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Magnus said:
This forum's attitude towards the latest round of THE CRUSADE OF EPICS is scandalous.
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Well, is this Crusade like the first? Or is it more like the fourth, for example? Maybe that's the problem.

And if so, what would the equivalent of the sacking of Constantinople be, hm?

(hint - not even allowing In the Presence of Enemies in its entirety or Fall of the Peacemakers for its brevity would probably be a good guess, maybe?)
 
JudasMyGuide said:
Well, is this Crusade like the first? Or is it more like the fourth, for example? Maybe that's the problem.

And if so, what would the equivalent of the sacking of Constantinople be, hm?

(hint - not even allowing In the Presence of Enemies in its entirety or Fall of the Peacemakers for its brevity would probably be a good guess, maybe?)
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In the voice of Butthead: "You said nipple"
 
I just ordered a Maiden The Trooper Pint glass, to go with the beer collection box I got from my brother. Have only had the Fear Of the Dark one yet, and it was pretty good (aside from the initial The Trooper beer from way back).
 
Perun said:
Isn't it funny how we have hundreds of new members and none of them find this thread?

BTW, I'm back, I'm done sulking and I was in Crete, which was the most amazing place I've ever visited.
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I'm a (relatively) old member and I seldom go into the Maiden Chat nowadays, therefore I managed to completely miss everything regarding the new album until recently, so I guess it's a two-way street.

Nice to see you're in good spirits. We didn't particularly enjoy Crete, but then again, we chose the stupidest possible way to discover it. But many people seem to love it, like you do and I'm glad for you.
 
We were settled in Agios Georgios, which is mostly just the typical tourist destination with no culture whatsoever and we decided to bring no electronics with us, but we got bored really quickly then.

I chickened out and was afraid to rent a car or a scooter (because I saw the drivers and the way the traffic is handled there during our bus ride - seemed pretty wild at the time) - so the only way to get to Kerkyra was again, by bus (which threatened to cut you off in the afternoon hours and pay another accomodation in Kerkyra to sleep over) and the bus then used to work in a very clunky way in a star-shaped manner - you had to go from A.G. to the capital and then somewhere else and the same back again.

Which apart from about one bus trip led to us being primarily on foot (we even walked about a 35 km tour in the 40 degrees) and while the nature and everything was nice, it was mostly just other tourist resorts with just hotels and souvenir shops around.

The corner we were in didn't entrance us with the splendor of the nature and there was rarely any history or sights or culture to see.

Our trip to Barcelona, Ramatouelle, Nice and Marseilles (I think) a year later was more like it for us.

Also, I'm homesick always there's no baroque countryside, with chapels and vineyards and calvaries and lone trees amidst the small fields and churches and cathedrals and ossuaries and everything, but that's just me.
 
Well, I have to say you're right, you just didn't choose the good ways to discover it.
Traffic and buses are fine. We rented a car for two days and I took a full day trip using buses on my own. My experience tells me that you need to take your time with Crete, no rush-rush checklist sightseeing, and you need to know in advance what you're looking for. I read up a lot on Crete in advance and I decided to take a trip from Chania where we were staying to the Minoan ruins of Phaistos by bus. The whole round trip was 15 hours and I spent a considerable amount of time waiting for a bus (the star-shaped bus connections you mentioned), but it was an amazing and almost mystical excursion of discovery that I don't regret to the slightest. I felt that the effort to get there made the whole experience more rewarding.
You might have enjoyed Chania, which has a Venetian old town. I admit however that Iraklion was one of the ugliest cities I've ever seen, but then, the archaeological museum there was one of the most remarkable places I have ever visited in my entire life.
 
Thanks for sharing the experience, if we ever go back there, I'll definitely heed your advice!

Currently we're saving money and aim at properly discovering our homeland. Which is a plan for another few years :D
 
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