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Originally Posted by Albionic68
In Barcelona next week Dan and surprised if he?s expecting a drinkers or lap dancers paradise. It?s full of history such as Gaudi, beautiful sites, fantastic tapas bars and quaint wine bars etc in the gothic quarter. The young lad would be better in Shagaluf in Majorca 🤣
The lad could be turning over a new leaf so he may bring back some paintings from Gaudi. You never know!
England away day Al', Andorra. He's flying in via Barcelona and spending a few nights there either side of the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by baggieal
Trust me, if there are any dens of iniquity along the way he and his mates are bound to find them. It's literally genetic in his case 😉.
Good to see you posting again, I hope all's well with you and yours health wise. Take care and all the very best to your family 😎.
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Originally Posted by Albionic68
He will have a great time Dan regardless especially with mates. Yes all?s well and thank you for asking and James already looking forward to new season.
Just back from Vietnam and Cambodia mixture of sightseeing and beaches. Loved it.
Went to China last year. Anyone else watching Race Across the World and witnessing just how wonderful and interesting a country it is?
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Originally Posted by 9goals2hattricks3pen
Know people who have been especially to Vietnam and had a great time. I like Race Across the World but would hate to go somewhere like India. Certainly would love to go where my daughter is now - Canada - cruise to Alaska and then the Rockies which is her plan. A previous Race Across the World featured Canada and it looked fabulous.
Prefer Spain as I speak fluent Spanish so my happy place is where there?s no typical Brits and where you can indulge in tapas and great house wines. Love Barcelona and Seville especially which are steeped in history.
Canada is a lovely place Al. Went to the Rockies two years ago after spending some time in San Francisco and the scenery is spectacular. I watched the tv in horror last year when we saw the beautiful town of Jasper suffer an horrendous fire which wiped out over half of the town. Seeing the bears in their natural environment is a memory which will stay with me forever.
We went to Western Canada a some years ago; drove the Icefields Parkway from Banff to Jasper, spectacular. At one place, standing on a grassy bank looking at a glacier, a grizzly bear wandered out of the bushes below, what a beautiful animal, a privilege to see such a creature in the wild. We kept our distance, though, its claws were like knives! We also saw plenty of black bears. From Jasper, it was a very nice place, we rode the Rocky Mountaineer train to Vancouver, two days of spectacular views, great food and fine wine! Expensive but really worth it, we were probably only going to do it once! If anyone who reads this is going to Western Canada, check out a place called the Wilderness Lodge (west of Vancouver), an amazing ‘hotel’, all the rooms are lodges with wonderful views of snow capped mountains, just the best place we have ever stayed (the biggest bed we’ve ever slept in, too!). Also, the food is amazing. I assume that the place is still going! Thinking back, it makes me wonder why we returned to the UK; it must have been to watch the Baggies!Quote:
Originally Posted by TipperaryBaggie
We have arrived back from our trip to Malaga.
I was in two minds as to whether or not to post an update.
I have to say as we?d not met the four young lads or their mum previously so we were a little apprehensive as you never know with four young boys! We were in fact not supposed to be travelling with them, however the couple that were due too were unable to do so, due to unforeseen but happy circumstances.
As it turned, out the four boys aged 9 to 14 were absolutely brilliant as was their mum.
As I said previously, without giving too much away, a family, less fortunate than most in society, is given the opportunity of a holiday. Once the decision is made the family is approached to see if they would accept the offer of an all expenses paid holiday to Malaga. Once/if accepted, arrangements are made and off they go normally, around this time of year. They mainly have free time to do the usual things, beach, pool etc but we do arrange outings.
Going on a plane for the first time. (I guess they had to get there).
Seeing lovely long sandy beaches unlike the ones in their area.
A tour of Malaga FC football stadium and a trip up the cable cars and a bird show, whilst their mum and my good lady wife had a day at the Ocean Club Marbella (Puerto Banus).
Helicopter trip to Gibraltar and up the Rock, visiting the war tunnels and seeing the Barbary monkeys up close and then the return helicopter trip.
Fishing trip. (Caught nothing) but they saw dolphins.
Shopping trip outing for mum.
As I say, they had most of the time to themselves but if you saw the four boys faces when they realised they were going in a helicopter, it would bring tears to the eyes. It did mine, my wife?s and their mums.
I only post this as it indicates what spiteful nonsense people can post when not in possession of the full facts. As said in my previous post, we have a base and connections in Malaga. It may, in some peoples mind, lack some of the cultural assets of Barcelona and/or Seville, albeit, Seville does not have beaches and sea, which families like those we were with, like.
So try telling these four boys and their mums Malaga is not great! They thought it was the best in the world going by their reaction.
As for the anti tourist stuff. We did not notice anything. Always welcome wherever we went.
Now looking forward to our own family holidays.
Most beautiful and spectacular place that I have ever been. I loved Jasper and would tell anybody who listened how I could easily have lived there.Quote:
Originally Posted by kettering_baggie
Got back from Wells yesterday. Can?t say I experienced any problematic parking issues. But I suppose not having a car might have something to do with it. Abiding memory is dogs, dogs and more dogs.Quote:
Originally Posted by kettering_baggie