#242292 - Sun Sep 05 2004 02:08 PM
Re: A dream holiday
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Multiloquent
Registered: Wed Nov 12 2003
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Loc: Nebraska USA
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OOh. That's a tough one! I have always wanted to visit the British Isles. Particularly Scotland or Ireland. (Or both!) But now, if I won a trip, my husband might have something to say about where we went, and I have a feeling we'd end up somewhere warmer. I've also always wanted to visit Egypt, but with no familial ties to it, it comes in second to the UK.
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#242293 - Sun Sep 05 2004 02:17 PM
Re: A dream holiday
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Registered: Tue Apr 17 2001
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Loc: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
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Mine would be Ireland. No doubt about it. I'm sure Mr. Indie would insist on a side trip to Scotland though.
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#242296 - Sun Sep 05 2004 06:21 PM
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Mainstay
Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
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Loc: Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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Well I've been to England and Europe but the one place we'd really like to see is the Land Down Under, Australia. Hold the Vegamite though.
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#242297 - Mon Sep 06 2004 01:06 AM
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Registered: Fri May 18 2001
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Loc: Canton Ohio USA
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I'd be off to The Orient. Specifically where there I'm not sure, but I love the culture, the architecture. I suppose, given an open-end budget, once I got that far I could scoot around all over the place over there.
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#242298 - Mon Sep 06 2004 05:06 PM
Re: A dream holiday
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Loc: Kingsbury London UK
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I'm a bit of a one for the safe and familiar when it comes to travel nowadays, so somewhere with some elements of familiarity combined with the new. My vote would be for the East coast of Canada, I've spent a few hours there on a trip across Niagara falls, (I used the bridge, not the water!) and from what I've seen on TV seems to combine the best features of our own North-West coast of Scotland, and the East coast of Canada and New England. I also like islands, and there's no shortage of island hopping over there. If they ever get the 3 hour world traversing plane back in existence (it was grounded many years ago due to lack of international co operation to pay for it) I'd definitely like to see New Zealand as well. They say it's a bit like Britain was 50 years ago, which I would find far preferable to the present day (not that I was there!).
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#242299 - Mon Sep 06 2004 06:27 PM
Re: A dream holiday
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Registered: Tue Oct 02 2001
Posts: 8311
Loc: Melbourne VIC Australia
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I'll hitch a ride with Indie to Ireland. I've been told (by countless, countless people) that Galway is the place to be, of course it'd proabably be a good idea to find out where my Nanna was from so I could go there as well. And if I was allowed to cheat and check out Scotland, Wales and England, I could catch up with a few people who owe me a beer  !
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#242300 - Mon Sep 06 2004 07:27 PM
Re: A dream holiday
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Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 12593
Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong
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I would like to travel to Vancouver, stay with the ultra hospitable PurpleFan and her husband, spending time looking around at the beautiful scenery of BC and having wonderful food and fun, then to UK to stay in the lovely West Country, taking in a long weekend in Paris with all the shopping and sightseeing that entails, Next to Suffolk to see some wonderfully lively elderly relatives and have fun with them. Next to Bangkok for a little more shopping and a night in a luxury hotel, then home to Hong Kong. I just did all those things and it was wonderful. I had glorious weather and the best of warm welcomes all round. I know we are not supposed to do a world tour, sorry Sue, but I thought I would slip this in here.Yours jetlaggingly, Ren
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#242301 - Mon Sep 06 2004 07:37 PM
Re: A dream holiday
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Registered: Tue May 15 2001
Posts: 14384
Loc: Australia
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 Welcome home! Sounds like a blast, Ren! I'd love to go to Antartica,jump on a ship heading that way and see the pristine nature there.
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#242302 - Tue Sep 07 2004 12:39 AM
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Loc: South of England
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A fortnight in Clacton-on-Sea ...but failing that, a tour of somewhere with spectacular scenery such as Norwegian Fjords. Maybe we'll go when we can affjord it. 
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