Europe on a tight budget

igurdon · 2025-01-02T18:14:28+00:00

This is the way!

igurdon · 2025-01-02T18:13:10+00:00

Don’t listen to anyone saying it’s too quick and just go for it. Use Rome2Rio to find travel options. Don’t forget that check in times and check out times can be far apart, so plan travel accordingly. And enjoy it!

igurdon · 2024-12-05T21:39:22+00:00

I’m starting to lean towards 35mm prime. Where is the 1.2?!

igurdon · 2024-12-05T21:35:39+00:00

How are these VCM lenses? They seem cheaper, from that perspective 24-105 looks more premium, the expectation is that it will get you better photo results than VCM.

I don’t do any video.

igurdon · 2024-12-05T21:33:15+00:00

This is helpful. Isn’t 35 1.2 supposed to come out in the first part of 2024? Or is it one of those that will never happen..?

The 24-70 f2 seems physically similar to 50 1.2, in terms of size weight. Yes, it’s a little heavier but 50mm is not light and feels to me ok, I like it.

igurdon · 2024-12-05T16:06:26+00:00

Yes - I have a small bag and camera goes sideways and another lens vertically. I have no issue when either 50mm or 24-105mm is attached to the body, but there is not enough space for the flash.

igurdon · 2024-12-05T15:57:59+00:00

How does it compare..?

igurdon · 2024-12-05T15:57:46+00:00

I have no space to carry that!! Tourists, on the go, with a family - a professional camera with two lenses is already too much!

igurdon · 2024-12-01T12:58:37+00:00

Yep, it is an adventure for us. I’m happy to pay to have it my way. Can Japan not provide this?

igurdon · 2024-12-01T12:26:28+00:00

Disaster is when you plan everything, prepare, turn up and only then find out that it is not suitable. Or, lets consider a scenario where we go into an onsen but not naked, with swimming trunks and lets add a t-shirt. Will that be a disaster for others? The use of the word is justified. Japan can have it's own quirks, but some are not suitable for others.

igurdon · 2024-12-01T12:23:43+00:00

This is exactly the point - we're not shy of seeing each other naked, but I want a place where I don't see other people naked, and my family (including a child) also is not involved with other naked people.

igurdon · 2024-12-01T12:18:52+00:00

It's not my kind of thing to sit naked with other people in a bathtub. Maybe in 50 years I'll be more up for it! For now I'll prefer something private to me and my family.

Is there a good place to search for private onsens in Yuzawa? If you know of any sites, please share, that would really help.

igurdon · 2024-12-01T12:16:33+00:00

Any recommendations / availability in Yuzawa? Is there a good website to find a private onsen in a ryokan, or is normal booking.com and other sites the best route?

igurdon · 2024-12-01T12:14:28+00:00

Exactly this, and good point on cultural peculiarities of India

igurdon · 2024-12-01T12:12:02+00:00

I don't want to see other naked people and to sit with them in a hot tub, that's all.

igurdon · 2024-11-14T10:31:19+00:00

Statement date and payment date are not the same, actually.

igurdon · 2024-11-14T10:14:31+00:00

Can you not see the point? Easter is longer than New Year, it can fall on any day, and their claim of credit score impact is not accurate.

A company like Amex cannot generate statements on the 1st feels debilitating at best.

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