#igloo church

[ed13d1]

all of this and more

[jesusislord3333]

[howwelldoyouknowyourmoon]

Los Angeles Times July 11, 2023 7 AM PT ON THE SHELF The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial By David Lipsky Norton: 496 pages

A lunchtime interview with David Lipsky bounces around to cover everything from the mistakes in pirated 19th century editions of “Moby-Dick” to the finer details of Mr. Show’s 1998 sketch “The Audition.” This seems to fairly reflect the range of Lipsky’s preoccupations, as well as the span of his writing.

Lipsky, award-winning author of books about West Point and a road trip with David Foster Wallace, brings his wide-angle lens to bear on global warming in “The Parrot and The Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial.”

The book covers everyone from Benjamin Franklin, who kick-started the Industrial Revolution, to the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who benefited financially from questioning research on tobacco and global warming. It’s about not just the science of climate change but also the self-interested denier constantly working to undermine it — “more research is needed” is a central strategy — and inflicting long-term damage in the process. Lipsky strives to make the book as readable as possible, referencing the Beatles and “The Simpsons,” yet his deep research and outrage continually shine through.

This interview, at a restaurant near New York University, where he is a professor, has been edited for length and clarity.

You were working on a different book when you read about Roger Revelle’s 1956 research proving climate change and the work confirming it in the 1970s. You write, “Everyone had known. And nothing had been done.” So what will writing more about it accomplish?

A 1979 panel said, “We have no reason to doubt global warming will happen and no reason to think changes will be small.”

Had Reagan not become president, things would have been different. We’re going to have to make a start at some point, and if we had done it then, the economies of scale would have kicked in and we would have become used to things.

...

You write about “signal versus noise” and how the climate deniers successfully distract by creating noise.

There are only 25 professional climate deniers, according to one climate denier, but 25 people can frustrate the will of the world. That’s staggering.

...

In 1979, politicians asked, “When will this all become evident?” And they’re told 40 years, so they say, “Get back to us in 39.” The book is about us as a people, the biggest version of us not going to the doctor.

Did Joe Biden take us to the doctor with his climate legislation? Scientists have estimated that his actions will cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 by 30 percent to 40 percent below 2005 levels. Would his re-election have a major impact?

People don’t appreciate that he has been a really effective president. He seems to understand what global warming is about, and he’s a professional politician who knows how to get legislation through. He did what no one else was able to do in 40 years.

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How much energy is used, and environmental damage caused, by the construction, heating/cooling and maintenance of all these properties? And there are the Moon's private jets and luxury everything.

Hak Ja Han’s new palace (the third at Cheongpyeong) was opened on May 7, 2023

“Dedication Ceremony for Cheonwon Palace” on May 7, 2023

Abandoned ‘Unification Church’ churches neglected as monstrosities everywhere… [Meanwhile Hak Ja Han] the religious leader is building a ‘royal palace’

More Development at Cheongpyeong: HJ Marina

The Cheonjeonggung Museum has been called a ‘palace’ by some people. It should never be called a palace.

Hak Ja Han’s unused Geomun Island Palace

New Hope Farms International Equestrian Park

Yongpyong Resort, covering 4,300 acres, is owned by the Moons

Beaché Palace is owned by the Moons. Who paid for it?

The Ocean Resort in Yeosu is owned by the Moons

Another Moon owned golf course – part of Ocean Resort, Yeosu

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Climate change is here. Beyond doing everything we can to cut emissions and slow the pace of global warming, we must adapt to climate consequences so we can protect ourselves and our communities. The fallout varies depending on where you live. It might mean fires or floods, droughts, hotter or colder days or sea-level rise.

A Global Warming Book for the Streaming Age

‘Every alarm bell in the planet is ringing right now’ – but political reporters aren’t listening

[jollyreginaldrancher]

More realistic Yellowjackets hcs

•Van is squeamish af. She nearly threw up when just talking about Allie's leg in the pilot, and she almost throws up everytime you finally get to pick a movie and you go for a horror thing.

