[HPFGU-OTChatter] Austria (was: Tea )

[Starling]

Jen, I'll grant you salzburg is beautiful, but it's overtouristed.  i'm partial beyond belief here but allow me to recommend the beautiful city of Graz to anyone who might find themselves in that neck of the woods -- beautiful city, on a lovely little river, home of the only fortress that napoleon didn't conquer, and of the world's largest collection of armor (as in knights in shining variety -- truly astounding collection.)
and a bonus is that the only amis there are usually students (3 universities in graz) -- but most people know at least a little english.  great way to really see the country, not just the packaged-for-tourism parts.
i'll stop now...really.  (yes, i studied there last semester...impartial i'm not...but oh well.  it's a great place.)

Abbie, who should really be compensated by the austrian tourist board for all her freelance work.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jen Faulkner 
  To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, 03 April, 2001 11:20 PM
  Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Tea (and a bit of Austria)


  On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Scott wrote:

  > "We do so have twinnings!"
  > --We do? I'd love to get some but haven't seen any around here. I
  > actually love hot tea a lot more than coffee. What could be better
  > than a cup of tea and a good book (preferably HP :-) on a rainy
  > afternoon...not even OT-Chatter. I like the tea you get at Starbucks
  > too...what is it, Republic of Tea?

  Maybe it depends on the part of the country you live in...  any
  supermarket around where I live (NJ), or any one I've been to anyway,
  carries Twinings.  (In fact, the one I go to regularly (Acme) has one
  whole floor-top section of shelves filled with teas of various sorts.)
  Trader Joe's, the other grocery I frequent, doesn't carry it, I don't
  think, but it's otherwise such a great store I won't hold that against
  them! *g*)

  Starbucks' tea, like their coffee, is ridiculously overpriced,
  IMO...  you can buy the Tazo tea they serve in the grocery by the box
  for a lot less, and it's far from my favorite kind of tea... I'm
  actually quite partial to Bigelow's Oolong tea...

  You know, it's funny; I drink quite a bit of tea now (since I hate
  coffee and otherwise one would be left out, which is why I started
  drinking it, though now I drink it, you know, on purpose *g*), but
  despised it as a child...  because any time I had it, people would add
  milk to it.  I really, really don't like milk...  including tea-flavored
  milk.  Yecch.  So I thought for years that it was tea I didn't like,
  when it was really just the milk...

  > As much I like fine teas I also appreciate good ol' southern iced
  > tea...wich is full of ice and extremely sweet. You can get cold tea
  > in most places, but it's rarely as sweet as North Carolina tea.

  See, now, I'm one of those Northerners who'll drink unsweetened iced
  tea; I never, ever like bottled iced tea, because it's so sweet...  

  > --Sounds wonderful, Austria is such a beautiful place. (Well I've
  > heard as I've never been there.)

  Oh, Austria is beautiful...  I loved, loved, loved Salzburg (second
  prettiest city I've ever been to, after Prague), though the whole Mozart
  focus can get a bit overwhelming.

  --jen, about to make, you guessed it, tea :)

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