So who is travelling?
 

There is always some noise in this group, and I suppose I do my share
in contributing to it.

It does, however, appear to me that we have been having relatively
little discussion of travel recently. It looks to me as if fewer
people than usual are discussing their plans or hopes for making
trips, or telling us about what they have been doing.

Come on, folks, tell us what trips you are thinking of doing or have
done, and invite discussion.

I'm off to Brittany in two weeks' time. Not much to say about it, I'm
afraid: it's familiar territory for me; I'll be spending most of my
time meeting friends; I'll be taking home a carful of wine. The
savings on the wine will cover to cost of the ferry so, in that sense,
it's a free trip.

--
PB
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Re: So who is travelling?
 

Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:

    > There is always some noise in this group, and I suppose I do my share
    > in contributing to it.
    >
    > It does, however, appear to me that we have been having relatively
    > little discussion of travel recently. It looks to me as if fewer
    > people than usual are discussing their plans or hopes for making
    > trips, or telling us about what they have been doing.
    >
    > Come on, folks, tell us what trips you are thinking of doing or have
    > done, and invite discussion.

We're off to Bergen for a long weekend at the end of the month. Again,
familiar territory, and it's more of a family visit to my brother.

Next holiday being planned is 2 weeks at the beginning of July- Krakow,
Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna. (Itinerary is flying Manchester to Krakow,
then to Budapest, train to other destinations, flying back to Manchester
from Bratislava.) I think that's fairly tight, but based on the way we
usually travel, fine for us. Also, I feel we've minimised the travel
time. I've already solicited a bit of advice about this, and have read
other connected reports and posts with interest.

Later on in the summer, another visit to the North of Scotland- but as
with last year, this is all taken care of by the people we visit.

(I won't mention the business travel, though sometimes I do here, when I
have specific questions, or think there will be some rest time.)

Later in the year, trip to Peru is planned, but well, that's off topic
here!

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Re: So who is travelling?
 

    > Come on, folks, tell us what trips you are thinking of doing

I'm off to Swindon soon :-(

And maybe Sorrento/Naples later in the year. So lots of questions about that
one nearer the time.

But, Paddy, where would you most like to go that you haven't yet been ?

Re: So who is travelling?
 

Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Come on, folks, tell us what trips you are thinking of doing or have
    > done, and invite discussion.

I have, for almost three years, planned an extended trip to Germany to
take an intensive course in German with the Goethe Institut.

I just got tentative approval from work for Leave without Pay to make the
trip, and I expect by the end of June to know definitively if I am really
going.

Currently the plan is to leave September 29 or 30th and return December 6th.
The tentative plan is four weeks learning in Dresden, four weeks in Bonn, and
a week or so of travelling at the end with my husband.

I hope to get a rail pass (German Rail) that will cover 10 trips, and to travel
throughout the German-speaking world.

Most of my accomodation will be in dorms run by the Goethe Institut. I'll also
do hostels on weekends.

The class is 4 hours a day, weekdays, and I hope to explore a new place every
weekend.
--
Julie
**********
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Re: So who is travelling?
 

Juliana L Holm wrote:

    > I have, for almost three years, planned an extended trip to Germany to
    > take an intensive course in German with the Goethe Institut.
    > [...]
    > The tentative plan is four weeks learning in Dresden

Are you sure it will be a course in *German*? It's hard to find German
speaking people in Dresden. The usual conversation language there is
Saxon that has not too much in common with German.

SCNR & Have fun anyway,

Jens
--
POTIVS AMICVM QVAM DICTVM PERDERE

Re: So who is travelling?
 

Jens Arne Maennig <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Juliana L Holm wrote:

    >> I have, for almost three years, planned an extended trip to Germany to
    >> take an intensive course in German with the Goethe Institut.
    >> [...]
    >> The tentative plan is four weeks learning in Dresden

    > Are you sure it will be a course in *German*? It's hard to find German
    > speaking people in Dresden. The usual conversation language there is
    > Saxon that has not too much in common with German.

Ah well, the plan is German (and my guess is the teachers will be speaking
German. Certainly the students will.

--
Julie
**********
I could be wrong. My experience is limited to my experience.

Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at
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Re: So who is travelling?
 

Juliana L Holm wrote:

    > Ah well, the plan is German (and my guess is the teachers will be
    > speaking German. Certainly the students will.

And you certainly will enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Dresden and
the positive atmosphere of the city. I also hope to be back there soon,
not only to visit my bunch of relatives.

Jens
--
POTIVS AMICVM QVAM DICTVM PERDERE

Re: So who is travelling?
 

I will be going to Greece for the 1st time in about 4 weeks, from
Monday to Friday and staying only in Athens.

Sadly it will not be a holiday trip, but I hope to have enough spare
hours to see something.

Any must beyond the obvious Acropolis?

Also, I'm leaving this Sunday to UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrein and Saudi
Arabia, but this is out of the scope of this ng.