• Shauna would be one of those girls that could never pick what to eat. She would drag you to hell and back before she'd finally just go with one of the same three restaurants she always chooses. Even though she always picks the same she still wants you to suggest every place in town before she reaches a conclusion.

• Nat and Van overshare with each other. If you're with either one of them you will get smug looks from the other.

• Nat and Van also share their porn stash. Van has the decency to hide it but Nat just leaves her magazines on her night stand. You only ever knew she shared them with Van because you saw one of their trades. Nat tucked a folded up mag into the back of her pants. Van hid hers in the bottom of her schoolbag. You cringed so hard when you realised that's what they were doing. Nat stole them during a house party and Van let curiosity get the better of her and long story short they'd been trading them all year until you found out and used the rolled up magazine to beat Natalie over the head with.

• Van absolutely tries to build a house out of breadsticks every time you take her out to a restaurant for dinner.

• She tries to make an igloo out of waffles.

• You're on the team, on Away games and you share a room with Nat. She climbs on the bed and rocks it back and forth making it squeak and makes moaning sounds when you're on the phone with your mom. If Van is there she will join in but she will be blushing the whole time.

• Trying to get closer to Taissa involves being forced to take part in her morning constitutionals. Only her morning constitutionals involve 45 minute morning runs. And her legs are so long you are constantly trailing behind, and with her, everything is a competition so she straight up leaves you in the dust. You've gotten lost in her neighbourhood multiple times when she's left you behind to run ahead.

• Jackie's inviting you to weeknight dinners with her parents and expecting you to sit idly by while they passive aggressively destroy your confidence. She gives you yours back though after dinner when she lets you top her on her frilly bedsheets.

• Jackie makes you leave her house after dinner, get in your car, drive to the house next door, out of sight, then sneak back and climb up to her window to hit it.

• Sitting in a pew in the back of Laura Lee's church, your hand resting on the stretch of wood between you. You scratch your chin and return it absentmindedly only to find her hand is also resting between you...her pinkie is close enough to touch. You breathe heavily as you ghost your finger against it only for her to react by parting her fingers. Not a lot, but just enough to interlink your pinkies. Your heart is thumping so loud you swear the whole congregation is aware of it. You stare forward, your eyes glazed over as the priest chants Κύριε Ελέησον.

• After church one day, you hang back with Laura Lee as your parents all mingle with other members of the church. The two of you climb to the second floor, way in the back, and lie down on one of the pews, head to head. You look up at her, and she looks up at you and smiles. It's the same pious smile she always gives you but this time you swear her gaze fixes on your lips a moment.

Her parents call her over to go home and she sits up abruptly and waves at you as she bounces nervously away.

• Akilah spends most of her free time with family. Her older sister and her husband both work, so she and her mom get saddled with babysitting her nephew a lot. She sits around the house watching tv and doing homework with a baby on her lap most days. She's supposed to put him down but he's sooooo cute she just can't bring herself to.

When he's a little older, you two sneak him his first bit of chocolate. Well, less sneak, more he reaches over and shoves your entire ice cream down his throat at six months. He doesn't get to the cone before Akilah pulls him away but half your scoop is gone with him. Akilah apologises profusely but you just laugh. She offers to buy you another ice cream and you suggest a rain check. Your first date is an ice cream date when she's no longer grounded for letting him have ice cream at six months. He was fine though.

• Mari doesn't have nieces or nephews yet but she has so many cousins and they all get together and play soccer at family get-togethers. She is not the only one in that family who's on a soccer team but she's the only one who's going to nationals so the competition is stiff with all her cousins competing against her to prove they're all just as good. You may not be the best but she starts dragging you to all of these get togethers so the two of you can ratio her entire family together.

She normally wears jumpers and ties her hair up and stuff but her family notices that she dresses in way more form-fitting clothes and lets her hair down when you start coming to these things and ALL make fun of her for it. I'm talking little baby cousins who look up at her and make kissy faces behind your back and you feel a breeze when you turn your head, and hear the thud of a couch cushion hitting a seven year old at full force.

