Re: Tuesday Night Dinner Plans? 4/08/2025

Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-04-19 4:37 p.m., Graham wrote:

On 2025-04-19 2:04 p.m., Bruce wrote:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 19:46:53 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:

 

Chongqing is a megacity that you've never heard of. It's actually the
largest city in the world.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p49QRxO_n2c

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Terrible. I was in Melbourne 2 weeks ago. Also terrible. Too many
people. Go away.
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I was there 2 years ago and it hadn't the same positive vibe that it had had when I visited before covid.

  Too many people and two many tourists. I had been in Paris in 1993, 1998, 2001 and then again two years ago. I could no believe the increase in the number of tourists. We had a pass that got us past the lines in some places but there were a couple, like the Louvre, where you had to book a reservation about two weeks in advance. We got into the Musee D'Orsay  with okay but l'Orangerie  was a 3 1/2 hour wait to get into.
 My son and his wife were in Italy a few months ago and had to book weeks in advance for most of the attractions they were interested in seeing. It was challenging doing it online because some places had blocks of dates that would open up every few weeks. He was unable to book Pompeii until about two weeks before their departure so he was looking at the possibility of arriving there and being unable to see what they had gone there for.
 There are some cities in Europe that are taking steps to limit the number of tourists. They are looking at banning or restricting short term rentals, barring cruise ships, imposing tourist taxes, restricting the construction of new hotels and more.
 

Dave, if you had simply let them know who you are, they would have rolled out the red carpet for a hero police officer.
They had no way of knowing how special and important you are.
This was entirely your fault. I hope your son forgives you.