# The official travel thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [May 9, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652 "2018-05-09T14:38:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/41 "2018-05-09T20:48:01Z")
Btw @PiecesOfKate the Euro-English way of saying sparkling water is something closer to “water with gas.” In southern Europe maybe even replace water with aqua. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/42 "2018-05-09T20:50:28Z")
I thought it was “sparkling”? ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/3/34fdd0b9efa00ca973dcbb79556a43e731d24ea5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/43 "2018-05-09T20:52:34Z")
In Germany we have the term “Rülpswasser”. And I am surprised that dict.cc has a translation for that: “gassy stuff”… (Disclaimer: Don’t try to order “Rülpswasser” in a fine restaurant…) ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/44 "2018-05-09T20:52:35Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > I thought it was “sparkling”? That’s called I typed this on my laptop, not my proper mechanical keyboard that’s sure to register every keystroke, 😛 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/45 "2018-05-09T21:03:20Z")
Like every year I´m off to austria from late may to early june. ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/5/547465d38e9b95b62362c2ec9c1e73f9dcd019da.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/46 "2018-05-09T21:03:46Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > > [@Someone](#): > > > > (and our hotel was next to a cementry, but that is another story). > > Sounds intriguing. Do tell! (This off-topic needs an off-topic anyway 😉 ) This isn’t a very exciting story. 🙂 A friend of our family told us that the hotel was cheap and good. Well, at least it was quite. 🙂 From my room I had a perfect view over the local cemetery. Our friend hadn’t told us that the hotel was build next to cemetery (or the cemetery next to the hotel…). Under my window was even a grave. If I had to jump out of the window in case of a fire, I would have been landed right on this grave. In addition it was hot and the windows were to the sunny side. My room was an oven. It was one of the worst holidays ever. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/47 "2018-05-09T21:04:01Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Like every year I´m off to austria from late may to early june. Why only this country? ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/48 "2018-05-09T21:06:15Z")
> [@Gffp](#): > > I guess that, checking out also the weather forecast, it could be not the best time to go to beaches It was supposed to be nicer but the temperature appears to have dropped, hurrumph. I’ll probably still venture to the beach regardless. We’re used to going in a gale 😉 > [@Gffp](#): > > After all, I like not to say much and let friends and hosts to get inspired by their curiosity to discover… Yeah that is true. I’ve intentionally not read too much about Pompeii for that reason 🙂 > [@Frenzie](#): > > Btw [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/piecesofkate) the Euro-English way of saying sparkling water is something closer to “water with gas.” Yep. Though luckily I don’t like sparkling water. How do you say ‘Fanta’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/49 "2018-05-09T21:08:06Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > How do you say ‘Fanta’? 😉 Sinalco! ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/50 "2018-05-09T21:08:07Z")
I really want to go skiing in Austria. It’s perfect for Brits - close and cheap. And lovely scenery as you’ve demonstrated. ⛷ ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/51 "2018-05-09T21:08:17Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Under my window was even a grave. Dug in advance for the hotel guest that would inevitably fall out of the window 😬 ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/52 "2018-05-09T21:09:05Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > > [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > > > How do you say ‘Fanta’? 😉 > > Sinalco! Hang on, that doesn’t look like Fanta… I’ve been conned. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/53 "2018-05-09T21:11:04Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > Dug in advance for the hotel guest that would inevitably fall out of the window 😬 I thought the same: All guests who haven’t survived the breakfast were just thrown out of the window of the breakfast room… ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/54 "2018-05-09T21:11:32Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Why only this country? Because since my uncle´s mother died her freehold flat there is empty for most of the year. So: free accomodation! ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/55 "2018-05-09T21:12:48Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > So: free accomodation! For all TWP forum members! Yeah! Thanks for the invitation! But that wasn’t necessary… ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/56 "2018-05-09T21:14:09Z")
The flat is a bit too small for that. For some reason everyone I tell about this, they instantly imagine a giant log cabin in the mountains, which couldn´t be further from the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/57 "2018-05-09T21:15:20Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > How do you say ‘Fanta’? 😉 “Orange juice.” (Seriously, they seem to think it means some kind of sweetened orange drink, at least at both Alitalia and multiple hotels. That being said, it’s not sparkling.) ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/58 "2018-05-09T21:16:42Z")
Isn’t Orangina very popular in Italy? ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/0/0d23e2f25f98e0acf4274e03fe2f862e43bb8d39.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/59 "2018-05-09T21:19:04Z")
I don’t recall tasting grapefruit or lemon in these homemade orangeades they offered at hotels but it might be related. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652/60 "2018-05-09T21:27:52Z")
Oooooh I love Orangina. My aunt and uncle (posh) used to buy crates of those funky bottles every summer. [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652.md?page=4)