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Old May 14th 2003, 12:57 pm
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I shall be spending the end of May bank holiday in Paris and spending a couple of weeks in Ligueria at the end of August and a week in Cornwall at the end of June. Spent the last May Day bank holiday in Aarhus (£28 flight including tax).

Its great to be back living in Europe. Nothing can compare.
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Originally posted by Meridian
I shall be spending the end of May bank holiday in Paris and spending a couple of weeks in Ligueria at the end of August and a week in Cornwall at the end of June. Spent the last May Day bank holiday in Aarhus (£28 flight including tax).

Its great to be back living in Europe. Nothing can compare.
Back from where, Meridian?

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Do us a favour, tell us where you came from and what the problem was?

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Originally posted by Meridian
I shall be spending the end of May bank holiday in Paris and spending a couple of weeks in Ligueria at the end of August and a week in Cornwall at the end of June. Spent the last May Day bank holiday in Aarhus (£28 flight including tax).

Its great to be back living in Europe. Nothing can compare.
Yes one of the things i will miss is easy access to different cultures. From the UK you can pop to Sweden for the weekend, switzerland the next.
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Europe is all the same. Asia is much more diverse, interesting and has more culture and history.
 
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Europe is all the same. Asia is much more diverse, interesting and has more culture and history.

Must agree I love open drains , food poisioning , beggers in the streets and temples , no I think Paris sounds a better bet .
Rome ,Paris ,London , Berlin to name a few capital cities in Europe are all the same compared to the rat holes in Asia , I had you wrong you are indeed a Aussie prat.






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Must agree I love open drains , food poisioning , beggers in the streets and temples , no I think Paris sounds a better bet .
Rome ,Paris ,London , Berlin to name a few capital cities in Europe are all the same compared to the rat holes in Asia , I had you wrong you are indeed a Aussie prat.

Indeed my Pommie Rat. Thanks for not infesting the good parts.
 
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Indeed my Pommie Rat. Thanks for not infesting the good parts.
Well spent a couple of lovely holidays in wonderful Asia in so called 5 star hotels watching rats run around the bedroom , kept the windows shut the open drains are not to my taste but seem to suit you?


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Originally posted by pommie bastard
Well spent a couple of lovely holidays in wonderful Asia in so called 5 star hotels watching rats run around the bedroom , kept the windows shut the open drains are not to my taste but seem to suit you?
Yeah, and then the bloke in the room next door starts eating a Durien. (is that how you spell it, that Asian delicacy that stinks of shit) - they sell them in Woolworths here!
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Originally posted by Meridian
I shall be spending the end of May bank holiday in Paris and spending a couple of weeks in Ligueria at the end of August and a week in Cornwall at the end of June. Spent the last May Day bank holiday in Aarhus (£28 flight including tax).

Its great to be back living in Europe. Nothing can compare.
Right, and having about half your taxes spent on improving the Portuguese road system and paying off Spanish fishermen because there aren't any fish left in British waters because they have caught them all.
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Right, and having about half your taxes spent on improving the Portuguese road system and paying off Spanish fishermen because there aren't any fish left in British waters because they have caught them all.
Have to dis-agree with this has there been chip shops shutting down all over the UK ? the fish sold here is crap compared to a good piece of cod or haddock.
I think the opening of Europe to all is a good thing a small Island needs friends on the main land , this big Island has few near its shores .
The freedom to live or work in the EU should not be underestimated , Australias market is in the far east and is very poor compared to the EU.



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Have to dis-agree with this has there been chip shops shutting down all over the UK ? the fish sold here is crap compared to a good piece of cod or haddock.
I think the opening of Europe to all is a good thing a small Island needs friends on the main land , this big Island has few near its shores .
The freedom to live or work in the EU should not be underestimated , Australias market is in the far east and is very poor compared to the EU.

I was surprised about the fish and chips here, we were in Kalbarri and it wasn't very good. Jurien, the same.

Then we discovered the chippy in Ocean Reef, you ought to try it. It's the best fish and chips I've had anywhere in the world.
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I was surprised about the fish and chips here, we were in Kalbarri and it wasn't very good. Jurien, the same.

Then we discovered the chippy in Ocean Reef, you ought to try it. It's the best fish and chips I've had anywhere in the world.
No tried that one but I have yet to eat a good chip supper here, the chips are frozen and cooked to order and the fish is poor compared to a haddock.
Give me greasy warm chips cooked in fat not oil and fish that has taste in a thick batter , and god willing a steak and kidney pie.




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Must agree I love open drains , food poisioning , beggers in the streets
Ahhh you must mean Manchester. !!
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Ahhh you must mean Manchester. !!
Many died from SARS , Malaria or any number of minor ailments found in Asia?



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