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Post by shrjeff on Oct 30, 2016 19:03:36 GMT 2
i look at the weather in even southern europe and lose my desire to travel there...
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 31, 2016 0:15:04 GMT 2
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Post by shrjeff on Oct 31, 2016 3:26:40 GMT 2
Yeah, Baz, that's a given... one time many, many years ago we went to england in october... here in october it is ideal weather: shorts, sandals and a t-shirt... we didn't take even a sweater!!!! had to buy lots of warm clothes  here's today's forecast for tel aviv, just a few km south of us: Max. temp. (day): 25° Min. temp. (night): 20° |
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Post by sophie on Oct 31, 2016 6:14:52 GMT 2
Doing a Panama cruise with a friend in January. Figured this was the only way I would see the canal (which I have wanted to see for decades) as I couldn't find anyone crazy enough to do this region up close and personal and stay on the San blas islands.. And I guess with the Zika virus in that region these days, probably safer as well. It isn't a trip I am truly excited about, but it will be nice to spend a couple of weeks with a good friend and be lazy!
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Post by pepecura on Nov 1, 2016 22:24:48 GMT 2
No Polish Maria please ! I feel like there is no good with her  Ok, Poland, Como, Amsterdam route is on the way in December. |
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 3, 2016 16:29:09 GMT 2
I'm in Mexico where children have different ideas about fun.  |
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 3, 2016 23:12:33 GMT 2
hehe! dia de la Muerte fun.
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Post by kuskiwi on Nov 4, 2016 22:56:37 GMT 2
5 weeks until my South American trip. Not at all organised but looking forward to it.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 10, 2016 21:56:19 GMT 2
Metz later this month to inter my mother's ashes nearby. Strasbourg in December to see the Christmas markets (again). Edinburgh in January to freeze my arse off.
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Post by pepecura on Dec 6, 2016 20:54:53 GMT 2
Currently in Como, waiting for a show at Teatro Sociale for a concert, Beethoven 8.
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Post by shrjeff on Dec 18, 2016 5:57:49 GMT 2
had a great time in portugal - particularly enjoyed porto and coimbra... paris was coooold... brrrr...
we've arranged to go to cuba for a couple of weeks mid-february... hopefully the weather will be nice though the internet is spotty at best...
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Post by Scrubb on Dec 18, 2016 19:46:39 GMT 2
We're going to Costa Rica in February! And I cannot believe how cheap the flights we found were. It was literally half of what we'd expected to have to pay! $600 (Canadian) out of Saskatoon!! EVen though we have to spend the night in Houston each way, it'll be cheaper than any trip ever.
Haven't researched exactly where we'll go - we have a week to ourselves at first, and then are going to a skydiving event for just over a week.
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Post by tiltedflipcurves on Dec 19, 2016 1:39:08 GMT 2
Scrubb, combining my one trip there, experience of friends, and the pre-distilled TT consensus, I'd suggest 2 nights in San Generardo de Dota, then Drake Bay with a boat trip into 2 nights at Sirena Lodge.
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Post by Scrubb on Dec 19, 2016 5:01:57 GMT 2
We're looking at Drake Bay for scuba diving. Will check out San Generardo de Dota - I don't know where or what that is. Thanks for the suggestions!
We've been there before but it was 10 years ago, and the only place from that trip that I really want to go back to is not at the top of my husband's list, so we're looking at different areas.
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Post by shrjeff on Dec 19, 2016 5:58:59 GMT 2
We're going to Costa Rica in February! And I cannot believe how cheap the flights we found were. It was literally half of what we'd expected to have to pay! $600 (Canadian) out of Saskatoon!! EVen though we have to spend the night in Houston each way, it'll be cheaper than any trip ever. prices are truly way down... our flights to cuba from tel aviv are US$415 each!!!!!! amazing... cheaper even than you going due south  and then we got an airbnb apt in havana for $25 a night plus the fee... |
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Post by tiltedflipcurves on Dec 19, 2016 21:43:44 GMT 2
SGdD is the site of the Hotel Savegre, a mountain lodge with spa between San Jose and Drake Bay, well-placed to enable proceeding directly there from SJO and then making the short but complicated trip to Drake Bay on a later date. Nice grounds and valley, and they lead birdwatching outings to see the local quetzals.
