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Originally posted by ABFC ABFC wrote:

One thing that has always baffled me about the YBIG Universe and the Class of 88 is a lot of you seem to just spend your days and nights abroad in Irish bars. Whether it's Tbilisi, Skopje, Vienna or wherever. What's the point in it all after travelling all that way to a new culture and country only to experience something you can back home? Would you not prefer to go to local bars instead of standing in a sweatbox wearing the same sweaty jersey full of Irish fans for three nights straight singing the Gary Breen song.

The point of a trip to me is to see the game and fit in as much sightseeing as possible, we're there for just a few days in many cases, some we may never see again. 

There are places though like Bratislava, Skopje, and Sofia where with the best will in the world, sightseeing is limited, so the pub may be the "highlight" of the time we're there. 
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Originally posted by BigStrongMan BigStrongMan wrote:

I've never even spoken to a local on an away trip
Sure they're all pickpockets, best avoided

Sure we cant even speak our own language never mind a foreign one... Embarrassed

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Originally posted by BigStrongMan BigStrongMan wrote:

I've never even spoken to a local on an away trip
Sure they're all pickpockets, best avoided
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I've never even spoken to a local on an away trip
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Originally posted by ABFC ABFC wrote:

One thing that has always baffled me about the YBIG Universe and the Class of 88 is a lot of you seem to just spend your days and nights abroad in Irish bars. Whether it's Tbilisi, Skopje, Vienna or wherever. What's the point in it all after travelling all that way to a new culture and country only to experience something you can back home? Would you not prefer to go to local bars instead of standing in a sweatbox wearing the same sweaty jersey full of Irish fans for three nights straight singing the Gary Breen song.

I go away to watch football not experience new cultures. And I don't know how much culture you are going to experience sitting in a Georgian or Macedonian bar LOL 
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There's Irish pubs in Ireland, well anywhere outside of Temple Bar.
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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

Why would anyone care what someone else gets up to.   
Why would anyone care about someone who cares about what people get up to ?
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Irish bars are a good focal point for meeting up whether you first move abroad (meet people from home who may offer tips/contacts for work) or just a handy spot for the first night at an away match.

The night before and off the games is the best craic at aways but it's nice to break away from the crowd too and stay a couple of nights in another city.

I do regret not having the energy to see the more historical sites/museums sightseeing of the city where Ireland may be playing I'm usually too hungover to do anything on these trips when you're boozing with the rest of the fans.

Football trips are generally piss ups anyway compared to your other holidays that you take where you do more activities.

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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

Why would anyone care what someone else gets up to.   

Because they think they're more sophisticated and cultured than the rest of us the same as the lads telling us that popular music is not real music.  
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Originally posted by gufct gufct wrote:

Funny you mentioned Skopje the Irish Bar there was one of the best on any trip with the prices actually reduced for us. The man never sold as much drink in 6 months.

And you can be sure the Hangar was the same, it wasn't my favourite bar over there but she looked after everyone well. Free 7am pints
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Originally posted by Zinedine Kilbane 110 Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote:

I love the way a few people on here classify "drinking in local bars" as culture .....  LOL


First question we got in college was, what is culture.    
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Why would anyone care what someone else gets up to.   
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Originally posted by Zinedine Kilbane 110 Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote:

I love the way a few people on here classify "drinking in local bars" as culture .....  LOL


Trying how many shots of Vodka they put in in their bars is culture in my eyes
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Originally posted by Zinedine Kilbane 110 Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote:

I love the way a few people on here classify "drinking in local bars" as culture .....  LOL
 
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Oooooooooohhhhhh yes sir......
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I love the way a few people on here classify "drinking in local bars" as culture .....  LOL

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Funny you mentioned Skopje the Irish Bar there was one of the best on any trip with the prices actually reduced for us. The man never sold as much drink in 6 months.
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The euros and poland away were great trips with no irish pubs but the culture of sitting down waiting on a waiter to pass when you could have downed another two pints in the same time and when the beer does come down the glass in only 3/4 full to the 1/2 litre mark and the head is 3 inches big.
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Good the night before the match to get the craic and the songs in...

But while away worth finding out the local gems of pubs on the other nights
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