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Prolagus said: Sigh, I didn't go anywhere. Deadlines are too close. I have to wait until Christmas holidays...

bilby said: Did you find somewhere for your weekend break?

Prolagus said: Prolagus needs a break from the City. If you know some nice country place, not too far from NYC (less than a 2-hour train/bus trip), and feel like recommending it, please contact me via facebook/Flickr mail/comment on my blog/whatever.

EDIT: This list has become both a repository for travel suggestions for Monsieur P and a log of where our doughty adventurer has actually been.

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  • bilby Awww *goes all John Denvery* Aug 14, 2009

  • dontcry Take a drive along the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia. Aug 13, 2009

  • mollusque South Florida is pretty flat. For unusual landscapes how about Utah? Bryce and Zion National Parks. Aug 13, 2009

  • Prolagus When I'm back, I will have a long weekend for Labor Day. I'd like to go somewhere in the US, some place where I can rent a car for a couple days and explore unusual landscapes. I was thinking about South Florida and Key West. Any alternative suggestion or personal recommendation? (Not necessarily requiring cars) Aug 13, 2009

  • reesetee He's alive! And with no sounds of music!

    Welcome back, Pro! Your enormous medical bills will be in your mail when you return home. Please pay them immediately or we will be forced to turn over your account to a collection agency.

    Now, enjoy your trip! Jul 16, 2009

  • chained_bear Whew. We did it, team! Excellent work.

    Now, Prolagus, sir, if you could just sign here on this stack of insurance forms... Jul 16, 2009

  • Prolagus *heart beats*
    *beats again*

    What... What happened?
    The last thing I can remember is a song... An awfully long Austrian song sung by some voices that were... Just not human. Jul 16, 2009

  • chained_bear Yeah, and nobody cares if she has a myocardial infarction. I mean, she's bragging about it, for heaven's sake. Jul 15, 2009

  • reesetee Wait--isn't Maria the one singing about the hills being alive? So maybe she knows something we don't. I say we track her down and get her to deal with the hills. She's the one scrambling about on them, after all. Jul 15, 2009

  • dontcry I think we need to deal with these creepy singing hills before we can worry about Maria... Jul 15, 2009

  • reesetee Well, that's not going to help get the hill outta here. ;-) Jul 15, 2009

  • plethora ♩ How do you solve a problem like Mariiiiaaaa?? ♩

    What? Whaddya mean, wrong song? Jul 15, 2009

  • sionnach Do I really have to fjord *every* stream? There's so many of them. Shouldn't I be blowing them up to delay the pursuing Nazis?
    Don't even get me started on the freaking rainbows. It's like a goddamned skittles commercial with cow patties up here.
    We need more cowbell.... Jul 15, 2009

  • reesetee *bellowing*

    "His heart wantstoescape every soooooonnng...it heeeeeeeears!" Jul 15, 2009

  • chained_bear Nurse dc is going to need help from the whole team. These hills have been singing for a thousand years. Come on!

    *singing* "Youuuu hills fill someone-else's-hearrrrrrt... get awaaaaaaay from Prolaaaaaaguuuuuuuuss..." Jul 14, 2009

  • dontcry *dons dirndl, begins singing to lure hills away*

    "You are aliiiiiiive with the sound of muuuuuuuuusic, la,la,la,la." Jul 14, 2009

  • reesetee *barrels past hills*

    They're still here?? Nurse dc! Nurse plethora! Help me push these hills out into the waiting room! Jul 14, 2009

  • chained_bear *pictures reesetee in a surgical mask, with hands up in the air like they were just scrubbed and gloved*

    Well, he could probably use some Viennese coffee, if he's still suffering from insomnia. At any rate, we've gotta get this sound of music out of his heart. Someone get these hills outta here! Jul 14, 2009

  • reesetee *dons hospital gown*

    Get that Viennese coffee out of the ER! It's the last thing this patient needs! Jul 14, 2009

  • chained_bear Asystole! Charging to 300.... Clear!
    Pro! Pro! Can you hear me?!

