Varan
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You already said where you were staying, so we are all planning on crashing at your place. Hope you don't mind. I'll bring beer.
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slug zitski
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The city and its politicians survive on tax revenue … they want astronomical prices
Sailbydate
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A couple who can afford rent of almost $100k pa are obviously earning ship loads. I guess it's all relative.
slug zitski
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Consider this .. the Barcelona port authority and cruise ships
locals hate the herds of cruise ship passengers that invade their world and leave a mess
The port authority loves cruise ships .. huge dockage fees
politicians love cruise ships because they own all the ship service providers
politics
locals hate the herds of cruise ship passengers that invade their world and leave a mess
The port authority loves cruise ships .. huge dockage fees
politicians love cruise ships because they own all the ship service providers
politics
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Would be fun for us forumites to hook up! There is a cool-looking restaurant at ground-level, we could flood the place night after night.For sure but the place is not buyable by most locals when it's earning that kind of money and that's the 'problem.'
A different Amazon couple did actually buy the place down the lake from me, for a ridiculous amount. Funny-money to them, I suppose, but I can easily see this housing-price bubble bursting soon. My real-state taxes are approaching my mortgage payments so there's absolutely no value in the valuation bubble to me.
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Sailbydate
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Yes. We're all waiting for that particular bubble to burst.
If you're buying and selling in the same market, it makes bugger all difference. For those not already on the property ladder, sadly it's getting damn near impossible.
Sailbydate
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Do you think well be done with COVID-19 by then?
My current guess is Yes. Some recent Barcelona tourist videos, nightlife walkabouts and such, do show some folks wearing masks even outdoors; not sure what the current regs or infection rates there are but mask-wearing looks voluntary. Saw a dang-nice Flamenco stage in a club and she was very maskless
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dogwatch
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The question is whether it will be done with us. Nobody knows. However we don’t have a solution to the common cold, which is also airborne, highly infectious and frequently mutates. I suspect that’s your answer.
slug zitski
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I was in Spain three weeks ago and masks were widespreadMy current guess is Yes. Some recent Barcelona tourist videos, nightlife walkabouts and such, do show some folks wearing masks even outdoors; not sure what the current regs or infection rates there are but mask-wearing looks voluntary. Saw a dang-nice Flamenco stage in a club and she was very maskless
I wore a mask everywhere
I was just in the Caribbean , masks
about the only place masks are absent is the US
Rennmaus
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General mask mandates are gone now in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. I think, in almost all the other EU counties too. Frightening.
slug zitski
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I can never figure out all the different rules so when I travel I always wear the mask and observe how local people behave
The digital vaccine , negative test , passport drives me crazy
the passport is via mobile phone , with check in status txt messages every day , sometimes I’m receiving check in txt messages from three different countries as I travel
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dogwatch
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And UK. Government goes on about personal choice on risk, which is all very well except masks are at least as much about reducing the risk we cause to others.
slug zitski
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It’s a problem everywhere
Smaller ports are particularly hard hit
Venice , Dubrovnik Ibiza ….
One hour after the cruise ship herd moves Ashore , 4000 passengers simultaneously use a toilet and the resulting outbound mass of sewage trying to escape the city causes the pipeline junctions to explode … sewage eruptions ,
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Didn't those monsters get banned from the Venice waterfront, starting last year?
edit: That city is another example of one having a serious AirBnB problem.
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Actually, it took six years - but from next week cruise ships will dock at temporary (?) facilities on the mainland. A permanent solution requires dredging a canal in the lagoon, opening another can of worms
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dg_sailingfan
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It's not frightening! It is absolutely the right thing to do. Enough of these control freaks like the German Health Minister Lauterbach. Germany doesn't need them.
Rennmaus
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It's absolutely the right thing to so if you're only thinking of yourself. If you show just the slightest empathy for the immune compromised, the old, the ones who don't want to suffer from long Covid, you'd mandate mask wearing. Yes, probably it's a too big ask for someone as selfish as you.
