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Holidays Tue, 08 April 2008 17:37 Go to next message
Burytyke
Hi,
Where are your favourite holiday destinations, either been there or want to go ?

I have so many places I want to see so I'll start with Iceland in June.

BT
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Re: Holidays Tue, 08 April 2008 18:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
melmoth
Transylvania - a beautiful landscape, warmhearted & generous people, great food & unspoiled by health and safety legislation Smile
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Re: Holidays Tue, 08 April 2008 19:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Lars-Crystal
The Italian Lakes (and mountains!). Wonderful scenery and magnificent roads.....perfect for touring on a motorbike!

Crystal

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Re: Holidays Tue, 08 April 2008 21:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
southwest_couple
Scotland. We LOVE it. We've seen the mist fall and rise on Glen Coe, Loch Lomond and Ben Nevis. Breath-taking. We've stood atop Apple Cross on a summers day and been stunned by the glorious vista before us- Loch Carron, Summer Isles etc. We've strolled along The Royal Mile and Princes Street, then dined at a mexican restaurant and drank marguerittas, in Edinburgh. Visited the galleries and sat at pavement cafes in glorious sunshine in Glasgow. Until you travel around Scotland you can't fully appreciate the vastness of the unspoilt space there is in this country.
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Re: Holidays Tue, 08 April 2008 21:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Lars-Crystal
southwest_couple wrote on Tue, 08 April 2008 21:13

Scotland. We LOVE it. We've seen the mist fall and rise on Glen Coe, Loch Lomond and Ben Nevis. Breath-taking. We've stood atop Apple Cross on a summers day and been stunned by the glorious vista before us- Loch Carron, Summer Isles etc. We've strolled along The Royal Mile and Princes Street, then dined at a mexican restaurant and drank marguerittas, in Edinburgh. Visited the galleries and sat at pavement cafes in glorious sunshine in Glasgow. Until you travel around Scotland you can't fully appreciate the vastness of the unspoilt space there is in this country.


Could not agree more.....

Crystal x
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Re: Holidays Tue, 08 April 2008 21:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Flipty
The mountains of Bavaria, summer for the views/walking/climbing and winter for the snowboarding/skiing.
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Re: Holidays Wed, 09 April 2008 13:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
tonka
Just love all this scotland compliments. Couldnt agree more but im very biased.Anyone coming up this way please let me know.
PS anyone been to Cuba? Going in a few weeks
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Re: Holidays Wed, 09 April 2008 15:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mike in SF
That's great about Cuba, all I know of it is what I saw in Saint Etienne's "Sylvie" video, filmed somewhere in Cuba.

Anyway I still love Paris as my top city, but agree about Scotland, plus Ireland outside of Dublin, in terms of the countryside. Would love to return to Scotland and stay super north of Edinburgh, back to Inverness area and even more North the next time... fascinated with the idea of Shetlands and would love to see it.

Also fascinated with Iceland.

Being an American it's hard to imagine my next Europe trip with the weak dollar, but we'll spend 10 days in NYC (maybe a side trip?) so that'll be a blast in May.

x
Mike
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Re: Holidays Wed, 09 April 2008 21:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mich
Ireland has always been lovely. Many pleasant memories of Ireland from the extraordinary beauty of the landscape at County Clare (The Burren) and the Ring of Kerry to the people, warm and friendly.

Went to Skye in 2006. Again, lovely landscape but a bit on the windy side and quite cold.

One of my dream destinations is a trip to Egypt. I went years ago, but one day I want to drag the other half there to see all the stuff he's missed.

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Re: Holidays Wed, 09 April 2008 21:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Burytyke
Anyway, I'm going to Hong Kong on Friday, so that's one more ticked off.
Next one could be Laytown, Ireland, horse racing on the beach.
Anyone been ?

BT
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Re: Holidays Wed, 09 April 2008 21:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ulster couple
Burytyke wrote on Wed, 09 April 2008 21:33

Anyway, I'm going to Hong Kong on Friday, so that's one more ticked off.
Next one could be Laytown, Ireland, horse racing on the beach.
Anyone been ?

BT

We've never been to Laytown Races,but friends have,and according to them you'll have a ball.
Unique day out(setting up a race course on a beach and dismantling it before the tide comes in),great atmosphere,and plenty of "craic",hope you enjoy.
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Re: Holidays Wed, 09 April 2008 21:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
EdinburghLady
I'm off to India for a few weeks in the summer for a friend's wedding. I will not be wearing stockings! Razz

EL
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Re: Holidays Wed, 09 April 2008 21:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ChrissyC
Well, we're off to the Peak district in Derbyshire tomorrow for 5 days and if it stops raining at all Laughing then it will be very scenic. If you know Bonsall look out for us in the evenings at one of the 2 village pubs !?

But .. we spend most of our holiday time in France and are heading to Bordeaux at half-term in May. We've been to Nice this year too ( for the February Carnival ) and also to Paris for the Easter weekend.

So - given the choice, we'd head for La France as often as we could basically ! We think it has everything to be honest .. great scenery and landscapes, tremendous heritage / culture / history, weather that's great in summer and 'interesting' in winter, wonderful food & drink etc etc.

Look at our fotki pics ( Kentnylonscouple ) for us flying the SHQ flag in as many places in France as we can !! Wink

Andrew and Chris

[Updated on: Wed, 09 April 2008 21:58]

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Re: Holidays Sat, 12 April 2008 02:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mike in SF
ChrissyC wrote on Wed, 09 April 2008 13:56


So - given the choice, we'd head for La France as often as we could basically ! We think it has everything to be honest .. great scenery and landscapes, tremendous heritage / culture / history, weather that's great in summer and 'interesting' in winter, wonderful food & drink etc etc.



ha ha, I'd probably say the same thing about every country in Europe (although admittedly, maybe the same for Asia although I think the war-torn situation clean-ups are depressing). I know there are the jokes about British food, but thankfully there is a lot of non-British cuisine there (as well as the modern British cooking - Marco Pierre White, et al).

xx
Mike
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Re: Holidays Sat, 12 April 2008 10:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
andysffs
thailand
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Re: Holidays Sat, 12 April 2008 21:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
No trousers please
Boring Andy boring Bored

I agree with Melmoth Transylvania a destination you get your teeth into Laughing Laughing Laughing Shocked
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Re: Holidays Sun, 13 April 2008 00:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
andysffs
How dare you call me boring you know noting about me
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Re: Holidays Sun, 13 April 2008 20:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mich
India sounds amazing! Friends of ours had one of their weddings in India.

And one of my friend's children (he's now 18+) went to Thailand to see his girlfriend. They grow up so quickly. I remember when he was 10.



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Re: Holidays Mon, 14 April 2008 22:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
locolisa75
Cornwall for us - fighting off the giant seagulls whilst eating chips out of a cone in Padstow. Nod
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Re: Holidays Mon, 14 April 2008 22:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jon510

Wow! I love Padstow as well! The seagulls are a bit manic though! Laughing
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Re: Holidays Fri, 18 April 2008 12:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
richandpaula
Devon for us in a couple of weeks - praying for the weather to warm up a bit !

(Why dont we eat seagulls? - theres plenty of them and the size of the buggers, i imagine quite a lot of meat to be had).
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Re: Holidays Fri, 18 April 2008 20:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
snaker
All time faves (sorry Europe, fun, but not much wildlife):
Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Belize and Peru.
On the must do list: Guatemala, Panama and Bolivia.
snaker
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Re: Holidays Sat, 19 April 2008 17:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
SAM
just come back from 2 weeks in Goa...its now become my favourite place...going back in Nov.....
only downfall with it too hot for stockings...

SAM
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Re: Holidays Mon, 21 April 2008 06:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Lincoln Lady
There are so many wonderful places within these small islands, just the weather that is the problem. In the few years we have been together we have been to several places, and had lovely times. Beautiful countryside. Lake District, North Yorkshire, the south west, Scotland, each has its own redeeeming features. This year we'll try Northumberland and later the south eastern corner. Perhaps next year Wales, but do we go for north or south ? Ireland as well. So much choice, just the rip off people who run the accomodation. Do they really want the business, or is it just easy money for them ?
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Re: Holidays Thu, 24 April 2008 00:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
miss fox
I'm off to the quiet side of Crete this summer but I have to admit that I love Cornwall and Whitby more than anywhere.



Blackpool always gets a smile too Very Happy
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Re: Holidays Thu, 24 April 2008 00:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
seamslover
got a few barbados for the rum and egypt for the diving
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Re: Holidays Sun, 27 April 2008 23:16 Go to previous message
hollowman
Just got back from Cambodia

Fantastic. Sunrise over Angkor Watt.

Best place I've ever been has to be New Zealand, be it the North or South Island; there is something for any age, interest or persuasion...and it's usually cool enough for nylon!

Nod
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