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Post by rikita on Aug 2, 2016 0:24:10 GMT 2
just got home, tomorrow i am going to my mom's for a few days ...
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Post by Baz Faz on Sept 10, 2016 9:44:41 GMT 2
Off to the Gower peninsula in Wales (once the car is packed).
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Post by OnlyMark on Sept 10, 2016 20:10:51 GMT 2
Guess where I am -  |
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Post by kuskiwi on Sept 10, 2016 20:44:40 GMT 2
I can't 'sea' where.
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Post by OnlyMark on Sept 10, 2016 21:58:36 GMT 2
It was sunny and warm when I got on and rainy and cool when I got off. Two hours later.
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Post by Baz Faz on Sept 10, 2016 23:47:29 GMT 2
Er, UK?
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Post by OnlyMark on Sept 11, 2016 8:00:31 GMT 2
Correct. A unplanned visit. I've spent the last two weeks in Germany after driving up from Spain being prodded, poked, examined, tested and injected by doctors, plus a preparation course from Mrs M's work in anticipation of going to Zambia. I now have problems with my bank and need to visit my own doctor, plus sort out some stuff regarding my passport and driving licence and International Driving Permit. Also some legal stuff regarding wills and sorting out an acceptable headstone for the grave of my parents.
All these things possibly could have been sorted from afar but with much time and effort. It seemed to be easier just to drive over for as short as time as possible to throw my weight around and then drive back down to Spain and with a bit of luck, arrive before Mrs M returns and the appointment starts for the builders.
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Post by Baz Faz on Sept 11, 2016 9:46:16 GMT 2
Correct. A unplanned visit. I've spent the last two weeks in Germany after driving up from Spain being prodded, poked, examined, tested and injected by doctors, plus a preparation course from Mrs M's work in anticipation of going to Zambia. I now have problems with my bank and need to visit my own doctor, plus sort out some stuff regarding my passport and driving licence and International Driving Permit. Also some legal stuff regarding wills and sorting out an acceptable headstone for the grave of my parents. All these things possibly could have been sorted from afar but with much time and effort. It seemed to be easier just to drive over for as short as time as possible to throw my weight around and then drive back down to Spain and with a bit of luck, arrive before Mrs M returns and the appointment starts for the builders. Do you want to drive via Chipping Sodbury for a meal or a night? Most welcome. Er, Mrs Faz is dying to meet you. |
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 11, 2016 13:06:28 GMT 2
and there is space here for visitors if you were to aim for the plymouth to santander ferry afterwards.
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Post by tzarine on Sept 11, 2016 18:34:09 GMT 2
head spinning after weeks in southern india & donostia & barcelona
more modest
over to boston
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Post by OnlyMark on Sept 11, 2016 21:14:52 GMT 2
Baz, Annie, I am honoured by the offers. I need to certainly get to my bank tomorrow, Monday, as it all hinges around that. Depending on what happens there affects the time I have.
Where you are Annie, may be a bit too far out of the way and I won't be taking the Plymouth ferry for purely financial reasons. Fifty pounds via Dover as opposed to 350 pounds (cos' I have the car) to northern Spain doesn't sit well with me. I'll drive all the way through France in one swoop anyway so I wouldn't lose any time, fuel and any tolls are extra of course but will just be 'back pocket money' anyway.
It may actually be easier for me to drop across you in your new/old country as that is actually handier for me.
Baz, coffee and a biscuit and the good company of Mrs Faz would be more than sufficient. If you happen to be there as well then I suppose we could both put up with it. Hang fire on that for a short while.
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 11, 2016 23:26:31 GMT 2
beurk. I understand. safe travels and may the bank employees be swiftly responsive to your predicaments.
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Post by Netsuke on Sept 12, 2016 18:04:37 GMT 2
Guess where I am - A similar photo - can you guess where this is?  And here?  |
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Post by OnlyMark on Sept 12, 2016 21:36:08 GMT 2
They look like an ice covered sea in Antarctica in a snowstorm.
Nope. Can't see anything.
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 12, 2016 22:01:12 GMT 2
no piccie, netsuke.
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Post by rikita on Sept 13, 2016 0:32:32 GMT 2
i see pictures, no idea where though.
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Post by Gobsie on Sept 16, 2016 10:31:02 GMT 2
Taking my kids to Cape Town in December. Our first proper holiday since January 2012, cannot wait!
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Post by happytraveller on Sept 16, 2016 10:51:36 GMT 2
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Post by shrjeff on Sept 19, 2016 14:51:58 GMT 2
just made reservations for a week and a half in vienna next april...
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Post by mapletree3 on Sept 20, 2016 7:50:20 GMT 2
Getting ready for a five week road trip through the US Southwest.
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Post by Voy on Sept 21, 2016 16:40:49 GMT 2
^ I'm sure you already know, but CANYON DU CHELLY - and go in with the Navajos...jeep or horseback...
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Post by Big Iain on Sept 21, 2016 22:22:34 GMT 2
Not done this for ages!
Off to Club la Santa on Lanzarote on 15th October for a week with CLB and The Munchkin. It is a mega sports complex based upon triathlon training. We were there in February and it was one of the best holidays I have ever had. We are going again, again, in February again.
Cottage this weekend with a couple of friends who happen to be a couple. We are doing a team triathlon.
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Post by Baz Faz on Sept 21, 2016 23:21:01 GMT 2
On Monday we are going to Birmingham to stay with Mrs Faz's daughter. Unfortunately most of our friends seem to have got wind of our coming and have vanished. The exception is the man with the farm shop. I'll be posting about that.
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Post by rikita on Sept 29, 2016 10:11:55 GMT 2
going to the harz mountains tomorrow for a long weekend trip with our parent-child climbing group. not a climbing trip this time though, but a hiking trip - there will be a 7 km and a 6 km hike, my plan is for a. to walk most of the way herself, but i will take along the sling just in case, so i can put her on my back if necessary ...
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 29, 2016 12:04:43 GMT 2
enjoy, rikita and a.!
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 4, 2016 17:26:17 GMT 2
On Thursday we are flying to Girona for a week. Ryanair pretends it is Barcelona but it is 98 kilometres north of that city. Girona has plenty to offer (and is not overrun by stag and hen parties), lovely coastal walks are nearby and Barcelona is just a bus journey away.
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Post by auntieannie on Oct 4, 2016 20:39:52 GMT 2
yes, I know the region a little bit (although you both know the region too, If I remember previous trips) and it is worth of visit of its own steam. I guess unless you rent a car going to cadaques is going to be tricky?
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Post by pepecura on Oct 19, 2016 11:44:33 GMT 2
I must make visits to Como, and Poland.
Business trips, something is sucking up my energy...delay..delay..
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 19, 2016 13:03:17 GMT 2
I must make visits to Como, and Poland. Are you going to Wroclaw? If so I'll pass you Polish Maria's address. |
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 29, 2016 19:25:33 GMT 2
Just booked accommodation in Taormina and Catania for January. Then we go to Siracusa where we have booked an apartment for a month.
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