ragdall
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Post by ragdall on Jan 18, 2009 9:46:22 GMT
My husband and I have been discussing driving across to the east coast of Canada and possibly down into the eastern USA, either this year or in 2010. It's a very long way to go, especially with the price of fuel fluctuating as it is now.
Have you made any plans to travel this year? Where would you like to go, if you can/could travel?
rags
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Post by alliekiwi on Jan 20, 2009 9:32:23 GMT
I'm not used to such huge distances as you have in North America, but it looks an awful long way from one side of Canada to the other on the map! How long will it take, driving?
I've always wanted to go to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (because of the name - it rolls off the tongue beautifully) and also Prince Edward Island, because of Anne of Green Gables. Although I'm sure it would be wonderful to do in summer, I think autumn would be a wonderful time to go travelling. There's something so special about autumn light, not to mention the colours of the leaves. Summer almost seems to have too much of the 'same' everywhere, if you know what I mean.
I'm heading to Canberra in March for a long weekend away, which I'm very excited about. Stopping off overnight in Melbourne on the way, and then three nights in Canberra beofre heading home. Child-free! Husband-free!
I do have to think of a song to sing a capella at a dinner on the Saturday night, though. Haven't sung in public for nearly a year, so that'll be a bit nerve-wracking. However, as I have to sing at a big public thing here in NZ a month later - to an Earl and a Countess (eek) - it'll be good practice!
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Post by dmcg on Jan 23, 2009 11:42:53 GMT
This year we have booked to go to St Petersburg (the Russian one, not Florida). We have been before, back in 2003, but its certainly worth another visit. As usual, we will be crusing and have picked this one because it is another Music-Festival-at-Sea, with lots of classical concerts and recitals on board.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 30, 2009 4:40:26 GMT
my annual holiday as always (since 2000) is the National Folk Festival @ Canberra at Easter - this year I won't have my usual on-site caravan (damn company has sold it's vans!!!) So I'll be camping just like almost everyone! Tho my tent is an on-site tent so I only have to get the usual stuff there - clothes & warm bedding! In the next few weeks I'll visit my bestest friend who migrated to Bendigo www.bendigotourism.com/ a year or 2 ago. Bendigo is a Central Victorian gold-fields town - tents one minute, High Victorian architecture next minute, & I'm going to see the New Look Fashions from the Victoria & Albert Museum as well as to spend time with her & her partner, the lovely bloke who carried her away from Sydney. If I get there the week I plan, I can join them at Jez Lowe's concert, as well as see him again in Sydney & at the national (wot a shame he's not appearing at my folk club as he did on a few previous visits) sandra
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Post by jennieg on Feb 17, 2009 0:58:54 GMT
Himself and I are hoping to get to Canada again later this year, it's four years this week since our baby took off for his 12 month working holiday. He hasn't come home yet.......he met a girl, she is lovely! They live in Toronto, we visited them 18 months ago. We have a Canadian grandcat.
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Post by Rapaire on Feb 22, 2009 1:57:25 GMT
March 4 my wife and I are off to Ireland -- I'll be back in the saddle at work on the 16th (one St. Pat's Day in Dublin was quite enough, thanks).
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Post by ragdall on Feb 22, 2009 10:37:35 GMT
March 4 my wife and I are off to Ireland -- I'll be back in the saddle at work on the 16th (one St. Pat's Day in Dublin was quite enough, thanks). Hi rapaire! Nice to see that you found your way here. Which part(s) of Ireland do you plan to visit? Will you be driving around in Ireland, staying in one place, going for a special occasion? What are the temperatures usually like there this early in the year? Have a wonderful time! rags
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Post by sandrainsydney on Feb 22, 2009 11:51:22 GMT
I'm off on my travels again next week - all my travels are in Oz & for a week at a time! I'll be going back to Bendigo to visit my closest friend who moved there last year. Bendigo is a goldfields city in Victoria & a wonderfully historic place. One minute there were tents, next High Victorian architecture www.bendigotourism.com/If I'd gone last week, I could have seen Jez Lowe at their folk club, however I'll have to be content seeing him locally this week, maybe twice if I can get to a house concert he's doing. Main reason is to see this exhibition www.bendigoartgallery.com.au/Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=41&h=1&p=1, which won't be anywhere else in Australia but we'll also visit all the local antique shops & charity shops. Shop, Shop, Shop! There are 38 charity shops in the area, & several Antique trails in surrounding towns. wot fun! Historical buildings & other interesting places to visit & stuff to buy!
