tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post5829750416751183389..comments2024-03-27T18:23:34.322+08:00Comments on WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE: An unexpected element of my German visitYTSLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-53190737215620236352010-08-20T22:26:23.106+08:002010-08-20T22:26:23.106+08:00Hi sbk --
I think there's a lot of truth to y...Hi sbk --<br /><br />I think there's a lot of truth to your comments. But I think that with many of the towns I visited in Germany, it also was a factor that they were more important towns in the past -- and consequently possess broad old roads in the town center that may have previously had more traffic.<br /><br />At the same time, I guess I also was surprised to see so few tourists about YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-43896077267466609652010-08-20T06:16:22.448+08:002010-08-20T06:16:22.448+08:00hi ytsl,
I don't know what to think about the...hi ytsl,<br /><br />I don't know what to think about the relative lack of people who are/aren't out and about.<br /><br />Here the small towns and smaller cities and even some larger cities have times of day when they look deserted. Some never bustle.<br /><br />Perhaps you're not used to this as Hong Kong is a high density city.sarah bailey knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08748376721447408580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-34614050386772050502010-08-19T22:08:24.226+08:002010-08-19T22:08:24.226+08:00Hi Bogdan --
I went over and checked your blog. ...Hi Bogdan --<br /><br />I went over and checked your blog. Thanks for the link -- but ermmm... your blog's in Romanian. Don't think I have that enough Romanian readers to return the linking favor!<br /><br />Hi A. --<br /><br />Hmmm... there's not much of a recession in Hong Kong -- and, when I checked with my German friend, she said the same with regards to Germany. So... maybe YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-56654543376060886782010-08-19T21:23:23.211+08:002010-08-19T21:23:23.211+08:00It's quite odd, but I've been noticing pla...It's quite odd, but I've been noticing places are quieter than I expected. Even Pisa, although it was far from deserted, really wasn't as over-run as I expected. Having seen crowds in Versailles and the Vatican, I was expecting Pisa to be much the same. Is it the recession, do you think?A. @ A Changing Lifehttp://travellingspouse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com