Tell me your holiday plans for 2017. I might get some ideas!

Spanish Eyes

So where is everyone going this year?

Ireland, abroad, long haul or a mixture if you have the loot to do it!

I love to hear where people are going.

I do realise that not everyone can do this. but for those who can, off you go!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Toying with a visit to the Black Forest area.

neil123

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

So where is everyone going this year?

Ireland, abroad, long haul or a mixture if you have the loot to do it!

I love to hear where people are going.

I do realise that not everyone can do this. but for those who can, off you go!

Heading to Flordia for 3 weeks in June 😂ðŸ‘ðŸ»ðŸ‘ðŸ»

princess poppy

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

So where is everyone going this year?

Ireland, abroad, long haul or a mixture if you have the loot to do it!

I love to hear where people are going.

I do realise that not everyone can do this. but for those who can, off you go!

You should have been a hairdresser

Creamy Goodness

Torremolinos, gonna be tropic!

Going to Alvor in Portugal and hiring a car and going to Lisbon for 2 days, so 5 days of relaxing swimming and 2 days of sight seeing in a city.

One eyed Jack

Heading to Uganda for a week in June. I was invited to go for a month, but I've only been outside the country once in my life for a two week "holiday" in Corfu in 2002 that put me right off the idea of travelling abroad.

When I was invited to Uganda I figured it was one of those once in a lifetime opportunities I couldn't pass up!

I'm told Kampala is similar to Dublin... not sure that's a good thing if I'm honest

Spanish Eyes

Yay, was thinking of flying into Cologne and doing a trip on the Rhine.

Dunno if it will be full of people like me.... dull, older and FULL OF FUN lol.

Red Kev

Two or Three of Five... time permitting. They all take 2-3 weeks.

1. Cycle from Salzburg to Trieste, visiting Triglav National Park along the way.
2. Walk the GR 20 in Corsica
3. Cycle from the Atlantic to the Med by the Pyrenees, or the Canal du Midi.
4. Cycle to Ballycastle, ferry to Campbelltown and island hop all the way up the Hebrides. Train and Bus home from Ullapool.
5. Walk and Cycle from Dublin to the Beara Peninsula via the E8.

Spanish Eyes

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Heading to Uganda for a week in June. I was invited to go for a month, but I've only been outside the country once in my life for a two week "holiday" in Corfu in 2002 that put me right off the idea of travelling abroad.

When I was invited to Uganda I figured it was one of those once in a lifetime opportunities I couldn't pass up!

I'm told Kampala is similar to Dublin... not sure that's a good thing if I'm honest

Never been but it will be an adventure for sure, so go for it.

Get all yer jabs and anti malaria thinngys and you'll be grand. An opportunity not to be missed.

Timberrrrrrrr

12 day walking holiday in Austria

https://www.inntravel.co.uk/holidays/walking-holidays/Austria/Tyrol-to-Bavarian-Alps?tab=itinerary

Spanish Eyes

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

So where is everyone going this year?

Ireland, abroad, long haul or a mixture if you have the loot to do it!

I love to hear where people are going.

I do realise that not everyone can do this. but for those who can, off you go!

Just back from Morocco. Had hoped to go to Turkey in June but herself isnt keen on the idea. Vegas in July for Def Con. Thats about it. Would love an alternative to Turkey for a week. Interested in ideas as well.

Going to Alvor in Portugal...

Alvor is lovely. Been there 5 or 6 times. I wonder is the Irish pub still there. If it is, don't go into it. It was a dive.

Armchair Andy

Spanish Eyes wrote:

Yay, was thinking of flying into Cologne and doing a trip on the Rhine.

Spanish Eyes wrote:

Dunno if it will be full of people like me.... dull, older and FULL OF FUN lol.

I've done that I won't say it was the best fun ever. But we did go canoeing down further south and camping by night on the Mosel. That was epic. 15 years ago so might have all changed by now.

OldMrBrennan83

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HeidiHeidi

Hoping to go trekking in Ethiopia again - I was over there a couple of years ago on a charity thing (entirely paid by myself before anyone asks!) where we ran (well, in my case walked) the Great Ethiopian Run which was the BEST fun ever, then flew up north to go trekking with a local travel company staying in community lodges and walking every day.

It was one of the best holidays I've ever been on, and hopefully we can pull it together again this year.

