Where shall I go?

[trailerprincess]

I think I am going to take a few days off in February/early March and fancy going away somewhere different.

I don't want to spend loads of time travelling but where's good for a short break? I have a couple of places in mind but appreciate any recommendations.

I'll be travelling from the UK before anyone starts suggesting places in Australia :)

[trailerprincess]

Where is that?

[TAL]

My job ends on March 2.

I should probably put a wink here now.

;)

[na§tee]

SCOTLAND!

fo realz though. not glasgow, however. or edinburgh. oop north. highlands and islands. it's a different planet, i tells yah! you'd be surprised at the amount of people who live in this country and yet haven't explored it properly.

failing that, paris is gorgeous.

also copenhagen is somewhere i would really fancy going that sounds luvverly.

or iceland.

don't go to norway or anywhere where vodka is about a tenner :/

speaking of cheap booze, my mum went backpacking in slovenia recently and said it was lovely, lots of cheap wine!

also, she said vienna was beautiful. and you can go and look through randy's window! (y)

[Otis Driftwood]

Well, if you're lookin for relaxation go to Amsterdam. If you don't mind cold winds blowing up your kilt (yeah, I know...) go to Iceland, major awesomeness in nature. Continentally, Lugano and the Maggia valley are drop dead beautiful spots. Look it up...

[venusvenus123]

i don't mean to be funny but;) ..... what does "somewhere different" mean, if we don't know where you've been before?

i would suggest a week's snowboarding in france... that's what i'm hoping to be doing at the end of march. probably not very different tho.

iceland is a good suggestion.

egypt, israel or jordan? i know someone who just came back from jordan and then went on to israel. both really interesting places.

[trailerprincess]

Thanks for the tips

cmute- Houston is a wee bit far for a long weekend, but thanks for the Seagal quote; the man has depths I never knew existed

TAL - I'd like to visit the big desk and see what goes on there, so thanks for the reminder of the deadline. I'll wink too ;)

na§tee - yep, Scotland is an option though after nearly dying in Oban as a teen, I am in no hurry to go back there. I suppose I could visit whatever relatives I have left in Inverness. I have a wedding there though in May so not in any rush. And a hen night in Paris. But Copenhagen & Iceland both sound darn good.

Otis - been to Amsterdam quite a few times so think I shall pass on that but again, Iceland is a top idea

VV123- Yeah, I know I wasn't especially helpful by suggesting somewhere different!!! :p I was hoping for some more unusual suggestions, rather than Dublin or Barcelona and you all delivered - Iceland seems to be popular(y)

[Rock]

Tahoe.

[Otis Driftwood]

Take a look, I think the Ticino area (southern Swizerland) is enchanted:
http://images.google.de/images?svnum=10&hl=de&lr=&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Ade%3Aofficial&q=maggia&btnG=Suche

[Otis Driftwood]

Tahoe.
Hoboken or Oskogee.

[camo]

I think I am going to take a few days off in February/early March and fancy going away somewhere different.

I don't want to spend loads of time travelling but where's good for a short break? I have a couple of places in mind but appreciate any recommendations.

I'll be travelling from the UK before anyone starts suggesting places in Australia :)

come to shipley west yourkshire, I've just moved here and I know no one. We can check out the pubs!

[trailerprincess]

Ace. We can get drunk and cry to A&TJ

[jabumbo]

Take a look, I think the Ticino area (southern Swizerland) is enchanted:
http://images.google.de/images?svnum=10&hl=de&lr=&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Ade%3Aofficial&q=maggia&btnG=Suche


that way you can check out all of the hot bods from last decade!

[camo]

Ace. We can get drunk and cry to A&TJ

yes sounds good. See you friday then? :D

[trailerprincess]

Sorted for chips and gravy

[icy manipulator]

be a typical pom and just come down under (y)

[camo]

Sorted for chips and gravy

with peas?

They put mint sauce on them over here. I'm not sure about that myself but I'm open to all things new! Where do you hail?

[Otis Driftwood]

be a typical pom and just come down under (y)
The only reasonable place to come.... :rolleyes:

[trailerprincess]

with peas?

