Where is hot and sunny in April that isn't Africa or Vegas?
21 degrees minimum preferably.
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Where is hot and sunny in April that isn't Africa or Vegas?
21 degrees minimum preferably.
Syria.
Tenerife.
Thailand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
Brighton.
Skeg Vegas.
May as well go to Saudi these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoonsky
The algarve.
Booked Warsaw for May bank holiday. Mates a pole so it's free accommodation.
Some good suggestions on here: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/n...7-the-hot-list
Hull :D
That's as far as I got.
That's just the UK bit
Going to Liverpool next weekend with a lady friend. Should be quite fun. I had a fairly shit and boring time as a student there, but that was because I was shit at being a student.
My companion certainly enjoys a drink, so I think the majority of our time there will be spent getting wasted in the various fun pubs and bars and stuff. Mostly looking forward to going here:
http://www.theartschoolrestaurant.co.uk/
Partridge to start and pheasant main. :drool:
Some of the Hull culture stuff will be mega, but quite a lot of it is basically every no-mark 'writer' and musician coming out of the woodwork for a platform. There was a funky projection thing on all week, and that was supplemented with some shite about immigrants and unemployed young people bemoaning their circumstances.
I went to Hull a few years ago, the father in law comes from that dump. I went in a shop to buy some fags and the shopkeeper nearly had a hart attack when I pulled out a pink nifty, he didn't even think he'd have the change in the till for it! Peasant. :D
How do you pronounce Krakow? Like Crackov?
Going there in February.
Crack ow. Like American Mos cow.
Baz is closer.
W's in the Polish alphabet are effectively our V's.
The last O is like a U though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pl-Krak%C3%B3w.ogg
They'll lol at you if you say it like Magic though.
Any Polish people I know all say the W as a W, not a V.
My favourite was the Swede housemate I had for a year.
"See you in Yanuary!"
Probably to avoid confusion with those who don't know that it's pronounced as a V.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
my polski surname has a W in it, and I can assure you all that it is pronounced as a V
I've always liked "It's half past to...".Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
I've know some Germans and Poles who said that when trying to tell the time in English.
My Russian colleague informs me that their Ks are silent if they start a word. Also that it's Muuuuuskva.
As if any Pole here wouldn't be arrogant enough to make allowances. We're lucky they even try a bit of English.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
Anyway, are Auschwitz and that salt mine worth a day trip? I'm only there three so they'd both be done on the same day to make allowances to take advantage of 50p pints. Unless that's just urban legend? :uhoh:
Also the Dublin stag do has been confirmed. July 28th, I think. See you in the Half Penny, Giggles.
If you're on a stag do Auschwitz is a must.
Both are worth doing but you won't do them the same day, they're opposite directions. If I were you I'd do the stag bit (everything is piss cheap) and go back some time for those.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
And, no you won't! I'm on the dry anyway. You won't stay in the Hapenny long as it's quiet but get a couple of pints of O'Haras and one of their epic toasted sambos for soakage.
Just go to Auschwitz with cans and have a laugh. Its been fucking ages and I bet nobody ever tries to have a good time there.
Krakow isn't a stag do. I'm with the wife. :dc:
Also: https://m.viator.com/tour/krakow/day...info.htm?pos=3
Same day?
Were you trying to trick Baz or did you actually think that was right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
Happy days. Go for it so, they are definitely worth a look. I loved the Salt Mines especially.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
Definitely going back some day as we never fitted Zakopane in our trip last time and loads have told me since that it's a must if you've loads of time.
:baz:Quote:
Originally Posted by Offshore Toon
I've still yet to go to the salt mines but Zakopane is beautiful, especially morskie oko.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Oh and I didn't go, but my cousins have told me that Czarny Staw is even better than Morskie Oko.
It takes about 50 minutes to walk up there apparently.
In Greece for a bit visiting parents. Fucking freezing.
http://i.imgur.com/mOyvJfM.png
So I'm mostly sat by the fire all day.
Every time I come back though I remember how good the food here is. Not arsed about stifado or stuffed cabbage leaves, people and restaurants here are so boring with what they do with their food, but the quality of ingredients just pisses on everything you get in the UK.
Had some brilliant sardines and squid yesterday. Even simple shit like lentil and squash tastes better. Also had the best potato i've ever tasted with a dollop of fresh harissa on the side today.
My IBS symptoms have vanished as well. What a coincidence.
I never knew Greece got that cold.
It usually sits around zero I think, it rarely gets this cold. Ocassionally get a fuckton of snow. Had about half an inch on Wednesday night and it's still there.
Went on a pleasant walk earlier:
http://i.imgur.com/AHXUfr5.jpg
Hungover in Vegas, which is just as batshit as expected. Since the last post we've done Tulsa, Oaklahoma, Amarillo (Texas is brilliant), Albuquerque, Flagstaff (stunning), the Grand Canyon and now here. Despite the ridiculous and forever changing scenery I'm getting sick of driving, having done four timezones and north to south since the 27th, so it's straight to LA and San Diego from here (via the Hoover Dam) to relax for the last few days. I'd like to live here one day. The smaller cities and towns have left the biggest impression. Everyone is so friendly and accomodating. Far cry from the endless line of miserable cunts back home.
Vegas though :cool:
https://s30.postimg.org/5udf0odf5/20170108_040655.jpg
The main thing I noticed in America was that it was untouched by the hand of Blair. That quality, whatever it is, no doubt manifests itself in different ways to different people, but the confidence in and happiness with their own way of life (not to sound UKIP, but you know what I mean) was tangible.
I know exactly what you mean. It probably all ties into the flag and 'America, fuck yeah', but I can sense that...satisfaction across the country. Although I haven't spent as much time in poverty stricken shitholes as I do in England, one hairy moment at a garage in Chicago aside.
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...70&oe=5919C7FDQuote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
We're supposed to get snow this week.
Was minus 7 here over the weekend. Fuck this. I hate winter.
I don't think I've ever experienced anything less than about -5. I can't imagine what fucking -40 is like.
My brother in law was in Moscow this week and it was -29. Absolutely mental.
I've had -18 when it was 2010. It just feels like something constantly attacking you. -40 + windchill = RIP
Was -14 at my gaff in NI during the mad cold winter in 2010. I'd an icicle 6 inches long hanging from my kitchen taps for 4 days. No heating, I was bringing water home in 2l bottles from work and didn't let the fire out for days. Couldn't even flush the shitter as the ballcock was frozen in the bottom of the sistern.
@Mellberg did you have to get a visa to go to the US?
Indeed, our heating gave up below -10 because the condensate pipe kept freezing. Had to saw it in half and re-route downstairs via a bit of plastic flexipipe and in to the kitchen sink.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
I had the real fun when the thaw happened. Couple of pipes upstairs burst and there was waterfalls down the living room walls before I noticed. The landlord had renovated, turning half the attic into a room, but he left the other half with no access and that's where the pipes were. Had to saw a hole in the attic room wall to get in to repair them :nono:Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic