The Travel Thread

[EdwardsOtherSide]

Got back from a three day course in Cincinnati Ohio.
It was pretty nice for an American city but I am starting to appreciate a fact about the American space program.
More astronauts come from Ohio than any other state in the US.
Something about Ohio makes people want to leave the planet.

If you want to see a "typical" American city, I suppose Cincinnati would meet that need, but it not exciting or inspiring. For all there is to criticize about Chicago, Kansas City, or New York, they all have a certain majesty to them. All of them were hubs of change. Cincinnati... is there.

 

[Purple_Fronds]

Got back from a three day course in Cincinnati Ohio.
It was pretty nice for an American city but I am starting to appreciate a fact about the American space program.
More astronauts come from Ohio than any other state in the US.
Something about Ohio makes people want to leave the planet.

If you want to see a "typical" American city, I suppose Cincinnati would meet that need, but it not exciting or inspiring. For all there is to criticize about Chicago, Kansas City, or New York, they all have a certain majesty to them. All of them were hubs of change. Cincinnati... is there.

Never seen Kansas in the same list as NYC and Chicago

 

[Primalex]

In July, I'm visiting the Holstein Switzerland in Germany, to be exact the riding and horse breeding estate Gut Immenhof.

I would say this is the "most German" place in Germany, from a cultural point of view - since a movie series from the 50s, about two young girls and their life there, it's deeply ingrained. I doubt that you find a woman over the age of 30 in Germany that doesn't know the movies by heart.

The first one is actually available on YouTube currently:

 

[EdwardsOtherSide]

Never seen Kansas in the same list as NYC and Chicago

Courtesy of the Army, I spent a fair amount of time in Leavenworth Kansas, a short drive from Kansas City Missouri.
There is a fair bit to appreciate about that city, including art, sports, performance venues, architecture, & history (Battle of Westport, Failed Southern Treason of the 1860s). The WWI museum is superb.
Definitely not as intense as NYC or Chicago, but one of the nicer, more interesting US cities.

 

[IrisAlthea]

For all there is to criticize about Chicago, Kansas City, or New York, they all have a certain majesty to them. All of them were hubs of change.

Never seen Kansas in the same list as NYC and Chicago

Even from a different continent, I’ve heard about the crazy little women and perhaps more seriously about being a hub of change.

In July, I'm visiting the Holstein Switzerland in Germany, to be exact the riding and horse breeding estate Gut Immenhof.

That looks dreamy!
A beautiful part of the country.

I’ll have to look at the movie. My German language little girl culture was filtered through my grandmother, so it was Trotzkopf all the way.
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Trotzkopf

 

[IrisAlthea]

What I really came to post was a short trip to Blekinge in Sweden.

Stones deposited by the ice. Old childrens stories say they got thrown there by trolls. I’m unsure what is more scary really.

No Iris-roadtrip without engineering history:


Water of course:


Every motorcycle trip needs:

And the picture I couldn’t get myself, because it’s tricky to stop during the day (also skill level…):

The road into Karlshamn is a memorable one.

 

[13Fantasies]

Heading to Birmingham, Alabama this week. Anyone have any cool places that are both a must see and not a tourist trap?

 

[EdwardsOtherSide]

Heading to Birmingham, Alabama this week. Anyone have any cool places that are both a must see and not a tourist trap?

Ouf.
Keep going up the road to Huntsville?

For a few years (2005-2008) I lived in Montgomery AL (south of Birmingham) , and did my Army Reserve duty in Huntsville (north of Birmingham) so I drove past every month.
I am not a big fan of AL.

This having been said, there are several civil rights sites in Birmingham. It was in the middle of MLKs protests and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s (mostly because Alabama was among the most segregated, racist places in the US).

https://birminghamcivilrights.com/sites/

Fun fact about Montgomery AL; the bus from Rosa Parks not taking the backseat - the city of Montgomery put it dead center of the city impound lot so it wouldn't become a civil rights shrine.
Thankfully, a museum dug it out and took it to be renovated.

 

[BiBunny]

Ouf.
Keep going up, the road to Huntsville?

For a few years (2005-2008) I lived in Montgomery AL (south of Birmingham) , and did my Army Reserve duty in Huntsville (north of Birmingham) so I drove past every month.
I am not a big fan of AL.

This having been said, there are several civil rights sites in Birmingham. It was in the middle of MLKs protests and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s (mostly because Alabama was among the most segregated, racist places in the US).

https://birminghamcivilrights.com/sites/

Fun fact about Montgomery AL; the bus from Rosa Parks not taking the backseat - the city of Montgomery put it dead center of the city impound lot so it wouldn't become a civil rights shrine.
Thankfully, the Smithsonian dug it out and too it the the museum in DC.

Lol, my first thought was, "I'm so sorry, Birmingham is a fucking shithole."

Seconding the Huntsville and Montgomery suggestions. The Space Center in Huntsville is worth the drive alone.

 

[13Fantasies]

Unfortunately, I'm there for work so I won't be going elsewhere, although I'd love to. I'll have to check out some of the sites suggested

Thanks!

 

[EdwardsOtherSide]

You could look for a flat track roller derby jam.
I really enjoyed roller derby when I was in Huntsville.

 

[Supplyanddemand]

I love wildlife and went on a safari to Kenya / Tanzania two years ago. Planning to go back for a more extended trip and hopefully catch a migration.

 

[EdwardsOtherSide]

I love wildlife and went on a safari to Kenya / Tanzania two years ago. Planning to go back for a more extended trip and hopefully catch a migration.

That sounds like an amazing trip.
What animals did you see?

 

[Supplyanddemand]

That sounds like an amazing trip.
What animals did you see?

Saw an amazing amount. Rhino, elephant, buffalo, cheetah, tiger, giraffe (two species), hyena, leopard, ostrich, loads of antelope species including lesser kudu, eagle, flamingos. Amazed at how much was there and the density of wildlife.

 

[Purple_Fronds]

Saw an amazing amount. Rhino, elephant, buffalo, cheetah, tiger, giraffe (two species), hyena, leopard, ostrich, loads of antelope species including lesser kudu, eagle, flamingos. Amazed at how much was there and the density of wildlife.

That’s amazing what time of the year did you go?

 

[Wylie3]

Heading to Ohio in June

 

[Supplyanddemand]

That’s amazing what time of the year did you go?

August. It really depends on the rains as

That’s amazing what time of the year did you go?

August. It really depends on the rains if you see a migration or not.

 

[EdwardsOtherSide]

Heading to Ohio in June

Which part?
I have only really been to Cleveland and Cincinnati (driven through the state a few times, but only spent more than a night in those towns).

 

[Wylie3]

Which part?
I have only really been to Cleveland and Cincinnati (driven through the state a few times, but only spent more than a night in those towns).

Following the Sprint week so will be based out of Wooster and Columbus