They put mint sauce on them over here. I'm not sure about that myself but I'm open to all things new! Where do you hail?

No peas thanks - that just looks rankerama.

And as for mint sauce, what a travesty.

I'm from dahn sarf. Surrey

[camo]

No peas thanks - that just looks rankerama.

And as for mint sauce, what a travesty.

I'm from dahn sarf. Surrey


southerner hmmmm. so that's one pint of lager for me, and a shandy for the lady please barman :D

[TAL]

Oh well, can't get them all.

[trailerprincess]

You don't get away that easily TAL.:p

[TAL]

*goes away*

[camo]

sorry about the shandy dig! :p

[trailerprincess]

*goes away*

NOOOO! :(

[icy manipulator]

The only reasonable place to come.... :rolleyes:
damn straight

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

whitby.

[paul jones]

Milton Keynes

[b-grrrlie]

^^^ Now there's something different! :rolleyes:

Take a cruise round the Stockholm archipelago.
Go skiing in eastern Finland,or visit Santa Claus in Rovaniemi, or Muumin in Naantali.
Go diving in Madeira (they've got some wonderful caves there).
Have you been to Pamukkale in Turkey? Or these funny mountains in southeast that I just remember the name of at the mo?

[trailerprincess]

Well, I am on my break and so far it's going well. I decided to take up someone's recommendation.

[camo]

Well, I am on my break and so far it's going well. I decided to take up someone's recommendation.

you came to shipley?

[Nivvie]

This is the perfect time of year for the B's, Bognor, Bounemouth or Brighton.
You can eat chips in the deserted cafe while rain lashes agains the window.

Although that might not be quite far enough away for you, or remotely desireable, so how about Cornwall? Somerset? There's a donkey sancturary in Sidmouth in Devon where I went on honeymoon.
They have nice donkeys that you can look at.
Donkeys are nice.

[Tompz]

budapest is the sweetness

forget about the rest

[Otis Driftwood]

Where did you end up? Lands End?

[trailerprincess]

I am back from my trip. I had a fabulous time, despite the weather conditions! The people I met were wonderful. Good times all round. I'll post some pics soon

[camo]

The people I met were wonderful.

So you didn't come to shipley then

[Otis Driftwood]

Sounds like a good swinger club... :D

[MC Moot]

I don't want to spend loads of time travelling but where's good for a short break?

Blackpool!......just funnin.....I'm biased but if I had Heathrow as my hub I'd be in southern Spain every chance I had,specifically,the province of Murcia,via Valencia,then down to Santiago de la Ribera (home) or La Manga del Mar Menor.....including a day trip to Granada somewhere in there......or maybe one of those package deals to Tenerife....although it's full of brits....wink,wink,knudge,knudge.....avoid Ibiza unless Pete Tong is your host....hope you had fun!(y)

[trailerprincess]

I feel like I am Wally in 'Where's Wally' :)

I went to Finland. Not Shipley, or Tenerife or a swingers club :D

[camo]

I feel like I am Wally in 'Where's Wally' :)

I went to Finland. Not Shipley, or Tenerife or a swingers club :D


I knew you were'nt cool enough for shipley. You ain't down (n)

[trailerprincess]

I knew that ages ago. Queen dweeb:D

[camo]

I knew that ages ago. Queen dweeb:D

well you could have told me then! :D

[trailerprincess]

Time for another break soon I think!! Anyone been to Reykjavik? I have seen a sweet deal for between Christmas and NYE...

[TAL]

I won this contest last time :)

[Funky Pepp]

Norway is beautiful, but you need more that a few days.
Prague is very cool too (and getting pissed should be quite affordable).

Otherwise, come to Berlin. You'd have me as a guide here! :D

[mikizee]

Go to McDonalds

[Loppfessor]

Go to Ibiza!! That was my favorite place of all the ones I visited in Europe....I dunno how the weather will be at that time of year but I would imagine it would still be an upgrade from the UK

[MC Moot]

Ibiza is a hole,has been for 20 years it used to be the haunt of Picasso,Miro and Dali.......not some discoteque mirorball version of coked and E'd up Brits,German and Russian tourista swine.....

See Spain,here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra