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The Dice Man said:
Winter is so different. Before moving here I'd spent 11 years on the Gold Coast so was not used to long cold winters, and they're such a contrast to the summers here in the south.



I said the same 12 years ago so I understand. Enjoy :thumbsu:
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Yep. I lived in Thessaloniki for 4 years from 2000 onwards. In 03 it snowed and we had a white christmas.

It was beautiful.
 
Also, maybe I was being naive but I was expecting many more English speakers. Most people have none at all here in the south of Italy, so luckily I have enough phrases up my sleeve to get around.
 
Can't believe the open drinking on the streets here... Especially because no one uses it as an excuse to be a ****wit. Can't believe people are drinking open bottles on the street and behaving themselves lol
 
Engimal v3 said:
Can't believe the open drinking on the streets here... Especially because no one uses it as an excuse to be a *******. Can't believe people are drinking open bottles on the street and behaving themselves lol
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Yeah I guess it must feel strange to not have such a nanny government/police force constantly telling you what to do, or fining you for every little thing.
 
The Dice Man said:
Yeah I guess it must feel strange to not have such a nanny government/police force constantly telling you what to do, or fining you for every little thing.
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I've been a pretty big defender of Australia and have always been a bit stubborn in that regard, but this trip is seriously opening my eyes a bit.

Melbourne/Sydney are completely dead compared to even these seaside towns post 7pm. Bari and even Brindisi where I am now is pumping until well after midnight. Imagine if you could grab a beer at Fed square and walk around with it.
 
Engimal v3 said:
I've been a pretty big defender of Australia and have always been a bit stubborn in that regard, but this trip is seriously opening my eyes a bit.

Melbourne/Sydney are completely dead compared to even these seaside towns post 7pm. Bari and even Brindisi where I am now is pumping until well after midnight. Imagine if you could grab a beer at Fed square and walk around with it.
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Apart from the beaches and the land, there's not much that is defensible about Australia anymore.

My wife and I visited back in 2018 and was almost impossible to eat after 20.30 in Melbourne... A multiple winner of world's most liveable city :)think:). On Australia day there was a food truck festival near Etihad or whatever.. We walked down around 20.30 thinking that could be cool. But alas.. All finished.The trucks were not permitted to serve food after 20,30... God forbid alcohol.

Having said that, we, Australians, and I do still consider myself Australian, along with the other Anglo countries like SA, NZ, UK ect, do not handle and respect booze as well as most Europeans.

Lucky Country, Ha. :moustache:
 
The Dice Man said:
Apart from the beaches and the land, there's not much that is defensible about Australia anymore.

My wife and I visited back in 2018 and was almost impossible to eat after 20.30 in Melbourne... A multiple winner of world's most liveable city :)think:). On Australia day there was a food truck festival near Etihad or whatever.. We walked down around 20.30 thinking that could be cool. But alas.. All finished.The trucks were not permitted to serve food after 20,30... God forbid alcohol.

Having said that, we, Australians, and I do still consider myself Australian, along with the other Anglo countries like SA, NZ, UK ect, do not handle and respect booze as well as most Europeans.

Lucky Country, Ha. :moustache:
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Just the idea that everyone from teens to the elderly were sitting around drinking and not glassing each other was mind blowing lol
 
Engimal v3 said:
Just the idea that everyone from teens to the elderly were sitting around drinking and not glassing each other was mind blowing lol
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The same would happen here in australia if we allowed drinking on the streets. In fact it would even be more safer given we are a richer and have a far more rule abiding culture.
 

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swingdog said:
Nah, too many anti-social flogs here when it comes to drinking. Anglo-Saxon culture.
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I really disagree om this point. its just we put up the bad news stories in well the news so everyone think it happens a lot here. It doesnt. These stories are used to justify the nanny state and because sometimes theres not much else for our news media to report on.

people get into drunken fights in europe and a lot worse all the time. They just dont bother talking about it in the news.
 
pepsi said:
But what happens in these places in winter time?
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Not sure - you tell me. However Brindisi seems to be mostly locals in comparison to Bari, so I don't think the drop off would be too terrible, would it?
 
