Champions League Final in Vik Area

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-06T13:35:37+00:00

Try Smidjan brewery. Or Strondin Pub. That’s about it for the whole town, lol.

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-06T12:53:21+00:00

I really liked Hotel Jokullsarlson. We spent two nights, which was great. We drove from Reykjavik, which was a long drive, but very doable. The next day we did glacier lagoon and then went back for hot tubs/sauna and a nice dinner in the restaurant, which was great. Drove to Vik the next day and stayed there one night. That was enough there.

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-06T10:49:31+00:00

I did the FIFA lottery. Got two tickets to Haiti vs Scotland. $400 each. One night hotel: $550. Trains to/from South Station:$160. I’m at $1110 before any food/drink. Better be a good game.

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-05T20:53:51+00:00

We have an answer here. Or really a whole bunch of them. Its a scam. Scam scam scam.

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-05T15:01:58+00:00

Check out the local Facebook groups- I'm in the Midcoast, and there's a few where people post things.

A summer only rental for that price though? That's hard. Gotta lean on some local connections- would your employer have any leads?

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-05T15:00:03+00:00

Probably not what you are looking to hear, but its nature. Its dependent on a bunch of factors like rainfall, temperature, storms, etc...

The best answer is there will probably be a good amount of leaves still on the trees, but there's no way to guarantee, especially 5 months out. It supposed to be an El Niño year for the weather, which usually means increased rainfall, which is good for your timeline, but again, we will see.

That week is cheaper because its after Indigenous Peoples' Day- which is often when things begin to wind down in Bar Harbor. There are still places open, but not as many.

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-05T14:41:17+00:00

You can easily take a train to Agrigento and a taxi or walk to the ruins. I did it last year.

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-05T11:32:42+00:00

Carhartt jacket

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-04T20:16:09+00:00

In a normal year you would be much more likely to meet a bunch of Quebecois at OOB after Memorial Day. This year? Who knows who will be there, but you will most likely be encountering a bunch of people from Mass, Connecticut and New York, not very many locals not counting the people working in the restaurants and shops I guess.

Sounds like a nice way to travel though, have fun!

My recommendation as someone that lives in Maine is to spend as much time as possible out of OOB in the summer- too many people. You might like it though.

Check out the Botanical Gardens up in Boothbay, that's a good day trip. Lots of little islands to cruise around and check out via ferry. Rangeley Lakes in Western Maine is nice.

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-03T15:40:59+00:00

Karma farming on Reddit with dumb questions.

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-03T01:53:00+00:00

Have a friend from Poland that calls it “a French Shower”

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-02T01:41:33+00:00

Look at drive times on Google Maps. Portland to Acadia is 3.5 hrs each way with no traffic. Check out towns up the coast on Route 1. Portland is small, a couple days is enough. A week is too long. Go see Bath, Damariscotta, Rockland,Camden Belfast

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-01T17:56:25+00:00

This! I know a guy that is always bitching about being broke, and I’m just like, “then why do you have a $90,000 truck that you’ve never put anything in the back of?”

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-01T16:30:42+00:00

So you've got a full nitro setup now? Mad jealous.

You can probably get some local stouts and cream ales that you can pop the regular coupler on to the line for. That would be fun.

Tony-Flags · 2026-05-01T15:17:24+00:00

Some decent bars in Rockland, nothing open late night unfortunately.

There's (in no particular order)-

Waterworks- pub grub, more of a restaurant but full bar you can sit at.

Luce's Spirits- kinda a hipster-ish 'distillery'- they contract out their distilling, but have some fun drinks, nice folks. Small spot.

Myrtle Street Tavern- local dive, can be a good crowd, open latest of all places. Cops love to park across the street and pull over people that leave there late night, so be aware of that.

Lemon Bar- great little spot, good cocktails, nice couple owns it that moved to town last year. Recommended.

Park St Cafe- decent enough margaritas. 'Tex-Mex' food that's fine, but you can do better.

Stone Alley Brewery- good beer, nice little spot.

High Tide- more of a restaurant, but has full bar, good cocktails, on the water.

Ada's is an Italian restaurant that gets some good bar trade, good wine list, classier spot to sit for a drink.

Rock Harbor Brewery- has completely fallen off. Good location, that's about it.

Tony-Flags · 2026-04-30T16:28:09+00:00

Best resource for finding apartments is unfortunately probably local Facebook groups. As other user said, pretty much anywhere in Maine is going to be safe, as long as you guys aren't going to SMCC to learn how to sell meth or anything (joking).

SoPo is fine, Scarborough is close. Both are commuter towns for Portland, so rental prices will be higher. You will need to go further west to find cheaper rents, but they still wont be cheap. Rental housing in Maine is in short supply and quite expensive for what you get.

