A Place For Our Angel....

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Where to go....

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I wonder how many votes for hell we get

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Ok...I am looking for places that do NOT have Dollywood, Shindigs, Hodowns, etc. I do not enjoy those types of things at all.

I am currently in Kansas and am looking for things within driving distance if at all possible since I really can't travel too far right now because of our jobs.

In the future I would love to travel more extensively. Recommendations for international travel or even coastal travel would be greatly appreciated. I am not really into US touristy type stuff like Disney Land. I would prefer more laid back out of the way places. I do however love big cities....if that makes any sense. I enjoy exploring the cultural side of cities, but I hate commercial touristy stuff.

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In the future I would love to travel more extensively. Recommendations for international travel or even coastal travel would be greatly appreciated. I am not really into US touristy type stuff like Disney Land. I would prefer more laid back out of the way places. I do however love big cities....if that makes any sense. I enjoy exploring the cultural side of cities, but I hate commercial touristy stuff.

Well, I'm sure the Midwest has many interesting places that you are not interested in...I sort of don't blame you...with all deference to the great people who live in the fly-over.

San Fransisco on the left coast, NYC on the right coast.

In terms of international travel, I've always found the cheapest and most frequent flights are to London. Now that is a city, with history, museums, art galleries, a vibrant street life, etc.

And the great thing about London, even if you go for ten days, you can make it your home base and explore southwestern England. You can go to Oxford with its dreamy spires, to Bath with its stunning architecture and beautiful surrounding countryside, and of course, the Roman Baths, maybe up to Stratford if you like Shakespeare or the Cotswolds if you like those quaint English thatched roofed villages...so much to see and do.

But don't go for the weather, if you like nothing but sunny skies. Go for the culture and experience. For some strange reason, Brits love Americans, big time.

London is a good first step to the other side of the pond.

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I would LOVE to explore London! It is on my list of must see cities.

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Nov 16, 2011 18:21:50 GMT -5 @angel33 said:

Ok......

In the future I would love to travel more extensively. Recommendations for international travel or even coastal travel would be greatly appreciated. I am not really into US touristy type stuff like Disney Land. I would prefer more laid back out of the way places. I do however love big cities....if that makes any sense. I enjoy exploring the cultural side of cities, but I hate commercial touristy stuff.

Madagascar might be the place if you like nature. There may be a waiting list for some of their tours. It's on my 'bucket' list.

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Does anyone know if Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills are really touristy? That is only like 11 hrs away.

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Nov 17, 2011 9:29:36 GMT -5 @angel33 said:

Does anyone know if Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills are really touristy? That is only like 113 hrs away.

113 hours....that is a REALLLY looooong drive!

I was there when I was 3. I have no idea if that helps you though!

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Nov 17, 2011 9:29:36 GMT -5 @angel33 said:

Does anyone know if Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills are really touristy? That is only like 11 hrs away.

Rushmore looked touristy to me but I was rushing...

Little Bighorn was damn impressive and made a lot more sense once you walked the battlefield. I liked the Crazy Horse Monument. There's also Minuteman, the Wind caves and Badlands which I didn't see.

But if you're in KS, how far are you from Missouri? Have you seen Hannibal or Independence?

Hannibal is pretty much Mark Twain central.

Not worth driving TO but worth stopping AT if you pass it - Carhenge.

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I enjoyed Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, the Bad Lands and Crazy Horse. We also went to Deadwood, which is touristy, but interesting.
Also loved The Journey Museum which gives a great history of the area and Indian culture. Wish I had found the museum first.

I have to add that I love to travel and rarely dislike a place. I also had never been to that part of the country so it was a great experience to me. Got to see lots of different wild life and totally different landscape - hey, I'm from the Gulf Coast I know fish.

Enjoyed walking around in Rapid City and seeing the small statues on the street corners of the Presidents.

ETA: also took a tour thru the Black Hills Gold Jewelry factory. Don't know if that would interest you, but I love to see how things are made and it was quite interesting too.

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Nov 17, 2011 14:14:55 GMT -5 NoNamePerson said:

I enjoyed Mount Rushmore, Black Hills, the Bad Lands and Crazy Horse. We also went to Deadwood, which is touristy, but interesting.
Also loved The Journey Museum which gives a great history of the area and Indian culture. Wish I had found the museum first.

I have to add that I love to travel and rarely dislike a place. I also had never been to that part of the country so it was a great experience to me. Got to see lots of different wild life and totally different landscape - hey, I'm from the Gulf Coast I know fish.

Enjoyed walking around in Rapid City and seeing the small statues on the street corners of the Presidents.

ETA: also took a tour thru the Black Hills Gold Jewelry factory. Don't know if that would interest you, but I love to see how things are made and it was quite interesting too.

NNP, that sounds like a lot of fun. How many days were you there?

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Was there 4 1/2 days. Been trying to remember the place where we went to eat one night. They had old fashioned stage show. Everyone ate at long wooden tables and food was served on pewter plates. Kinda like being on the trail. We packed so much in I would have to go back and get my journal to see where this was. Funny how I remember sitting on ledge at Mt. Rushmore, eating Buffalo chili and seeing my first chipmunk

We didn't do any of the theme park type of stuff. Also you can gamble till your hearts content in Deadwood if you want too. I think the bathrooms had slot machines.

Only thing I was disappointed in was that there wasn't any gold mines to tour. The one where we were was closed to tourist but you could see the hill side and "trails" that were made.

For the OP, you said you were in Kansas City - don't know if you have visited the WW1 museum. As you can tell, I love museums. Oh and also visited an old Railroad Depot that had been restored and had interesting history.

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Recommendations for international travel or even coastal travel would be greatly appreciated. I am not really into US touristy type stuff like Disney Land. I would prefer more laid back out of the way places. I do however love big cities....if that makes any sense.

I'd recommend Istanbul. Lots to do, lots to see and a totally different culture (especially if you go during Ramadan, like we did).

When we went, we saw a lot but there was so much to see (despite being there for over a week), we skimmed some of it due to time issues.

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For international travel, I loved Madrid. Was there only a week, but crammed in as much as possible.

The Valley of the Fallen is a must.
The Prado Museum.
City of Toledo
Visited a cathedral built before Columbus sailed for American but can't remember the name - but gorgeous.
Beautiful monuments all over the city.
Went to the bull fights, but not something I would do again but it is part of their culture so had to experience it.
Went to other museums, etc but to long ago for me to recall their names. Spent one day shopping and just rambling around Madrid, visiting parks, etc.

Will say that I was only 26 when we went to Madrid and my first time across the big pond. We did sign on for a tour guide but don't regret that because we saw so much and days of internet were non existent to do research. This was back in 1969