I think you are missing the point

It's not blind xenophobia. I worked there (Salzburg), and have since visited on several occasions (upward of 20 occasions in fact).

In the Tirol especially, and also across the border in Bavaria, you consistently find a higher than average number of people who are pretty much what people these days consider extreme, or simply strong right wing bigots..

Yes there are also nice people. And many of the bigots have been nice to me. So, I am not "acting like an Englishman" at all, since the Englishman you are talking about is making pre

Posted By: Steve in Holland on June 25th 2008 at 13:06:07

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Any ideas for a last minute break destination? (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 25, 12:10:46
- Venice, Salzburg, Nice/Cannes/Monaco, Barcelona, Budapest, Prague, Ljubljana, Dubrovnik (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:32:52
- How about a Norwich dodgy pubs tour? (General Chat) - Small, Jun 25, 12:23:45
  - Would be good for me, but maybe not so suitable for the little lady. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 25, 12:29:27
    - Have you finally bagged a primordials? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:31:23
      - Not exactly, unless 5'2'' counts. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 25, 12:35:34
        
        Austria's good - go to Austria. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:37:41
        
        Shame about the inhabitants (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:39:57
        
        I liked them, there were lots of lovely blondies with pigtails and nice names. For some (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:45:05
        
        I assume you didn't have the roast pig in the Iraqi bar. And just cos a girl is (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:47:54
        
        You can take the boy out of England, but you can't take England out of the boy (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 25, 12:52:22
        
        Oh I do apologise for gallows hoomer SIXTY FUCKING YEARS after ! (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:55:00
        
        Touchy (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 25, 13:00:19
        
        I think you are missing the point (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 13:06:07
        
        ... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 13:08:24
        
        No, we had it outside, in the sun, at a place what done ridiculously huge beer glasses and (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:51:58
        
        Ah then you were sorted. Roast pig, tatties and brötchens, with 1L beers. Heaven. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:53:16
        
        Alright. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 25, 12:39:19
        
        Innsbruck or Salzburg if you must go and visit the Nazis (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:41:00
        
        Didn't PK have an irrational hatred of Austrians? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 25, 12:49:39
        
        No, I have a rational dislike of many Austrians. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:51:57
  - Which others would you have on it though? (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:25:35
    - Festival House RIP. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:37:42
    - They're all so far apart now. (General Chat) - Small, Jun 25, 12:35:06
      - The Boundary probably counts as MIle CRoss - just. All the others have been destroyed. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:40:40
      - The Fuckern Freed Man (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:36:58
    - Farmhouse dodgy enough? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 25, 12:29:30
      - It's not like that now, it's full of WI-ers and helpful, old men. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:30:57
    - You could have had The Canary until they insurance jobbed it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 25, 12:28:46
    - Is The Trumpet still going? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 25, 12:27:35
      - Not heard of it, but it is a good name for a pub (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:36:44
        
        Nanny's book, from the King's, had a Trumpet pub in it (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Jun 25, 12:39:53
        
        There's one in Brum called the Bugle, which is quite shit. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 25, 12:38:28
- Seville (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 25, 12:23:44
- Basra (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 25, 12:23:39
  - Don't think that's what he meant by "last minute" (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:27:52
- A k-hole. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 25, 12:18:48
- ok.........serious suggestions..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 25, 12:16:31
- Ria (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jun 25, 12:16:06
  - Fucksake---Riga in Latvia (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jun 25, 12:16:31
- Depends what you're looking for (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 25, 12:14:45
  - Not too sure really. A city with enough to do for 4 days would be good. (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 25, 12:17:24
    - Can't go wrong with Berlin really (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 25, 12:22:25
      - Yup berlin would work, as would vienna or prague (General Chat) - megson, Jun 25, 12:28:33
        
        Vienna's a bit shit though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:31:33
        
        Nah tis nice, just not 'famous' (General Chat) - megson, Jun 25, 12:47:32
        
        Prefer Salzburg, Innsbruck and Graz myself though. Vienna's a bit clinical although it was (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:49:39
    - Graz in Austria is good, clumptastic as well. We just got return flights to Cork for £50. (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:22:11
      - Cork makes Norwich look both metropolitan and multi-cultural (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 25, 12:24:16
    - Santiago de Compostela (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 25, 12:21:10
      - That's £165 a night! And breakfast is compulsory. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:29:50
        
        Yes (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 25, 12:34:25
        
        Your image of me is so wrong. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 25, 12:37:05
        
        Oh, sorry (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 25, 12:40:51
        
        He's flippin' loaded. Mind you, you should have seen the place he booked us in Cov. (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:47:18
      - Plus: £43.58 Liverpool > Santiago de Compostela RETURN (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:24:09
- How long for? There are some cracking deals at the mo' (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 25, 12:14:33
  - 4/5 days, so not long haul really. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 25, 12:15:52
- Bocas Del Toro (General Chat) - HaddenhamCanary, Jun 25, 12:13:42
  - Do some work, pub-dodger (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 25, 12:14:41
- guernsey (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jun 25, 12:12:21
  - Is there enough to do there for 4/5 days? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 25, 12:13:39
    - no (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jun 25, 12:24:15
      - Or fishing, best fishing in the UK (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 25, 12:26:40
- I enjoyed Barcelona and Budapest (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 25, 12:11:43
- Bristol (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 25, 12:11:19

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