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Who loves holidays? And where are you going?
BrettLangham
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I love them 
They get me through the week just thinking about them I am off to New York in April and Florida next September. Cannot wait
They get me through the week just thinking about them I am off to New York in April and Florida next September. Cannot wait 0
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Madeira is beautiful but not if you are scared of heights.
The roads:eek:
The dream is to go to Russia, though.
I know !!! I am scared of heights !!! I spent much of the coach tours looking at the floor of the middle aisle ! OMG ! But once there the views are spectacular and if I could stand back a few yards I was ok .No not for the faint hearted at all , I had one very hairy moment on the Pico de Ariero and the world spun around me .
But its beautifull and the flowers are wonderful , but they made the mistake of allowing hotels build right down to the waters edge and IMO this had ruined the accessability and its not easy to walk there at all .For that reason I wouldnt go back as we really missed long walks by the sea
Had a wee health scare a while back which concentrated the mind somewhat and so I decided to see a lot more of the world while I'm able.
Have been to Las Vegas, South Africa, London (twice) Madeira, Vegas (again) so far this year, going back to South Africa in November, Dubai for New Year and a Caribbean cruise in February 2012.
Our travel agent was telling me about Star Alliance around the world air tickets, so we're thinking about west coast of USA > Hawaii > New Zealand > Australia > Malaysia then back to London.
My only problem is that I miss the dog terribly, everyone else is on Facebook.
my husband and I were just talking about Russia. Id go to Moscow for a few days but thats about it, Russia doesnt appeal to me, but admittedly Im pretty ignorant about Russia. What is it that attract you?
I can afford to travel but prefer to stay home.
It's a luxury to sleep in your own bed and just walk to the kitchen to get something out of the fridge. Just having your own fridge is a big deal! And I like self-catering which may or may not be possible on holiday.
It's also nice and cool here [in the UK], and there are no mosquitoes!
And it's so nice just to order things online and know I'll be around when they arrive. And there's 'free' 24-hour internet, nice things on TV, and so many projects to do around the house.
Travel is so stressful anyway with getting up at ungodly hours after two hours' sleep, waiting in queue after queue after queue, then grappling with baggage, language, money and foreign buses and trains. Then doing it all in reverse coming back.
Anyway I've done a bit of travelling (I used to go abroad about once a month) and have little inclination to go anywhere these days. (And I'd have to go alone which is very dull.)
I dont mind sleeping 2 hours and then queueing. Its kind of exciting to think you will be somewhere completely different and new in a few hours. The UK bores me shitless with its weather.
You ever holidayed in the UK? I was an abroad junkie but for the last 4 years we've done UK holidays and I'm a convert.
We did a UK week long holiday for our honeymoon, it was the best holiday we've had in a long long time.
I have done many of UK holidays years ago, but we always had a holiday abroad as well. It was fine, but the weather is a little too unpredictable in the UK and the whole family much prefer to visit the States.
The travelling is only stressful if you let it be. Have a few beers in the airport and enjoy it.
I have a week off in December but planned to go up north to visit friends & chill out.
As for that not sure. I was lucky when I went to Wales to have hot weather but sadly the trouble with a UK holiday is you need a plan B & I have had many of them in the past.
God I'd love to go to New Orleans. What I'd really like to do is go to The Presevation Hall and catch a concert. Have seen some of the stuff on You tube and it's amazing.
I'm off to China in November. Our holiday company cancelled the holiday and as we'd already bought flights we're still going- just arranging it ourselves. I can't wait- I need a holiday!
Next year we're going to the Pacific North West. Want to see Vancouver, Seattle, the hotel that was used for the exterior shots of The Shining and a rodeo!
I'm a history/politics graduate so the history! I also read a fair amount of Russian literature so I'd like to see it for myself. There's just so much to see, and it all looks so beautiful. I especially want to go to the Red Square and also to see Lenin, maybe even a ballet then take the trans-Siberian express to see some of the countryside and into Mongolia. Also I know they like their drink so I'd probably find good company
Looks like I'll probably have to go alone which scares me, I remember discussing how I wanted to go about ten years ago but was warned against lone females travelling, now it looks like I have no other choice but to not go
If you get the chance definitely go! It's only 5ish hour flight from London, I believe
google image search "isles of scilly" and you'll get what we mean about it not being quite like england.....
got to wait for a week off now 'til feb