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I plan to drive from Venice, Italy to Valenica, Spain in April or May 2009 using
the following route. I will stay for a few days or weeks in little spots along the way. I should have about six weeks in total. I mostly want to see a little of Spain and Italy, the French Riviera, Montpellier, Marseilles and finish at Valencia. Apart from that anything else I should try to see? Any parts of the chosen route I should avoid? What's driving like along that route? Any rental car companies which will let me pick up in Italy and drop off in Spain?
posted to Ask Metafilter by zaebiz
at 2:07 AM on August 8, 2008
(10 comments)
so, about this post --> http://www.metafilter.com/73909/History-of-the-DC-Universe ... please read all of more inside first before looking at the post.
posted to MetaTalk by yeoz
at 4:51 AM on August 7, 2008
(45 comments)
London picnic meetup!
posted to MetaTalk by goo
at 9:53 AM on July 27, 2008
(55 comments)
I would like suggestions for London restaurants that are worth visiting just for one unmissable dish.
posted to Ask Metafilter by roofus
at 2:30 AM on July 10, 2008
(9 comments)
Are there any proper "traditional" chip shops within central London (zone 1 and 2)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by HaloMan
at 3:12 PM on July 7, 2008
(15 comments)
After 80 years, a complete version of Fritz Lang's
Metropolis has
been discovered in Buenos Aires.
posted to MetaFilter by Nathaniel W
at 2:27 PM on July 2, 2008
(81 comments)
Do you enjoy classic 2D platformers? Then boy, are you in luck! The
indie game community is thriving, and a good majority of its games are exactly that. I've spent many hours playing these unique, beautiful, and often exceptional projects, and there's quite a few - more than I can count on my fingers! - that could stand toe-to-toe with the finest contemporary games. Inside is a list of some of the greatest indie platformers, based on community recommendations and my own experience. Enjoy!
posted to MetaFilter by archagon
at 3:28 AM on June 24, 2008
(48 comments)
Good 2-player board/card games?
posted to Ask Metafilter by skwm
at 6:26 AM on July 18, 2005
(39 comments)
Metafilter Data Playground [currently down]
Do you know SQL and want to play around with metafilter data? This online tool lets you run SELECT queries online. Results can be viewed or exported to CSV. Can also be used to export data for use in another program.
posted to Projects by null terminated
at 8:51 AM on January 29, 2008
I've been developing a taste for Mexican/border music.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jonmc
at 5:00 PM on June 11, 2008
(20 comments)
Emergency help needed in London, who do we call?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mosch
at 11:03 AM on December 23, 2005
(26 comments)
Blonde Zombies
-
So NSFW, unless your work is cool with trashy Mexican comics, space vixens, pulp paperback covers, and the like.
posted to MetaFilter by jtron
at 1:48 AM on May 23, 2008
(30 comments)
Can you find me obscure things to do in London to help me win my girlfriend back?
posted to Ask Metafilter by minifig
at 12:29 AM on September 25, 2007
(17 comments)
"Moralistic, prejudiced, racist, misogynist, manipulative, sexist, daring, exciting, critical, sarcastic and passionate - these are just a few adjectives that commonly describe Mexico's most widely-read publication:
the historieta."
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 2:35 PM on April 10, 2008
(4 comments)
For an average American student, what is compelling about London?
posted to Ask Metafilter by StickyCarpet
at 8:04 AM on November 17, 2007
(30 comments)
How much has it cost you to stay alive in London?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Polychrome
at 8:57 AM on April 3, 2008
(23 comments)
I have recently moved to London and now that I am quite situated I am starting to explore. Can any Londoners suggest any abandoned building, nooks and crannies, creepy backalleys or little known places that would be ideal to visit.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cloeburner
at 9:56 AM on July 4, 2006
(24 comments)
I'm in London with some time to kill, and looking for some interesting places to wander around.
posted to Ask Metafilter by rifflesby
at 7:59 AM on February 14, 2007
(24 comments)
Iwase Yoshiyuki
"In the late 1920s, young Yoshiyuki received an early Kodak camera as a gift. Since the main livelihood of the town came from the sea, he gravitated there, and soon found a passion for "the simple, even primitive beauty" of
ama – girls and women who harvested seaweed, turban shells and abalone from beneath the coastal waters." "By the late 1960s, they had disappeared. This body of work stands as the final, most comprehensive visual document of the life and work of these divers."
[NSFW]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 10:45 PM on March 27, 2008
(48 comments)
Emilio Gonzalez, Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, will be
resigning next month. To mark the occasion, the
New York Times prints an
editorial exposing the magnitude of the case backlog that USCIS currently faces, and their decided lack of speed in handling said backlog. Gonzalez doesn't like the editorial, so he
blogs about it. And that's when the
comments start rolling in.
posted to MetaFilter by Faint of Butt
at 12:07 PM on March 24, 2008
(37 comments)
First, and foremost, here is
La Caíta - El Pájaro
Negro. Could there be singing anymore heartfelt than this ? I
wonder. And here she is, in an ancillary role, with the
Amaya family. Also, from Spain, here is
Tchavolo Schmitt, Dorado Schmitt & Hono Winterstein - Kali Sara & Tchavolo swing. From Romania, here are
Taraf de
Haïdouks and, from them, here is
Taraf de Haïdouks and of them, here is
Balada Conducatorolui - Nicolae Neacsu. From the
Thar of
Rajasthan, here is the very charismatic
Talab Khan
Barna, and here, from Egypt, is
Bambi
Saidi. And let the etymological connection between
Egypt
and
gypsy be noted here and now, by the way.
