The Cat Posted 22 March, 2011 Share Posted 22 March, 2011 Just festivals. If I get my way one of them will be Green Man where you can camp for a week in the Brecon Beacons. With 2 kids (one 5, one 2) we really can't be arsed to fly anywhere, just seems far too much money and hassle to end up watching them play with sticks in another country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeem Hardison Posted 22 March, 2011 Share Posted 22 March, 2011 I've been to Texas a few times this year. I think it's called Homebase now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 22 March, 2011 Share Posted 22 March, 2011 If you're driving, go via San Antonio and Houston, and then across the bottom through the gulf states (that's the Gulf of Mexico, not the Gulf of Arabia). In Dallas, you've got to go to the 6th Floor Museum in the Texas Book Repository which overlooks Deeley Plaza. You can't look out of the exact window where Lee Harvey Oswald took his pot shots as it's glassed off and preserved. But you can look out the window next to it. I guarantee when you look out that window, you will aim an imaginary rifle at the cross on the road where the first bullet allegedly struck. Work out for yourself if LHO could have got off three accurate shots in eight seconds from that range. You've also got to go up and look at the Dallas Cowboys new stadium, just to see what an incredible, 21st century sporting venue looks like. San Antonio has plenty to see, including the Alamo (disappointingly not as big as you would imagine, but still atmospheric), and the Riverwalk, which has got great eats. If you've been to Sea World in Florida, Sea World in San Antonio will be a disappointment. If it's hot, go to the Schlitterbahn waterpark in New Braunfels, the best water park in the world. Houston isn't much unless you like indoor shopping and sprawling cities. But once across the border in Louisiana make sure you plug into the Cajun culture. I'd give New Orleans a big miss unless you specifically want to go there. The best sights of Louisiana are in the back country, in the bayous. You can do all sorts of swamp tours, but if you like your music check out the Zydeco and food at these places: Mulates at Breaux Bridge, and Pat's Fisherman's Wharf. http://www.mulates.com/breauxbridge.html http://patsfishermanswharf.com/ Biloxi, Mississippi has some big casino hotels that were up and running pretty quickly after Katrina. For a spot of luxury, try the Beau Rivage. Last time we passed through, we stayed here: http://www.maisondmemoire.com/ Absolutely fantastic place, and the first time I have had muffins with scallions (spring onions) in them. Cheers for that - we are visiting relatives in Dallas, then heading to Florida on AA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 22 March, 2011 Share Posted 22 March, 2011 I've been to Texas a few times this year. I think it's called Homebase now though. LOL ..... Looking forward to your trip to Iceland as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 22 March, 2011 Share Posted 22 March, 2011 I've been to Texas a few times this year. I think it's called Homebase now though. That's funny the wife took me to Iceland a few weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 22 March, 2011 Share Posted 22 March, 2011 Got a Mediterranean Cruise on the new Queen Elizabeth coming up at the beginning of August as well as a week in Lithuania early July. Still looking for somewhere to go at the back end of August for a couple of weeks (thinking of something out of the ordinary, long train journey, road trip across an expanse etc) and thinking of Oz or NZ for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 22 March, 2011 Share Posted 22 March, 2011 Already done: Gayton Stoke Bruerne Leighton Buzzard Linslade and Weedon Hoping to get all the way to Venice (little) in May and maid a few days in Germany in June. Recession? What recession? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted 23 March, 2011 Share Posted 23 March, 2011 Just had 2 weeks on a road trip snowboarding around the Canadian Rockies, luckly I have a friend who lives out there which made things easier and a bit cheaper. Stunning place and awesome snow conditions. Rest of the year will be short breaks, gotta week in a cottage in Kent before a baby due in July so the rest of the year is cancelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swannymere Posted 23 March, 2011 Share Posted 23 March, 2011 Brisbane for Christmas and New Year and possibly Glastonbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 24 March, 2011 Share Posted 24 March, 2011 Did a week in Cuba last week (March Break). Went back to the same resort as last year because we liked it so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bognor Posted 24 March, 2011 Share Posted 24 March, 2011 Bognor. It's not as bad as they say.......it's worse than that Got a Mediterranean Cruise on the new Queen Elizabeth