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Post by Scrubb on Dec 8, 2017 6:37:37 GMT 2
Off to Colombia in the morning!
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Post by sophie on Dec 8, 2017 6:43:56 GMT 2
Oh scrubb... colour me green!!
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Post by auntieannie on Dec 8, 2017 12:18:40 GMT 2
yippie! safe trip, scrubbles and Mr S!
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Post by Baz Faz on Dec 17, 2017 18:49:49 GMT 2
A bit late to post this but anyway... On Saturday we drove to Birmingham and had coffee with a friend. Then on to other friends for lunch. In the afternoon we drove to a village outside Rugby to more friends. It was good to catch up. They took us out to dinner at the pub down the road from their house. The food was awful, just like it used to be in England 30 years ago. We wanted some wine so our host asked if the house white was dry or sweet. The pretty young waitress said, "I'm not 100% sure." I asked if she was 90% sure. She gave me a withering look and disappeared to ask. She came back to report, "I'm afraid it is not sweet."
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Post by sophie on Dec 17, 2017 18:52:17 GMT 2
‘Afraid it’s not sweet’.. that is passing judgment on them who asked!
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Post by sophie on Dec 17, 2017 18:54:18 GMT 2
I am resorting to drooling over fancy brochures about trips I can’t take.. I am starting to daydream about my first trip once I will be able to travel freely by air... so many choices!! I must be feeling better.
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Post by rikita on Dec 19, 2017 2:57:32 GMT 2
hm, participating in a journey to the alps with our group again in july - but they need to know some things now already for planning and booking rooms for the night before the official start of the trip. i find it hard to decide now what to do in july.
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Post by Netsuke on Dec 20, 2017 11:30:09 GMT 2
My next trip is coming up in 30 minutes. I'm driving all the way to a shop to return some clothes I didn't need and couldn't afford with money I didn't have.
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Post by kuskiwi on Dec 20, 2017 19:06:56 GMT 2
Oh Nettie. But good decision if you don't need them. There will be other opportunities when you are in a better place financially. Hug.
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Post by Baz Faz on Dec 21, 2017 11:26:38 GMT 2
We are off to our daughter's house in the Cotswolds in a few minutes. Back tomorrow evening. Fog was forecast which would have made driving unpleasant but looking out of the window it is cloudy but not foggy.
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Post by auntieannie on Dec 21, 2017 11:55:19 GMT 2
safe drive, Fazes!
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Post by tiltedflipcurves on Dec 24, 2017 16:11:55 GMT 2
Ms. TFC screwed up her calendar check when we were planning next summer's year-delayed trip to Catalonia. She and a friend have precious tickets to "Hamilton" smack dab in the middle of our already-booked trip. It was touch and go, but she's agreed to sell the ticket and buy a replacement on a different date. The pricing for which reminds one of tulips in early 1637. I've checked DC, NYC, and Chicago, on multiple dates months ahead. Partial-view seats cost about US$ 400, good ones more than $1000.
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Post by rikita on Dec 26, 2017 3:22:56 GMT 2
just looked at the area for our alpine trip in july - it actually is the area mr. r. went to with his parents when he was a kid, one of his very few journeys abroad at that time and thus one that he still remembers a lot ... the area looks beautiful ...
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Post by Baz Faz on Dec 26, 2017 14:13:21 GMT 2
We have just had an overnighter in Bath so that hardly counts.
Now we are looking forward to our annual escape-the-winter voyage, leaving on 20 January. We'll be in Malaysia, then Bali, finally Lombok, arriving back home on 1st March when it is spring.
Our 10 days in Malaysia start in Kuala Lumpur. Where is Hedonist when I want his advice?
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Post by shrjeff on Dec 27, 2017 6:55:38 GMT 2
just set up a trip to milan, turin and bologne for the end of july and a bit of august...
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Post by auntieannie on Dec 27, 2017 10:23:37 GMT 2
You do know that the whole of Italy is on holidays in August, right?
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Post by Baz Faz on Dec 27, 2017 11:29:51 GMT 2
I am reliably informed that waiters and chefs are not on holiday in Italy in August.
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Post by auntieannie on Dec 27, 2017 12:35:40 GMT 2
true that, Baz!
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Post by tiltedflipcurves on Dec 27, 2017 17:16:09 GMT 2
I don't know -- when we were in Rome and Naples during August '16, several of the waiters assigned to our tables seemed to have gone walkabout.
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Post by OnlyMark on Jan 5, 2018 15:29:09 GMT 2
Had my visa approved for Sri Lanka. Applied online today and about an hour later the approval came through. Will leave in just over three weeks.
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Post by auntieannie on Jan 5, 2018 19:07:53 GMT 2
Isn't happy traveller going there at the same time, Dr Only?
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 5, 2018 19:17:54 GMT 2
Hush, Annie, you've let the secret out.
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Post by OnlyMark on Jan 5, 2018 20:02:21 GMT 2
That's what I was going to say.
But, is she? Anyone know for sure? If so, what a coincidence.
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Post by shrjeff on Jan 5, 2018 20:24:24 GMT 2
yep
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Post by OnlyMark on Jan 5, 2018 21:33:01 GMT 2
I've been in touch with Happy (thanks Jeff) who admits that as she now knows my arrival date, she is leaving early.
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Post by tiltedflipcurves on Jan 6, 2018 15:29:40 GMT 2
How Serendipitous.
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 8, 2018 20:35:09 GMT 2
Just booked train tickets (3) in Malaysia. Getting excited now. We fly to KL in 12 days.
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Post by OnlyMark on Jan 8, 2018 22:19:32 GMT 2
Do you think they'll miss us?
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 9, 2018 0:11:27 GMT 2
I think the Pot will shut down for a breather.
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 19, 2018 19:56:21 GMT 2
Off tomorrow morning. Out of the front door, turn left, 4 minutes to the bus stop (Annie knows this well) and catch the 8.40 bus to Bristol. Take the National Express coach to Gatwick. Flight via Istanbul to Kuala Lumpur. Ten days in Malaysia, 2 weeks in Bali and 2 weeks in Lombok. Back home at the beginning of March when the winter is over. Our little backpacks are all ready. I want to go NOW.
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