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Replying to: bristol2 (Oct 28, 2008 10:18 am)

Replying to: laurasdada (Oct 28, 2008 10:23 am)

Replying to: laurasdada (Oct 28, 2008 10:23 am)

Actually, LG, I kinda screwed up at the very beginning. For our first anniversary, I gave us a Caribbean cruise. That has made it tough to move on up in gifts each year. A wise man told me, after the fact, that the year one gift should be a grain of sand and work your way up from there!
 
Doh! Yeah that definitely is setting the bar a bit high. Planning for us has actually been fairly easy, my wife loves France and I love Italy, so we usually end up in one or the other (or both). Every now and then we switch things up and go to Vancouver which is one of her favorites, or Vienna which is one of my favorites. You simply haven't heard live music properly until you've been to the Musikverein. It's the best hall in the world.
 

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Replying to: laurasdada (Oct 28, 2008 10:32 am)

Replying to: laurasdada (Oct 28, 2008 5:54 pm)

Well, I heard The Who live at Shea Stadium and Bruce at The Boston Garden. That's gotta be pretty close to The Musikverein!
 
Yeah, pretty close... Paris is a great city, the subway system can take you pretty much everywhere you need to go with minimal hassle. Paris has the world's best museums, and of course the Moulin Rouge. Until you can make it to Vienna, here's a taste of what its like to be at the Musikverein.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2yPCb66wcs

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• jlbl (Oct 29, 2008 12:02 pm)

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Replying to: lexusguy (Oct 28, 2008 8:40 pm)

My wife and I use to go to Paris at least once a year, usually closely before or after Christmas. One of our favorite visits there is the Paris National Opera House (Palais Garnier/Bastille), either to attend an opera or ballet soirée.
 
We prefer to drive to our destinations if possible, and make a stop or two along the way; but going like that to Paris to pay short visits is truly prohibitive due to the distance from our place but particularly Paris crazy traffic. U-tube and buses are best choice in Paris, as you said. The same applies to Madrid and many European towns, BTW.
 
We went to Madrid a fortnight ago, this time by car, to see a Rembrandt´s paintings exhibition at 'El Museo del Prado'. If you, or any one of the usuals here, happens to come to Spain you should not forget to pay detailed visits to El Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza (and Sorolla) Museums in Madrid. With L'Hermitage in St. Petersburg, may be the best painting collections in the world.
 
And if going to Barcelona, 'El Palacio de la Música Catalana' and 'El Liceu' are a must for music lovers.
 
But if coming anyway, you may rent a diesel car just to have a drive on the dark side.
 
Regards,
Jose
(Trying to attract as many visits as possible to this land in times of economical burden )
 
Edit: I forgot to say, I've attended a couple of concerts at the Vienna Musikverein and... they both were an unforgettable experience. The acoustics of the hall and the atmosphere of the place are just the best frame for the best performance. Vienna breaths music in the air.

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Leaked photos are out. It looks like they took a Venza, crossed out Toyota, and wrote Lexus in using a crayon. The interior is really out there, and it appears that Lexus has followed the rest of the industry and ditched the touch screen for some sort of center stack mounted control knob system. Not promising.
 

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