VirtualTourist Member iaint
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| Him & me, outside Burrell Collection, Glasgow |
Getting the Bug My first real travel experience was age 13, going all the way from Edinburgh to Metz (France) by rail. It was a school exchange trip. Looking back, we probably spent more time on the train than we did in Metz. At 15, it was a school trip to Moscow & Leningrad via Riga. Cruise ship to Riga, Aeroflot to Moscow, train to Leningrad, then ship home. Can you imagine 1960s Aeroflot for your first flying experience? This was summer of 1968, and all we heard on Soviet radio (no TV back then) was non stop ranting about Czechoslavakia. Only when we got home did we learn what was really going on... |
Moving on My 20s were in the 70s. A year playing rugby in Toulouse provided trips all round SW France (Castelsarrasin, Carcassonne, Foix, St Gaudens, Cahors, Mazamet etc), and I added a couple to Barcelona and Marrakesh. That was followed by several summers working on Long Island (Westhampton Beach), but not much chance to travel beyond that. Upstate once (Rochester), Manhattan of course, a few trips to the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania (Rolling Rock when no-one else had heard of it) and into Connecticut once to play rugby (Fairfield, I think - anyway Connecticut Yankees were the host team). |
30 something... A few trips to Greek islands (Crete + Karpathos), and La Gomera (no, its not a pub, its a little undeveloped island near grotesque Tenerife). Singapore and Hong Kong to visit friends, with side trips to Macao, Vietnam and Thailand. |
life begins at 40 Many trips to Thailand to visit in laws in the 90s. Occasional side trips to Singapore and Hong Kong, curtailed when the next generation of world travellers appeared on the scene. Lots of business travel - all round Europe on various projects. Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, Bratislava, Sofia, Warsaw, St Petersburg...endless list. Didn't miss out many western European countries either. Berlin just as the wall came down, but still in 2 countries. Nostalgic trip to US, taking in NYC, the Lobster Inn at Shinnecock, & Washington DC. |
| Vranov nad Dyji in the S Moravian borderlands |
the new millennium Instead of the millennium bug I got a divorce, so no more hols in Thailand. No more business trips either, thanks to a career move. Instead, something child friendly and nearer home. Eurodisney, then the Florida version. Crete a couple of times, Cascais & Lisbon. Berlin, Geneva, Lausanne, Stockholm for weekend breaks and ice hockey games... Czech Rep for ice hockey (no not Prague) and Istanbul for culture |
to come Not many places left that appeal - maybe Macchu Picchu, Iceland, Tblisi, Samarkand. I'm trying to go back to a few places I've been on business, but didn't see much of, such as Belfast and Dublin recently. Shetland & Lewis are also on that list. |
| Dava Moor, near Inverness |
A bonus My son plays ice hockey, which takes us all round Scotland each winter, and has also taken us to Ireland and England. If its a long trip we try to make it an overnight stay and see a bit of the destination as well as just the ice rink. That, and showing friends around Scotland, has made me see Scotland in a different way. |
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touristgal Fri May 9, 2008 06:06 UTC
come fly with me on my aircrafts. I promise you, it will make you happy! | missy82 Fri Apr 25, 2008 21:57 UTC
no problem, glad it went ok ;-) | nomad7890 Fri Apr 25, 2008 21:06 UTC
Thanks for visiting the San Sebastian page - I do want to return to the area. Glad things turned out better than expected in Glasgow! | nhoolb Wed Apr 23, 2008 18:58 UTC
Thanks. Nice airport page-I used to fly into LCY long time ago (as a pilot) |
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