Best holiday destinations

[Parkins left foot]

Going through the Chunnel for the first time at the end of the month before a 10 hr drive up into Denmark for my Niece's wedding.

Will be an experience, but a bloody early start!

 

[UKYankieWWFC]

Going through the Chunnel for the first time at the end of the month before a 10 hr drive up into Denmark for my Niece's wedding.

Will be an experience, but a bloody early start!

Did that quite a few years ago with a buddy, got held up at the French Border Patrol, I couldn't possibly tell you why at the time, it was only after another 10 hour drive to the South of France my buddy told me! :O lol

 

[leedswolf]

Sitting in your stationary car for 20 odd minutes. Like the M25 without a view.

 

[Langers]

1. Take a trip to the Bridge over the River Kwai, about an hour and a half coach ride from Bangkok from memory
2. Pack a ping pong bat

Yeah the trip to the bridge, and Hellfire Pass which is a bit further up is number 1 on my list of things to do. The second thing on your list isn't :icon_lol:

I'm going to have to go for the lager, baileys and gin and tonic chaser though if I go.

 

[The Bear]

Lol. I remember actually doing that in my youth. Pint of lager, WKD, and Malibu and coke all on the go at the same time. Naturally I spewed soon after.

 

[Langers]

Off on holiday to Majorca a week tomorrow - huzzah! Going with my parents and my kids. It'll be the kids' first proper holiday in 3 years so they're rather hyper at the moment. Told my daughter to write a packing list the other day to calm her down. Not that it worked.

Anyway - it means Wolves will sign someone. They always do when I go away.

 

[Wombat del combate]

Told my daughter to write a packing list the other day to calm her down. Not that it worked.

My wife does that too. Mind, we go to France for three weeks taking only hand luggage so there's a logic behind it. More important are the initial shop at the Super U (Booze, basic toiletries, more booze, snacks and something for breakfast. Plus booze.) and it's larger first-full-day equivalent.

 

[lemonjelly]

My wife does that too. Mind, we go to France for three weeks taking only hand luggage so there's a logic behind it. More important are the initial shop at the Super U (Booze, basic toiletries, more booze, snacks and something for breakfast. Plus booze.) and it's lager first-full-day equivalent.

FIFY :icon_wink:

 

[Langers]

My wife does that too. Mind, we go to France for three weeks taking only hand luggage so there's a logic behind it. More important are the initial shop at the Super U (Booze, basic toiletries, more booze, snacks and something for breakfast. Plus booze.) and it's larger first-full-day equivalent.

There's a supermarket just up the road from our hotel (this will be the 3rd visit there). Dad will be getting the supplies in. My order consists of beer. Quantity over quality (it's Spain after all). Maybe a bag of peanuts to go with it.

 

[lemonjelly]

On topic, I haven't been abroad since the fuel blockades of 2000 (totally missed all the shennanigans!)
As a result, and a combination of the cost of some UK places, plus the difficulties in finding new places to go to in the UK, am thinking that next year will be a series of city breaks. I'm desperate to do Athens & Rome. Amsterdam is likely, as is Berlin, and one of Barcelona/Madrid. Prague has been highly recommended too.

Living in Bham, I can quite easily get to/from the airport via public transport.

So, my questions - anywhere glaring that I've missed that I should go to?
Is it easier to just book the flights/hotel myself directly, or via any other means?

 

[Wombat del combate]

There's a supermarket just up the road from our hotel (this will be the 3rd visit there). Dad will be getting the supplies in. My order consists of beer. Quantity over quality (it's Spain after all). Maybe a bag of peanuts to go with it.

Basically the same where we stay. Although they did have a "craft" beer section last year (as well as, somewhat strangely, a locked cabinet full of incredibly expensives wines. For the super yachts I guess), nothing too exotic though. Mind you, when the Kronenbourg is about £6 for a dozen stubbies I know where my spending money is going.

 

[Langers]

Basically the same where we stay. Although they did have a "craft" beer section last year (as well as, somewhat strangely, a locked cabinet full of incredibly expensives wines. For the super yachts I guess), nothing too exotic though. Mind you, when the Kronenbourg is about £6 for a dozen stubbies I know where my spending money is going.

I can only remember 2 things from the supermarket place we go to.

1. They sell 2 litre bottles of San Miguel for 1 Euro each
2. They sell a washing powder called 'Colon'. And yes, I took a photo of myself next to a box of it. #lolz

 

[Wombat del combate]

So, my questions - anywhere glaring that I've missed that I should go to?
Is it easier to just book the flights/hotel myself directly, or via any other means?

Berlin always gets my vote. Nice is beautiful too (Monaco is grotty and, IMO, pretty shit beyond the harbour); there's a huge park that opened last year with sculptures, water jets and misters, places to sit out and read the free books they have there. There's also a fucking awesome wine bar (which also sells cigarettes and has a bookies in the back) to sit at and watch the world go by, as we have done before (which translates as 'drink every wine on the menu, plus another couple of bevoir, then ask the manager if we've won a prize for drinking everything available,') and if you are inclined to head towards the principality you can stop at Villefranche or Beaulieu-sur-Mer and walk around St Jean cap Ferrat.

 

[Langers]

Rome is the best city I've ever been to. But I've not been to very many!

 

[Wombat del combate]

2. They sell a washing powder called 'Colon'. And yes, I took a photo of myself next to a box of it. #lolz

Has to be done. I recall a Croatian insect spray called 'Fart', and the other week when we were in Norway I spotted a book called 'I Farta'. Picture obligatory.

 

[jlo]

Langers: If you still head out to Thailand drop me a line and I'll see what I can recommend. Kanchanaburi, as mentioned above is good, and get up to Erawan Falls / National Park if you are there too. Plus you can hire out a motorbike for less than $5 a day to get around which is what we did last year. There's a million more things I could probably think of too if needed...

 

[Langers]

Proof:

That seems ages ago - before I had my beard and my daughter looks so tiny! She'll be 7 in September.

 

[leedswolf]

There's a supermarket just up the road from our hotel (this will be the 3rd visit there). Dad will be getting the supplies in. My order consists of beer. Quantity over quality (it's Spain after all). Maybe a bag of peanuts to go with it.

Edge Brewery (Barca) knocks out some top quality craft.

 

[Langers]

Langers: If you still head out to Thailand drop me a line and I'll see what I can recommend. Kanchanaburi, as mentioned above is good, and get up to Erawan Falls / National Park if you are there too. Plus you can hire out a motorbike for less than $5 a day to get around which is what we did last year. There's a million more things I could probably think of too if needed...

Excellent, thank you! I may well do that. We're still planning it but haven't booked anything just yet. Kanchanaburi is an absolute must for me due to my interest in the POWs working on the railway but it would be great to have some recommendations about other things around that area.

Might pass on the motorbike though. I may cause an international incident.

 

[Parkins left foot]

On topic, I haven't been abroad since the fuel blockades of 2000 (totally missed all the shennanigans!)
As a result, and a combination of the cost of some UK places, plus the difficulties in finding new places to go to in the UK, am thinking that next year will be a series of city breaks. I'm desperate to do Athens & Rome. Amsterdam is likely, as is Berlin, and one of Barcelona/Madrid. Prague has been highly recommended too.

Living in Bham, I can quite easily get to/from the airport via public transport.

So, my questions - anywhere glaring that I've missed that I should go to?
Is it easier to just book the flights/hotel myself directly, or via any other means?

Copenhagen is good, just expect to pay a fair bit for anything (+ if your language skills are less than average most of them can speak English as well - in many cases better than we do!)