Seeds said:
Australians dont rebel. We queue up at bus stops in long orderly lines and often refuse to cross an empty road if the lights arent green.

we are conditioned sheep.
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Maybe I wouldn't go that far, but far out it's made me question some of the shit we do and put up with at home. We might piss and moan a bit when the government makes our country duller, but ultimately we do nothing. Australians are passive to a fault lol
 
Need to be like the French and launch a rocket into a building every now and then when things don't go our way haha
 
Engimal v3 said:
Maybe I wouldn't go that far, but far out it's made me question some of the s**t we do and put up with at home. We might piss and moan a bit when the government makes our country duller, but ultimately we do nothing. Australians are passive to a fault lol
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People in Melbourne are a bit more rebellious then people up here in queensland. Seriously people will not cross at traffic lights here on one way streets with zero traffic unless the man is green.
 
The Dice Man said:
Apart from the beaches and the land, there's not much that is defensible about Australia anymore.

My wife and I visited back in 2018 and was almost impossible to eat after 20.30 in Melbourne... A multiple winner of world's most liveable city :)think:). On Australia day there was a food truck festival near Etihad or whatever.. We walked down around 20.30 thinking that could be cool. But alas.. All finished.The trucks were not permitted to serve food after 20,30... God forbid alcohol.

Having said that, we, Australians, and I do still consider myself Australian, along with the other Anglo countries like SA, NZ, UK ect, do not handle and respect booze as well as most Europeans.

Lucky Country, Ha. :moustache:
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I think Melbourne is closest to Europe in terms of night culture (or at least it was, haven't been much post COVID) although it's still got a ways to go. What's unbelievable to me is a city like Brisbane which has 2.5 million people but is as dead at night as Hobart is with 10% of that. Couldn't believe when I was there how impossible it was to get fed after 8pm with all the kitchens closing.

Was in Madrid recently and most places don't open until 8pm lol and if they do only tourists would be eating there at that time. The Olympics are gonna be hilarious unless there's a cultural shift, I can just imagine southern Europeans, Asians, South Americans heading out at 10pm and wondering why everything's closed.

I think part of the problem is the amount of noise complaints that would flood in, not to mention the red tape. Aside from being extremely passive & sycophantically rule abiding, one thing travelling has taught me is that we're massive NIMBYs.

That said, on balance, I still wouldn't live anywhere else.
 
Thinking of doing a few nights in Nice - weather here in north Germany has been shit for weeks…. And seeing daily 30 degrees there has me wanting more. 100€ return from Hamburg so would be rude not to.

Anyone been, and got some tips for me? Looking at good coffee, good local places to eat, hiking/walking trails.

Thanks in advance!
 
TassieSaint said:
I think Melbourne is closest to Europe in terms of night culture (or at least it was, haven't been much post COVID) although it's still got a ways to go. What's unbelievable to me is a city like Brisbane which has 2.5 million people but is as dead at night as Hobart is with 10% of that. Couldn't believe when I was there how impossible it was to get fed after 8pm with all the kitchens closing.

Was in Madrid recently and most places don't open until 8pm lol and if they do only tourists would be eating there at that time. The Olympics are gonna be hilarious unless there's a cultural shift, I can just imagine southern Europeans, Asians, South Americans heading out at 10pm and wondering why everything's closed.

I think part of the problem is the amount of noise complaints that would flood in, not to mention the red tape. Aside from being extremely passive & sycophantically rule abiding, one thing travelling has taught me is that we're massive NIMBYs.

That said, on balance, I still wouldn't live anywhere else.
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Yep, I was in Brindisi yesterday which has a similar population to Launceston and yet there was much more activity in the night than the CBD of Melbourne lol
 

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