holidays

by **arachnid** » 15 Jul 2005, 22:09

Well, where have you been, or where are you all going for your holidays this year?
Me and my other half were at Ibiza about a month ago! Told our friends that we were going " clubbing" and to all the " foam parties"!!
But in reality, we went to the quiet resort of Es Cana!!
Had a great time just doing what we pleased! Eating, walking, sleeping and , of course, drinking!!!! ( hic!)
We'd never been there before and found that it's a really beautiful island.
And there's something for everyone! The busy towns for people who like to go to the clubs etc., and the quieter resorts for the ones who like the peaceful life!!
Then it's home again and before you know it, it seems as if you'd never been away!!!!! :cry:

by **Sandra** » 15 Jul 2005, 22:39

Arachnid

Sound like you had a blissful, tranquil hol!

We are having Porty hol this year though hope to go to Tuscany next summer - somewhere I have always wanted to go - bit of culture in Florence and then some country life and vinyards.....

S

by **arachnid** » 15 Jul 2005, 22:50

Certainly did Sandra!!
If the weather continues as it has, except for the last couple of days,
Porty should be a good place to go for yer hols. this year!!
But I can sense a lot of wine tasting for you next year!!!

by **Maria** » 15 Jul 2005, 22:57

I went to Es Cana in 1984 Arachnid. It holds mixed memories for me as I was there with my friend and her boyfriend and my ex-boyfriend. He wasn't my ex when we booked the holiday, but by the time the holiday came around he was. You know how it goes! Anyway he spent all the time with the girl next door who was from Coatbridge, my friend spent her time having a romantic time with her boyfriend and I spent a lot of time sitting in cold baths trying to ease the prickly heat that covered my body, torturing myself all the while with wild imaginings of what Homer was getting up to in Greece with tanned, nymphomaniac Scandinavians.
On the plus side I did win a bottle of Cava in a leg-wrestling competition (against a professional dancer, no less, in the final!)

Now I tend to tag along to Greece with Homer. We've just come back from a week in Stoupa, which is on the mainland on the . We first visited Stoupa 15 years ago and although it has become much more touristy we still like the area very much. It has something for all; Homer climbed Profitis Ilias (2407 metres) the highest peak in the Mani
and my son and I sat in the shade in the village and sipped cold drinks.

by **Sandra** » 15 Jul 2005, 23:05

lol I hope!!

Here is hoping the weather stays brilliant here for everyone! :toothy2:

only kidding you won't need a brolly in Portobello :toothy4:

(was looking for a sun but could't find one)

by **arachnid** » 15 Jul 2005, 23:11

Oh Marya!! What a rotten time you must've had!!!! That's one holiday you'd want to forget aye!!! :roll:

It's so good when you find a place to go that you really like.
Think we'd go back to Es Cana sometime
Take it Homer likes to climb mountains!!!! Pics are great!

by **Sandra** » 15 Jul 2005, 23:14

by **Dadaist** » 16 Jul 2005, 00:13

by **ecm** » 16 Jul 2005, 09:40

by **Maria** » 16 Jul 2005, 09:54

by **foxy** » 16 Jul 2005, 10:29

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by **Sandra** » 20 Jul 2005, 09:32

by **mr magnolia** » 20 Jul 2005, 12:29

The magnolians went to in (very) welsh wales.(yes, just next the PH on the map :lol:

) . And very nice and hot it was too. Not at all like my memories of Wales.

And we went straight there and straight back. No taxis or diversions for us!

by **Maria** » 20 Jul 2005, 13:20

We're off to the LLeyn Peninsula soon too Mr M. We'll be spending a few days under canvas (well, a more modern fabric this year I hope!) in a field in Llangwnnadl, along with Homer's entire extended family. It's a family tradition that's been about since the time of the Druids; Homer gets really excited about getting his tent pegs out and I grow more and more grumpy as the date approaches.

The scenery and beaches are rather lovely though, so fingers crossed we get the same weather as you.

by **Sandra** » 20 Jul 2005, 13:30

Sounds like a true family holiday Marya!

by **foxy** » 20 Jul 2005, 14:16

by **Maria** » 20 Jul 2005, 16:27

Hair dryer! You jest!
There's a corrugated iron roofed block containing two draughty toilets and another shed containing ; a shower with a fine selection of spiders (Arachnid would be in seventh heaven :wink:

) and clammy shower curtain, a sink with an antiquated water heater and badly pock marked mirror, an electrical socket for a metered tumble dryer and a fridge. The dimensions of the shower room are nice and compact so that it is possible to stand in the wet shower tray and plug the tumble dryer in at the same time. Not advisable of course, but rather tempting by my 3rd night .... :lol:

Homer and son, of course, see it all in a much more romantic light. We took one of my son's pals along with us last year and he's booked in with us again this year. They can't understand why I'm so underwhelmed by it all.
:roll:

by **Epykat** » 20 Jul 2005, 16:48

Last camping holiday we went was in 1995 with Prombabe & Co. Total nightmare. Freezing, wet, windy, went to bed (use the term loosely) every night in two layers of clothing topped by waxed jackets with the hood up. Final straw was when the Prombabes were flooded out of their tent and spent the rest of the night in the car

Even the video of events didn't survive - Mr E taped over it with Italian football! This year I'm off to Budapest to be pampered for 5 days in a five star hotel with me mates :lol:

by **foxy** » 20 Jul 2005, 17:09

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