General Chat

Barb. Is it Cardiff International for Barry Island :-S :-S

We love Italy especially Lake Garda and Venice, Paphos some years ago was lovely both visits, Austria and Germany was very special, lots of places in this country especially Llandudno for many years, Florida, but my favourite holiday was a river cruise the Rhine and Moselle, it was very hot but once we were sailing it was perfect...our worst one was Eastbourne, bad hotel weather lousy ,
thankfully not many of the bad ones...

Skeggy- its so bracing-dance competitions- a whole week of it. -jl

How could I forget the enchantment at about 6.a.m. watching a pride of lions moving through a herd of wildebeest and coming right up to our jeep to drink water out of the pools. I could have reached out and touched them - this was in Kenya. Took about 2 hours.

Also seeing Mount Kilimanjaro at night with snow on the top and a full moon shining down on it. Magic and sooooooooooo romantic!!!!

I've always felt sorry for the poor wildebeest, they don't stand a chance when the lion is hungry-j

We had fantastic holidays when my husband was alive and visited so many countries it would be hard to pick out the best one. We liked to do long haul trips and have seen some amazing places with so many happy memories. Now OH and I have different holidays, since we have been together for the last five years we have been to Turkey, Canaries x 4 Gernamy, Spain and Cyprus we are going to Cyprus again this year all are special to me in their own way. The one place I did not like was Malta, people say you either love it or hate it, I am afraid I am with the latter.

Paula we hated it also - because there is no bird song - they shoot everything including protected and migrating birds.

Janet - we did ask guide why wildebeest were not scattering - because they know the lion is not hungry was the reply. We never saw a kill, nor did we wish to.

Have only been abroad twice and didnt think much of it...My favourite holiday has to be the Scottish Highlands...Wonderful scenery and wildlife...We watched stags rutting at 4am in the middle of the road!!

Jules x

Had quite e few good holidays at home and abroad but the best for me was when we went to South Africa. 1st to see my sister and her family who I had 'found' after 53yrs, then onto a saffari park to see my beloved 'ellies' finishing up in cape town.Beautiful country, beautiful people. A real holiday of a lifetime :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

My first overseas trip was in 1962, I was three.... My Mum took my younger sister and I to the UK to meet our relations for the first time, six weeks on the ship there, six weeks in the UK and then six weeks sail home again, and I don't remember a thing ;-). We went through both the Suez and Panama canals..

When I was about thirteen, I saved my own fare to fly to Australia to stay with an Uncle and Aunt. Loved it. The travel bug was ignited.

Took our children to the States in 1997. We drove around new England in the Fall. So so beautiful with the autumn colours. Loved New York too.

OH and I have had quite a few holidays, blowed if I can pick a favourite. Last year to the UK to meet new found family was wonderful. We both want to return.

OH works long long days, so a short hop across to Fiji or Cook Islands to do as little as possible is a treat. We both love Aitutaki. It is one of the Islands in the Cooks group. Nothing to do but relax, swim, snorkel, eat , drink. No shops !! Have a google, beautiful azure lagoon. If I remember correctly, the chap who ballooned around the world (his name escapes me), called the lagoon " another wonder of the world", from the air it would have looked stunning.

Any holiday is fun - love meeting people too.

Well said Jules.

There is no need to go abroad -- Scotland has everything!!!

As much as I love Scotland yes there is every need to go a board Scotland doesnt have the carribean sun in mid Jan :-D

Home ... together.

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I'm not a lover of holidays to be honest but I had always wanted to see the Grand Canyon. I have only flown on one occasion before and like MrDaff I would prefer to be at home. As they don't run day trips I had to psych myself up to get booked to fly to the west coast . Instead of Skeggy and dance competitions I managed to see Hollywood and instead of going on a fair ground ride I had a flight in a helicopter over the Grand Canyon. It sure was a long way down. From visiting an old wild west town to the Big Sur on the Pacific coast it was lovely but am I glad to be back home-Yup.-jl

aaw Mr D lovely photo. Lovely memories for you. Yes we should be content.

Mine has to be a camping holiday on Anglesey when my daughter was only a few weeks old. She had a colourful rattle thingy that was made out of cloth. I was holding it and she reached out for it - the first time she had ever done such a thing and one of the first genuine intelligent interactions. She didn't qualify at the Sorbonne until later that year.

Errol :-D :-D Daughters can do no wrong in our eyes, can they? Lovely story. And Sorbonne would be nice :-D

obviously inherited your Genes Errol!!!! :-)

Wasn't going to post for a while, but these distractions are hard to ignore.
I've had some wonderful holidays, especially two Kenyan safaris and a marvellous tour to Eastern USA and Canada last year.
But.... the one I have to pick is LLoret De Mar in Spain, 1977, when I met my lovely second hubby - he was a holiday romance that worked out!