Oh no, her cousin spilled some juice on you now. Guess she has to bring you to her room, alone, and give you something to change into. You hear another Thwack behind your back as she ushers you down this hallway to the back.

A few cousins grin at you both through the window so she rushes to shut the blinds... She's red as fuck at this point. You're in her room and it's the designated coat room so she pushes a big pile of coats off to the side so you can sit down. She rummages through her closet and finds something that's lowkey a little revealing but she realises her whole family will see you in this so she reaches for a turtleneck instead. It's way too hot though so she just grabs a yellowjackets tee and hands you that and pretends to look around her own room while you change.

• She sniffs it when she gets it back.

• Melissa wears her hat backwards so she can be more easily identifiable as a skater. She's the only girl skater in the school but she doesn't get that much shit for it because she's also a jock on the soccer team that's going to nationals.

• She absolutely tries to rizz you up while skating around you.

• She absolutely loses her focus and eats shit while trying to hit on you.

• You give her your number out of pity.

• She writes your number down on her arm and then uses that part of her arm to wipe the sweat off her brow.

• You realise she's not playing dumb for the bit but you give her a shot anyway. You spend a disproportionate amount of time applying bandages on her and talking her off dumb stunts.

• Had there been any flat surfaces in the wilderness she could have used to skate on, she would have been the first to die.

• Gen...fuck it I don't know shit about Gen. Maybe she's a ninja. Yeah.

• latchkey kid with one of those dogs that's small enough to fit in a bag. It's fluffy and smol. She brings it on dates and feeds it breadsticks when her date isn't looking.

• Gen likes to dress that dog up in funky little outfits. Sometimes she matches it. Has a box full of pictures of her dressing her dog up.

• Misty can and will drag you into the equipment room for some alone time at school.

• Still plays doctor. Doesn't realise that the objective is not to heal the patient but to get close to the patient and feel them up. On the upside she has a full nurse costume. Not a sexy nurse costume, an accurate replica of a nurse costume. So accurate she's banned from wearing it at the local free clinic. Because 12 year old Misty tried to wear it to the clinic the way kids wear princess costumes to Disneyland.

• Van and Natalie subscribe to the sniff test. These jeans Nat's wearing were at the bottom of her used clothes pile but it doesn't matter because they passed the sniff test. Can Van pull off wearing that hoodie for a third day in a row? Yes, because it passed the sniff test. Sniff test.

• Van and Nat have burping contests outside Denny's at 3 am.

• Misty goes to sleep at 8pm every night. Even Laura Lee thinks that's way too early and she has a strict self-imposed bedtime at 10:30.

• Jackie's skincare routine takes the better part of the night.

• Shauna makes you sleep on the floor because she kicks in her sleep and it's her bed so...

• Lottie can come up with an excuse for shit at the drop of a hat. Usually it's excuses for why you shouldn't leave her house and why you should stay over. Lately she's been using excuses to get away from you though and it's worrying you. Nevermind she just wanted space to throw you a surprise party. Wholesome ass.

[fogwitchoftheevermore]

behold, sausage not beating the watcher allegations that he started for 5 minutes. and this isn’t even including my absolute string board theory about his new life ending.

video transcription below the cut

Clip 1: Sausage is at the Vigil in Pixandria.

Sausage: Ok, really quick, I'm glad we're here. We're gonna pay our respects for all the death that's gonna be happening, uh, in that other reality. [Cut]

Alright, really quick, oh! I have candles here. One second- this is cool! I actually wasn't planning on this. Le- let's see. We have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Oh! Perfect number, actually. I guess we can add this to the Vigil! 14... Let's do one here, one here, let's go... boop! Perfect. 14 of them, man. Let's do another one there. This shouldn't mess with space time or anything. This might be the past, but that's fine. I've done this so many times, it's not gonna ruin anything. Ah, there it is. Let's do another one there, perfect. You guys can figure out which candles' for who, hehe. And let's- let's leave this side open, let's do it on this side. Oh, perfect. Let's light 'em all for the deaths that happened today and last time. 1, 2, 3, 4- I'll leave that one. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. Perfect! Alright. Now let's bow our heads, right here. Oh, screenshot moment! Everybody, a moment of silence for our lost, uh, brethren who have met their demise. But at the end, one did- did win, right? I don't know who that one was cause I haven't gotten that spoiler yet, but, one is alive, at the end. Rest in peace. [Cut]

