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The vacations thread 2008
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: optom3 on May 22, 2008, 10:11:28 am ---They have been to so many exotic places,and their best holiday memories are all Scotland.
Loch Lomond,Edinburgh,( to see the Tatoo ) Inverness, Ullapool, Oban,St.Andrews, and too many more to mention over the years.
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Scotland is also one of my fav holiday memories. I think I've been to all the locations you mentioned. And to this day I regret missing the Military Tattoo. It started the same day we were in Edinburgh, but in the evening, and we couldn't stay for one day longer because we had to catch a ferry in Kingston/Hull.
I drank my first whiskey in Scotland (where else?). "You're in Scotland, Lady!" our host said when I first declined his offer :laugh:. He was a sheepfarmer, btw. How fitting ;D.
optom3:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on May 22, 2008, 03:17:26 pm ---Scotland is also one of my fav holiday memories. I think I've been to all the locations you mentioned. And to this day I regret missing the Military Tattoo. It started the same day we were in Edinburgh, but in the evening, and we couldn't stay for one day longer because we had to catch a ferry in Kingston/Hull.
I drank my first whiskey in Scotland (where else?). "You're in Scotland, Lady!" our host said when I first declined his offer :laugh:. He was a sheepfarmer, btw. How fitting ;D.
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I laughed when I read you had tried to turn down a ,wee dram.I can just hear the indignant/incredulous response. Glad he was a sheep farmer though.
I feel with the Edinburgh tattoo ,I have come full circle.My parents tok me and my brother to it when we were young kids.We sat under a blanket it was so cold.My brother was proudly sporting his first Kilt in the family tartan.
Fast forward and there am I with my 3 kids, under a blanket, with my oldest sporting his first kilt.In his mothers' tartan.Happy days, the sound of bagpipes to this day makes me all misty eyed,lump in throat.
I am incredibly proud of my Scottish heritage.
Oh for those days, before he became so obviously troubled.
Kelda:
;D Well I am biased that Scotland and its people are the best!
Where were you in Hungary Fiona? I'm veggie so not sure how I'll get on in the food stakes!
optom3:
--- Quote from: Kelda on May 22, 2008, 05:17:06 pm --- ;D Well I am biased that Scotland and its people are the best!
Where were you in Hungary Fiona? I'm veggie so not sure how I'll get on in the food stakes!
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I liked it for several reasons,some of the cities are not only beautiful but very unspoiled,The villages ,it was like stepping back in time,to less hectic days.The pace of life was much slower.I guess if you lived there it may be annoying,trying to get things done, but for a holiday it was lovely.
I found the people to be exceptionally frindly, it was a humbling experience.It was sort of like Austria but an Eastern european version.I have been to Poland as well and that was very similar.
You wont have a big problem with being vegetarian, as there are lots of starchy carbohydrate dishes,which are lovely, but just a bit heavy.
Some of the cities are obviously more cosmopolitan(ish) but the buildings are just so beautiful.
I am sure you will love it,I certainly did. Let me know what you think.
Ellemeno:
Kelda, it's true that Hungarian food is very meat-oriented. But as Fiona said, starch too. And mushrooms. And fruit. It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to live on mushroom soup, csipetke, and apple and cherry strudel for a few days! :)
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