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Post by Rapaire on Feb 22, 2009 13:24:54 GMT
Right now we're just going to drive around, perhaps visit with family in Cork and Dingle. We snagged truly EXCELLENT fares on Aer Lingus, so....
I've been in Ireland in March and the weather is okay -- not cold, not warm, some rain -- that's pretty common there, however.
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Post by ragdall on Feb 22, 2009 20:52:30 GMT
It sounds lovely!
As an addition to stopping over as we changed planes at Heathrow, we went to Ireland for two days, in June 2006, to see where my people came from. As you can imagine, we didn't see much in only two days but I was able to be in Innishannon, which was a lifelong wish I thought would never be fulfilled.
In which part(s) of Cork are your people?
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Post by ragdall on Feb 22, 2009 21:01:47 GMT
Sandra, Your excursion to Bendigo sounds like a dream vacation. What an interesting choice for an exhibit, THE GOLDEN AGE OF COUTURE. It should be fascinating.
Do you think that you will be in a buying mood? Sometimes I visit charity shops as I would a museum, just to look at all the strange and wonderful items which find their way into the shops. With 38 charity shops to visit, I'd need several weeks and an extra vehicle just to carry home all the things that I'd find which I hadn't known that I needed until I entered the shops.
rags
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Post by sandrainsydney on Feb 23, 2009 8:36:40 GMT
well, we won't get to every shop! So many shops, so little time! And I don't always find stuff to buy, like you I love looking. I always take my mantra shopping "Do I really need it, where will I put it?" Some stuff I buy & damn the consequences (which is why some stuff lives on the floor!) but I collect specific stuff - needlework tools, small Japanese stuff, & other small stuff (a rather broad category). Last trip I brought back a 1910/20 needlework basket with original & later contents, a small 1920's celluloid box with a transfer of a Spanish lady on the lid, a lady's belt buckle dug from a goldfields rubbish dump, a small 1950s/60 chocolate tin, a small china ballerina with plastic tutu & several skeins of mohair. Treasures! And I don't have to bring it all home on the plane - my friends & I will be meeting at Easter for the National Folk Festival & they can carry stuff for me, if I can't fit it in my bags. sandra
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Post by alliekiwi on May 7, 2009 22:17:04 GMT
A fortnight ago I was walking past the travel agent on my way to pick up the Friday night fish and chips (I don't care what the Vatican says, Friday will always be fish and chip night) when I spotted a special deal to Buenos Aires. $NZ915 return. Usually it's at least that each way! The only catch was that tickets had to be booked and paid for by April 30th, and one had to fly before September 30th.
Well, the hubby's family are from Argentina and he's not been to visit them for nearly a decade now, so it seemed a great idea. After a bit of discussion, we decided to go for it. So the three of us are heading to Argentina in September for nearly a month! The Toad is still only 9 so he doesn't have to pay full fare.
They have beautiful wool there - the baby wool in particular is so soft as it has silk added. Not that I'm planning to have another baby, but several of my cousins are expecting again so I may do some knitting. It'll also be interesting to see what local quilting fabrics there are.
Five months to practice Spanish madly!
Allie
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Post by ragdall on May 9, 2009 5:06:01 GMT
Allie, What a wonderful opportunity! Five months is ample time to become fluent in Spanish. Is your husband a good teacher?
Buena suerte rags
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Post by jennieg on May 10, 2009 13:21:02 GMT
Allie, that's a terrific deal! We have booked and paid for our trip to Canada in October. The deals between Oz and the US at present mean that the fares, in total, will be costing us more than $2000 (that's right, 3 noughts) less than last time. We have booked our accommodation. Now all we have to do is wait for October to roll around.
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