o7s in the chat for all the death that happened. This is a safe space to cry, but it's okay. Because at the end, there must have been a winner. Time runs out for everybody, everyone. Time runs out for everyone. All we gotta do is just sit back and watch. And maybe listen. But I don't wanna hear any whispers out there, you guys talk with your chest because at the end, it's fine! It was worth it, it was a good fight. May they rest in peace, all the fallen. Especially Jimmy. Dying first. Canary curse, forever and ever.

Clip 2: A screenshot

Clip 3: Sausage is in his church for Bdubs in Sanctuary

Sausage: And I did throw in that that was Cleo, because that was just funny when he said his mom was calling him, so I had to do it. Uh, it's almost like my character knew that happened, somehow. [Cut]

Ah, yes. I'm not a Watcher! Ask Martyn, he can confirm.

Clip 4: Jimmy is flying around his Christmas world

Jimmy: -one. [reading Sausage's chat message] "Jimmy! Really weird thing I saw last time I was online but I forgot to ask, if you go into the first igloo, stand in the door and look directly to the opposite s- side of the mountain"? [Cut]

Here... [Jimmy sees the Secret Keeper remake and goes silent for almost 30 seconds. He gulps and then stays silent for another 15 or so seconds] I'm not pressing any of these buttons. I'm not- I'm not pressing any of these buttons! Don't tell me that's me! [A few seconds of silence] What in the-? [Another few seconds of silence] No, the buttons don't work. [He presses a button] Good. This is where the server just blows up, [laugh]. Well, that's odd. Genuinely, I don't know why- how th- how that is there. I think it's Sausage playing pranks on me. He knows I have nightmares, still, about this fella.

[slippinmickeys]

Old Chem pt 3

For those that said something nice before they asked me for more.

Mulder met Scully’s mother for the first time at her husband’s funeral. 

The family had gathered before the start of the service in the basement of the church, where a few women were laying out trays of brownies and store-bought cookies, carafes of coffee, an Igloo cooler of what could only be described as ‘orange drink.’ Mulder stood back respectfully, wondering if he should offer to help. 

Scully had initially been in shock, then a crying mess, and was going on day five of Stoic. He’d stayed at her place, only leaving to run whatever errands needed running and to teach his classes. Sniffling, she’d cleaned out two drawers for him without a word and he’d moved in several pairs of underwear and socks, three shirts, four pairs of pants, his toothbrush and a razor, both of which sat next to hers in her bathroom. 

That morning, he’d run home at 5:00 am to change into his charcoal suit and they’d left for Baltimore at 7:00. Scully didn’t speak for much of the drive, and Mulder didn’t press her. When he’d pulled into the church parking lot, she opened her door, then turned to him, and said simply, “Thank you,” before taking a deep breath and heading into the church. 

There were tearful hugs and some nervous laughter amongst the Scully children–Bill was currently deployed and unable to make it, but his wife Tara made up for his absence by being a whirling dervish of helpfulness and positive energy. Mulder was exhausted just looking at her. 

“I’ve been told not to call you Fox,” said a voice from beside him, and Mulder turned to see a woman who was a little taller and more willowy than Scully, but with the same bright shade of hair. 

“You must be Melissa,” Mulder said, holding out his hand. 

Melissa looked at it a moment and then gave him a firm grip, observing him appraisingly while she shook it maybe three seconds longer than was polite. 

“So is it Dr. Mulder, then?” she asked, releasing it. 

“Just Mulder,” he said. “My condolences on the loss of your father. From everything Dana’s told me, he was a good man and a good dad.”

“To some more than others,” Melissa said enigmatically, turning to look at the rest of her family, still gathered across the room. 

