The worst city I’ve visited is… December 6, 2006
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Dear friends,
for my first subject I’ve choosed an easy one.
I think that probably happened to everybody to visit a city, in one of your travel (vacation, work, fun, dating), and being very disappointed because there’s nothing to see or very few interesting things to do.
You all know that I’ve traveled like a bastard and I’ve lived in three continents, but a city worse than Ánkara….never seen in my life!
Only governative and military buildings, a city built only to be a capital! :-O Guys, amazing! I remember the 3 days I spent there like some of the most boring days of my life. I remember I’ve gone there with my girlfriend in order to meet a very close friend of her. Her name was Burcu (even the name sounded crap!). We arrived there early in the morning by train and the weather was very very very cold! At least 7 degrees less than Bursa (the city I was living in). I remember that we waited inside a bus which was not going to leave for at least one hour.
Finally Burcu arrived to catch us, she was living there because she was studying kind of Economy, but don’t ask me too much about it, please!!! She had three student roommates and her house’s location was really weird, so I thought that at least the center of Ánkara could be better……ok Pietro, lucky you that still believe in tales!!
We didn’t do anything more than eating Turkish sweets the whole day, walking and seeing nothing! The only nice thing we did, was going into the highest tower in the city and watching the night lights of it.
At least in the last day I’ve meet a Turkish poet, which had a secret affair with Burcu, and which tried to convince me that if Turkey is still backward it’s not their fault. “So, who’s fault, then?” was my answer. I only received very general and utopic replies. Although, meeting this man turned the journey in a cultural trip.
Belo Horizonte is a good competitor of Ánkara, but still is a piece of cake in front of the Turkish capital!
Let me know your experiences.
Hi! Have fun with your new blog!
Hope that all my friends will have fun!
molto interessante, è la stessa foto che uso per i corsi
ciao
Grazie babbo!!!!
Ladies and gentlemen, that’s my father, he said that is really interesting and my avatar is the same picture that his company is using for its training courses.
Keep posting!
ciao, sono Tiziana del grt torino. Mi è arrivato il link al tuo sito e leggendo quanto ti è piaciuta Ankara direi che in quella città potrei non metterci mai piede….
anzi, la prossima volta che devo mandare qualcuno all’altro paese, gli diro “ma vaffankara”…
eh eh eh
Nice Pics… Come to Lisbon again ragazzo… Vê se não some. Inté. E apareça no orkut ! Tem fotos novas da galera! Vamos pra Espanha no Ano Novo, e estou indo pra Frankfurt em Janeiro. Milagres da Ryanair. Acho que a Nádia tb vai. Mas vou pra Hannover na sequencia resolver unas cositas. Beijokas e sucesso com o Blog.
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For me, it was Pforzheim (Germany), I think. I found it pretty ugly and entirely uninteresting. Also, Detroit in the States confused me quite a bit and I don’t think I want to go back again, since it seemed like everybody had left it in a panic because the buildings were falling apart. But this can be a good thing, depending on your point of view, so it’s a matter of discussion whether this counts as a “worst city” candidate.
Can I add a nomination for Vienne, in France? I’m not sure it’s a city though, maybe more like a town but it’s one of the most miserable places I’ve ever seen. Nothing to do. Nothing to see. It has maybe two ruins, but if you like ruins, go to Rome – it’s got loads! Vienne is grey grey grey. It has about a zillion kebab shops, which is great if you like kebabs, but not if you want a bit of variety. Also a lot of dog crap everywhere, impossible not to step in. Cork in southern Ireland isn’t great either, but maybe that’s coz when I was there it was cold and rainy, your average Irish weather. Has anyone been to Copenhagan, and is it worth a visit?
Copenhagen?
Of course, is a quite pretty city with quite pretty people. Worth to visit, perhaps worth to live in!
I’ve been there for a week last November and , although I had very few spare time, I had a very quick visit to the city and I was really satisfied!