[travel] My Wishlist

[mattbell]

I want to make the last part of my trip more people-focused, as the typical sightseeing activities don't impress me that much anymore.  "Oh look, you have a medieval castle and a 100m high cathedral in your old town, that's nice.  Yawn."  I have been scheduling *atypical* sightseeing activities, which mainly consist of extremely impressive sights or ways of quickly digging in deeper into a country's culture.

I have a 3-week unlimited railpass and rough plans to hit up Berlin, Amsterdam, and much of Scandinavia, but the train service in Western Europe is so good that I can basically get as far south as Spain in an overnight train from northern Europe.  So basically things are very flexible and I can quickly show up almost anywhere for almost zero incremental cost.

i am curious if any  of you can hook me up with the following:

- Any physicists at CERN who might be able to show me around the LHC. 
- Anyone in the art/tech scenes in Vienna, Berlin, or Amsterdam.
- People working in alternative energy, energy efficiency tech, or other related fields in Western Europe. 
- BASE jumpers in Switzerland or Norrway
- People you know who live in Western Europe that I would hit it off really well with, either locals or expatriates.
- Advice on the most impressive sights you've seen in Europe..  (I already have seen a lot in prior trips, but hey, if there's something that blew your mind, let me know what it was)


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Comments

[yami-mcmoots.livejournal.com]

If you're in Norway, and you're in Stavanger for some reason, you should see the Norwegian Canning Museum. It is so much awesomer than it sounds (possibly because it has the sense to keep itself small/fast) especially if you go on a day when they have real sardines for the tour. Stavanger in general I found kinda meh, though.

Second the recommendation for the Oslo-Bergen train. I really wanted to get off at the top of the mountains and go hiking.

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

I might pass through Stavenger if I go to watch the BASE jumpers. Thanks for the recommendation.