Not a destination that springs easily to many minds, but I can highly, highly recommend it!

eviltwin

Japan in October to visit my daughter

Spanish Eyes

Red Kev wrote: »

Two or Three of Five... time permitting. They all take 2-3 weeks.

1. Cycle from Salzburg to Trieste, visiting Triglav National Park along the way.
2. Walk the GR 20 in Corsica
3. Cycle from the Atlantic to the Med by the Pyrenees, or the Canal du Midi.
4. Cycle to Ballycastle, ferry to Campbelltown and island hop all the way up the Hebrides. Train and Bus home from Ullapool.
5. Walk and Cycle from Dublin to the Beara Peninsula via the E8.

Sounds amazing. The Canal du Midi is great. Did a bit of it from Toulouse to Carcassonne. ON A BOAT, not a bicycle!

I will be doing a stretch of the GR from Le Puy to Conques on the Camino. Walking/trekking, but it looks good. Short enough but we can stretch it out with side trips too.

Spanish Eyes

eviltwin wrote: »

Japan in October to visit my daughter

I hear Japan is something else. I hope you enjoy, as you will.

I did all my long haul trips when I were a lass, don't know if I could do it now, but I'm sure I could if I really wanted to. Japan is one place I didn't get to, along with some others of course.

I might change my mind reading all the places you are all going to!

Spanish Eyes

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Hoping to go trekking in Ethiopia again - I was over there a couple of years ago on a charity thing (entirely paid by myself before anyone asks!) where we ran (well, in my case walked) the Great Ethiopian Run which was the BEST fun ever, then flew up north to go trekking with a local travel company staying in community lodges and walking every day.

It was one of the best holidays I've ever been on, and hopefully we can pull it together again this year.

Not a destination that springs easily to many minds, but I can highly, highly recommend it!

I hear Ethiopia is amazing alright. And there are direct flights now to Addis from Dublin with Ethiopian Airlines.

There was an Italian Catholic influence there in times past that has lingered. Very interesting. Looks gorgeous.

HeidiHeidi

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I hear Ethiopia is amazing alright. And there are direct flights now to Addis from Dublin with Ethiopian Airlines.

There was an Italian Catholic influence there in times past that has lingered. Very interesting. Looks gorgeous.

I can't begin tell you how amazing it was!

This was the company we did the trekking with http://www.tesfatours.com/ - for anyone reading this who's even vaguely interested in the idea, I couldn't recommend them enough.

The scenery is incredible, and the people we met were just so lovely.

And yes, the direct flights make it really easy.

PTH2009

going too see Guns N Roses in London on the 16th June, Flying out from Dublin 15th June and back the 17th June. Its going to be one hell of a week im going to see Aerosmith in the 3arena 14th June (try and get to the Airport after the show) and Waterford are playing in the Championship the 18th June

Were staying in the Ruskin Hotel London £192 for 2 nights, still have to book flights

Spanish Eyes

PTH2009 wrote: »

going too see Guns N Roses in London on the 16th June, Flying out from Dublin 15th June and back the 17th June. Its going to be one hell of a week im going to see Aerosmith in the 3arena 14th June (try and get to the Airport after the show) and Waterford are playing in the Championship the 18th June

Were staying in the Ruskin Hotel London £192 for 2 nights, still have to book flights

Have a ball. That sounds great. Keep checking the flights, but mind the cost of getting into London on the train. Can be dearer than the flights sometimes!

fussyonion

Off to Lanzarote in June for 10 nights. Really looking forward to it. Haven't been away in years.

Spanish Eyes

fussyonion wrote: »

Off to Lanzarote in June for 10 nights. Really looking forward to it. Haven't been away in years.

Enjoy, and it will be all the nicer since you haven't been away for a while.

Load up the Kindle or bring the hefty books. Sip your poison of choice on a sunbed or on your terrace. Forget about everything. Bliss.

FTA69

I came back from Algeria last week, it was absolutely fantastic. I've never been in a country with no tourists that actually had loads to see. Historical Roman sites are all around the coast and you can find yourself in a deserted Roman town on your own. Algiers is an amazing city architecturally as is Constantine, a city built on gorges and featuring some of the highest bridges in the world. The people are the friendliest I've ever met and not an ounce of hassle or rip offs like you get in the tourist parts of Morocco. However conditions for accommodation can be spartan at times and there's hardly English spoken at all which can be challenge, the helpfulness of the people gets past that though.

