s/o Most underrated international destination?

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Israel!

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Anonymous wrote:Moravske Toplice. Spa in Slovenia. Amazing food.

is everyone topless?

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I too am jumping on the Mexico train. Not spoken about enough: Acapulco.

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Anonymous wrote:Annecy, France. Super clean beautiful lake surrounded by mountains, warm enough to comfortably swim in in July and August. French food. 45 minutes from a major airport. 90 minutes from the heart of the French Alps. And yet I have met very few Americans or even Brits who have ever heard of it.

Went over 20 years ago on a People to People trip and LOVED it!

Yeah, it’s different now. Violence against children, especially babies & toddlers, is something I thought I would never see there.
I don’t know why pp wrote the above about Americans & Brits. There’s a small but mighty group of expats in Annecy, known as the “Venice of the Alps.”

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Myanmar

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Anonymous wrote:Annecy, France. Super clean beautiful lake surrounded by mountains, warm enough to comfortably swim in in July and August. French food. 45 minutes from a major airport. 90 minutes from the heart of the French Alps. And yet I have met very few Americans or even Brits who have ever heard of it.

Went over 20 years ago on a People to People trip and LOVED it!

Yeah, it’s different now. Violence against children, especially babies & toddlers, is something I thought I would never see there.
I don’t know why pp wrote the above about Americans & Brits. There’s a small but mighty group of expats in Annecy, known as the “Venice of the Alps.”

Huh?

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Anonymous wrote:Qatar. I think it is kind of a place most people wouldn't think to vacation. We absolutely loved it and I was pretty shocked by what a great time I had (i admittedly didn't know much about it before we went)

IDK.. I don't think I like the idea of spending my money in a country where women are second class citizens. Just doesn't feel right to me.

I hate this attitude from Americans. We’ve never had a woman president, we teach college women that they can’t go out alone at night because they’ll be raped, yet we’re the backwards ones. Learn to think critically about your own environment, see beyond the American perspective.

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Anonymous wrote:Annecy, France. Super clean beautiful lake surrounded by mountains, warm enough to comfortably swim in in July and August. French food. 45 minutes from a major airport. 90 minutes from the heart of the French Alps. And yet I have met very few Americans or even Brits who have ever heard of it.

Went over 20 years ago on a People to People trip and LOVED it!

Yeah, it’s different now. Violence against children, especially babies & toddlers, is something I thought I would never see there.
I don’t know why pp wrote the above about Americans & Brits. There’s a small but mighty group of expats in Annecy, known as the “Venice of the Alps.”

Huh?

I think PP was referring to this.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/08/its-unbelievable-annecy-shocked-by-knife-attack-on-young-children-in-park

It was shocking partially because it's so rare. And obviously because of the viciousness of attacking kids on a playground.


Just as a side note, 12 children under 18 have been shot and killed in the District this year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/28/teen-shot-southeast-dc-homicide/

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Anonymous wrote:Qatar. I think it is kind of a place most people wouldn't think to vacation. We absolutely loved it and I was pretty shocked by what a great time I had (i admittedly didn't know much about it before we went)

IDK.. I don't think I like the idea of spending my money in a country where women are second class citizens. Just doesn't feel right to me.

that sentiment applies to about half of the US as well since the dreadful SC decision last year

Do you include almost all European countries that have significantly more restrictive abortion policies?

Not a true comparison and you know it. Most European countries have abortion widely available in the first trimester and allow it for many exceptions later in pregnancy. Not like the US at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Annecy, France. Super clean beautiful lake surrounded by mountains, warm enough to comfortably swim in in July and August. French food. 45 minutes from a major airport. 90 minutes from the heart of the French Alps. And yet I have met very few Americans or even Brits who have ever heard of it.

Went over 20 years ago on a People to People trip and LOVED it!

Yeah, it’s different now. Violence against children, especially babies & toddlers, is something I thought I would never see there.
I don’t know why pp wrote the above about Americans & Brits. There’s a small but mighty group of expats in Annecy, known as the “Venice of the Alps.”

Huh?

I think PP was referring to this.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/08/its-unbelievable-annecy-shocked-by-knife-attack-on-young-children-in-park

It was shocking partially because it's so rare. And obviously because of the viciousness of attacking kids on a playground.


Just as a side note, 12 children under 18 have been shot and killed in the District this year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/28/teen-shot-southeast-dc-homicide/

Omg. I had missed this news. How horrific.

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Anonymous wrote:I too am jumping on the Mexico train. Not spoken about enough: Acapulco.

I don’t know if Acapulco could be considered an underrated destination. Decades ago it was hopping with American Spring Break college kids, and it has always been internationally famous.
I found it touristy and underwhelming at the time, worst food in all of Mexico. At some point it ended up on the “Do Not Travel” list alongside Afghanistan. If you were recently there I would love to hear about it…

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Bayeux, France. Great place as a base in Normandy. We stayed in the loveliest hotel. They had a great breakfast and a pretty garden where we had a glass of wine and charcuterie in the afternoon. And a really memorable dinner in a restaurant near the center of town.

Planning a trip to Normandy next year, would love to know the name of this hotel!

NP. we stayed in Bayeux last summer and found it very underwhelming. and for the love of god, if you do stay there, make reservations FOR EVERY MEAL. we didn't have dinner reservations when we arrived, every single restaurant was packed, and the only place that we could get food was some dodgy kabob stand. it was disgusting. wish we had stayed in Caen. or anywhere else in the region.

but, Normandy is AWESOME. every American should try to get there in their lifetime.

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Mexico city

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Anonymous wrote:Qatar. I think it is kind of a place most people wouldn't think to vacation. We absolutely loved it and I was pretty shocked by what a great time I had (i admittedly didn't know much about it before we went)

IDK.. I don't think I like the idea of spending my money in a country where women are second class citizens. Just doesn't feel right to me.

I hate this attitude from Americans. We’ve never had a woman president, we teach college women that they can’t go out alone at night because they’ll be raped, yet we’re the backwards ones. Learn to think critically about your own environment, see beyond the American perspective.

We have a lot to work on, no doubt. But if you think this isn't one of the best countries in the world to be born (and grow up) female, at least one of the following is true of you: a) you haven't traveled much at all, especially outside Europe and North America; b) you grew up very wealthy in a country that sometimes gets called out for its treatment of women, and you simply can't understand it, because in your chauffeured youth at home, you never got treated poorly by the doormen or male servants!, c) you think your attitude is the attitude shared by all the "right" kind of people...and you're a striver who desires to become one.

Anyway, may you never have cause to change your mind after a bad experience overseas.

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Anonymous wrote:Qatar. I think it is kind of a place most people wouldn't think to vacation. We absolutely loved it and I was pretty shocked by what a great time I had (i admittedly didn't know much about it before we went)

IDK.. I don't think I like the idea of spending my money in a country where women are second class citizens. Just doesn't feel right to me.

that sentiment applies to about half of the US as well since the dreadful SC decision last year

Shocking - I would have thought that allowing women (and men) to, you know, actually vote on state policies was more enlightened and democratic than having them dictated by nine judges.

We also have something called bodily autonomy, where women can choose not to have sex if they don't want to be pregnant, and then we have the freedom to buy contraceptives AND we have this thing called the Greyhound Bus that can take you to any state you want with abortion laws you like! Amazing!

That's a lot different than not being able to leave the house without a man.