All of
these are. of course, excerpts from
Latcho Drom.
posted to MetaFilter by y2karl
at 6:10 AM on March 20, 2008
(7 comments)
Where should I look to find flats available to let in London?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Human Flesh
at 3:37 AM on October 2, 2006
(15 comments)
Mid twenties, reasonable income, moving to London. Where should I live and what should I know?
posted to Ask Metafilter by pollystark
at 3:21 AM on February 23, 2007
(20 comments)
Where are the best places to hear jazz in Paris?
posted to Ask Metafilter by timeistight
at 12:27 AM on May 1, 2007
(8 comments)
What are the best places to visit in England, preferably around London?
posted to Ask Metafilter by celine
at 7:53 AM on March 17, 2008
(24 comments)
Need to transfer a large amount of money from US to UK and have a few questions about currency brokers and taxes.
posted to Ask Metafilter by gfrobe
at 6:39 AM on March 17, 2008
(6 comments)
I need a birthday cake for Friday (Sat morning at the latest). Doesn't have to be anything exciting, just something that can feed about 20 people, and says 'Happy Birthday' on it.
I live in London - where on earth would I go to get such a thing? I guess I could try large supermarkets, but there aren't many in central London, and it would be nice to get something 'handmade', by a decent bakery. All suggestions gratefully recieved!
posted to Ask Metafilter by ascullion
at 6:47 AM on October 18, 2006
(10 comments)
Where are the best cinemas in Paris?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ascullion
at 12:32 PM on September 23, 2007
(7 comments)
What's living in Alexandria, Egypt like?
posted to Ask Metafilter by devilsbrigade
at 5:39 PM on March 3, 2008
(2 comments)
Uncle Dirty
is a fascinating photo essay about a photographer's strange uncle who has lived 86 years obsessed with bodybuilding, penises, and thongs. Not safe for work, but not too crazy, the photos really humanize someone you'd probably cross the street to avoid in real life. (via
mjj/
blort)
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie
at 11:13 AM on March 8, 2008
(130 comments)
Harvard Professor Samantha Power's book
A Problem from Hell is on syllabi across the country, and is the bible of
humanitarian hawks who decry our failure to intervene in the
Rwandan or
Sudanese genocides. As one of Barack Obama's foreign policy advisors, she's getting a lot of press for her positions:
pro-intervention, obviously,
critical of Israel,
pro-UN,
pro-internationalism, and, perhaps unsurprisingly given
her husband's role in ignoring the Rwandan genocide,
anti-Clinton.
posted to MetaFilter by anotherpanacea
at 9:52 AM on March 7, 2008
(85 comments)
This
house at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn has been replicated around the world to odd architectural effect:
Montreal,
Sao Paulo,
New Jersey,
Buenos Aires,
Milan,
Tel Aviv, and
seven other locations. Why? Because it was
the home of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. This sort of geographic dislocation is not unique to 770 Eastern Parkway, however, as photographers Andrea Robbins and Max Becher show:
German buildings in Namibia, the
Old West in Almeria Spain, the last
French colony off Newfoundland, the
town in Washington that was transformed into Bavaria, and
others.
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah
at 7:00 AM on November 15, 2007
(28 comments)
What odd things are there to do in Paris?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Julnyes
at 1:41 PM on March 5, 2008
(18 comments)
Please help with the details of renting a flat in London.
posted to Ask Metafilter by meerkatty
at 4:39 PM on June 7, 2006
(13 comments)
Living inexpensively in London
posted to Ask Metafilter by sic
at 1:37 AM on May 18, 2006
(18 comments)
I just moved to London from California last month and I'm keen to make the most of my time here by hitting as many European cities as possible. I loved being able to use farecast, farecompare, etc to see where I could go each weekend in the US and where the ultra low fares were to be had.
Is there a similar service in Europe? Any way to be notified about cheap weekend fares from the UK would be fantastic.
Thanks to the hive brain.
- Alex
posted to Ask Metafilter by cubedweller
at 5:22 AM on February 29, 2008
(8 comments)
Building a landmark.
Nearly 135 years after first rolling up Clay Street, San Francisco's famous cable cars are still using an elegant, yet antiquated
system of understreet cables and two types of unpowered cars to move delighted tourists and patient locals across the city every day. But most riders don't realize that five specialized craftsmen in a shop in an industrial part of town make up the the last cable car factory in the world, still building
cars by hand, from plans reverse-engineered from a car disassembled in 1982. [
via]
posted to MetaFilter by toxic
at 12:05 PM on February 25, 2008
(13 comments)