Mulder held his silence, and watched Scully interact with her siblings and mother, something he’d as yet not been able to witness. There was a comfortability with them that he noticed, and a reversion to what he could only guess were the antics of Dana’s slumpy teenagehood. Siblings would do that to you. He thought briefly of Samantha and smiled. 

Melissa followed his gaze. 

“She’s sad about Dad,” she said. “But I’ve never seen her so happy.”

Mulder turned to look at Scully’s sister. 

“Don’t fuck it up,” she said. “Or your funeral will be next.”

With that, she ambled back over to her family and gathered Dana into a hug. 

[thebunnylord]

So… funny church story that happened to me when I was little…

When I was in primary, they decided to have the kids come to the temple with our parents and teach us the importance of temples and all that. We didn’t go inside the actual temple itself, we just looked through the door.

Well, right before we walked from the church building to the temple building, they had an activity where we built our own temples out of toothpicks and mini marshmallows. Of course being a little kid, I made an igloo temple for Antarctica complete with an outdoor baptismal font for the penguins.

And then I devoured it.

Of course I got sick. As we were walking up the steps from the church parking lot to the temple, I turned to my primary teacher and was like “sister [cat], I think I’m going to puke…”

I was immediately rushed to the front of the line to puke in the bushes and it just so happened right at that moment, one of the adults took a picture of us from behind. It featured me and sister [cat] hurrying up the steps while I stumble behind trying not to puke.

A few weeks later they used that picture as part of their bulletin board right outside of the chapel to show every one of our trip. Out of context and from the position it was taken in, it looked like a group of primary children climbing up the steps to see the temple.

However! If it was taken facing us from the front, you could probably see just how sick I was and the anxiety on the poor sister’s face of not having me yak all over the beautiful temple grounds. Only me, her, and my parents know of the full context of that picture.

Moral of the story: don’t gorge yourself on a crap ton of mini marshmallows right before a temple trip.

[thatgiraffefromtlou]

missionary, double-missionary, cowgirl, doggy, upside down, 69, scissoring, queening (face sitting), spooning, thigh town (knee thing but your both doing it), with the strap, with a vibrator, in the dark, in broad daylight, in the woods, in a car, on a wall, in the shower, in a closet, in a parking lot, on a plane, in the fitting rooms, on a pile of money, in a random bed, in the kitchen, on the couch, on the floor, in an igloo, on a volcano, in an office, in a garage, on a back porch, on a roller coaster, in a restaurant, in the hospital, at church, in my GRAVE BITCH ANYTIME ANYWHERE. WHAT EVER SHE WANTS SHE SHALL HAVE.

[ddarker-dreams]

THE GOLDFISH IN A CUP!! I THOUGHT YOU MEANT ACTUAL FISH GOLDFISH!! I'm laughing so hard I truly did think you put fish on a windowsill for God to eat

HTKEMR THEY WERE THE SNACK THAT SMILES BACK... no fishies were harmed in my scientific experiment to test if a higher power exists.

further little lock shenanigans:

the orwellian lps society

i'd frequently have to move my clip down from green to yellow because i talked too much during class

i liked collecting male love interests in club penguin and would make them compete with one another for my affection. i once made them run around my igloo in a race to determine who'd be my penguin bf

after i learned about cigarettes in school, i'd go up to adults smoking and tell them they'd die if they kept it up

i would give the ground the middle finger because i thought i was flipping off the devil down in hell

i got in trouble in sunday school because i refused to dance to the worship songs. all the other kids in my class would stare at me during the worship portion and slowly stop dancing when they saw i was standing there with my arms crossed

i blackmailed my brother into giving me his gameboy color + pokemon silver cartridge because he made me cry

i'd pray to god for forgiveness after i went over my friend's house and played modern warfare 2

i also got in trouble in church for writing that i want a pet pig on the prayer request cards

i convinced this one kid i was fluent in french while saying random gibberish

when i figured out what a bank was, i set up a desk with papers in my room and tried convincing my dad to give me everything in his bank account. i don't think he agreed

[submissivejberry]

I can think of no words that can describe how much I enjoyed this trip, how magical it was! So, I'll stick to describing some of tyhe pictures I've taken so far.