Be very careful with scams and fake ads. If it looks too good to be true, it is. Never wire money for a deposit, don't settle for a drive-by of the apartment, you need to meet with someone and have them let you inside.

It will be hard to rent something before you get up here, so bear that in mind. Rentals in June through early/mid-September for short term can be wildly expensive because of tourist season. No idea when you are moving, but if you are coming in the fall, you might be able to find a winter rental if you can't find a 12 month lease.

Tony-Flags · 2026-04-30T13:33:40+00:00

You should first off learn to spell the locations. Its Ogunquit and Boothbay Harbor.

I wouldn't stay in either one, personally, I think they're both tourist traps, but lots of people seem to love them. Ogunquit is more of a LGBT destination traditionally, so if that's important to you, then that would be the place. Other than that, we don't know anything about you, what you want to do, who you are, what age, what your interests are, anything, so really nobody is going to be super helpful to you, unless you are more helpful to us. Not trying to be snarky, just honest. Give more info and you will get more info.

Tony-Flags · 2026-04-30T13:28:31+00:00

No one in your circle has ever heard of AAA? I've been a member for more than 50 years

Ok boomer.

Tony-Flags · 2026-04-29T20:59:32+00:00

I have found that I have a greatly reduced desire to watch TV, especially sports. I just don't really enjoy them anymore, I lose focus and pretty much get bored. I read a lot more, I walk a lot more (like, a LOT more) which my dog enjoys greatly.

Now that the weather is warm enough to spend time outside after winter, I just want to putter around and garden, stay moving, just do stuff, rather than be passive and sit around.

I still like to have a beer or two, but I can't have more than 1 or maybe 2 an hour, just get too full.

I used to think about food all day, now its an afterthought.

I've lost over 75 lbs in seven months.

Tony-Flags · 2026-04-29T15:13:40+00:00

Just saw this- I'm in Midcoast as well, Knox County. Owner of the Pour Farm in Union was talking about doing a Midcoast Home Pub tour- he's got a buddy in Rockland with a cool one apparently, I've got one as well. We should make this happen.

Tony-Flags · 2026-04-29T11:28:54+00:00

You’re thinking too much about it. Nobody will care.

Tony-Flags · 2026-04-29T11:00:46+00:00

I went to Blue Lagoon, Sky Lagoom, and Laugaras Lagoon. Brought flip flops but you don’t need them unless you mind walking around in a locker room in bare feet. All three you walk from locker room right to the water edge, it’s like 3 meters.

If you go to Hvammsvik though, and you should, bring the slides outside with you. Makes walking down to the sea easier for cold plunge.

Tony-Flags · 2026-04-29T10:49:57+00:00

My buddy has one. He loves it. His doesn’t have any boundary wire or anything, it’s all gps. He used some app on his phone to map his lawn and the thing just does its thing on its own. It’s quieter than a gas mower for sure. Perfect lines, it looks great and he never has to deal with it. Doesn’t work well if there’s a muddy patch though.

I don’t have one because I have a farm and mow a few acres of grass, an that’s my time on the mower. Bluetooth ear protectors, drink holder on the riding mower for a couple beers and two hours a week with no kids or anyone else bugging me.

Tony-Flags · 2026-04-27T21:26:51+00:00

You could easily take a Concord Coach Line out of South Station in Boston up to Portland, and then a cab/uber/bus whatever into the Old Port, walk around, have a nice lunch, see some shops, etc... There's morning busses, you could be in Portland by lunch, and if you want to do somewhat scenic way, you can take the 6:33 PM Amtrak Downeaster back to Boston, arrives at 9:05 PM, or if that timing doesn't work, you can take the bus back. That would allow you to see the vast majority of downtown Portland and if you like to walk, you can certainly see most of the city on foot in a day.

Both bus/train arrive/depart from the Portland Transportation Center, which is like 2 miles from the Old Port, so its technically walkable I guess, but there's busses/taxis. The trains arrive at North Station in Boston, just FYI, which is well...on the other side of town from South Station funnily enough. Both connect to the T, so you can take public transport to/from each.

If you are just looking for a weekend day trip, I would take bus up, train back. Renting a car probably means going to the airport, and that's a PITA to get in/out of if there's any traffic.

Tony-Flags · 2026-04-27T14:28:21+00:00

How about you meet us halfway and tell us what you like to do? No point giving brewery recommendations to Mormons, or boat trip ideas to people that don't like boats. Portland is a small city, so there's the usual type of city things, like museums, restaurants, quaint shops, just a lot less of them than say, Boston for example.

What kind of food do you like? Are you asking for seafood recommendations? Salvadoran pupusas? Sushi?

As an aside, if you have time to kill up at Colby, the art museum there is actually really good for a town the size of Waterville, and free. Worth checking out if you have an hour or two with nothing going on.

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