villa4europe Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 st petersburg in september, going with the family, i think my mom has found a hotel / restaurant called villa aston and is hell bent on taking me despite it not reviewing too well (why isnt that surprising!) other than that weekends away, blackpool for wigan away, not sure at work if we are doing truck festival on the cheap or berlin for a few days and i want to drive the road in scotland that is in skyfall in the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Austria is a great place. Very jel The skiing and the food has been class so far and the Austrians are great hosts. Would recommend, may come back in summer do some walking and play golf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 bump right chaps, my finger is on the confirm button about to book a week in portugal in early june, albufeira to be exact, the hotel hasnt got a single bad review and there seems to be loads to do in the towns and stuff, the only thing thats going against it at the moment is a few people have commentated how it is becoming like benidorm and very british, skin heads and beer bellys a few have said, is it really like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 ive booked st petersburg and sent off for the visa, staying in the villa hotel, restaurant next door has a "hunting" menu - bear burger carpaccio of beaver wild boar dumplings elk dumplings reindeer chops stewed beaver in milk im all over that! think im gonna have to try bear, bit disappointed its a burger though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 bump right chaps, my finger is on the confirm button about to book a week in portugal in early june, albufeira to be exact, the hotel hasnt got a single bad review and there seems to be loads to do in the towns and stuff, the only thing thats going against it at the moment is a few people have commentated how it is becoming like benidorm and very british, skin heads and beer bellys a few have said, is it really like that? Depends what you're after? I'd recommend Sagres, the most westerly tip of Europe. It's very much the Cornwall of the Algarve in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 bump right chaps, my finger is on the confirm button about to book a week in portugal in early june, albufeira to be exact, the hotel hasnt got a single bad review and there seems to be loads to do in the towns and stuff, the only thing thats going against it at the moment is a few people have commentated how it is becoming like benidorm and very british, skin heads and beer bellys a few have said, is it really like that? This may be a little narrow minded, but I can only go on my own experiences. Having been to Albufeira, I can definitely confirm that it is a nice place to go. But it is pretty much just like any other area heavily affected by (British) tourism. You would do well to be able to distinguish between the Algarve, Majorca, Benidorm (it's not quite that bad) or any other pro-forma European beach destination. You will have to go searching if you want to get a sense of being in Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Booked a week in Tallinn in April. Very excited, anyone been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Am hopefully off to the Maldives tomorrow morning, assuming that the weather doesn't cause any major airport disruptions. Should be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Booked a week in Tallinn in April. Very excited, anyone been? yeah I've been excited lots of times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 ive booked st petersburg and sent off for the visa, staying in the villa hotel, restaurant next door has a "hunting" menu - bear burger carpaccio of beaver wild boar dumplings elk dumplings reindeer chops stewed beaver in milk im all over that! think im gonna have to try bear, bit disappointed its a burger though I've tried all of those apart from Beaver ( snigger) have to let us know what it tastes like PS try the horseradish Vodka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 i didnt like the sound of carpaccio or stewed in milk though so was put off beaver straight away have seen that ruskies do their own pastie type things called stolle, like the look of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I'm going to Australia in December, my gf's grandma has paid for 7 of us to go and stay in a cottage in Apollo Bay just south of Melbourne for 2 weeks. Really looking forward to it, except I'll be missing the traditional Christmas dinner which is kind of shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I'm sure Melbourne will ease your pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Sort of, but my nan makes this delicious Italian stuffing... Lol Ever been to Melbourne, Tony? Looking for things to do while we're over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Booked a week in Tallinn in April. Very excited, anyone been? Yeah nice city. Go to the cellar bar in the old town hall in the main square, very cool.I'm going to Australia in December, my gf's grandma has paid for 7 of us to go and stay in a cottage in Apollo Bay just south of Melbourne for 2 weeks. Really looking forward to it, except I'll be missing the traditional Christmas dinner which is kind of shit. Do you like cricket? The ashes will be on whilst you're there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Booked a week in Tallinn in April. Very excited, anyone been? Yeah nice city. Go to the cellar bar in the old town hall in the main square, very cool. >I'm going to Australia in December, my gf's grandma has paid for 7 of us to go and stay in a cottage in Apollo Bay just south of Melbourne for 2 weeks. Really looking forward to it, except I'll be missing the traditional Christmas dinner which is kind of shit. Do you like cricket? The ashes will be on whilst you're there. Unfortunately I find it more boring than Golf, on the other hand I do like a drink so I'm sure I could entertain myself for a few hours. Reckon tickets would be hard to come by though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Going to Egypt tomorrow, Poland for a festival and away with the boys in July/August. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) Booked a week in Tallinn in April. Very excited, anyone been? Yeah nice city. Go to the cellar bar in the old town hall in the main square, very cool. >>I'm going to Australia in December, my gf's grandma has paid for 7 of us to go and stay in a cottage in Apollo Bay just south of Melbourne for 2 weeks. Really looking forward to it, except I'll be missing the traditional Christmas dinner which is kind of shit.lockquote> Do you like cricket? The ashes will be on whilst you're there. Unfortunately I find it more boring than Golf, on the other hand I do like a drink so I'm sure I could entertain myself for a few hours. Reckon tickets would be hard to come by though? No idea, the MCG is absolutely massive so I'm sure you would be able to get in if you wanted to. Even if you don't like cricket a test match with a good atmosphere is a cracking day out. Edited March 21, 2013 by chappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 decided against portugal after during the booking process i was told the price of the flights had gone up and the holiday would now cost £290 more so i put the phone down. going to bulgaria now. the 45p per pint price over there has swayed my decision massively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 decided against portugal after during the booking process i was told the price of the flights had gone up and the holiday would now cost £290 more so i put the phone down. going to bulgaria now. the 45p per pint price over there has swayed my decision massively. Still going in early June? Am going next month for my stag do so will report back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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