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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

>Most tourists aren’t interested in doing sightseeing (we have two mediaeval churches in my town from the 12th century)

WTF

Everywhere I go the first thing I look up are - ok where are the churches...where are the oldest ones. Now where are the oldest *buildings.* Ok, are there any art tours?

I will take your hour-long walking tour and turn it into 5 hours with all my irrelevant questions.

Edit: I have a family member in Braga, Portugal right now and I asked him to visit the Bom Jesus and make a third-order relic for me under the direction of the Padre there. He is an atheist and is now concerned that he 'is Catholic.' So nice that he did this though. I can't stop laughing at his 'concerns.'

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epimetheus's avatar

Oh, well, most tourists appear to be interested in food and booze, and to check their bucket lists, it would seem.

Oh, my walking tour is 3:30-4 hours, so there's plenty of time for these questions.

As to your edit: well done, my good sir, and I share your chuckles.

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Rikard's avatar

Sounds as if NRK has been reading too much about the 'Demeter' out of Bram Stoker's novel.

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epimetheus's avatar

Or maybe smoking shit?

Since it's also been very sunny outside, they may just have been outside too much without, you know, burka-like Sun Protection 2030™…

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Rikard's avatar

Seeing as I've been out hiking until last night, walking shirtless on the fjells with the Sun hammering down on me, I say "Nei" to that.

Like children at camps telling scary stories, they are addicted to their own fear.

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epimetheus's avatar

I've spent most of this sunny week outside making hay; needless to say, I don't do sunblock or sun screen, but for reasons unknown (rolls eyes), even me, that fair-skinned, red-turning-grey-haired European, hasn't gotten a sunburn either.

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