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Posted by
BeateR
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Quoting goodfish
For those of us of (ahem) a certain age, planning on paper with just a guidebook - no internet or apps - was the only method we had short of hiring an agent or taking an escorted tour. Imagine not being able to see lots of candid pictures or reviews of accommodations, restaurants, attractions, etc. or up-to-date transport schedules, museum hours and entry fees, etc?
Somehow we all survived, and had a pretty good time too. :O)
I still use paper maps for their broader coverage, and to keep the phone tucked away.
And because of that way I have a full wall of paper-guide-books and maps. Some from centuries ago. But it is always interesting to browse through it and recognizing what has changed in the meantime.
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Borisborough
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Quoting goodfish
For those of us of (ahem) a certain age, planning on paper with just a guidebook - no internet or apps - was the only method we had short of hiring an agent or taking an escorted tour. Imagine not being able to see lots of candid pictures or reviews of accommodations, restaurants, attractions, etc. or up-to-date transport schedules, museum hours and entry fees, etc?
Somehow we all survived, and had a pretty good time too. :O)
I still use paper maps for their broader coverage, and to keep the phone tucked away.
And, planning on the hoof, travellers actually used to talk to each other rather than burying their head and scrolling down a screen.
I actually still use a Lonely Planet when I travel. Just got the updated Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan for Easter. Not what they used to be but still a good reference for sights and routes.
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greatgrandmaR
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I still talk to people. I guess sometimes they wish I wouldn't. I was told that I shouldn't try to engage the English in conversation when in a queue because the English did not do that but standing in line for the millennium wheel, the people behind us were from the south of England and we had a nice conversation with them.
I'm not as bad as my sister, the former newspaper editor who aggressively interviews people - even me sometimes. When she does it to me, I tell her to stop.
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AndyF
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I was told that I shouldn't try to engage the English in conversation when in a queue because the English did not do that but standing in line for the millennium wheel, the people behind us were from the south of England and we had a nice conversation with them.
I think ignoring strangers is a London thing. As you travel further North the culture is more for chatting in public places.
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hennaonthetrek
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Quoting greatgrandmaR
I was told that I shouldn't try to engage the English in conversation when in a queue because the English did not do that but standing in line for the millennium wheel, the people behind us were from the south of England and we had a nice conversation with them.
I think ignoring strangers is a London thing. As you travel further North the culture is more for chatting in public places.
I don't know if Manchester is considered to be further North but I had a nice conversation in a train station there and ended up to get company to chat with all the way to York when I was there.