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I know you said within US, but probably for the same price you could do Austria...

The lift tickets and what not is so much cheaper there. Wife and i have done Ischgl, Mayrhofen, Kitzbuhel, etc

Watched all 4 seasons, and really enjoyed this one.

First, kudos to Jhonny and Tara as I thought they were lost the whole time but only ones who caught on to who was the traitors, but could not persuade.

Was hoping for more out of Steve Colletti, but did enjoy the craziness from Rappaport and Funches.

Rob was an animal in the best way.

Will not spoil other seasons, but think Rob was the best winner over the history.

pumped for the season...still wish they would get a more regular schedule, but say that about every year.

Eli Manning over Sammy Baugh :lol:

Big Ben over Roger Staubach :lol:

typical garbage...but got me to respond, so i guess they win :banghead:

Manila...depends on what you want to do. One or two days to see the sites there. But you can do some great excursions from there such as WW2 you may want to stay longer.

Another vote for Boracay, really enjoyed my time there. Lots of great watersports and relaxation.

Also, I like Cebu and Mactan island, and thought it was just as relaxing (not as great beaches) but much cheaper.

And flying domestically in the Philippines is not the best...but hey, any flight that lands is a great flight :)

My two cents...lived there for a couple years and travel back and forth but it has been two years since i have been there.

Now, I used to speak pretty fluent Korean but skills are very rusty now

Subway - English and easy to get around

Taxis - the black taxis are more expensive but more English in them than other ones. Now if you take a regular taxi, due to traffic in Seoul you could end up having the taxi driver pickup someone else along the way As for Uber, no clue, just took the subway everywhere

As for being a big guy, the caution I would say would be with the plastic chairs at certain restaurants and if you do any of the street food tents (pojungmachas who are fun to drink in late night).

Hotels - Westin is always great after these decades...I like Intercontintal and Lotte, both in the myuengong area But again, if it is close to the subway, you can stay anywhere

Sights - Kyungboek palace (lots of English tours), Changdeokung, Namdaumun shopping (you have to go just to haggle, and bring an extra suitcase), really recommend a DMZ tour, and if time, a day trip to Inchoen if you like war history and have lunch on Wolmido for restaurants where you pick the fish and they make it, and also War Memorial of Korea

Women - really depends on your age, and how many people you are with. For example, you go with a group to some nightclubs and the waiters act as matchmakers, Itaewon (obviously lot of US soldiers but also Korean girls where you can not have to go through the traditional korean process), yes, I am stereotyping but if they are eastern european, most likely working girls,...

Food - what do you like? Korean BBQ is easy such as Bulgogi (beef), Dalkgogi (spicy chicken), etc Chinese restaurants, nothing like here more tradition noodles with black bean sauce, Hwe Dop Bob (a certain fish specific to Korea that you eat as sashimi), etc etc

Street Food - Soondae (pig intestine stuffed with rice, really realy good), Odeng (a fish type hot dog on a stick boiled in water, again better than you think), HoDuk (cinnamon stuffed pastry...really delicious dessert that is mainly winter time), Mandu (their dumplings) KimBap (think Korean california rolls), Twigum (Tempura vegetables), Fish shaped pastries stuffed full of sweet read bean really good

Drinks - Beer (Maekju) - I like HIte but Cass is popular, etc Soju - sip and drink and eat. Sweet but not too bad. Makkoli is a mikly rice drink that I would not drink more than one or your stomach is screwed

Ireland's tackling or lack thereof was atrocious...you cannot do that against France.

Plus Pendergast is terrible and picking 80% of the team from Leinster that is the down trend does not help. Did not think Farrell coaching the Lions would have this much of a negative impact. But they need to get some young players ready as 2027 RWC is around the corner and the path to their 1st Semifinal is Argentina.

Happy for the Italians. They have gotten so much better under Gustalvo. They will most likely beat Wales to finish 4th.

Wales....wooooooooof...what a sad state for a rugby proud nation.

England toyed with them. The question is does Scotland do their annual Braveheart and beat England this weekend? I dont think so. I think the ENgland - France match will be for the slam

give me a 5th set

Uhmmmmm...VT should get crap a lot but this one is the ACC went to 9 conference games and asked us to move the Sept 25th game that happened to be JMU. The new team on our schedule is SMU who replaces JMU.

Miami can run the ball....that is the way they win, and control the clock.

But Cignetti has seemed to destroy everything in his path...so he will probably force Beck to pass and that will be it

Thank you...favorite time of the year...hopefully VT will not be lookin for a new HC for a few years :usa: