Rude Tourists in Europe
Jun 2, 2019 06:27:54 #
Pistnbroke wrote:
Tour of UK ...Le Harve is not in the British isles its in France dip stick
You won't find "Le Harve" in France, either.
Jun 2, 2019 06:56:33 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
pmorin wrote:
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It is not Europe, it is the US, China, Canada, anywhere you travel today. Folks want to capture as many memories as possible, just like you. But, in there desire to get the image, they have no couth. Thankfully you have some.
Jun 2, 2019 06:57:27 #
I suggest shooting only the first few hours of daylight. Most of the idiots you are referring to are still in bed.
Jun 2, 2019 07:07:59 #
catchlight..
Loc: Wisconsin USA- Halden Norway
Awareness over amplified from a lens perspective, pegs the frustration needle, meanwhile the tourists are living in the real world, and enjoying their vacation...
Jun 2, 2019 07:45:05 #
pmorin wrote:
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Why didn't you move forward about 4 feet. Just in front of his camera. He may have gotten the message that way!
Jun 2, 2019 07:47:31 #
nikonbug wrote:
Why didn't you move forward about 4 feet. Just in front of his camera. He may have gotten the message that way!
Then there would be nothing to rant about.
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Jun 2, 2019 07:53:08 #
pmorin wrote:
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Just as bad in NYC too.
Jun 2, 2019 07:58:56 #
Jun 2, 2019 08:07:03 #
billnikon wrote:
It is not Europe, it is the US, China, Canada, anywhere you travel today. Folks want to capture as many memories as possible, just like you. But, in there desire to get the image, they have no couth. Thankfully you have some.
Jun 2, 2019 08:08:52 #
I have, through various jobs, lived in several locations that would be considered big "tourist traps". You don't have to have a camera to learn to hate the rude people who invade your home turf.
Jun 2, 2019 08:15:10 #
pmorin wrote:
This dude just walked up and set his camera in front of mine while I was shooting in Venice. His shot could have been done on the other side of me, there was plenty of room that late at night. Took all I had to not bump him over the side of the canal
I missed the part of your story where you politely asked the dude to move his camera back 3 feet.
Oh...maybe it didn't happen that way. The absence of people in your shot seems to indicate he was not part of a cruise mob.
Jun 2, 2019 08:21:45 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
While my wife and I were living in Germany for 18 months, 2016-2017, we saw huge crowds pushing through Dresden but never got involved with them. At the Christmas Market it was very crowded but there were no tourists that I remember. I was able to take photos at will. We interacted with the local people and I even handed my camera to someone I didn't know to snap a photo of my wife and I sharing a kiss under mistletoe. During our stay in Germany we visited a lot of sites in Saxony during our free time and always blended in with the locals. It does help if you speak the language and are familiar with the culture. We were always seen as Germans, not tourists. My wife is German, by the way. We had no problems with tourists while we were there. I wish we could go back but my wife's health won't allow it, I fear. Might I add that Dresden became like home to us. I had read about the fire bombing during the war but never dreamed that I would ever be able to visit the city, much less live there.
Jun 2, 2019 08:24:38 #
FrankR
Loc: NYC
Bobspez wrote:
I do my travelling on cable TV. Great views, no tourists.
No tourists, no experience, no cultural exchange, no discovery, no memories, no photos, no thank you.
Jun 2, 2019 08:28:29 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
chrissybabe wrote:
I went to NY once and was waiting at the second lift on the Empire State. A couple pushed in front of us and took the last place in the lift, the lift attendant said he would be straTheight back. We had a discussion on our trip up. The attendant said the couple were German and for the 20 years he had been an attendant he said the Germans were the most impolite race on earth followed by the Dutch.
I went to NY once and was waiting at the second lift on the Empire State. A couple pushed in front of us and took the last place in the lift, the lift attendant said he would be straTheight back. We had a discussion on our trip up. The attendant said the couple were German and for the 20 years he had been an attendant he said the Germans were the most impolite race on earth followed by the Dutch.
Chinese tourists are far worse than anyone with the possible exception of Russian tourists.
Jun 2, 2019 08:29:37 #
We travel in the off-season and spend enough time that we an try to time things to avoid crowds. Renting a small apartment and hanging out in Paris for a week, for example.
But of course, some places are never uncrowded - the Mona Lisa, the Vatican, etc. In cruise destinations you can sometimes find online a cruise ship schedule so you know when the ships are arriving, but cruising seems pretty terrible in terms of seeing anything - a few hours in port to rush around and then rush to get back on the ship....
But of course, some places are never uncrowded - the Mona Lisa, the Vatican, etc. In cruise destinations you can sometimes find online a cruise ship schedule so you know when the ships are arriving, but cruising seems pretty terrible in terms of seeing anything - a few hours in port to rush around and then rush to get back on the ship....
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