I can’t afford a European vacation either. I’m from Europe.
I knew I wouldn’t be able to afford a vacation so I moved to a scenic tourist destination with a view of the fjord and drink coffee on my balcony. That way I can pretend. I also get one of the kids to throw a dishtowel over their arm and carry a small notebook while they ask me how I take the coffee thats been sitting in the pot for a half hour already.
In what hell hole of Europe are you, that you don’t get freshly brewed espresso?
Only the Finnish can be that enthusiastic about the gloom
I’m the only person in my family who drinks coffee. I’m not going to buy an espresso machine. But yeah if I went to a cafe, restaurant or petrol station I’d get espresso.i just don’t have a proper espresso machine at home.
North Europe probably.
Pain!
War :(
People go off on vacations to explore other places because they are told that is the thing to do yet they have never explored their own locality in the same fashion.
Look what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our holidays.
I get your reference but this is a pretty small amount of effort haha
I was talking about this with a friend. The younger generations got screwed over because we have to evaluate what we value more, and give up one over the other to achieve one of the life goals. I managed to save for a house; but only because I lived with my parents for many years before moving out. I don’t have a car and I haven’t gone on foreign holidays in years. Meanwhile, my friend has travelled in so many countries but he doesn’t have enough savings for a house. The boomer generation has been able to afford to live their life to the fullest with just a single household income, and didn’t have to give up any or all of their life goals, values and desires.
I don’t get it
This, but private seating in your personal driveway.
There
isare onlyone cigarettetwo cigarettes in this picture, is this really France?Since the new laws now, yes
Wait, outdoor sitting is a thing only in europe?
Fire codes prevent it in NA for a large part. Building have specific occupancy limits, and having booted down seats has exceptions for more space than loose chairs, and businesses usually want the capability of having the largest revenue, so most seats.
Now this also applies outside as those would have to be part of their property. In most cities restaurants and the sort they are built right to their property limits, or they incorporate a patio with set seating.
So if you do see it, it’s not movable furniture, but an actual area. Now along one of our drivable Aves they’ve made compromises, picture below, I don’t hate the solution, but it’s obviously not ideal and hard to accommodate wheelchairs.
They’ve allowed sidewalks to be patios, and let some road space be made into the “sidewalk”, but it’s not a perfect solution, especially when it starts snowing.
It looks like they are at a sidewalk cafe in Europe. The Sangria implies Spain. Tiny tables and chairs and everyone is smoking.
Aperol Spritz
That looks nice
Cool, we don’t need more tourists here.
glances at the various GNIs
Eh. Seems like something needs a boost, across the board.
On the other hand, visiting the US rn might include a black-bag “tour” of a concrete oubliette, so: don’t. Not even joking. 🥲
What’s GNI?
Formerly known as GNP
Sorry, but I’m still lost, lol.
It is the figure for how much the billionaires in your country makes. Apparently that is something Americans likes to brag about for some reason.
Here’s a fish. Now, you try.
