Anyone going on Holiday?

[Porty]

[wangi]

Been back a week and a bit - was in Italy (Napoli & Amalfi coast)

[Porty]

Wangi, that looks gorgeous. You are one talented photographer.

[Guest]

The view from our hotel room in New York. It was my 40th birthday. On the big day, we went to the downtown heliport for a pre-booked flight over New York. The place was full of FBI men. President Bush was coming, and all other flights were cancelled.

Bother.

The memsahib argued with the FBI man. "It's my husband's 40th birthday!" she said. The FBI man was unimpressed. "It's the president, ma'am", he drawled in return.

[wangi]

[bellybabe]

[Porty]

[DG]

[Sandra]

[Epykat]

[DG]

[Sandra]

[Epykat]

[quote=...but perhaps this goes against all the intrigue and mystery! [/quote]

I think the intrigue and mystery are the best bit! I've managed to work out who quite a few people are on here over the months and I dare say one or two have maybe worked out who I am! I think it's just dead funny that I might be standing in a queue in a shop beside somebody I have just totally agreed/disagreed with on here and we don't know it! However, now that we know what you look like you'll have all these strangers smiling at you in the street and you'll be left wondering if either a)they're from here, b)they're just being friendly in general or c) they've escaped from somewhere

[Guest]

Yippee! I'm on holiday! It's Portobello beach for me for the next two weeks, so let's hope the weather improves. Lots of little jobs to catch up on around the house and further afield. Need to make some progress with the website as well. Jane hopes to find time to design ranking images for use on the forum and we should have the new-look online version of the Reporter up soon.

Plan to fit in some walking and cycling in and around Edinburgh. Time to relax, read a few books and take some leisurely strolls along the Promenade. No need to pack and no flight delays. I'll send you a postcard.

[Sandra]

Bob hope you have a lovely holiday, I too am spending my week off in (hopefully) Sunny Porty!

[wangi]

[Porty]

[Hell's Cat]

Who needs to go away when home looks like this:

[jimann]

Hi Guys, picked up this thread as I'm just back from Northern Cyprus (the Turkish part) and it was brilliant - highly recommend a trip there. The Turkish Cypriots are brill and they, and their part of the island are not spoiled by too much commercialised tourism (yet!).
If you ever decide to go, just be aware that the airline cannot fly over Greek Cypriot airspace so has to land at Istanbul (you sit in the plane while it refuels) then flies on to North Cyprus from there (basically an internal flight).

Can I ask your opinions on this though?

This is the 21st century, right? The world is a smaller place, right? Tourism, in general, widens our horizons, right?

So why will airlines, holiday premises, tourist companies, and above all, the English, only accept Bank of England currency?
We were humiliated on the plane trying to buy some duty free and only had a couple of Royal Bank tenners, and had to give back the booze 'cos they couldn't accept our money - I vote independence NOW!!!
I'm fed up being treated as second class, especially as we were sharing our trip home with a planeload of English people who didn't have a clue why our money wasn't accepted!

Anyway, we had a great holiday - saw the pictures in the thread - stunning! Looking forward to next holiday already!

Se ya!

[bellybabe]

[Epykat]

[bellybabe]

[jimann]

[Jay]