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CTnightowl   
Carpe Diem


Real Name: Peter
Lives In: Essex, US
Birth Date: May 10, 1969
Member Since: Jan 10, 2004
Last Login: Apr 25, 2009   15:49 UTC
Member's Time: Jul 09, 2009   16:23 EDT
VT Rank: 4437
Deals Rank: Unranked
Travel Interests: Food and Dining, Wine Tasting, Beer Tasting, Backpacking

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Bonjour! Konichiwa! Al salaam a'alaykum! Ni hao!

by CTnightowl - last update: May 20, 2008

¡Hola! Pryvit! Bon giorno! Guten Tag! Dobre Dan!

Yours truly at the Coliseum
I have done a decent amount of traveling in my lifetime, and especially the past 5 years. What an amazing experience it has been! Most of the time the people I have encountered in my journeys are exceptionally kind and interesting, and many have enriched my life. I have learned more from my trips then any book I have read or any class I have taken. I cannot wait to return- traveling consumes my thoughts

I have not updated this page for awhile. One of my hobbies is photography, and I take better pictures now. I will post some later
not only is the tower leaning- its sideways too!

My traveling philosophy

I find if I do my homework(determine what I want to see, study metros and street maps, etc) and rush around I can get a really good feel for a city in 3-4 days. I like to run around on my first day and try and see all the touristy stuff. Then I like to walk and walk and really get a feel for the city. I mean I walk 15-25 miles in a day. I like to get outside the center and grab a coffee or beer or beignet with the natives. I like to hear tips where to go and what to eat/drink etc for the purest local experience. Some of my best experiences were just hanging out in a local bar or coffeeshop and talking with locals. I am ashamed that I only speak english. I make sure that I learn a few words and phrases-
please, thank you, hello, bye, excuse me, do you speak english, cheers-
in every countrys language that I visit. I find most everywhere in Europe most people speak english. But they all love the effort when you try and communicate in their language. Plus they love to hear my funny American accent
Arch of Triumph Barcelona

The past two years I have done some more traveling

Newport, Rhode Island and a few other RI towns
Stowe, Vermont and surrounding area
Philadelphia, PA and surrounding area
NYC- the greatest city on earth!
Boston
New Hampshire
Amsterdam
Cologne
Dussuldorf
Frankfurt
Gdansk
Krakow
Wroclaw
Oloumouc
Bratislava
Vienna
Budapest
Eger
Szinindare
Pecs
Milan
Madrid
San Sebastian
Biarritz
Hamburg
Moulin Rouge at night

about me

Hobbies-
Well to state the obvious- I love to travel!

I love to play sports-soccer, basketball, softball, cycling, you name it.

I love to read. I enjoy mostly nonfiction but read just about anything. I am a compulsive reader-my Father jokes my place looks like New York Public Library

I love to play chess

Cooking- I love to cook. I attempt to cook all cuisines and love to eat well. When you are a good cook, you have a lot of friends that like to visit

Favorite TV show- Globetrekker of course. It is one of my all time favorite shows and lets me travel vicariously when I cannot get away. I love PBS! Plus there is no commericals. 40% of the time you watch TV you are watching commercials. I have no time to waste watching commercials- too much life to live

Music- I love music and listen to just about anything. Alternative, classic rock, jazz, blues, reggae, techno are some of favorites

I love NPR!

Movies-some favorites
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Howard Lloyd
Shawshank Redemption
Life is Beautiful
Barton Fink
Memento
Usual Suspects
The Bourne Identity
The Big Lewbowski
Life of Brian
Run Lola Run

Favorite Europeon city-
Budapest, Prague, Krakow, and Edinburough. I really liked Berlin and Hamburg too

Favorite American City-
New York City and Chicago
I need to get to Austin- I hear that is a great city

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Comments for CTnightowl
WorldMeet2008 Thu Jul 24, 2008 15:27 UTC
 Your next trip? Make it really unique! It's not too late to attend WM08 - Jerusalem, Tel Aviv & Dead- Sea on 25- 28th Sept (+Petra 29-30th). We want to double the num of attendees to 100! Click to learn where, when, what, how, how much! Avi [FruitLover].
sarrahh Tue May 13, 2008 09:47 UTC
 Happy birthday :D:D thanks for this nice comment.. i am fine and my favorite lebanese plate is tabboule (it is a kind of salad) c u soon here
DAO Sat May 10, 2008 22:17 UTC
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM WAKEFIELD!
Bokhari76 Sat May 10, 2008 09:21 UTC
 Happy Birthday Peter. Wish you many happy returns of the day. You were too sideways with Pisa.
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