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Forum: Europe
Sep 10th, 2015, 01:56 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

Now I think about it, one time when I did an...

Now I think about it, one time when I did an overnight here before a flight out, I went to Arundel and caught a cold waiting for a train on a freezing platform.>>

lol, yourself, Thursdaysd. The...
Forum: Europe
Sep 10th, 2015, 12:55 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

I'm now having a down day in Horley before flying...

I'm now having a down day in Horley before flying to Strasbourg tomorrow.>>

are there any other sorts of days in Horley, thursdaysd? seriously, I used to live reasonably close to Horley and it was...
Forum: Europe
Sep 4th, 2015, 12:05 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

your London trip sounds lovely, thursdaysd. ...

your London trip sounds lovely, thursdaysd.

I was joking [I think] about not telling DH about the Hurtigruten cruises - i will tell him, but perhaps not yet!
Forum: Europe
Sep 4th, 2015, 10:58 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

yes, it sounds exactly like the sort of thing my...

yes, it sounds exactly like the sort of thing my DH would love - must remember NOT to tell him about it!
Forum: Europe
Aug 29th, 2015, 09:17 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

me too!

me too!
Forum: Europe
Aug 18th, 2015, 09:11 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

Of course, staying in a more expensive hotel puts...

Of course, staying in a more expensive hotel puts the price of everything else up, and the breakfast buffet was 120 SEK (14 USD). I picked up supplies and ate in my room, which came with a minibar...
Forum: Europe
Aug 17th, 2015, 01:23 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

The Captain advised them to strap themselves into...

The Captain advised them to strap themselves into bed at night. It was so rough everyone was sick and no-one could eat anything for days on end. That story has always put me off!!>>


it would put...
Forum: Europe
Aug 13th, 2015, 02:06 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

At the risk of going off-topic, I heard the booze...

At the risk of going off-topic, I heard the booze was very expensive>>

gertie - that would definitely put DH off.

thursdaysd - there is "stuff" you can take for seasickness but sometimes it...
Forum: Europe
Aug 13th, 2015, 09:33 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

the Hurtigruten is definitely something that DH...

the Hurtigruten is definitely something that DH might like, Thursdaysd, but with my sea-sickness problems, I carefully not telling him about it!

Seriously, I'm very interested to know how you get...
Forum: Europe
Aug 12th, 2015, 01:45 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

I won't tell DH about your sad experiences in...

I won't tell DH about your sad experiences in Copenhagen. He often talks fondly of the trip he made there before we met and I don't want to destroy those memories.
Forum: Europe
Aug 11th, 2015, 04:46 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

thursdaysd - the only time I have come across...

thursdaysd - the only time I have come across much to do with Vikings [pronounced with a short I as in Wick, which always sounds funny to me] apart from those self-same history lessons, was in...
Forum: Europe
Aug 10th, 2015, 01:03 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

Peg - I think you would like Potsdam - we did,...

Peg - I think you would like Potsdam - we did, though we only stayed one night [two would be better]. Truly the Sanssouci is well worth seeing, but there are several other places that we would have...
Forum: Europe
Aug 2nd, 2015, 02:11 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

Berlin has been attracting a lot of favorable...

Berlin has been attracting a lot of favorable comment lately, mostly of the "happening place" variety. I suspect that means night life, but since my idea of a good night out, if there is no ballet or...
Forum: Europe
Jul 25th, 2015, 02:21 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

thursdaysd - when we were there almost the entire...

thursdaysd - when we were there almost the entire length of Unten den Linden was under construction on one way or another.

perhaps they had finished - only to start again.
Forum: Europe
Jul 25th, 2015, 06:04 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

<<I spent a lot of holidays in the 50s/60s in...

<<I spent a lot of holidays in the 50s/60s in Coventry and was there at the inauguration of the new cathedral in 1962. Maybe saw you annhig? Was impressed at the time but havent been back and wonder...
Forum: Europe
Jul 24th, 2015, 04:20 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

Adelaidean - we found ourselves in Jena recently...

Adelaidean - we found ourselves in Jena recently - which turned out rather to my surprise to have a pleasant town centre, and an excellent 500 year old Gaststube, der Roter Hirsch. Sadly the rain...
Forum: Europe
Jul 24th, 2015, 01:33 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

Annhig, I was at Coventry thirty years ago and...

Annhig, I was at Coventry thirty years ago and expected to hate the new cathedral, but I did find that it was strangely moving along with the ruins.>>

Irishface, I had never thought about the...
Forum: Europe
Jul 23rd, 2015, 01:56 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

Thursdays - I have always loved the stained glass...

Thursdays - I have always loved the stained glass and even the tapestry but the lights over the choir stalls that look like coat hangers not so much.

a big problem with the building is/are the...
Forum: Europe
Jul 23rd, 2015, 09:27 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

thursdaysd - I don't often read mention of my...

thursdaysd - I don't often read mention of my home town, [Coventry] so thanks. I was equally moved when seeing the Frauenkirche in Dresden which also has links with Coventry Cathedral.
Forum: Europe
Jul 22nd, 2015, 01:28 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 13,382
Posted By annhig

hi thursdaysd - we only spent a day and a half in...

hi thursdaysd - we only spent a day and a half in Potsdam and that was about right for us - a great dinner in the traditional Stube near the Brandenburg Gate lookalike, a tour of Sanssouci and a walk...
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