Summer Holidays

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Fly out to Madrid on Thursday for six days.

Cheap easyJet flights from Brizzle airport and free accommodation courtesy of the in-laws (large bouquet of flowers notwithstanding) make me a very lucky guy.

Going to hit the museums & art galleries & catch up with my first born who is getting the train up from Valencia just to give her old man a hug. Fingers crossed a nice meal in a decent restaurant should be within budget.

Never been before & I’m really looking forward to it. Heard it’s really nice city.
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I went about 20 years ago, it is a great city. Enjoy.
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Jennings wrote: Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:27 pm Fly out to Madrid on Thursday for six days.

Cheap easyJet flights from Brizzle airport and free accommodation courtesy of the in-laws (large bouquet of flowers notwithstanding) make me a very lucky guy.

Going to hit the museums & art galleries & catch up with my first born who is getting the train up from Valencia just to give her old man a hug. Fingers crossed a nice meal in a decent restaurant should be within budget.

Never been before & I’m really looking forward to it. Heard it’s really nice city.
Would recommend the Bernabeau tour - I’ve no affinity for RM, but quite impressive tour and a chance to lift the European Cup
Also, the Queen Sophia Museum and seeing Picasso’s Guernica was amazing. Botanical Gardens and the Palace worth a visit too.
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Back from Benidorm. It's not a bad place in all honesty.
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Curfu in july
oludeniz in august

bring them on cant wait :scarfer:
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pablo jaye wrote: Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:33 pm Would recommend the Bernabeau tour - I’ve no affinity for RM, but quite impressive tour and a chance to lift the European Cup
Also, the Queen Sophia Museum and seeing Picasso’s Guernica was amazing. Botanical Gardens and the Palace worth a visit too.
Thanks PJ,

Really good recs that I’m going to take up. Just not the RM gig.

When in Spain, it’s the Mrs that wears the castanets so sadly I won’t get near a football stadium. “No hay fútbol durante las vacaciones” or words to that affect.
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likemydreams wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 4:50 am Curfu in july
oludeniz in august

bring them on cant wait :scarfer:

Do love OluDeniz, been quite a few times. First time LMD ?
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Yes first time to oludeniz, went to Bodrum last time
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Nice, you'll have a great time - there is something for everyone there. :thup:

...one tip - do the Paragliding. You won't regret it, I promise.
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:lol:
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Can anyone recommend a usb charging hub that will work on US based electrical system? I know I shouldn't take my ipad on holiday but I may need to watch some football while doing sod all at the pool
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Off to Palma de Majorca next Saturday.

Jet2 are doing £50pp and an additional £60 off. All inc for £302 each for 5 nights! :)
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Getting on the plane to Puerto Vallarta in 100 hours.

Taking a West Ham top so I can be a tubby, balding, middle aged bloke watching football alone in a bar :lol:
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RaddyKovac wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:42 pm Off to Palma de Majorca next Saturday.

Jet2 are doing £50pp and an additional £60 off. All inc for £302 each for 5 nights! :)
Majorca is great. One of the best places for a holiday, I think. Palma is extremely underrated and still, more a working Spanish city than a tourist destination. Tourists still flock to the resorts of the east coast and hardly ever venture outside their resorts and scarcely never explore the wonderful interior of rural Majorca, where there are some terrific eateries
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Rio wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 1:55 pm Can anyone recommend a usb charging hub that will work on US based electrical system? I know I shouldn't take my ipad on holiday but I may need to watch some football while doing sod all at the pool
I use this
https://uk.anker.com/collections/for-la ... 9436227748
works a treat

Or buy something like this

and then just buy a US power cable
https://www.lindy.co.uk/cables-adapters ... gJa3fD_BwE
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At Tijuana airport bar. Barman remembered me. Well he remembered my West Ham face mask.

Beer, margaritas and tacos then we're off escaping the miserable southern California weather for sunnier climes.
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First day here and I bump into a bloke in a West Ham top.

Turns out he's a season ticket holder from Romford, charming all the Yanks and Mexicans :lol:
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I’m due in Wroclaw. Poland in June. Thinking about Düsseldorf after that.
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Shabu, it’s 10+ years since I was in Vallarta so can’t vouch for what they’re like now but if you are looking for something different and a bit of adventure then check Eco Ride Mountain Bike Tours. You’ll find them in the small cobblestone streets up the hill from the Malecon, near the flea-market island before you cross into Zona Romantica.

Done a couple of day tours with them. Took me up into the Sierra Madre from town, and it gets very rural very quickly, so you’re soon on deserted dusty trails, climbing through shady forests and stopping off for cliff jumps into icy waterfalls and a few Pacifico’s in quiet pueblo’s. The guides were great, the bikes first class, and the views you get from up there down to the coast were breathtaking.

I’d recommend taking a look as I know you love a wee cycle 👍
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