ReMan
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 12:59 AM |
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Europe Holiday. Help!
HELP!!
Its SWIMBO's birthday in a fortnight.
I've promised that i'll take her away for a long weekend to "Europe".
Where should I go for 3 nights?
I'm thinking hot, or interesting, or romantic.....and a max of 4 hours on a plane so we don't lose 2 of the 3 days travelling. I'd
be grateful for any advice or inspiration, as we're both poorly travelled within Europe so anywheres a possibility....
Thanks in advance
Colin
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stevebubs
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 01:06 AM |
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Interesting...Berlin
Romantic...Paris, Cologne (Koln)
If you don't mind the cold, there's also the Ice Hotel (Sweden, I think)
Take a look on lastminute.com, there's sometimes come good ideas there....
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tadltd
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 01:18 AM |
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Interesting & romantic = Florence, Italy.
Ryanair do cheap flights to Pisa, then I recommend car hire at £25 a day from Hertz/Avis, etc. and drive through there.
I took my wife for her birthday in November and she loved it. Should be a lot less tourists at this time of year.
Best Regards,
Steve.
www.turnerautosport.com
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 01:25 AM |
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barcelona !!! , well thats where my missus wants to go !!!!
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 07:33 AM |
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Paris is good - romantic, interesting, and you can walk round all the significant bits. Bit of a tourist trap, but it's not too hard to avoid
that nonsense.
Downside is the weather, which is roughly the same as London!
David
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lewis635
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 07:46 AM |
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I'm just back from Praque.
what a great city, very cheap.
Well worth considering
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Humbug
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 08:46 AM |
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Iceland? Hot spring pools, weird landscape, Northern Lights?
You can get some cheap flights on http://www.icelandexpress.com/
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BKLOCO
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 08:53 AM |
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Took minne to Sardinia for b'day
Recons best ever and she's well travelled in Europe.
Bonus is amazing roads so hire car recomended.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!!! 
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 09:06 AM |
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I'll second Prague - geat place and cheap too... just watch out you don't get caught letching at those local women - Damn their
gorgeous.!... 
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 09:27 AM |
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Took mines to paris last june for 3 days. I don't do romantic apparently. It was well humid though ( worse than Florida) at that time of
year. I didn't think I'd like it but I was amazed at the sheer scale of the architecture.
So apart from the french it was gr8t
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907
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 09:34 AM |
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I wanted to take mine to Chernobyl....
but I was too late booking up.
The concrete had already set.
Paul G
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speed8
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 09:43 AM |
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Sardinia is a good call. If you don't mind the cold then what about Krakow. Fantsatic city.
I didn't think Prague lived up to the hype. Cheap beer, yes. But too many tourists and too many stag parties.
What about Ljubljana in Slovenia. We went in late August for a couple of nights and it's a lovely place. Cheap flights from one of the London
airports.
Bad photo of ljubljana below
 
Description
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 09:51 AM |
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If you dont mind cold have you thought of Dublin ? Great party atmosphere for couples........
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Lightning
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 10:13 AM |
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Le Mans
Steve
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MikeR
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 11:14 AM |
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barcelona........
nice and warm still this time of year (well, errrm, warmer than the uk)
fantastic city, i'd love to go again.
Very beautiful, lots of shopping, fantastic football team, great history and architecture, gorgeous spanish women - what more do you need?
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Marlon
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 11:24 AM |
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I'm probably wrong but doesn't France (Paris) shut down in the winter for tourists? i.e. hotels and restaraunts?
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MKoc 1081
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 11:36 AM |
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No - it shuts down in the middle of August! All the city dwellers head for the countryside...
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Jasper
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 12:56 PM |
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I'd second Prague (lots of old stuff to see) or Cologne (great for shopping and excellent German food and beer). We stayed in the 5*Hotel Ernest
in the middle of Cologne and got a half price deal - beautiful hotel.
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ReMan
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 08:14 PM |
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Thanks for the ideas, I will start looking at some of them tomorrow.
The Ice Hotel sounded good but is £££.
We've been to Dublin, Sardinia is a poss if its warm its a bonus. As said we'll be actually going in mid January.
Any more?
Cheers
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Ian Pearson
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 08:27 PM |
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Rome is a great place. A lot of atmosphere, romance etc. Not hot in Jan though.
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Genesis
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| posted on 29/12/05 at 11:29 PM |
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Another for Prague...
As a regular over there - avoid the weekend if you can as already stated - the brothels/pole dancing bars attract Stag Parties. Dunno why as it is the
capital for AIDS in Europe.
Beautiful country steeped in history and nice people too - but damned the girls, they are truly gorgeous! 
Going fishin'
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 30/12/05 at 12:57 AM |
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If you like culture, architecture and some fantastic views then Vienna is hard to beat. Went there about 7 years ago and want to go again. There is
a very tall tower (the Danube Tower, 352 meters high) with a rotating restaurant at the top from where you can see most of the city and the Danube
stretching into the horizon.
A 360 degree panormaic view can be found at:
http://www.panos.at/wienov/200105161138_PAN-DonauturmF35+(x525).jpg
(obviously that is a 360 degree panorama munged into a straight picture, so looks a bit odd)
[Edited on 30/12/05 by MikeRJ]
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 30/12/05 at 09:31 AM |
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http://kamera.bmj.net.pl/rynek1/
where i,l be in a few weeks time
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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ReMan
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| posted on 30/12/05 at 10:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
http://kamera.bmj.net.pl/rynek1/
where i,l be in a few weeks time
Wheres this then I cant read it?
But have a good time anyway, and take a warm jumper.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 30/12/05 at 11:49 AM |
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its in poland,there are a few bars etc there in summer,in winter its snow
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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