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Post by DarknessFish on Jan 18, 2019 16:06:01 GMT
Going out for food is a sign of prosperity that's for sure. I went out for food with my parents loads. Back in the 80s, there weren't many pubs that were geared up for food (and let kids in) the way they are now, but we did restaurants and cafes and things quite often. We were far from prosperous though, my dad was a bus driver, my mum a part-time waitress. And we stopped going on foreign holidays once I was at secondary school. It just didn't happen. Now travelling abroad was a thing that was a sign of prosperity. I never even got a passport till after my 20th birthday, I don't think any of my schoolmates had ever gone abroad. We were poor, but we were happy *doffs flat cap*
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 16:24:22 GMT
I've had some great breakfasts in some great hotels but the breakfast buffet at one of the Hiltons in Istanbul recently was stunning. Which Hilton was it? Mrs C and I had a week at the Hilton Bosphorus in October, but I've stayed at the Doubletree in the old city before, both very nice hotels. A brand new Doubletree (chosen for pool) just west of the city. Absolutely staggering breakfast. Take enough time, you don't have to eat for the rest of the day. In terms of UK breakfast, while it's nice to sit down to a big cooked breakfast someone else has prepared (and will wash up), no-one else can do one just how I like it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 16:25:36 GMT
Americans are big on breakfast aren't they? They tend to be, especially on the weekends. I'm not, and never have been. I don't like big breakfasts because they slow me down the rest of the day. On Sundays here, you can see people waiting outside of IHOPs (Int'l House of Pancakes) and more popular local breakfast places for 45 minutes to an hour. I don't get it. I won't wait longer than 20 minutes for any restaurant. My family knows it bugs the hell out of me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 16:28:05 GMT
Going out for food is a sign of prosperity that's for sure. Then you've never been to Denny's. Breakfast there will remind you what a cheapskate you really are and how far you've decided to slum it.
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Post by Reasonable good Nick on Jan 18, 2019 16:28:06 GMT
Going out for food is a sign of prosperity that's for sure. I went out for food with my parents loads. Back in the 80s, there weren't many pubs that were geared up for food (and let kids in) the way they are now, but we did restaurants and cafes and things quite often. We were far from prosperous though, my dad was a bus driver, my mum a part-time waitress. And we stopped going on foreign holidays once I was at secondary school. It just didn't happen. Now travelling abroad was a thing that was a sign of prosperity. I never even got a passport till after my 20th birthday, I don't think any of my schoolmates had ever gone abroad. We were poor, but we were happy *doffs flat cap* Yeah, I've never been abroad with my parents. When I was young we just went to Scotland every year, two weeks in the school summer holidays, usually to the same place on Loch Tay. And then after I was 10 or so we missed holidays out completely. I think we only had two family holidays after 1983.
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Post by Reasonable good Nick on Jan 18, 2019 16:29:21 GMT
Which Hilton was it? Mrs C and I had a week at the Hilton Bosphorus in October, but I've stayed at the Doubletree in the old city before, both very nice hotels. A brand new Doubletree (chosen for pool) just west of the city. Absolutely staggering breakfast. Take enough time, you don't have to eat for the rest of the day. I think I know it, we could see it from our hotel, if it's a really tall one?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 16:31:38 GMT
It's not exceptionally tall but it is on a hill, yeah.
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