Row 1: The Northern Lights. What can I say about it that hasn't already been said? Although my thinking brain knows how that wonder comes to happen, my heart wants to keep on believing is made by magical powers, because that was exactly how I felt when they finally showed. Magic. And to make things even more perfect, I was being snuggled in my Sir Javi's loving arms. Something I won't ever forget. I don't think I've ever done any hiking in my life, so the amount I have done on this trip is unreal, but so are the pictures I was able to get, about majestic cliffs and rivers, and waterfalls. Oh, and ice caves! The closest I've ever been to something similar was this bar in New York, which is like a big igloo. You have to wear a thick coat to get in there and everything is frozen all around you. But this was so much better!

Row 2: Hákarl. I had to copy that from the menu. I ate a shark! Well, a piece of a shark, also it was a piece of fermented shark, and it was delicious! It appears to be some sort of fine plate here, and Sir wanted me to try it, so I did. I'm alwats excited about trying new things. We both enjoyed whatever time we had to simply stay at the resort and rest, or swim on the lagoon there, or simply sit outside our balcony and watch the stars together. Perfect addition to our vacation.

Row 3: One of favorite spots at the resort was the hot tub at the end of the dock, at the lagoon. Not only it relaxed us after a fun but tiring day, but it was also the perfect spot for some warm snuggling ;) ;) That night when we all got together and went out to that club in the city was awesome! I danced a lot, got grabbed a lot, from people that I knew and others that I didn't, but what matters is that I was there with all my friends and classmates, and of course my brother, and we have a ton of fun! On our very last day, Sir Javi and me went out to do some more shopping, it was a nightmare trying to find something my dads would like, but what made it more special was that we got to see the preparation they were having at Reykjavic's Rainbow Street, which is painted with the Pride flag for when they celebrate it, during August. And there, with the Hallgrimskirkja Church in the background (you guessed it, I had to copy that name too), we kissed for a long time, almost forgetting where we were, or that we had to back to the resort to start packing. Just the two of us, the way we always want it to be.

@javierfogarty

@rossberry

[wyo-charles-too]

Dogshitville, USA

Addressed to: South Dakota

Vote, there’s ice water in it

Drive, to a store on igloo barrels

Walk, (just kidding you have to drive)

Buy, war is weather always coming down

Read, not in heart/head but physical eye

Stare, anyone not you is settleable

Comply, that’s what the list is for

Save, tears are expensive with a dinosaur

Face, never great in no place w/o idiots

1. Old sunshine state, turn out the rodeo arena you owe on

2. Buy more culture from a married couple of drop shipping former marines that swear they live in a ‘San Diego’

3. Don’t be dust, don’t write, please think of all the closed churches

Serve a polyester dream, you dumb handout machine, you were pretty for less than a day…

[candacehughes123]

deliveries candled dirt roads traffickings churchs trafficked dopeslanded druslandings delivered igloos wooded areas dope rings delivered traffickings candleid houses trafficked doperiings drugsdrugrings traffick traffic trafficked traffickings foglanded dirtlands deliveries must return to earth and candace marie hughes. on. paid. vvoiced paid. mail kiy key card dh to candace marie hughes. on. paid. vvoiced paid.

[cfdxsaz]

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[1thekdonna]

Underrated Winter Destinations in 2024: USA Travel Tickets

As the year 2024 unfolds, it’s time to break away from the usual winter destinations and explore the underrated gems that promise a unique and enchanting experience. While popular destinations attract crowds, these underrated winter retreats offer tranquility, beauty, and a touch of magic. Here are the hidden gems waiting to be discovered in 2024.

1. Kakslauttanen, Finland: Arctic Dreamland

Escape the ordinary and venture to Kakslauttanen, a hidden gem in the Finnish Lapland. Far from the bustling crowds, this Arctic dreamland offers cozy glass igloos for a night under the Northern Lights. Embrace winter with activities like husky safaris, reindeer sleigh rides, and the chance to witness the serene beauty of Lapland.

