# Back from travel abroad after 2 weeks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671 "2015-06-16T13:46:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/1 "2015-06-16T13:46:54Z")
So what’s everyone been up to? What’s new on the Dope? Any big kerfuffles I missed? Happy to be back! ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/2 "2015-06-16T15:37:15Z")
We had a mass conversion while you were away. Everyone’s Amish now. (I know, I know, I need to get rid of this computer . . .) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/3 "2015-06-16T16:30:11Z")
Awesome! I love macaroni salad. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/4 "2015-06-16T17:35:14Z")
Where’d you go? Did you bring us back something? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/5 "2015-06-16T17:44:07Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Where’d you go? > > Did you bring us back something? > > Regards, > Shodan UK (Bristol) for a work conference, then extended the trip for another 10 days to see London and visit wife’s sister and nephew in Brussels. Had a great time. I brought a bunch of Belgian chocolates but they seem to have been replaced with several empty foil wrappers. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/6 "2015-06-16T17:56:40Z")
While you were gone, there was a thread about tourists getting nekkid on a mountain in Asia and getting arrested for it. Someone said they were going to try for a naked selfie next to the guard in Buckingham Square. If that was you, is it on YouTube? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/7 "2015-06-16T17:58:27Z")
What did you think of Belgium? _In Bruges_ is one of my favourite films and so that’s near the top of my list of places to visit, before someone bombs the entire place. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/8 "2015-06-16T18:05:44Z")
While you were gone, there was a-- wait, I’m not supposed to talk about that, am I? Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/9 "2015-06-16T18:06:14Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > While you were gone, there was a thread about tourists getting nekkid on a mountain in Asia and getting arrested for it. Someone said they were going to try for a naked selfie next to the guard in Buckingham Square. > > If that was you, is it on YouTube? > > Regards, > Shodan Sorry, but my naked selfie was with the Tower of London guards. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/10 "2015-06-16T18:08:27Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > What did you think of Belgium? > > _In Bruges_ is one of my favourite films and so that’s near the top of my list of places to visit, before someone bombs the entire place. Enjoyed Belgium. We didn’t go to Bruges this time, but 2 years ago we spent a day there – it was nice, but I actually enjoyed the streets and architecture (and waffles, pastries, and chocolates!) of the old city square (the [Grand Place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Place)) more than Bruges. ---
**Author:** ![CerebrAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@CerebrAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CerebrAl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/11 "2015-06-17T03:50:48Z")
So glad your back. The board was not the same without you. The fight against ignornance seemed to wane slighty…I was worried. I’m OK now. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/12 "2015-06-17T10:30:35Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I brought a bunch of Belgian chocolates but they seem to have been replaced with several empty foil wrappers. Damned Homeland Security! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/13 "2015-06-17T12:45:05Z")
So what did you end up doing in London (it was you who posted that thread asking for suggestions, right?) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/14 "2015-06-17T12:50:16Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > So what did you end up doing in London (it was you who posted that thread asking for suggestions, right?) Yep, that was me. We stayed in Marylebone and had a great time. We took one of those big tour buses and it was much fun – free cruise down the Thames, stopped by and saw most of the sights, spending the most time at the Tower of London, around Westminster, and in Hyde and Regents Park. We ate meat pies, pasties, and fish and chips, and drank beer/ale and cider. It was very nice. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/15 "2015-06-17T13:08:34Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > We took one of those big tour buses and it was much fun – free cruise down the Thames Ha! Vindication! 🙂 Glad you had a good time. I’m hoping to do the New Forest & Jurassic Coast next year, which will involve at least a day in London too. I’ll be sure to dig up that thread again closer to the time. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-travel-abroad-after-2-weeks/722671/16 "2015-06-17T13:51:14Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Ha! Vindication! :). Goddam it. People have been having fun wrong _again_. Glad you enjoyed it, **iiandyiiii**!