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Anyone heading off on holidays this year?

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    #62
    Banjo String
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    mauzo! wrote: »
    Honeymoon in Croatia in June. Looking forward to it :)

    I hear it's beautiful
    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Have a hotel in Berlin booked for 4 nights in July.

    Waiting to see if herself can get her holidays for that time before we book flights.

    I hear there is a brilliant red light district there.

    Win win for you regardless :pac:


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    #63
    cabledude
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    Lanzarote in August. Brother getting married out there. Can't wait. First time the entire family has been away on holiday like this.


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    #64
    jimmy180sx
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    A weekend in Courtown


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    #65
    Stavros Murphy
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    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    Cavan is gorgeous. All those lakes!

    Not lakes - reservoirs. They even hoard water..


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    #66
    MadYaker
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    urabell wrote: »
    Sounds nice but I imagine when you get there it's more famine, dengue fever and machete wielding rebels than safari, sunshine and cultural enrichment.

    No famine in Uganda. I have vaccinations for all the fevers and there are no rebels. People do have machetes though. This will be my third time so I know what to expect, its gonna be awesome.


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    #67
    cassid
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    Had first holiday in 7 years last summer, one of mine lads is always sick (has a long term illness) so headed down south of Ireland, managed 4 good days day before ended up in Cork hospital. Not sure if want to risk it this year, poor guy felt awful that we had to cut the holiday short, don't want him feeling guilty again like this.


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    #68
    Daisy03
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    I'm heading to Edinburgh for a long weekend in July. Then Orlando and New York in September and finally Stockholm and Copenhagen just after Christmas. It's nice to have them to look forward to.


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    #69
    urabell
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    MadYaker wrote: »
    No famine in Uganda. I have vaccinations for all the fevers and there are no rebels. People do have machetes though. This will be my third time so I know what to expect, its gonna be awesome.

    Kony and his LRA are rebels no? Although if they're not around it's probably due to the kony action pack used to raise awareness back in 2012

    You'll probably be ok as long as you're not a homosexual so


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    #70
    sheroman01
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    antodeco wrote: »
    Only back from Gran Canaria. Off to Barcelona next week :D I'm quite the jetsetter

    Where in Gran Canaria did you go :)? How was it? I'm off there second week in June :)


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    #71
    Stained Class
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    urabell wrote: »
    Things that don't qualify as a holiday

    Butlins
    Trabolgan
    anything involving a mobile home especially anything involving a mobile home in Wexford
    anywhere that you could have found in a budget travel catalogue

    You forgot one point.

    Bringing your kids. No matter what age they are.


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    #72
    MadYaker
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    urabell wrote: »
    Kony and his LRA are rebels no? Although if they're not around it's probably due to the kony action pack used to raise awareness back in 2012

    You'll probably be ok as long as you're not a homosexual so

    He was gone from Uganda long before that viral campaign. He's in the Congo mostly. You're right about the homosexual thing though, thats a major no no! Although my friend did get hit on by a gay guy in a nightclub in kampala, was quite funny at the time.


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    #73
    WilyCoyote
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    No holiday this year, we're skint. But next February - one week in Ireland, 3 days in London and 7 nights in Morocco. Jasus, about 360 more days.


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    #74
    Super-Rush
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    Duracell Bunny wrote: »
    You've a girlfriend?!?

    Fcuk no.

    I'm going on holidays with mammy.


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    #75
    cometogether
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    Going to Chicago for three months


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    #76
    BetterThanThou
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    I should be heading off on a holiday, the issue is, I'm not quite sure where. I've got the cash to go pretty much anywhere in the world I want to go. But on the other hand, I haven't been somewhere like the Canary Islands in about 4 years. So while I could go somewhere like California, I could also save a lot of money and go somewhere like Tenerife, decisions.


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    #77
    Daveysil15
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    I'm thinking lisbon but not sure yet. Anyone been to Lisbon?


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    #78
    Oranage2
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    Have spent a week in Thailand and a week in Shanghai already this year, thinking of going somewhere in Europe for a few weeks in the summer.


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    #79
    Legs.Eleven
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    Daveysil15 wrote: »
    I'm thinking lisbon but not sure yet. Anyone been to Lisbon?

    Yes. It's my favourite city everrrr.


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    #80
    Captain Chaos
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    Going nowhere this year, same as the last 3 years. My passport expired last October and I can't be bothered renewing it. Just hate the hassle of airports and flying, the thoughts alone put me off going away somewhere. Just knock me out and wake me when we get there.


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    #81
    strobe
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    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    Yes. It's my favourite city everrrr.

    Good to hear. Off on a short stay in mid June. Got any tips for stuff to check out etc other than the top TripAdvisor dealies?


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    #82
    homemadecider
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    I'm going to an adults-only beach resort in the Carribean later in the year. Can't wait.


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    #83
    LizzieJones
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    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    Going nowhere this year, same as the last 3 years. My passport expired last October and I can't be bothered renewing it. Just hate the hassle of airports and flying, the thoughts alone put me off going away somewhere. Just knock me out and wake me when we get there.

    You won't get anywhere without a passport. :p


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    #84
    Teyla Emmagan
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    Seville. Or roundabouts, for a week. Ryanair flights cheap!

    I wanted to go to France, but was overruled.


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    #85
    Crumpets
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    I'm going to South Africa in July :)


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    #86
    coffee_cake
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    Was in ny just before xmas and vienna a month ago so taking a break now :p
    Hoping to get over to see some friends in hannover this summer and would love to do another 2 week german course over in germany this summer as well if I save up a bit. Thinking munich this time!


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    #87
    keano_afc
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    Canada for 3 weeks in August. Friend of mine is marrying a Canadian bird and there's not many Irish going over. Cant wait.


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    #88
    Micky Dolenz
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    Going on holidays tomorrow. \0/


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    #89
    martingriff
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    jbt90 wrote: »
    I wouldn't really call going to the Algarve or anywhere in Portugal a holiday

    A holiday is something is usually a good trip to the states/oz/dubai or multiple trips in europe at once ie amsterdam,berlin,ibiza,paris etc

    So the Algarve is not a real holiday but Ibiza is :confused:


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    #90
    Legs.Eleven
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    strobe wrote: »
    Good to hear. Off on a short stay in mid June. Got any tips for stuff to check out etc other than the top TripAdvisor dealies?

    Hey. Tbh it was 4 years ago now. We didn't do anything out of the ordinary though, just walked around and got the tram and stuff and ate wherever the mood took us. Didn't read up on the city at all until we got there and even then, we just played it by ear most of the time. Be sure to visit the little towns outside though (Cascais, Belem and Sintra). We rented bikes and cycled up the coast and it was gorgeous . Also try your best to get to a Fado show. We managed to stumble upon a non-touristy one but I've no clue where it was or what the place was called (useless tourist with a head like a sieve, unfortunately). Sorry I couldn't give you any more advice! The city is small though, so you'll have no problem finding the good stuff.


    Edit: Oh and make sure you have the cod there! Pronounced "Backalow" in Portuguese (Bacalhau).


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    #91
    rainbow kirby
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    Back to Ireland in early June to look at wedding venues, Cornwall for surfing and cycling in late June, probably grab a week somewhere hot in late September or early October. That's the rough plan anyway.


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