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My Summer and Autumn Plans

Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 10:17 am
by thiscatis
June 27 - July 3:
Ardennes

July 4 - July 14
Biarritz
Bilbao
San Sebastian

July 15 - July 19
Londen

July 21 - July 30
Bretagne

August
Studying :(

September
Madrid - Rome - Lissabon

October
St-Petersburg, Russia



Who loves travelling as much as I do?

Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 11:05 am
by jayshields
My summer and autumn plans:

June: Finish exams. Stag night.
July: 2 weddings. My 19th birthday.
August: Leeds Festival. Spain.

Quite funny that all that stuff won't collectively take more than 2 weeks, so for the rest of the time I'll just be bumming around :)

Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 3:31 pm
by RobertGonzalez
My summer plans:

// Thinks hard about what I might be able to do while the sound of crickets grows ever loder

Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:13 pm
by s.dot
07-07-07
mark it!
My birthday. :wink: Better be a lucky day.

Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:16 pm
by superdezign
07.07.07? Reminds me of one of my exes birthdays.

06.06.06. I dumped her that day. Devilish.

Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:38 pm
by shiznatix
sounds like an awesome vacation. the only thing i never understood is how people get the money to travel so much. I work hard and make good money (for the country I live in) but I never seam to have the money to go on a nice trip.

Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:52 pm
by superdezign
shiznatix wrote:sounds like an awesome vacation. the only thing i never understood is how people get the money to travel so much. I work hard and make good money (for the country I live in) but I never seam to have the money to go on a nice trip.
If I've ever been more in agreement with someone, I can't remember the time.

Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 6:09 pm
by Kieran Huggins
It has a lot to do with two attributes: location & national economy.

In Europe/Asia travelling internationally is quite a bit less expensive than it is in North America since everything is far closer. Visiting one sister in Canada takes me 24 hrs by car (no stops), the other would be closer to 50hrs if I ever did it. It's just freaky how unbelievably HUGE this country is sometimes, especially since we have half the population of the UK.

The other factor (national economy) plays a huge role in your expenses abroad. In countries with a strong currency you can afford to live abroad much longer in countries with weaker currencies. I was surprised how expensive GB was when I visited a few years back, and conversely how inexpensive Taiwan was a year ago. I stayed, traveled and ate (very well) in Taiwan for 2 weeks on what it would cost staying put for 2 days in London, UK.

Of course there are other factors, like income, accommodations, etc.. but these two seem to make a BIG difference.

Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 6:19 pm
by superdezign
Ugh. I knew the Euro was a bad idea! We HAD them till then!

Re: My Summer and Autumn Plans

Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 5:20 am
by timvw
Hmmz, for the first time in 8 years or so i'm not a student, and i can afford it to go abroad ;)

weekend of 15th july -> london
22th july -> amsterdam
29th july -> paris

1 -> 14 june -> probably travelling along the french coast.. starting in bretagne.. descending till.. we'll see where we end up ;)

1-> 14 august -> getting a last minute to... somewhere ;)

december -> a week of skiing (to be looked into)

Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 6:14 am
by Chris Corbyn
shiznatix wrote:sounds like an awesome vacation. the only thing i never understood is how people get the money to travel so much. I work hard and make good money (for the country I live in) but I never seam to have the money to go on a nice trip.
I used to spend all mine on alcohol and parties. As soon as I eased off that my saving slowly began to grow. Slowly being the operative word. I'm still having to try really hard to save for my travels. I'm very greatful toward the people who've been helping me out through swift/donations :)