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Re: Calling all Pom's/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:52 am
by metaltriumph
When you are in Paris do the Catacombs - its where they buried all the dead after the plagues. its pretty weird. Also, if you are interested in Art dont miss out on going to the Louvre, but if you dont have that much time at least go to the D'Orsey Museum - which is like the louvre just smaller.
Go to the guinness brewery in Dublin.
You could always visit the Triumph Factory aswell when you are in blighty.
Re: Calling all Pom's/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:38 pm
by Smitty
6maniac wrote:Doing 12 weeks around GB/Ireland/Scotland/France ...... what should I
NOT miss seeing ??????
LIST
1. Blarney Stone
2. Exit
3. Tower
4. Thames cruise
5. Blickling Hall Norfolk
6. Tate Gallery
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate..there are so many things missing off that I dont know where to start
Having made maybe a dozen or more trips in the past 20 years to the UK (coz she comes from Windsor where the castle is) ... with side trips to France and Eire can I suggest a few -
Hampton Court Palace
Blenhiem Place
London Eye (be amazed)
British Musuem
Houses of Parliament
Trafalgar Square
Tate gallery (yes it is good!)
Windsor castle (had to throw that in)
Stonehenge
Bath
Warwick Castle
Tintern Abbey
York
Oxford
Stratford on Avon
Lake District
Edinburgh...and the castle
Whisky tour in Edinburgh
St Andrews
go to one of the Lochs (Lomond or...?) and Plockton on Loch Caron
go to the Highland games or a gathering
West Highland Railway trip
then
Eurostar thru the Chunnel (bloody quick it is!)
Eiffel Tower
Louvre ..or D'Orsay
ride the Metro (seriously)
Champs Elysses (spelling?)
Seine Cruise
Notre Dame
Montparnasse
the Catacombs
Chateaux Versailles
Arc d'Triomphe
Les Invalides
and
in Northern France...
Villers Brettoneaux (they luv Aussies in VB)
Amiens ..especially the Cathedral and Maison de jules verne
Fromelles
Pozieres
Ypres (if you can nick over the border to Flanders)
Tyne Cot
and in Ireland
pub crawl in dublin
Guinness warehouse place (forget its proper name)
cruise the Shannon
Dingle
Galway
pheww....
that'll do for this trip
Re: Calling all Pom's/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:32 pm
by 6maniac
Geez, Smitty ...... I should just cut & paste your list, and add everyone else's suggestions !!!
Will 12 weeks be long enough ?????
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:56 pm
by smek
The Fat Duck. It's worth every p.
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:33 pm
by Damon Z1000
You won't need many pints in here to feel pissed Ron............. The Crooked House
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:02 pm
by 6maniac
Damon Z1000 wrote:You won't need many pints in here to feel pissed Ron............. The Crooked House
WTF !! Imagine walking out of there after only 1 or 2 pints .... you would call a taxi !!!
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:35 pm
by Damon Z1000
It gets better, when you have had a couple you put a coin on the window sill and it rolls up hill
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:39 pm
by dilligaf
forgot to mention Amsterdam
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:55 pm
by Smitty
Damon Z1000 wrote:You won't need many pints in here to feel pissed Ron............. The Crooked House
well if you are too pissed
after leaving Windsor Castle...
and walk around the corner looking for a coffee shoppe you find
you have to use the London eye
the views...
sorta makes you wanna get on a plane
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:57 pm
by Smitty
dilligaf wrote:forgot to mention Amsterdam
dont forget Bruge...if you do nick off to Amsterdam
Re: Calling all Pom's/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:07 pm
by Smitty
6maniac wrote:Geez, Smitty ...... I should just cut & paste your list, and add everyone else's suggestions !!!
Will 12 weeks be long enough ?????
hmmm..depends I guess
We usually go for 4 weeks minimum...sometimes up to 7 or 8 weeks- last time 3 weeks in 2010 & before that 48 days (thru France Netherlands Germany Austria Italy Monaco Spain)
so i probably have spent more than a year in UK Europe etc ...based on the number of trips we have done over the years
( I am not including side jaunts to Turkey Eqypt or Greece while going or comingto the UK)
I would try and do a lot of the UK and plan to go to Ireland for say 5 or 7 days and France..+ maybe other Benelux in 12-14 days
hope that helps....
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:09 pm
by Smitty
geez just forgot one place in London...
...has to be Kew Gardens
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:14 pm
by photomike666
Forget Amsrterdam, go to Rotterdam, same only better
If u r into trains, York railway museum.
For a ride/drive snake pass
For clubs Leister square, gigs at the Astoria
For a bit of Dickens, Canterbury or Rochester
Booze shopping City d'Europe in Calis or go to Andora got tax haven
Race tracks; Brands Hatch, Donington & Silverstone
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:28 pm
by 6maniac
Buggar the LIST - I'll just print the whole thread before I go...
Keep 'em coming, guys & gals ...
Re: Calling all Poms/Taffys/Micks/Scots/Frogs
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:16 pm
by dilligaf
all right. when we were in the south of england, our friends there took us to
fishbourne roman palace
http://www.sussexpast.co.uk/property/si ... site_id=11
and porchester castle
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/days ... er-castle/