I've got enough money for a plane ticket. Where shall I go?

[Deja Q]

Poll question: I've got enough money for a plane ticket. Where shall I go?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

1. Why don't you come to Oklahoma?

We'll show you a good time. :hi:
Duckie

[cobalt1999]

2. You are approaching winter in Minnesota...

Go south!

Way south.

Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, Brazil, Dominican Republic.

Get yourself to a friendly beach bar, watch the water, swim, flirt, gamble, drink, catch some rays, learn to dive, eat strange food, and relax.

Who knows, sign yourself on as crew on a sailboat and disappear.

Lots of opportunities out there.

[Deja Q]

5. Warm temperatures will kill me

I sweat profusely even at 75 degrees. Seems to get worse by the week, now...

Oh well. :shrug:

So Switzerland may not be so bad after all... definitely less painful than Brazil! :rofl:

[speedoo]

6. Come to NYC!!!

It's nice and cool here now. Plus, there are a few things to do.:sarcasm:

[Drum]

9. Agreed. (From another NYCer)

Though I like Minnesota and have many cool friends from there....

A taste of the energy (and yes, cultural cooperation) of NYC would be invigorating, but I loooove visiting CA (Bay Area, yummy!) to enjoy some real humanist look-you-in-the-eye-without-judgement mellowness. You are lucky to be able to choose!

I'm lucky that my job involves travel...though not travel driven by my wishes. This week, for instance, I am in verrry-conservative Lubbock TX, and just today had to do a brief interview on a local FOX News station! I was biting my tongue not to blurt out something on air about "it" all.

Saturday, though, we go to Boston for two weeks...aaah....

Have fun on your trip, HypnoToad, no matter where! Don't forget to drop us a picture....;)

Also strongly endorse England, Vancouver, Montreal as well. A visit beyond our borders and all of the rah-rah would be quite refreshing.

[YankeyMCC]

3. Spare the jet fuel and exhaust and find something interesting locally or

if you Really must fly...I'll suggest Visby Sweden.

Of course that's a complete dart throw since I don't know what you'd find pleasant and interesting. :) But it's a place I've been that I never imagined going to before I found out I had to go and I ended up enjoying very much.

I stayed in the "old" part of town, and I mean old. :) It's a beautiful and interesting place. I've been to England, Italy and Sweden in Europe and if you'd asked me which of those places I would expect to enjoy the most I probably would've picked Italy. But it was Sweden that I enjoyed the most.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visby

[cobalt1999]

4. He can't visit Sweden.

He's already surrounded by ex-Vikings. It would be like traveling 8 hours to see distant relatives of everyone he just left behind. :)

[Omphaloskepsis]

7. Today is my b-day..

I bought a ticket to Iceland for New Years.. It has been a few years since I have taken care of myself..

[Lautremont]

8. Montreal.

[pitohui]

14. i might go to montreal

is it hard to get around for an english speaking person, it's sad because i live in louisiana but i know only a few words of french and those i can't pronounce

i found paris quite easy to get around in, so if it's the same level of difficulty as paris i wouldn't have a problem, i have my phrase book and my patience

[Lautremont]

17. You'll find Montreal much easier than Paris.

Appear to try, however bad your French is, and 99.999% of the people will instantly take pity on you and switch to perfect or near-perfect English.

As long as you can say "Bonjour" and "Merci," you're good. Being able to greet and thank people in their native language, in almost any country, gets you pretty far.

[pitohui]

18. terrific

i can certainly do that much! i'm still trying to check out airfares but it's definitely on the list :-)

[bicentennial_baby]

10. Paris

Duh....Where else would you want to go, if not Paris?!?

[Richard Steele]

11. The fact that you put NC on the poll tells me you wanna come here.

Dude, you KNOW you want to...so quit fighting it already!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. North Carolina...

Check out the ocean. It'll probably be too cold to swim; but it'll still be beautiful...

[Sugar Smack]

15. YES. NC has my vote-

He has got to come here. He cannot miss NC.(PLEASE HYPNO!!) :bounce: :toast:

[pitohui]

13. so do i

however i was thinking more like singapore or something

i thought minnesota was the gateway to the world, or maybe that's detroit, but i don't know how long you plan to be gone

[Dem2theMax]

16. Italy!

But you'll NEVER want to come back home. It's addicting. :)

[miss_american_pie]

19. Come to Pittsburgh

Visit me. It's gorgeous here in the fall. :hi: