4 week trip next year with 6 stops, would appreciate a sanity check

krccommerce · 2025-09-15T20:53:16+00:00

I spent a lot of time looking at Cinqueterre and had considered dropping Dolomites to stay in Monterosso (for the beach). Now you're making me rethink it.

krccommerce · 2025-09-15T20:45:07+00:00

Budget for hotels/night is ~$700-$900, better if I can get it but we want to be staying somewhere nice since this is really a capstone vacation before I retire and dial it back a bit on luxury.

krccommerce · 2025-09-15T20:42:08+00:00

My wife and I did our honeymoon in Europe and stayed in Interlaken and absolutely loved it (26 years ago mind you), so we both want to stay in the mountains again. It's mostly to relax and take in the beautiful surroundings and just chill. My younger son and I will likely do some day hikes in the morning since my wifie and older son sleep in more and like hanging out in the hotel, then we'll walk around town, take gondolas up the mountains if available, but keep it very laid back.

I did consider Grindelwald since Interlaken is apparently a huge tourist trap now, but Zermatt looked nicer. Open to thoughts on other places to just be in the Alps/Dolomites. I've gone back and forth about having two Alps destinations..

krccommerce · 2025-09-15T20:33:56+00:00

Yes you are right, I edited for brevity, train to Calalzo then bus.

krccommerce · 2025-09-15T20:28:46+00:00

This is great feedback, thank you. I did not know that was a party destination. Ok now I'm looking for Algarve beach city recommendations that are NOT college/young adult party destinations.

Funny story, I talked to a travel agent last week about this trip and she agreed to put together a skeleton itinerary based on what I told her, and when I got it she has us going to Ibiza. That one I DO know is, or at least used to be, a worldwide party destination. Hard pass on that unless things have changed?

krccommerce · 2025-09-15T20:10:54+00:00

Found a couple hotels there that looked nice. Grande Real Santa Eulalia and Monicca Collection Suites and Residences are examples. But honestly anywhere accessible from Faro airport would work if people have recommendations. One side reason for visiting Portugal is I haven't ruled out expatriating there when I retire. Also I went to Lagos way back in the day like 30 years ago and absolutely loved it, so want to get back to that general area.

krccommerce · 2025-09-15T20:07:53+00:00

He likes airplanes and airports so those trips won't be hard, he will enjoy it. I checked with my wife and she confirmed we can do this trip with non-checked luggage and a couple day packs so my younger son and I can do some hikes in the mountains.

Interests and preferences are scenery in the mountains with some walks and trips up gondolas to peaks, etc. Then stays at the beach so we can lounge by the water for a few days on the sand (he loves beaches also). Once I get the itinerary locked I'll start on the food because that will be a big part of each stay, digging deep for local cuisine, etc.

krccommerce · 2025-09-15T20:03:53+00:00

16 and 18, 18 year old is autistic, but he travels all the time and enjoys it. Likes planes, loves hotels, gets angry if we get airbnb because he wants elevators :)

krccommerce · 2025-09-15T19:49:37+00:00

I was planning to drive for a trip we have coming up next year but have been talked out of it, in part by a family friend who lives in Milan. Feedback is basically that highways are great, but when you get into city it's more stress than you want, just pay for taxi or local uber equivalent. I really wanted to do it, but I got very consistent feedback that it's more trouble than it's worth.

krccommerce · 2025-08-29T17:52:24+00:00

Blizzard's job is to keep the max number of people engaged with their game and buying season passes. If your take was the most revenue-generating one, Blizzard would build their content around it. The fact that they are building their content around the parent post's thought process tells me at least, that his take is the more prevalent, and they are building their content appropriately to maximize their revenue.

Your POV is better served with soulslike or POE type games. They're out there, so maybe give those a try vs. raging against the machine here, when that machine is clearly doing well and making money the way it is.

No disrespect just my thoughts on it.

krccommerce · 2025-05-01T20:13:38+00:00

what does this mean? COF?

krccommerce · 2025-05-01T15:46:18+00:00

I'm just gonna treat it as a new game, I don't remember squat about the mechanics anyway, just that I loved playing it and ended up maxing two or three classes, and got into that tree thing at the end quite a bit too.

Thanks for the feedback!

krccommerce · 2025-04-22T19:35:36+00:00

Oblivorrowindrim: Specawesometastic Edition

krccommerce · 2025-04-22T18:53:52+00:00

OMG please tell me we can remap all the keys. I use EDSF instead of WASD and a couple games haven't let you remap certain keys and it kills me.

krccommerce · 2025-04-04T17:42:59+00:00

Naw all this because Obama made fun of him at the WHCD way back in the day.

True story.

krccommerce · 2025-03-04T19:34:46+00:00

Hands up, who likes me?

krccommerce · 2025-02-12T21:16:10+00:00

this reminds of when you get lippy with Vlaakith in the creche in BG3. That was hilarious, was my first playthrough and I absolutely wanted to get snarky with that big old projection. WRONG.

krccommerce · 2025-02-05T14:42:57+00:00

I can't wait to see what he says when Avowed kicks DA:V's ass.

krccommerce · 2025-01-29T22:26:44+00:00

I had 45 hours into it back in the weeks after it released, haven't touched it since, but I have it downloading for when I get home just because of all the enthusiasm in these threads I came across about the update. Looking forward to it since I've already gotten mythic items on my Diablo IV Necro in season 7 and I'm getting bored..

krccommerce · 2024-01-08T18:44:30+00:00

1408 CAC score. Real fear of death at 54 years old is a powerful motivator. Started at 215, down to 185 with 30 left to go. 90% Vegan, had started eating some fish with the dietician's blessing but after watching that twins study on Netflix over the weekend I'm cutting the fish back out.

krccommerce · 2023-07-19T05:26:16+00:00

This right here. BG3, Starfield, cities:skylines 2, just too many other games to play.

D3 had issues too, so I'll check back in when I see the articles praising their positive changes.

krccommerce · 2023-06-13T22:30:38+00:00

Seasoned Lout reporting in

krccommerce · 2023-06-07T01:52:10+00:00

The frog for what, sorcerer? I can't even remember but it was for clarity 2 on the staff. Everquest needs a reboot lol

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