask them for something and they don't have want you know, they look sad and apologize to you. If you go to a store first thing in the morning, the employees all line up at each side of the aisle and bow and say good morning (In Japanese of course) as you walk by.

Department stores could be as high as 12 stories (even the electronic stores too), and have everything you could ever want in them. The stationary stores are amazing. Just aisles and aisles of nothing buy pencils, pens, markers, etc. The mechanical lead pencils look so much nicer than in NA (I got some). Some floors have loads of those gumball machines with little figures inside them, and there's loud music and giant screens showcasing the latest games. Their stores are really different and cool.

Did I show you my Monster Hunter PSP kit?? I can show pics of the stuff I buy there. They're not in my vacation photos URL.

Posted 6 years ago #
Shazbots
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I,ve been almost everywhere around the United States doing shows, lots of road trips. Been to Europe too, I actually spend it a full year Warsaw Poland and travel all of Poland, my favorite places were Krakow, Torún and of course Warsaw. Been to Germany too, Europe is sooooooo nice man, a beautiful place to visit and even for shopping but is a bit expensive. Another nice place to visit is Costa Rica, that country is simply amazing, lots of Europeans go there for vacation and even to stay and make a living there too. I always said the world is too small to stay in one place the rest of your life! Maybe one day I will settle down in one place and country but I dont see it happening anytime soon.

Posted 6 years ago #
Shazbots
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By the way very nice photos, I LOVE Europe!!!!

Posted 6 years ago #
onmode-ky
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Everyone is polite in Japan.

Everyone is polite to Freelance in Japan, because she is adorabibble and carries a laser rifle mew. ;)

The stationary stores are amazing.

The mobile stores are amazing, too! :D Sorry, just a little copy editor humor (you presumably meant "stationery," a store that sells the goods of a stationer).

Some floors have loads of those gumball machines with little figures inside them

You mean Gashapon machines, right? Those can make for some fairly impressive, and imposing, displays. Not as impressive as the stores that are packed floor to ceiling with character figures and mecha models, though.

Posted 6 years ago #
Atariboy
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Neat pictures. Looked around a bit in your European shots.

Since I really doubt there's a slot machine with a German submarine theme or a theme about packs of wolves, what's a wolf pack theme?

I've enjoyed my time in Western Europe and would jump at another chance to go.

Posted 6 years ago #

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