We are a small country, but sorry i don't know every person out of 17 million we have on this small piece of land.PhillyApp1 wrote:Byron,
I am an App State fan from Philadelphia since 1995. It is a special place to see football.
Btw, in 1986 I dated a beautiful girl from Amsterdam. Tell Hester Miestburgen hello
If we go to Texas we plan on staying in Austin for two weeks, I mean I love BBQ so we have to stay in that areaashugh wrote:If you go to Texas for a game, regardless of how well they are playing at the time, to miss Austin would be a huge mistake. I've been to A&M, the football atmosphere is really good, but with UT (Texas) you're talking about AUSTIN! Just go. It will be obvious.
As for Clemson and UT, you have chosen correctly with Knoxville. I am not a fan of either, and I grew up hating rocky top because I had to listen to that big orange crap all the time on radio stations and TV, but the game day experience downtown and on the river is far superior to a, frankly, bland campus at Clemson. Inside the stadium it's basically a coin flip, but Neyland is worth seeing in person one time just from the shear size of the place.
Amsterdam is a very nice city for a couple of days.canes_mj wrote:Yes we only went to Amsterdam. It was an unexpected occurrence that we were able to go. It happened because our original lfight got canceled so we ended up in Europe for a few extra days. We had been supposed to fly home from Brussels, Belgium a few days before...but our flight got canceled. So the airline searched for alternate flights for us. We told them we were flexible and could fly out of nearby airports (they had flights from London, Amsterdam, France, etc).....they found us a flight out of Amsterdam 3 days later. They paid for our transportation up there and for our hotel there. The morning we were supposed to leave Brussels to travel to Amsterdam for our alternate flight home, we got a call from the airline, saying "Good news, we have been able to get an additional flight out of Brussels, so you'll be able to get home on time"......to which we told them NO THANKS!!! haha. We didn't have to be home urgently, so we enjoyed our 3 free days there.DutchCFBFan wrote:Where did you go in The Netherlands? only Amsterdam?canes_mj wrote:Do you have the dates for your trip? You could look ahead and plan out some of your trip based on games and stadiums you want to see. Fortunately you are coming to visit the South, which is the best region in America for college football. Almost any of the big stadiums of the SEC, as well as Clemson and FSU in the ACC would be great to visit. If you come to Boone, you're more than welcome at our tailgate. I used to be a member of InTapp (International Appalachian) while at App, and we had big tailgates for all the international students and brought them to the games.
BTW...my wife and I had great time in the Netherlands. Very friendly people, beautiful country.
We probably will go in September or October 2018. The Smokey Mountains are our favorites, but Texas and the Pacific Northwest are still in the conversation(Texas A&M, Washington Huskies and Seattle Seahawks). Since going to the Florida Gators the Seminoles are not an option for both of us. The fans we came across were very rude and even agressive in the stadium.
Do you go to every game? When we went to USC in 2015 I also had some contacts on the USC forum and they said we were welcome at their tailgates, but when the game came near I never heard from them again which was a disappointment for us. We would like to join a tailgate and meet some nice people who love College Football. We even bring some real Dutch treats with us!!
We have season tickets to App, so yes we usually go to most of the games. I'm back in grad school, and we just had our first child, so it's a little more difficult right now. But I've arranged to be off for 4 home games and the opener at Georgia.
Definitely post on the boards here when you arrive and are planning to go to a game. Like was said in the other post, when App people invite you to their tailgate, they sincerely mean it. Also people can help with other logistics like getting tickets, where to park, hotels, etc.