coming up at the beginning of August as well as a week in Lithuania early July. Still looking for somewhere to go at the back end of August for a couple of weeks (thinking of something out of the ordinary, long train journey, road trip across an expanse etc) and thinking of Oz or NZ for Christmas. Going on a Med cruise at the beginning of August on the new Norwegian Epic. It's my big 40 in a few months and I think the wife is planning a trip to Ulusaba (Branson's private game reserve) in South Africa. That's it for me as I only get 1-2 weeks a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefunkygibbons Posted 24 March, 2011 Share Posted 24 March, 2011 Trying to get the misus to agree to a week in Dubai At the moment, she is complaining that it seems expensive for just a week I have pointed out that Tunesia is quite cheap right now as an alternative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 25 March, 2011 Share Posted 25 March, 2011 New York at the end of May (Play-off finals!!!) Tenerife in August Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 25 March, 2011 Share Posted 25 March, 2011 There's a part two to this. If you're doing the theme parks in Orlando fair enough, but the best beaches in Florida are on the gulf side and if you want a taste of the more real (there's hardly any of 'real' Florida left) Florida, base yourself in the Naples area and take in as much of the Everglades as you can Miami will make you feel self conscious, both about your looks and your wealth. I stayed in Bonita Springs, just north of Naples last year. Lovely area, had a great trip in the Everglades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 25 March, 2011 Share Posted 25 March, 2011 Ibiza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 25 March, 2011 Share Posted 25 March, 2011 I'm self-employed. I'll take a holiday if and when I die. Might go to Heaven, maybe Hell, possibly Purgatory, but definitely not Largs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 25 March, 2011 Share Posted 25 March, 2011 To all those coming to Dubai, PLEASE pack a case of Old Speckled Hen in your suitcases Eric pays good rates. Me Mate's Wedding in Bournemouth Future (maybe) In laws in Krakow Abruzzo in Italy checking out wedding venues for/with daughter Glasto all in a crazy 3 weeks (thanks to Ryanairs' no tax sale 17.99 each way to Krakow) - bargain will drink the savings in Zwiec'y beer & Zubrowka Hoping for another US trip in October man I did a conf last year in New Orleans, if you like music & drink beer, GO! Oh & hope to get to Bangkok again for New Year But the biggest holiday - The Forum Match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted 26 March, 2011 Share Posted 26 March, 2011 collapsed on beach next to the Red Sea, bit of snorkelling, reading etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 26 March, 2011 Share Posted 26 March, 2011 just about to book a couple of weeks in Kos, which has come highly recomended and off to Rome in September for a long weekend, hoping to slip another weekend away in as well. Oh and doing a sunday and monday night in Devon first weekend of May, going to a see a football match where one of the teams will be securing promotion that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 26 March, 2011 Share Posted 26 March, 2011 just about to book a couple of weeks in Kos, which has come highly recomended and off to Rome in September for a long weekend, hoping to slip another weekend away in as well. Oh and doing a sunday and monday night in Devon first weekend of May, going to a see a football match where one of the teams will be securing promotion that day. Missus and I did Kos. It was very nice but hotter than hell the two weeks we were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 26 March, 2011 Share Posted 26 March, 2011 we are going first two weeks of June to Kefalos, a few people we know have been there and said it's really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 26 March, 2011 Share Posted 26 March, 2011 we are going first two weeks of June to Kefalos, a few people we know have been there and said it's really nice. That's where we went. It was very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swannymere Posted 26 March, 2011 Share Posted 26 March, 2011 we are going first two weeks of June to Kefalos, a few people we know have been there and said it's really nice. Love Kefalos, not too in your face but lively enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 26 March, 2011 Share Posted 26 March, 2011 Summer, no idea, maybe Poland for a week or two, October is golf holiday to play Sawgrass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 26 March, 2011 Share Posted 26 March, 2011 A friend of mine goes to Kos every year. They hire out quad bikes to get around on. Sounds a good larf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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