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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i'll stop now...really. (yes, i studied there
last semester...impartial i'm not...but oh well. it's a great
place.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Abbie, who should really be compensated by the
austrian tourist board for all her freelance work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:starling823@yahoo.com">starling823@yahoo.com</A><BR>69%
obsessed with HP and loving it<BR>"Ah, music," Dumbledore said, wiping his
eyes. "A magic beyond all we do
here!"<BR> -HP and the
Sorcerer's Stone</DIV>
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<A href="mailto:jfaulkne@eden.rutgers.edu" title=jfaulkne@eden.rutgers.edu>Jen
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 03 April, 2001 11:20
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [HPFGU-OTChatter] Tea (and a bit
of Austria)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Scott wrote:<BR><BR>> "We do so have
twinnings!"<BR>> --We do? I'd love to get some but haven't seen any around
here. I<BR>> actually love hot tea a lot more than coffee. What could be
better<BR>> than a cup of tea and a good book (preferably HP :-) on a
rainy<BR>> afternoon...not even OT-Chatter. I like the tea you get at
Starbucks<BR>> too...what is it, Republic of Tea?<BR><BR>Maybe it depends
on the part of the country you live in... any<BR>supermarket around
where I live (NJ), or any one I've been to anyway,<BR>carries Twinings.
(In fact, the one I go to regularly (Acme) has one<BR>whole floor-top section
of shelves filled with teas of various sorts.)<BR>Trader Joe's, the other
grocery I frequent, doesn't carry it, I don't<BR>think, but it's otherwise
such a great store I won't hold that against<BR>them! *g*)<BR><BR>Starbucks'
tea, like their coffee, is ridiculously overpriced,<BR>IMO... you can
buy the Tazo tea they serve in the grocery by the box<BR>for a lot less, and
it's far from my favorite kind of tea... I'm<BR>actually quite partial to
Bigelow's Oolong tea...<BR><BR>You know, it's funny; I drink quite a bit of
tea now (since I hate<BR>coffee and otherwise one would be left out, which is
why I started<BR>drinking it, though now I drink it, you know, on purpose
*g*), but<BR>despised it as a child... because any time I had it, people
would add<BR>milk to it. I really, really don't like milk...
including tea-flavored<BR>milk. Yecch. So I thought for years that
it was tea I didn't like,<BR>when it was really just the milk...<BR><BR>>
As much I like fine teas I also appreciate good ol' southern iced<BR>>
tea...wich is full of ice and extremely sweet. You can get cold tea<BR>> in
most places, but it's rarely as sweet as North Carolina tea.<BR><BR>See, now,
I'm one of those Northerners who'll drink unsweetened iced<BR>tea; I never,
ever like bottled iced tea, because it's so sweet... <BR><BR>>
--Sounds wonderful, Austria is such a beautiful place. (Well I've<BR>>
heard as I've never been there.)<BR><BR>Oh, Austria is beautiful... I
loved, loved, loved Salzburg (second<BR>prettiest city I've ever been to,
after Prague), though the whole Mozart<BR>focus can get a bit
overwhelming.<BR><BR>--jen, about to make, you guessed it, tea :)<BR><BR>* * *
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