    (p.s. I just learned how to spell asystole. *beams with pride*) Jul 14, 2009

  • dontcry *snort* Jul 14, 2009

  • chained_bear Charge to 200! ... Clear! Jul 14, 2009

  • reesetee By God, you're right. Quick; we have to save Prolagus! Jul 14, 2009

  • chained_bear Plus, just say they do fill your heart with the sound of music. You're bound to have a myocardial infarction as a result.

    ...friggin' hills... Jul 14, 2009

  • reesetee And the echoes from all that singing. Imagine the echoes! Plus they'd probably all be songs I don't like. For a thousand years. *shudders* Jul 14, 2009

  • plethora Tell their mothers - the mountains. And Grandma Everest. Jul 14, 2009

  • chained_bear How about the hills singing songs for a thousand years? That sounds pretty creepy--and annoying too. Imagine trying to get a good night's rest, and the damn hills are singing. What do you do—call the cops? Jul 14, 2009

  • dontcry Right. Got it. Music = not creepy. Alive hills = creepy. Jul 14, 2009

  • reesetee I mean, the music part is nice, but hills being alive? No thanks. Jul 14, 2009

  • dontcry Yeah, it's a little creepy. Jul 13, 2009

  • reesetee That always sounded creepy to me. ;->

    Have a great time, Pro! Jul 13, 2009

  • dontcry Ahhh, Vienna. The hills are alive, you know. Jul 13, 2009

  • Prolagus I'm in Graz, waiting for my train to Vienna, right now! Jul 12, 2009

  • chained_bear Well, that says more about rent in Brooklyn than it does about your trips, Pro. :) Hope it was wonderful! Still more to come, or are you settling down for the nonce? Jul 12, 2009

  • Prolagus Some people will think I am rich, since I have traveled a lot lately, but I'm not. Three months of trips have cost much less than a one-month rent for my Brooklyn room... Jul 12, 2009

  • Prolagus Wonderful. And more will follow next week! May 8, 2009

  • chained_bear Huzzah! I trust you had a good time? May 8, 2009

  • Prolagus I added the cities I just visited in the last week (the reason why I haven't added much lately). May 8, 2009

  • reesetee It's not far--less than three hours by car (if you're not stuck in traffic). Beautiful area, too--the Brandywine Valley. Lots of history there. :-)

    Edit: Which reminded me--Princeton, NJ and New Hope, PA are two great places to visit (although New Hope has become much more "touristy" and less peaceful these days...). Dec 2, 2008

  • dontcry I'm not sure how far from NYC, I don't think it's too far, but anyway, Winterthur, in Delaware, is very nice: http://www.winterthur.org/about/about.asp
    Dec 2, 2008

  • Prolagus You are great. :-) Thank you all, keep suggesting/adding! Dec 2, 2008

  • reesetee And mollusque, what about the Mütter Museum? Wouldn't Monsieur Pro enjoy it? Dec 2, 2008

  • mollusque In Philadelphia, the Hadrosaurus exhibit has just opened at the Academy of Natural Sciences, the first remounting of the skeleton in 140 years. Dec 2, 2008

  • bilby It's an open list :-) Dec 2, 2008

  • sionnach Also in the Hudson Valley:

    It's possible to tour West Point (Military Academy) ( West Point

    and the C.I.A. (Culinary Institute of America) ( CIA visitors

    Both are worthwhile.

    I will let someone with local knowledge of Philadelphia make suggestions about its particular charms. Dec 2, 2008

  • sionnach The Roosevelt Mansion in Hyde Park, just north of Poughkeepsie. Accessible by train - about 90 miles from NYC. FDR home
    Fun, scenic, AND educational. Dec 2, 2008

  • bilby Monsieur Prolagus hasn't been off the leash, so let's give him a virtual holiday, Wordies! Please list really holidayish...
    - things to do
    - places to visit
    - foods to eat
    - clothes to wear
    - stuff to take
    - things!
    Pack your bags and we're off. Hi-ho, away! Dec 2, 2008