In article <[email protected]>, 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.

Late Summer I'll be in London, Paris, Amsterdam and Rome. I'll also be
traveling to NYC, New Orleans, Chicago, Yosemite National Park/Lake
Tahoe and Catalina Island before autumn.

jay
Thu Apr 21, 2005
mailto:[email protected]

We leave end of June for 2 weeks in Denmark, the first week in Skagen to
view and photo the famous sunsets there. Couple of days in Copenhagen both
ends of the trip.

007

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In article <[email protected]>, Jack
Campin - bogus address <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Brno is handy as a base for seeing places around, like the massive
    > cave system and the old city of Telc.

I did about 10 days in CZ last summer and have mentioned to some
Czech-related American friends that we ought to put together a Czech
reunion trip - or Grand Tour - sometime. Brno is definitely on my list.

If it comes to pass, it can't help but be perfect. I finer group of
guys and gals you'd never know. Great friends all.

Wish us luck. :-)

glad you like the image . It was shot for a US travel magazine

http://www.davidsanger.com/prints/3-...likavitos.html

david

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

So far I´ve got two trips coming up: One in July to Budapest and
another one for Portugal, but no date set yet for this trip. Got lucky
in a competetion and won two tix Copenhagen-Lissabon ! Have until
June to decide when to go.

Kristian

BB wrote:

    > On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:43:13 -0700, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    >
    >
    >>A trip to Bruxelles in June
    >
    >
    > You do know the Ommegang festival is at the end of June?

I don't even know what it is! My La Monnaie tickets are for
the 14th, 21st & 23rd (there are other performances, but van
Dam is not singing in them) and the open air concert on the
Grand Place is the 18th. I have my confirmed hotel
reservations and have my airline ticket and opera tickets in
hand, so if you're merely warning me it may be crowded,
thanks, but I think I'm okay. (On the other hand, if you're
recommending something I should see, please tell me more.)

"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

    > Where in Brittany?

Slap bang in the middle :)

In a little hamlet of 3 houses just outside Glomel. Glomel itself is little
more than a bump in the road about half way between Rostrenen and Carhaix.

T.

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:34:14 +0100, [email protected]
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:

    >quiqueg <[email protected]> wrote:
    >[]
    >> BTT; we (I and my gentle Herself) were in Bratislava last summer and found
    >> it a bit of a letdown. But maybe we were looking for the wrong things and
    >> had just passed 10 days of very lazy and self-indulgent Vienna-ing, so
    >> maybe the comparison was unfavorable.
    >As I'm visiting both soon, I've certainly read here that Bratislava is
    >not _that_ interesting. From my own research thus far, it seems like a
    >place that would interest us at least for the few days we plan to spend
    >there! I'll certainly report back if I'm bitterly disappointed!

I would recommend heading to one of the smaller towns in the east of
Slovakia instead. Some of them are really nice, and are cheaper and
easy to get to. Bratislava would rate as No. 1 for the most
forgettable capital in Europe in my books (and that includes
Brussels!).
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Juliana L Holm schrieb:

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

As a very beginner, or may I add some words in German?

    > 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.

Maybe I will travel to Dresden, too. Well, it isn't that far from Mainz.

Regards, ULF

george schrieb:
    >
    > Juliana L Holm wrote:
    > Ah well, the plan is German (and my guess is the teachers will be
    > speaking
    > German. Certainly the students will.
    >
    > This reminds me of a story an American friend told me when she first
    > moved to Germany to live. She took an accelerated course in German in
    > Stuttgart. She said that the students could then all speak with one
    > another, there was no problem, but couldn't speak to the Stuttgarters
    > because of their Schwabian dialect.

No problem.

    > Unfortunately, hochdeutsch has a
    > very limited geographical distribution.

Well, understanding the answers *might* be a problem...

Regards, ULF

Jordi schrieb:

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

rec.travel.air will be interested...

Regards, ULF

Tom Peel schrieb:

    > >>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.
    > >
    > They've started work on The World's Tallest Building, and the World's
    > Largest Shopping Mall with an indoor skiing centre is nearly finished.
    > The World's Largest Condo park right behind Jumeira Beach resort is half
    > finished.
    > Crazy guys, these sheikhs. To deal with the traffic, they will now start
    > building The World's Longest Subway.

How long?

Regards, ULF

Following up to Padraig Breathnach

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

Andalucia, Galicia, Wasdale and the Northern Isles are all
booked, I see they are talking about another fuel blockade, hope
that doesn't ruin the northern isles!

I dont know if these all count as travel or "just" holidays? We
wont be doing any suffering, hopefully, all but the northern
isles I have been to before, two are in the same country as my
start point.
I regard the northern isles as more "travel" than the rest, even
though airports and foreign languages are not involved.

I see you mentioned "done" so here is my page of snaps from my
last trip to Cornwall and its many prevous versions:-
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/southwestphotos.htm"
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Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-Photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Following up to Padraig Breathnach

    >I'm not a cyclist, but the routes of Europe's great rivers seem like
    >reasonable territory -- at least, when those rivers have emerged from
    >their mountain sources.

the Thames rises in a field, good cycle route.
--
Mike Reid
Drinking the Thames path "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/thamespath.htm"

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:39:34 -0400, "Sarah Banick"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Well, I'm looking for a bike trip, preferably somewhere I haven't been, in
    >September. I've got a free ticket. Since I had both knees replaced, it's
    >easier to travel by bike than tour places on my own, as much as I used to
    >love walking for long periods.

    >I'll be posting to a bicycle riding group, but since you've invited
    >discussion, I'd love to hear other people's comments and suggestions. I'm by
    >myself, so I'd like to be with a group, but if you'll suggest areas, I can
    >find a way to do it.

When we were in Ireland last year, we ran into a group called Irish
Cycling Safaris. They have a number of tours in Ireland and it seemed
to be a really fun group, with people of all ages and many
nationalities. Many of them were repeat customers, which is always a
good recommendation. They travel from B&B to B&B, with a support van.
They said they made plenty of pub stops. One of them, a repeat
customer, joked that it was a group for drinkers with a cycling
problem. This particular man had one artificial leg, and maybe he also
found cycling easier than walking.
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