they were the fortune of pro-dem protesters though those rails. Now popo is fining ppl like crazy for parking and jaywalking. 12K HKD for jaywalking!!! this tells taxes r really drying up and gov needs some cash
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sure but they’re a real nuisance if you’ve got two feet and intent to use them
I mean, during my time in HK I walked everywhere (even, by mistake, on a very small portion of the Sunny Bay-Disney Land Highway… Got kinda lost during a hike and couldn’t make it back, anyways…) and yes, those railing r annoying and mostly useless.
However, I would take those railings with the sense of safety and convenience to walk/go everywhere without a car/scooter everyday over the horrible traffic design of Taiwan in general.
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Well sure, in comparison, but I’d rather just have the sidewalks and no railings. But yes, I get ur point, annoying as fuck as they may be.
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it is what it is, which is sad, I know…
Well now food in Northern Europe is better, but I still prefer Italian, some photo from recent visit to Stockholm food market hall
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In Vilnius, old renovated streets with lights for the holidays (out for dinner at a time most place close for dinner in Taiwan)
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Not a single scooter and everyone is jaywalking! What a nightmare!
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I find no place is perfect, Europe is cleaner with nicer pedestrian areas in old-city centers, etc., but often with shops closed in the evenings and on weekends, they can get be pretty boring and inconvenient too.
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In Vilnius, most marketing open till 10pm (a few 24 hours) and Sunday (though limited beer sale on Sunday) so not an huge issue. What is good is late dinner options, dinner time iis closing time in KHH in most cases.
My biggest problem, is going out to the store at night when it’s -1c when it’s nice now in Taiwan.
cold night in Vilnius
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I agree, but Hannover I found a bit …odd around the Steintor area.
Sundays can be tricky in Europe, even to buy food in the capital cities, but religious national holidays like Whit Sunday, my goodness, it’s unbelievable. It’s like the film 28 Days Later. I made the mistake of not having any food and the nearest open place was a Starbucks drive through which was a two mile walk. No big deal except I was staying in central Budapest, mad.
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this in the EU can vary a lot, some cities very clean others not so much. Our new staff, she though the Baltic cities were cleaner, though to be fair there is far less people too
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haha, In Italy this week quite a few Taiwanese scooters, not many J Walkers though
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kymco and sym are quite present in Italy as they r cheap.
this is interesting, but tbh there is blanket jaywalking rule in Italy. traffic rules say that is the closest pedestrian crossing is more than 100m away from the place you need to cross, you can cross the road but need to give way to incoming vehicles.
Jaywalking shouldn’t be a thing tbh, the streets (and cities) are for humans, not for vehicles.
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Genova is nice for walking, with small alley/streets, somewhat like older Tainan though still more scooters on small alleys in Taiwan.
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Hope you got a chance to take a train down the coast from Genova to stay in one of the little cinque terra towns?
There are nice walks between the towns too. You can eat your dinner on the pier at this one. Its kinda dreamlike. Place is covered in Lemon groves and the locals speak with their hands.
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Next trip out! Not enough free time to see it all.
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