I was actually able to watch redzone just fine on a cross country domestic flight. I was very surprised.
Agree with this wholeheartedly. My default beer when traveling is a cold local lager. That Mumford and Sons IPA is going to lead to a nasty hangover and a useless travel day.
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Nothing like starting a 21-hour travel day by puking your guts out. Luckily I managed to make it to bathrooms. Although I was about 1 second from grabbing the barf bag on the landing from Naples to Paris and traumatizing the young girl sitting next to me.
Based on how much came out when I made it to the bathroom, I think I would have overflowed the barf bag.
I think I’ve slept about 36 out of last 48 hours.
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I once threw up in the bathroom of a Michelin star restaurant
(For some reason my stomach was feeling super full/bloated for a few days and I didn’t realize I couldn’t do the full courses, nothing to do with food/alcohol)
This sounds like the bougie version of that “I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom” line in The Humpty Dance.
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I’m assuming I got something from the hotel breakfast in Naples. I didn’t touch the eggs or flabby bacon. But maybe something in the milk, cream, or juice, or cream filling in some pastries.
Also I drank a little water from the sink in my room. But it was a $200/night Best Western. So I assumed the water was ok.
Going with my dad soon to Copenhagen (he’s never been to Europe in his life).
Have a pretty good idea of what do to there, but going to so a 2 day side trip to Goteborg/Gothenburg, which I’ve never been to.
Any recommendations? Maybe @Fabian2 has an idea or two?
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I’ve only ever been to Gothenburg to play card tournaments (Magic the Gathering) in my younger days really, so I don’t think I’d be able to add much beyond what’s in the “what to do in Gothenburg” articles on google.
Liseberg, which I imagine would be the top suggestion, doesn’t necessarily feel demographically appropriate, but maybe your dad really likes amusement parks 
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My one trip to Copenhagen was way too short, only things I can recommend for sure:
(Really good if you want to pick up some gifts)
And Jens Olsen's World Clock - Wikipedia
(You can knock both of these out in an hour)
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OK this is great, my entire Hawaii trip kinda got upended and now I’m going later this month. I’ve got a conference in Honolulu, I’m going to stick around in town for a couple of days and then hop to the big island for four nights (Westin on the Kona side).
Conference is booked at the Hilton Village Waikiki, they are in the middle of a big housekeeper strike, so I’m noping out of there and going to stay somewhere else (the actual conference is at the Hawaii Convention Center). It’s kind of hard to get a good rate at any of the properties on the beach, but I’ve got the big island for beach time (me and my wife are only mildly into the beach). Looking at the Laylow which is just a couple of blocks from waikiki and seems like a decent location for dinner/etc.
We’ll probably do the cultural stuff in honolulu on one of the extra days.
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Share a trip report when you’re done, my wife and I have been meaning to visit Hawaii but we haven’t gotten around to it.
I’ll be visiting my girlfriend’s family in Malaysia in 2025. Anybody got travel experience there?
this was probably the right decision even without the strike. that place is awful and I would have never thought it possible to hate a resort/hotel as much as much as I hate that place
I don’t know anything about the hotel you mentioned, but it’s in a very decent spot per Google maps. And Honolulu has very good bus service that is worth keeping in mind if the walk to the convention center seems a bit far.
Damn @ChrisV first you win 2nd smartest poster across multiple niche forum sites, and now this!
yeah I really can’t stand the huge megaproperties in general, I do a lot of trade shows and usually my company will book a block at like the SF Marriott Marquis or whatever, the views are great but man I don’t want to stay in a fucking warehouse
the only other option I can book on short notice that’s in reasonable budget is the Renaissance, which sort of looks nice and has some great views but the location looks kinda shitty (it’s slightly closer to the convention center but is surrounded by big box stores and a mall?)
Lol San Miguel de Allende. Slim has paid a lot so it keeps appearing on these lists. He’s an owner of the NY Times and it’s been their #1 city to visit in the world before.
It’s a decent little town, but not one of the great cities of the world, nor even close. I personally found Guanajuato City much more interesting for cities in that region.
lol @ Prague being less beautiful than NYC gtfo
I see these stupid lists all the time on Facebook. It’s nothing more than engagement bait. There’s no validity to them.
NYC is many things, but “beautiful”?
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I had a group of students recently visit NYC and were surprised at the amount of trash they saw compared to Prague. And the rats as well.