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Monsieur Prolagus's Holiday

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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 commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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!

    December 2, 2008

  • sionnach commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    The Roosevelt Mansion in Hyde Park, just north of Poughkeepsie. Accessible by train - about 90 miles from NYC. FDR home

    Fun, scenic, AND educational.

    December 2, 2008

  • sionnach commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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.

    December 2, 2008

  • bilby commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    It's an open list :-)

    December 2, 2008

  • mollusque commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

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

    December 2, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    And mollusque, what about the Mütter Museum? Wouldn't Monsieur Pro enjoy it?

    December 2, 2008

  • Prolagus commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    You are great. :-) Thank you all, keep suggesting/adding!

    December 2, 2008

  • dontcry commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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

    December 3, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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...).

    December 3, 2008

  • Prolagus commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    I added the cities I just visited in the last week (the reason why I haven't added much lately).

    May 8, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Huzzah! I trust you had a good time?

    May 8, 2009

  • Prolagus commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Wonderful. And more will follow next week!

    May 8, 2009

  • Prolagus commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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...

    July 12, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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?

    July 12, 2009

  • Prolagus commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    I'm in Graz, waiting for my train to Vienna, right now!

    July 13, 2009

  • dontcry commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Ahhh, Vienna. The hills are alive, you know.

    July 13, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    That always sounded creepy to me. ;->

    Have a great time, Pro!

    July 13, 2009

  • dontcry commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Yeah, it's a little creepy.

    July 14, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    I mean, the music part is nice, but hills being alive? No thanks.

    July 14, 2009

  • dontcry commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Right. Got it. Music = not creepy. Alive hills = creepy.

    July 14, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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?

    July 14, 2009

  • plethora commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Tell their mothers - the mountains. And Grandma Everest.

    July 14, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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*

    July 14, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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...

    July 14, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    By God, you're right. Quick; we have to save Prolagus!

    July 14, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Charge to 200! ... Clear!

    July 14, 2009

  • dontcry commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    *snort*

    July 15, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Asystole! Charging to 300.... Clear!

    Pro! Pro! Can you hear me?!

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

    July 15, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    *dons hospital gown*

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

    July 15, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    *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!

    July 15, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    *barrels past hills*

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

    July 15, 2009

  • dontcry commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    *dons dirndl, begins singing to lure hills away*

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

    July 15, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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..."

    July 15, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    *bellowing*

    "His heart wantstoescape every soooooonnng...it heeeeeeeears!"

    July 15, 2009

  • sionnach commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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....

    July 15, 2009

  • plethora commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

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

    What? Whaddya mean, wrong song?

    July 15, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Well, that's not going to help get the hill outta here. ;-)

    July 16, 2009

  • dontcry commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    I think we need to deal with these creepy singing hills before we can worry about Maria...

    July 16, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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.

    July 16, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

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

    July 16, 2009

  • Prolagus commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    *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.

    July 16, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Whew. We did it, team! Excellent work.

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

    July 16, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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!

    July 16, 2009

  • Prolagus commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    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)

    August 13, 2009

  • mollusque commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    South Florida is pretty flat. For unusual landscapes how about Utah? Bryce and Zion National Parks.

    August 13, 2009

  • dontcry commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Take a drive along the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia.

    August 13, 2009

  • bilby commented on the list monsieur-prolagus-s-holiday

    Awww *goes all John Denvery*

    August 14, 2009