J.

Re: So who is travelling?
 

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:00:20 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >There is always some noise in this group, and I suppose I do my share
    >in contributing to it.
    >It does, however, appear to me that we have been having relatively
    >little discussion of travel recently. It looks to me as if fewer
    >people than usual are discussing their plans or hopes for making
    >trips, or telling us about what they have been doing.
    >Come on, folks, tell us what trips you are thinking of doing or have
    >done, and invite discussion.
    >I'm off to Brittany in two weeks' time. Not much to say about it, I'm
    >afraid: it's familiar territory for me; I'll be spending most of my
    >time meeting friends; I'll be taking home a carful of wine. The
    >savings on the wine will cover to cost of the ferry so, in that sense,
    >it's a free trip.

As I've been poor for the last two years due to a career change, my
expeditions have been confined to the UK, mostly wonderful Wales.

Just bought a new all-singing, all dancing computer so I'm still poor!

As a part time Further Education lecturer, I get nice long breaks, so
the current compromise is that I'll be undertaking work in those
breaks as a tour-manager. I have a tour confirmed in the summer - a
wine-tasting trip to the Mosel Valley in Germany, and Rhine cruises at
Christmas and New Year. There may well be more tours in the summer as
well, in which case the proceeds of these may fund some trips of my
own.

I fancy going to Romania, but it depends on funds!



Keith, Bristol, UK

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Re: So who is travelling?
 

"Jordi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] oups.com...
    > I will be going to Greece for the 1st time in about 4 weeks, from
    > Monday to Friday and staying only in Athens.
    > Sadly it will not be a holiday trip, but I hope to have enough spare
    > hours to see something.
    > Any must beyond the obvious Acropolis?

I remember a really nice evening meal in a restaurant high on one of the
hills overlooking Athens last time I was there - Sorry I can't remember the
name, or which hill - maybe someone else knows it.

Re: So who is travelling?
 

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:57:07 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >> Come on, folks, tell us what trips you are thinking of doing
    >I'm off to Swindon soon :-(

For a holiday on the telephone dial roundabout?

Regards to Intel!

Re: So who is travelling?
 

Padraig Breathnach wrote:

    > There is always some noise in this group, and I suppose I do my share
    > in contributing to it.
    >
    > It does, however, appear to me that we have been having relatively
    > little discussion of travel recently. It looks to me as if fewer
    > people than usual are discussing their plans or hopes for making
    > trips, or telling us about what they have been doing.
    >
    > Come on, folks, tell us what trips you are thinking of doing or have
    > done, and invite discussion.

A trip to Bruxelles in June to hear José van Dam in three
performances of "Die Frau ohne Schatten", plus (hopefully) a
free concert on the Grand Place with him and Deborah Voigt
in excerpts from Wagner and Richard Strauss. It may not be
the most glamorous city in Europe, but I like it, and look
forward to seeing it again. (Most of my European trips have
been in pursuit of performances by van Dam, since he doesn't
sing opera in the U.S. very often, anymore - and never on
the West Coast.)

Re: So who is travelling?
 

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:00:20 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >It does, however, appear to me that we have been having relatively
    >little discussion of travel recently. It looks to me as if fewer
    >people than usual are discussing their plans or hopes for making
    >trips, or telling us about what they have been doing.
    >Come on, folks, tell us what trips you are thinking of doing or have
    >done, and invite discussion.

I'd love to tell some European travel stories, but we've been confined
to California, Arizona, and northern Mexico for the past couple of
years.. and I wouldn't want to wander off-topic. :-)

That said, our AMEX points are piling up and if the right deal was
offered, both of us would like to spend a full week in London. Our
last visit was only about three days total on both ends of a
Germany-Sweden trip - just enough to realize how much more we want to
see.

Gordon

Re: So who is travelling?
 

Jordi wrote:

    > I will be going to Greece for the 1st time in about 4 weeks, from
    > Monday to Friday and staying only in Athens.
    >
    > Sadly it will not be a holiday trip, but I hope to have enough spare
    > hours to see something.
    >
    > Any must beyond the obvious Acropolis?
    >
    > Also, I'm leaving this Sunday to UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrein and Saudi
    > Arabia, but this is out of the scope of this ng.
    >
    > J.
    >
Hi Jordi, sounds like you may be on a business trip? I just got back
last night from Dubai, definitely a lot nicer than Saudi!!!

T.

Re: So who is travelling?
 

Tom Peel wrote:
    > Jordi wrote:

    > >
    > > Also, I'm leaving this Sunday to UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrein and
Saudi
    > > Arabia, but this is out of the scope of this ng.
    > >
    > > J.
    > >
    > Hi Jordi, sounds like you may be on a business trip? I just got back

    > last night from Dubai, definitely a lot nicer than Saudi!!!

Exactly.

I've been told so, so I will be finding that out by myself :)

J.