Popular places you have no desire to visit

I hate the Cubs with the passion of a 1,000 suns, but even I would say Wrigley Field is a great place to watch a game.

It's also a great place to win Game 163.

 

I, too, liked Puerto Rico, much more than I thought I would. Rather than it being a place I'd have no desire to visit, it is a place I would go to again.

 

The Grand Canyon...I've flown over it enough times en route to Las Vegas to feel like I've been there so I'm good.

Hoover Dam too...I'm good without either.

 

2010. Have they renovated it?

And maybe it's better elsewhere in the park. I was in the upper deck. Place wreaked of a bad mix of stale concession stand food, sewer and alcohol. Cramped seats. Plenty of drunks who couldn't handle liquor.

My time walking around the park didn't make me think it was much different elsewhere.

 

Yes, they've renovated it. Extensively. And most of the surrounding area.

 

I may have to give it another shot. Old man has always wanted to go and was mad I went without him.

 

Go in September, after school has started again and tourist season is over, when they play the Pirates and the Reds (13-18). Plenty of good seats available, lots of room to spread out.

 

If there's one place where there's not a lot of English, it's Japan. Lost in Translation is pretty accurate in its depiction.
The real handicap - same with Arabic countries - is not being able to read anything - in Europe, you can at least understand the letters and maybe make out a direction or place, whatever.
In Japan, it's like being deaf and mute.

 

Depends where you are and what depth of experience you want. If you're out in the countryside or off the well-beaten tourist path, then yes, you need some Japanese to do more than wander about. In the big cities and major tourist spots, though, they either have ample English signage or are used to dealing with foreigners who don't speak Japanese wandering about. People with no Japanese ability regularly come to the country and have a great time -- I've known many, and been one myself.

Would it be a richer experience if you could read all the signs and say more than a few survival phrases? Without question. Do you need to hit N3 on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test before even considering a visit? Not in the slightest.

 

Saint Maarten is my favorite island in the Caribbean. Love it there.

 

I've always wanted to do a weekend series in Wrigley. The idea of leaving work at 1030 on a Friday morning, going to a bar to pregame for a bit then off to the game really appeals to me.

 

Just this weekend I’ve come to the realization that Dodge City KS and its gross food is worthy of including on this list.