2. Bansko, Bulgaria: Winter Charm in the Balkans

Bansko, nestled in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria, is an underrated winter destination with Old World charm. This picturesque town boasts a rich history and offers excellent skiing opportunities without the crowds of more famous European resorts. Explore the cobbled streets, indulge in local cuisine, and experience the warmth of Bulgarian hospitality.

3. Shirakawa-go, Japan: Historic Winter Village

Step into a winter fairy tale in Shirakawa-go, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Japan. Famous for its traditional thatched-roof houses, this historic village transforms into a snowy wonderland in winter. Experience the magic of illuminated gassho-zukuri houses against a backdrop of pristine snow-covered landscapes.

4. Rila Monastery, Bulgaria: Spiritual Winter Retreat

Embrace the tranquility of winter at Rila Monastery, Bulgaria’s spiritual haven. Nestled in the Rila Mountains, this UNESCO site is a serene retreat with a rich history. Explore the monastery’s ornate architecture, surrounded by snow-covered peaks, and experience the spiritual ambiance that permeates the winter air.

5. Abisko, Sweden: Arctic Adventures Await

For a true Arctic experience, head to Abisko, Sweden. This underrated destination offers a winter wonderland with frozen lakes, the chance to witness the Northern Lights, and thrilling activities like ice climbing. Explore Abisko National Park and immerse yourself in the beauty of the Arctic landscape.

6. Snowdonia, Wales: Winter Magic in the Mountains

Snowdonia, known for its stunning landscapes, is a hidden gem for winter enthusiasts. The mountains of Wales offer a picturesque setting for winter hikes, snow-dusted peaks, and charming villages. Experience the magic of Snowdonia’s winter, where tranquility meets breathtaking natural beauty.

7. Jasper National Park, Canada: Rocky Mountain Retreat

Escape the crowds of Banff and discover the underrated beauty of Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies. In winter, the park transforms into a pristine wilderness with frozen lakes, snow-covered forests, and the chance to spot wildlife against a backdrop of majestic mountain peaks.

8. Svaneti, Georgia: Ancient Wonders in Winter

Svaneti, nestled in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, is an underrated winter destination with a rich cultural heritage. Explore medieval towers, visit ancient churches, and experience the hospitality of the local Svan people against the backdrop of snow-covered peaks.

9. Arosa, Switzerland: Alpine Elegance Off the Beaten Path

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10. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia: Winter Waterfall Wonders

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Im in the uk and we dont have food carts outside, tho alot of american culture has started to seep over here recently.

i have seen a burger van once or twice outside city hall but people will usually scoff and say theyre cheeky, as they know there will be hungry- drunk concert goers and theyre abusing the opportunity to make money off of them. Most people will purposefully avoid them out of spite unless theyre teens to early twenties and dont care.

we dont need food carts. The uk has more pubs than america has churches. I have 9 pubs under 5 minute walking distance of my house. And we have equally as many 24 hr takeaway food places right nextdoor to every pub

So you can stumble out of a concert and straight into a kebab shop

If theyre not in a city hall and are in an actual venue or arena, we usually build a complex around them that are filled with restaurants and arcades

Damn bestie I’m jealous 😭😭😭 water at the concession was $6.25 usd and beer was over $8 so I know the food was expensive 🥲 probably over $15 for garlic fries

Do y’all have to put your drinks in plastic cups or get only half of the drink too? I’m so interested in this now lol

there’s a couple restaurants and bars around the ballpark but I think they were closed for whatever reason and they really aren’t within walking distance like how you described your area. I know the street was blocked off so I couldn’t really tell. There’s a high end bowling alley there too and I think that was closed too

So many people go to the carts here tho! Not me, because you don’t know where the food is coming from and if you get sick there’s no way to trace it back to this cart. They all come together so like a group of people after the concerts and events.

I wouldn’t consider this street food tho, like how other countries do it because those look like stalls that you can actually go to. These are just people who have a cart and a tray that cook food. It’s not even a hot plate it’s a literal cookie sheet 😭 and the food is in a igloo cooler or container of some kind

And the police are always outside of the venues too. Now that I know is an American thing for sure 😩