I'm 30 in a few months and have a big trip planned which is to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana. The four countries intersect at a point and it'll be in that general area we'll be staying which features Victoria Falls, Chobe national park and the Ockavongo River. She's been before and loved it so really looking forward to it.

Penny Tration

Going to Bulgaria in May. Himself knows I haven't travelled much (been to Portugal, Spain, the UK and the Seychelles, that's it), so has been gifting me holidays each Christmas :pac:


I'm looking forward to seeing what Nessebar looks like, what with it being a UNESCO heritage site.

FTA69

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I can't begin tell you how amazing it was!

This was the company we did the trekking with http://www.tesfatours.com/ - for anyone reading this who's even vaguely interested in the idea, I couldn't recommend them enough.

The scenery is incredible, and the people we met were just so lovely.

And yes, the direct flights make it really easy.

That's gas, my missus was in Ethiopia and totally and utterly hated it. She's been to around 18 countries in Africa and loved most of them but actually gets in a bad mood when you bring up Ethiopia she hated it that much. It's funny, other people I know went there and said the same. They said there was fierce insincerity there and you're constantly getting blackguarded and hassled for money and constantly fending off rip-offs. I don't know what to make of it.

It was a major idea for me once and I've heard so much from people I trust that said it wasn't worth it. I'd be very interested to hear your position on it though.

RobertKK

Rome for 6 nights at Easter.

Then the USA in August - see the solar eclipse, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Montana, Utah and still planning...always wanted to see a solar eclipse and Yellowstone, so this all going well will be the year.

claregal1

Perth in April for my sister's wedding - can't wait so excited - first time ever leaving my kids for a holiday on my own in 20 years . 5 of my brothers and sisters flying out together and we have a house rented so it will be the first time since we were kids that we have all been on holidays together .

fussyonion

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Enjoy, and it will be all the nicer since you haven't been away for a while.

Load up the Kindle or bring the hefty books. Sip your poison of choice on a sunbed or on your terrace. Forget about everything. Bliss.

Ahh I'm even more looking forward to it now!
I'm a real bookworm and love the feel and companionship of actual books but it is handier to load up my Kindle so that's what I'll be doing. A few cocktails on the sun lounger and my Kindle...bliss!

Spanish Eyes

FTA69 wrote: »

I came back from Algeria last week, it was absolutely fantastic. I've never been in a country with no tourists that actually had loads to see. Historical Roman sites are all around the coast and you can find yourself in a deserted Roman town on your own. Algiers is an amazing city architecturally as is Constantine, a city built on gorges and featuring some of the highest bridges in the world. The people are the friendliest I've ever met and not an ounce of hassle or rip offs like you get in the tourist parts of Morocco. However conditions for accommodation can be spartan at times and there's hardly English spoken at all which can be challenge, the helpfulness of the people gets past that though.

How safe did you find it? And I reckon the infrastructure for those for whom a hostel or a bed on the floor won't work is not great. But I could be wrong about that.

The FO advice is scary. But it is probably different on the ground.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/algeria

I bet there is a huge French influence there which is interesting.

One eyed Jack

FTA69 wrote: »

That's gas, my missus was in Ethiopia and totally and utterly hated it. She's been to around 18 countries in Africa and loved most of them but actually gets in a bad mood when you bring up Ethiopia she hated it that much. It's funny, other people I know went there and said the same. They said there was fierce insincerity there and you're constantly getting blackguarded and hassled for money and constantly fending off rip-offs. I don't know what to make of it.

It was a major idea for me once and I've heard so much from people I trust that said it wasn't worth it. I'd be very interested to hear your position on it though.

Has she been to Uganda? My mate is actually from Uganda herself and has all sorts of wonderful stories, but ehh, well, I presume you've seen "An Idiot Abroad"? :pac:

FTA69

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

How safe did you find it? And I reckon the infrastructure for those for whom a hostel or a bed on the floor won't work is not great. But I could be wrong about that.

The FO advice is scary. But it is probably different on the ground.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/algeria

I bet there is a huge French influence there which is interesting.

If you always listened to that site you'd never go anywhere, parts if he deep Sahara in the south could be dodgy but the urbane cities on the coast are thousands of miles from that literally and in a lot of other sense too. Because there's no tourists there's no hostels so you're limited to crumbling cheap hotels that can be fairly dilapidated (tepid showers, shared bathrooms, dirty and falling apart rooms), at least in Algiers you are anyway. That having been said nicer places and guest houses can be found but not many.

I also have a distinctly Arab appearance so could walk around no bother but if you were a big blonde Norwegian in a backpack maybe reactions would differ.

EDIT: There is indeed a huge French influence, the architecture in some of the towns sometimes makes it feel you're in Marseilles or Nice, all tree lined boulevards, cafes and white masonry buildings with French shuttered windows and wrought iron balconies. There are patisseries on every street and I've had some of the best cake I've ever had there. The language is also highly French influenced and in Algiers they switch between the two regularly.

Your Face

Oh holidays, how bourgeois.

FTA69

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Has she been to Uganda? My mate is actually from Uganda herself and has all sorts of wonderful stories, but ehh, well, I presume you've seen "An Idiot Abroad"? :pac:

She has. She enjoyed it very much. I've never been to East Africa but have been to parts of West Africa (very different albeit) and the best advice I was given was expect to be shown great kindness and friendliness by a lot of people and taken advantage of by others. It'll be an amazing experience, I'd love to go in future.

vicwatson

Kerry for week in July, ya cant bate it

LaChatteGitane

vicwatson wrote: »

Kerry for week in July, ya cant bate it

I agree. I'm on holidays all year round. :cool:

janja

mariaalice wrote: »

Going to Alvor in Portugal and hiring a car and going to Lisbon for 2 days, so 5 days of relaxing swimming and 2 days of sight seeing in a city.

Caiscais worth a visit too

janja

South Africa or Thailand , we can't decide . We haven't had a proper holiday in years and these were our chosen destinations for when we would be able .

bear1

Driving to Italy in July for 2 weeks, can't beat the open road and just savage music.
Then it's a question of saving up a bit more in order to book flights to Mauritius in january 18.
Was there last month and it's unreal.
Friendliest place I've ever been and the beaches are a joy.

Spanish Eyes

I'm also squeezing in a few days to Westport and the Greenway and Achill. Such an amazing place. That's one of my "staycations"

Richard Hillman

Hoping to go to Japan for a month at either the end of the summer or Autumn.

Spanish Eyes

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Hoping to go to Japan for a month at either the end of the summer or Autumn.

So is Eviltwin post 17 above. Nice.

wotzgoingon

I may go, well to be honest I'm not sure. Where am I going again. Let me think. Oh yeah, I'm going to go for a walk around the back garden.

Spanish Eyes

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I may go, well to be honest I'm not sure. Where am I going again. Let me think. Oh yeah, I'm going to go for a walk around the back garden.

Now to be fair wotz, you are lucky to have a back garden. Many don't even have that luxury. :pac:

No wonder they want to escape their tiny flats with no outdoor space.

clappyhappy

We are going to Poland for 4 days in April with the kids, bit of a cultural experience for us all. Summer will be 10 days in the outer Hebrides and 4 days in Edinburgh with the in laws, we go every year and love it, kids go for 6 weeks since they were 3 and they love the freedom from us and the island. We'll do a week in the south of France end of august for the bit if guaranteed sunshine in Perpignan.

wotzgoingon

clappyhappy wrote: »

We are going to Poland for 4 days in April with the kids, bit of a cultural experience for us all. Summer will be 10 days in the outer Hebrides and 4 days in Edinburgh with the in laws, we go every year and love it, kids go for 6 weeks since they were 3 and they love the freedom from us and the island. We'll do a week in the south of France end of august for the bit if guaranteed sunshine in Perpignan.

Well La di da, and here I am thinking my walk around my back garden will be enjoyable and this dude comes along with a list of places he is going.

twill

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Yay, was thinking of flying into Cologne and doing a trip on the Rhine.

Dunno if it will be full of people like me.... dull, older and FULL OF FUN lol.

Cologne is really lovely, full of history and lots of museums and the like if you're into that. The cathedral is just amazing and there's a great viewing platform 100m up if you don't mind climbing the steps. Only did a short trip on the Rhine but that was very pleasant as well. I'm really itching to go back, might do it this year if I can manage it.

Satts

I'll drive up town for a cone during the summer, twice if the weather is good.

Beanntraigheach

Zimbabwe.
I've paid $30,000 for the opportunity to hunt the deadliest prey of all - Man!
(Don't worry, the "runners" as we call them are all convicts or addicts and are given a 4-hour head start.)

Tokyo

Nepal, to head up to base camp. Then Bangladesh, on the way back here.