In Belgium both Brussels and Antwerp are similar as both cities are mostly reconstructed with very little historic areas. They are similar to Philadelphia where the historic district is just a small portion of the massive city. Unlike Philly, which is extremely cycling friendly, those two are a disaster. I have not returned to either city since. As far as Cologne the appeal is if you like like Kolsch beers. In Germany Kolsch style lagers are only made in Cologne.
Yup. I think many of us thought it was a cool gesture that was going to backfire immediately and it did!
If anyone has gone to the games, you’d know the students aren’t the problem. It’s the adults that are the problem
None of Germany's major cities is especially beautiful, or interesting, except Berlin, which has quite a few interesting things to do. If you want to see beautiful in Germany you get into the countryside in the south and/or go to small, historic towns, like Trier, Cochem or Rothenburg ob der Tauber, or drive up the Mosel River valley. You can drink the same beer there in nicer surroundings.
You can take an hours-long cycling trip in the red light district and never even leave your hotel room. Just gotta mix the right blend of LSD, Peyote, and turpentine huffing.
This is a brilliant concept! We should absolutely designate one of the tailgate lots as the RU red-light district. Spice up the tailgate scene a little.
It has nothing whatsoever to do with "distributing" tickets. They WILL BE THERE and pack it in....my guess is upwards of 12K of them....it's ALL about getting those 12K in by opening kick (or close). That I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY and already tweeted it to the athletic department yesterday (YOU HAVE 2 WEEKS TO FIGURE IT OUT, AD!!!).
No chance the section is full by kickoff .
Wrong. It was packed a couple of times this year by about the 10-minute mark of the 1st quarter.
Which games?
What cycling trip? Where do you find these trips?
Well that would leave Temple and VT (which are the 2 that WERE full by 10 or so left in Q1). Which is A LOT better than many schools around the nation can pull off in the student section (see: Wisconsin, as just one example).
Northwestern was 80% full at kickoff. Mainly due to freshmen orientation. And was packed by 1/2 through first quarter with many students standing on the walkway below the scoreboard.
Been going to Belgium for the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) and the Paris Roubaix the following weekend. Amateurs can ride the same distance as the pros the day before or a shorter version of each. This will my 5th Ronde and 3rd Paris Roubaix. The rest of the time is different cities with different friends, all but one is in the beer industry over there. Most of us will ride together on the morning of the Ronde.
Thanks I'll check this out. I'm new but got the bug big time this year.
THe Wisconsin sudent section was 95% full for the game by the start of the second quarter. Probably 2/3 full at kickoff.
Correct. Start of the 2ND QUARTER. And it was not 2/3rds full at KO. I'll GLADLY "go to the videotape" on that one.
THIS drives me crazy!!! Forget about the students, it's most adults who always start to breakdown their tailgates way late and come in during the first Q. It's ridiculous. fair weather fans
I love how people complain about how other people enjoy their own free time. It's none of your GD business. Do what you want to do and don't tell people what they have do!!
I’m guilty. It’s being a NJ Rutgers fan. As a RU fan, it’s been a while the product on the field is worth watching. Being from NJ, I feel privileged that I should have to wait in lines
