Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:37 am  

Dally wrote:

The French, one assumes.

he was actually asking for 'a leg of pork and a beer' which must have been interesting for the locals to witness

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:44 am  

I am thinking of going to Yorkshire for a short holiday. When I checked the World Tourist Organisation web site to check which vaccinations were required (chlamydia & rabies btw) it mentioned that an Olympic gold medal was required to be shown at border control. Apparantly everybody has one in Yorkshire.

I have asked my friends here in Australia and nobody has seen one let alone have one, can you get them on ebay?

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:10 am  

peggy wrote:

can you get them on ebay?

No, Keith Senior never won one.

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:24 am  

peggy wrote:

I am thinking of going to Yorkshire for a short holiday. When I checked the World Tourist Organisation web site to check which vaccinations were required (chlamydia & rabies btw) it mentioned that an Olympic gold medal was required to be shown at border control. Apparantly everybody has one in Yorkshire.

I have asked my friends here in Australia and nobody has seen one let alone have one, can you get them on ebay?

No vaccinations required, you won't catch anything from a Yorkshireman.

We, however, require a certificate from your doctor declaring that you are clean of all diseases, for our own protection you understand.

Failure to provide this will mean a six week stay in kennels at the border.

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:26 am  

JerryChicken wrote:

No vaccinations required, you won't catch anything from a Yorkshireman.

Aye, so tight they won't even give you the flu...

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:28 am  

Big Graeme wrote:

Aye, so tight they won't even give you the flu...

Have you seen the cost of flu germs these days...

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:41 am  

Big Graeme wrote:

Aye, so tight they won't even give you the flu...

that's true enough

as they say "you can always tell a Yorkshireman, but you can't tell him MUCH ! "

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:19 pm  

Cronus wrote:

:shock: Are you mad?! I hope you'll be scuba diving or visiting sites most days because it'll be way too hot for a sunbathing holiday. Egypt and Turkey (and Arizona) are the hottest places I've been and even the locals tell you not to go in August!

Loved Egypt for the diving and the cheap beer. Hated Egypt for the Egyptians, won't be going back for that reason. You've not been hassled until you've done Egypt.

You get out of a taxi at your hotel and taxis nearby zoom up and start beeping and shouting at you, even when they've seen you just arrive. Go into some of the shops and they lock the door behind you. We walked past one shop in Sharm and the owner started following us down the street "why you no buy my things" - he got pretty abusive "you f*cking English", etc until we got stern and told him to fook off back to his shop. The females in the group were pretty scared and none of us did any more shopping after that.

I realise they are a culture of traders but the sooner someone educates them that if they backed off,Western Europeans would be MORE likely to shop.

5th time, first in August though. Doing a spot of diving and will take in the sites (be rude not to) such as Luxor, Valley of Kings etc and maybe the pyramids. Reefs 'n' wrecks is the aim though

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:44 am  

Robbo wrote:

I wouldn't mind going to Menorca again, the last time I went I stayed at S'algar out of season which was like a ghost town with very little around. Just having a look at Cala n Bosch which looks like a nice place

Went to Cala n Bosch last summer and had a great time. The restaurants around the harbour are lovely, and all reasonably priced. Not the biggest beaches, so you need to be early to book a spot, but the water park is good, and was free with a pass from our hotel.

Re: I'm thinking of going to/ has anyone ever been to (Holid : Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:59 am  

gary-hfc wrote:

I’m going to Berlin for three nights with the wife, like a lively and varied nightlife any tips would be appreciated. I have ideas for the days but again any tips I will take with me, cheers.

Just to add to some of the suggestions already given, I'd recommend lunch in the revolving restaurant at the top of the Ferhsehturm - which is the huge unmissable tower near Alexanderplatz. It's not cheap but the view is spectacular.

At night, there are a good number of bars around Oranienburger Strasse. In Hackescher Markt station, there is a bar that never closes if lively is what you're looking for (the place was still busy at 6am).

And you must try a meter of ale. Not the same as a yard of ale, mind