u/lap1220

This feels like a good place to get some input.

So next April/May my wife and I are planning on going to Europe for 10-11 days.

We want to split the trip between two destinations. One destination will for sure be Malta - it's a family thing - and then we want to spend the other 5/6 days centralized in one location.

My wife and I are quite outdoorsy - love nature, hiking, etc. While I'm very much looking forward to Malta, it seems quite congested, lots of people, yada yada yada.

With that in mind, we're trying to figure out where a cool place would be to stay for the other chunk of time where we can stretch our legs, beautiful nature, hiking, etc.

While not locked in, we don't really want to spend the rest of the time staying in a major city (though there are some fantastic options).

Some ideas I've had...

* Fly into Madrid...go to Cercedilla? Segovia? We're both very intrigued w/ Spain - happy to take train somewhere. Seville might be too far and busy? Or just stay in Madrid (eh) and day trip?

* Fly into either Geneva, find a pretty mountain town, hike and explore from there. Or maybe Bern?

* Fly into Milan, don't spend much time in city, find a cute mountain town NE or there (Como doesn't really seem like our vibe).

* Greece - maybe Meterora? I would love to visit Greece, but don't think we have time to explore the islands. Nonetheless, would be open to a mainland idea.

PS - some of those ideas might be terrible, feel free to trash 'em.

A few factors - 1) we've recently been to Portugal and Scotland so those are off table, 2) we'd be coming from Detroit, so not terrible flights would be ideal and 3) Malta would be the backend of the trip. Wherever we stay for the first chunk of days we'd want a direct flight to the island.

Anywho, any ideas would be great!

It's been years since it's been open - I figured Covid (and maybe Hudsons construction) had something to do with that for awhile.

Now everything is vibrant around the building, but it is starting to look a little dilapidated - especially the sidewalk right in front.

Is there a plan to open sometime soon?

If not, seems like there could be some really neat ways to redevelop the property.

Have a 2018 Mazda 3 - love the car.

A few weeks ago I had a fuel pump issue, first time my car has ever died on side of road. Got it towed, repair guy replaced fuel pump, everything has been working great since.

I refueled last night. Today I probably drove 60 miles and not until the last mile or two did my fuel gage tick down even a notch. I then refueled and it took five minutes for my gage to show full.

Does it seem weird it didn't tick down at all today and take a minute to reset? Am I just overthinking this? I normally don't pay this much attention to gage, but actually mentioned to my wife about 50 miles in how I thought it was a little weird the gage was still full and she agreed. Then again, I know those aren't end all, be all gages.

Or maybe the new pump might be messed w/ my gage? For what it's worth, I already refueled once a week ago and seems like everything was normal with gage last week.