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Post by nutraxfornerves on Dec 20, 2016 1:11:55 GMT 2
Iran, next November.
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Post by shrjeff on Dec 20, 2016 5:27:13 GMT 2
Hi Nutrax... good to see you around...
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 3, 2017 11:20:29 GMT 2
Three weeks today we fly to Catania in Sicily. We hope. There are warnings that Vesuvius is threatening to erupt, wiping out much of Naples. And Sicily is just south of Naples. That would be a humanitarian disaster right on the doorstep of Catania (which has its own volcano Etna breathing down its neck). And, speaking selfishly, would volcanic ash close airspace above Sicily?
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Post by slowcoach on Jan 4, 2017 16:47:34 GMT 2
There are warnings that Vesuvius is threatening to erupt, wiping out much of Naples. Which warnings, where? |
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 4, 2017 18:25:01 GMT 2
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Post by sophie on Jan 4, 2017 18:38:56 GMT 2
Leaving tomorrow for a Panama Canal cruise. Good timing as it turns out, as it is cold here, with more snow forecasted. It will be my first 'real' cruise, not sure how I will like it, but willing to try it. See you all in a few weeks.
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Post by auntieannie on Jan 5, 2017 1:31:55 GMT 2
enjoy your trip, Sophie! I seem to remember you are going with a friend who isn't as experienced a traveller as you are. I hope all goes well.
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Post by slowcoach on Jan 5, 2017 16:51:44 GMT 2
Alex Jones (InfoWars, Prison Planet)! From Wikipedia: But that said: the article is not about Vesuvius, it is about the Phlegraean Fields, which are on the other side of Naples to Vesuvius. Unlike Vesuvius, the Phlegraean Fields is a pukka supervolcano, its last major event (38,000 BC) spat out more magma than Tambora (1815 followed by the "Year without a Summer"). It is probable that there has been no eruptions on the scale of the Campanian Ignimbrite Eruption (Phlegraean Fields) in recorded historical times. Were it to give a repeat performance, it would be a tad worrying for the world, not just Naples. The Fields have been getting a bit excited recently and it could erupt big style but that doesn't happen often, perhaps once or twice in every 100,000 years it seems. |
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Post by auntieannie on Jan 7, 2017 9:35:24 GMT 2
there was something about that on TV this week.
On my way to the Fazes. yippie!
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 7, 2017 11:00:35 GMT 2
We have specially arranged fog for you, Annie.
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Post by Netsuke on Jan 7, 2017 22:18:16 GMT 2
Three weeks today we fly to Catania in Sicily. We hope. Sicily - home of the Italian family business. Cosa Nostra and olive oil |
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Post by OnlyMark on Jan 7, 2017 23:18:12 GMT 2
Mrs M is going away on a business in ten days. I think I might plan a five day road trip to the west.
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Post by rikita on Jan 11, 2017 10:32:34 GMT 2
only 2.5 weeks left until our skiing trip in the bayerischer wald ... still got to get appropriate clothing for a. and in part for myself ... and i hope she likes it, as she inherited my tendency to get a bit scared (and is not yet old enough to decide to do things despite being scared) ...
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 19, 2017 19:40:44 GMT 2
We are in Brighton at present. It is an interesting town but with our current situation three days is enough. So tomorrow we are off to Romsey to stay with Mrs Faz's sister for a couple of nights. We return here on Sunday but we hope just for one night. Then on Monday afternoon we'll take the train or coach to Gatwick for a night in a hotel and catch the flight to Catania on Tuesday. Fingers crossed.
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and then we got an airbnb apt in havana for $25 a night plus the fee...
