People do tend to get grumpy if you confuse their country for one it isn't even close to.
You'll bankrupt yourself at the regular restaurants in Copenhagen, never mind the ridiculous ones. It's a shame you're not a beer wanker because the Mikkeller bar is as good as it gets. Everything I drank there was the best ever.
Iceland was fucking brutal. We had every weather from gorgeous sun to snowstorms, sandstorms and 100mph+ winds over our ten days. Had to change our plans half way due to the snow, but made it work. The scenery is just bananas - it changes every 10km-15km radically, as does the local climate. I’ve never been anywhere that felt so alien at times. Loved the fact hot dogs are A Thing in Iceland, and the people are terrific. They’re never overtly friendly or chummy unless you seek it out, and then they couldn’t be nicer. And while I hate being that Brit abroad who doesn’t give the lingo a bash, they default to English so readily. Did make it very easy to navigate and sort things when we had travel probs.
I've booked to visit Cologne over new years. We're in Belgium already and it's cheap/quick to get to. Will be nice for a bit of a change. No idea what it's like but seems quintessentially Germanic enough to tick most of the boxes.
Starting to tentatively plan San Francisco. I want to see how far the money I have left from last year can stretch. Alcatraz and the two ships in Fisherman's Wharf are definite stops. I'm not going there until March but I fancy getting a handle on things before going. Public transport looks like it's good enough to abuse to get around.
San Francisco is brilliant.
Back in good old dirty Dublin. If I never see a Brewers Fayre again in my life it’ll be too fucking soon.
Alright, San Francisco is booked. 7 nights staying in Fisherman's Wharf. 18 hours travel time For some reason they really like to transfer at LAX.
Does that mean I'm going through security twice? Once at Newcastle then once through LAX?
You can fly direct from Newcastle to LA?
Nah, I fly Newcastle --> Heathrow --> LA --> San Fran. On the way back it's San Fran --> JFK --> Heathrow --> Newcastle.
It's gonna drain me.
I'd rather lop a bollock off. I'd go to Wales if I wanted to see homeless people and hills.
I'm going to look at famous places I've heard of, take pictures of them and then post them to facebook. And complain about the $20 resort charge they're charging me for each day.
EDIT: I err... wonder if the 737-Max's will be up then?
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737 Max won't be up until March / April in the US, even longer in Europe.
Does this mean we get another Shindig hour-by-hour running commentary? Genuinely can’t wait.
Not this time. I'll just crack on.
I’d read it. The place sounds like my worst nightmare so this would be as close as I’d get to experiencing it.
I'll think about it. I feel like this thread falls flat sometimes.
Be warned: jet lag coming from the west coast back to the UK is brutal. Prepare for 1-2 weeks of fucked up sleep.
Yeah, I didn't much care for it coming back from the east coast. I've got about a week to recover and I'm hoping I can get some sleep on the plane.
Annoyingly I sleep so well when I go to America (get tired around 10pm, asleep by midnight at the absolute latest and up by 9) but I sleep like shit here.
My body is completely tuned for American timezones and I have no idea why.
All the Diet Coke must have something to do with it.
*Zero.
I drink the same amount when I'm over there too.
It's probably because your ass traverses GMT through EST.
I couple never sleep properly in America. Was always up rattling around at 5am.
Singapore/Hong Kong for me. Absolute nightmare to acclimatise to.
I've never been as far as the West coast, but I've done the Caribbean a few times. The first time was Cuba and I was awake at 3am for the first week. Nightmare.
The second time was our honeymoon and I had barely slept in the run up to the wedding, our wedding night or the night before we flew out, so I crashed at 10pm on the first night and slept through until morning.
I can only assume that the secret is being unfathomably tired before you go.
It's going west to east that fucks you up. I can't even get to Croydon without falling asleep.
New York was fine for me. I managed a decent 7 hours sleep on the first night. As Jimmy says, coming back is murder. Losing the extra time and then coming home to broad daylight is a mindfuck.
Anyone been to Hamburg? Just booked flights in April.
This guys videos are class
The episode where he finds his old friend in Belarus is great. Felt for the old geezer.
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Rumbled, Sean. Give the account back.
I'm on a Facebook page for where we're going on holiday in June and the below is there at the same time as us. If the 'ex' wasn't before the 'jw' I'd be cancelling the whole thing.
How can someone that bad actually exist?
I'd say four of those five are definitively good things to be.
Ex is about the only one that isn't cuntish.
"Upcycler" @Spikey M do the world a favour and end them, it might be the one that takes the hive down.
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Travelex is back, right? I fancy getting a touch more travel money to cover the 'get fucked' $20 a night service charge from the hotel.
I tried to get a price for Croatian Kuna a couple of weeks ago and they said they still couldn't get it because of the Travelex stuff.
I need a European holiday for the summer. Warm but not a resort full of cunts, want to walk around a town a bit. Malta and Sorrento spring to mind but I’ve done them so something along similar lines.
EDIT: Not Croatia, no weird Hostel countries.
Why don't you try Puglia?
Last edited by Giggles; 23-02-2020 at 05:49 PM.
I've just spend a few days in Seville - cannot recommend it highly enough. Fantastic place. Might be bananas in the summer as it'll get mega hot (though it's pretty well architected to be heat resistant). If you wanted a longer trip you could go up to Granada and see the Alhambra too.
Just embrace your OAPness, go to Benidorm and eat egg and chips every day.