update # 11

Date: Wednesday

10 Dec., 1997

02:24:26

0800 (PST)

 

Subject: update number 11

Instanbul, Turkey

 

RTW Travels

 

 

 

 

 

Best Trains: France

Wurst Trains: Spain

Best Beach: Lagos, Portugal

Wurst Beach: Siwa Oasis (all sand!!)

Best Bed and Pillows: Pension Lettie, Bacharach

Wurst Bed and Pillows: Palm Trees Hotel, Siwa

Best Art and Art Museums: Italy

Best (non art) Museums: 1)Army Museum (Paris) 2)Kunsthistorisches (Vienna) 3) National Portrait

   Gallery (London)

Best Festival: Interceltique (Lorient, France)

Best Prices: Tie between Poland and Thailand

Wurst Prices: Switzerland

Best Touristy Dinner Extravaganza:

    Hofbrauhaus, Munich

Wurst Touristy Dinner Extravaganza:

    MacTavish’s Kitchen Scottish Show (Fort William)

Best Theatrical Performance:

    “Jesus Christ Superstar”, London

Best Movie: “The Full Monty”

Wurst Movie: “Addicted to Love”

Wurst Behaved Children: “Brit Brats” (Captian Hook

     was a highly misunderstood character)

Wurst Deal on Laundry: Bled, Slovenia ($30!!)

Wurst Driving: Cairo Cairo Cairo

Best Driving: Gimmelwald (no cars)

Best Salespitch: (directed to us as we wandered, lost, 

    searching for an exit in the Grand Bazaar,       

    Istanbul) “Are you looking for the way to my shop?!”

Wurst Post Office Runaround: Madrid (mailing a small

    package clocked in at 2 hours. We’ll never gripe

    about the USPS again!)

And, finally, my personal favorite:

Best Victor Wisecrack: “Hey, where’s the painting of

   those dogs playing poker?!” (while in the Louvre)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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