Whats everyone doing for the Holidays? - TravelPUNK Backpacker College Student Budget Travel Message Boards!

LostTourGuide · 12-08-2003, 07:14 PM

I figured with a board of this nature, people were bound to be doing some fun things, traveling to some fun places.

Me, Im driving back from school to good ol' Brooklyn where ill be spending the holiday with my family and friends, itll be nice to get back to NYC.... Worcester, MA sucks.

Mostly working over the break, maybe watch a few matches... My girl cant wrestle, but you should see her box!

(NOTE: the above was a poor stab at crude humor, please disregard

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**Sijuki** · 12-08-2003, 07:50 PM

That was pretty bad, LTG. but still funny.

I am working and staying home for the holidays. I am still poor in 2003. It will get better next year.

**kyle j** · 12-09-2003, 12:39 PM

Well on Friday morning i leave for Amsterdam stayin there a few days then heading on to munich paris brussels then back to Amsterdam and the home only going to be gone for 10 days but it should be a nice break from the norm and cant wait for some actual Christmas type weather also a good reason to stay drunk for a week and a half

**Mocassin** · 12-09-2003, 01:47 PM

I don't know yet...My bro and I talked about driving down to Miami in january to see some sun, but we'll probably decide that a few days before leaving...I'm not a planner, I usually act on impulse for those kind of things...

Kyle, I'm jalous!

ßeta · 12-09-2003, 06:09 PM

Staying home for the holidays. It's tempting to take off somewhere, but I need to get a new PC instead. The family schmoozing around Christmas is just about my least fav thing in the world.

**joanofarc** · 12-10-2003, 08:12 AM

kylej! you are going to love munich! that city is way chill - i wish i was going there at christmas time!! really, try that restaurant i mentioned - liebighof! right off the u-bahn line, you won't regret it! great wine and the best schnitzel in town.

**kyle j** · 12-10-2003, 05:12 PM

Yeah Im really looking forward to the christmas markets and the city being all lit up, Im hoping for some snow just think itd be really cool, more christmasy. and i will try my best to go to that restaurant since you so highly recomend it.

**joanofarc** · 12-10-2003, 05:13 PM

can i ask why you chose munich?
german ancestry? (i could read that thread but am lazy)

**kyle j** · 12-10-2003, 05:17 PM

Well partially b/c we are looking for cities to drink and party a lot and and it just seemed to be more interesting than berlin, really wanted to hit dresden too b/c a good friend lives there but couldnt work it out

**joanofarc** · 12-10-2003, 05:20 PM

haha, a trip totally different than the one i had!

that restaurant i told you about, though really good, has a more mature crowd - not too many drunks - in case that makes a difference for you. maybe you'll have more fun at the hofbrauhaus?? also, munichs elite club (but i guess you have to be dressed to impress - so you know i wasn't there, hah!) is called p1, it's in lehel, like that restaurant - i'm sure lot's of booze and babes to be had.

i also heard dresden is great, you should try for that. i'll go there on my next german getaway.

**kyle j** · 12-10-2003, 05:30 PM

true maybe not for us, we are looking more for the laid back atmospere but still something to consider if we get in the mood. Anything else you recomend in munich as far as sights ? We havnt planned too much there other than going to beer halls and bars

**joanofarc** · 12-11-2003, 08:51 AM

weisses brauhaus - downtown, just ask around. an old establishment with a robust crowd but not all the tourists that the hofbrauhaus has. good food and beer (had one of my two beers there).

cafe am beethovenplatz - if you like jazz, this place is cool to chill and have a coffee or a drink. live music after 8:30pm, you could go and warm up for a night of partying. on goethestr. just walk straight out of the hauptbanhof down goethestr. until you see hotel mariandl on your left. the cafe is on the lowest level.

muller'sches volksbad - my favorite place in munich! you can go here to get naked with a bunch of germans while chilling in various saunas and steam rooms - you can stay 4 hours for 15-20 euros... worth it. this would be really great considering the time of year you're going!

pension frank - 3 to 6 bed rooms for 25 euros, breakfast included. great location near public transport, plus bars and coffee shops abound in the neighborhood. cool guy named gunter runs the place. cheap and clean. young crowd.