21-06-2003 16:17									#1
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Last September I took a four day trip to Dublin just before term started. Now that I'm earning a bit more this summer (about £200 p/w) and not having too many outgoings, I suppose I can save for a short holiday again.

But I haven't got a clue where to go...any suggestions. Dublin's not bad but too expensive. I was thinking of taking a train across Europe to...somewhere..

	21-06-2003 16:29									#2
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Go to Beijing, don't return

	21-06-2003 16:30									#3
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I'm thinking Brussels at the moment. How far is Bottcus?

	21-06-2003 16:33									#4
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I wouldn't know, but I can't imagine Brussels has too many sheep, so all of your chances to get laid over summer would go down the crapper there. But then so does Beijing.

	21-06-2003 16:39									#5
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Prague and Budapest are both very nice and very cheap once you're there, but the flights out might cost a bit.

Getting to Paris is cheap. Have you been there before?

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Visit Cologne, it's supposed to be full of partying people, never been there though.

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No..never been to Paris. Might not be too keen on the natives.

Actually since I've been to Brussels three times that might be a better suggestion. What's there for the lone 20 y/o traveller?

	21-06-2003 16:44									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion Visit Cologne, it's supposed to be full of partying people, never been there though.

There are lots of good gay bars in Cologne.

	21-06-2003 16:50									#9
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That one is definitely out then. That's probably because it is a media and art city, etc...

	21-06-2003 16:54									#10
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I may go to Charleroi and re-live...

	21-06-2003 16:55									#11
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Go for the option that suits the rest of Europe best - stay at home.

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anticipated Bodd's reply: "ha ha little nazi boy"

...or visit your auntie in the US.

	21-06-2003 16:58									#13
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Too far. I want to by rail or road and see the countryside as I travel rather than a few clouds.

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Take the train to Siberia. Pack only shorts and vests and drink lots of iced water.

	21-06-2003 17:32									#15
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you'd love prague, cheap beer, cheap whores, what more do you want

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No for much longer!...apparently some European cities are experiencing people (mainly British lager louts ) noticing cheap beer, arriving in droves, ruining the vibe of the place, and then pissing off somewhere else leaving the place worse than when they arrived.. Prague is going this way, next will be Budapest, Bucharest, Zagreb etc...

	23-06-2003 01:00									#17
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Switzerland.

	23-06-2003 01:07									#18
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Denmark. They'd like your political views there.

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I went to france for the extended weekend. my first visit. enjoyed it. I'm spening at least a month in spain later in the summer.

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Hmm... in your shoes I'd be interested to experience Eastern Europe. Maybe check out the Czechs and then take a train to Warsaw.

Mind you, if sun and a beach are what you are after, go south. If you want somewhere really cheap to go scuba diving, try Sinai in Egypt - no snakes or scorpions, I promise. Just be prepared to put on teatowel on your head if you hit the local markets (NOT a Union Jack one unless you want to be sold down the river).

Seriously Bods, I found Sinai very, very good, if WAY too hot away from the beach.

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I'd recommend Istanbul. Its very cheap by Train (although you may want to fly), and there are about a billion cheap hostels there. NB/ the cheap hotels in Istanbul are by the Blue Mosque and St-Sophia, for some arcane reason

	23-06-2003 03:49									#22
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I normally would advise you to visit Paris, because of its livelihood if you go to the right places, and because it's very near from london. However, I don't think you'd have the money to pay for the housing there. It's pretty expansive, unless you go to the cheap and badly connected hotels in the suburbs.

Besides, I wouldn't advise you to go to Brussels. The little time I've spent there led me to think it's viciously expansive. I was in the cheapest hotel in the city (all YMCAs were full) and yet it costs 50 € a night. But I was very frustrated when I had to pay 15 € for one toothbrush + one toothpaste

	23-06-2003 04:26									#23
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I'd say go to Prague. It's cheap once you're there and the women are all good looking. As an added benifit the archetecture is interesting.

	23-06-2003 13:50									#24
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I hear you can get really cheap holidays to Kabul at the moment.

	23-06-2003 17:37									#25
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Or Basra... nice and sunny, and plenty of Brits about!

	23-06-2003 17:39									#26
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Apparently it's a seaside town like Southampton.

Although one Brit soldier did say, "there's no booze, no whores and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth."

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Having lived in Southampton, I'd have to say that the possibility of moving to Basra is rather appealing in comparison to going back to Soton.

	23-06-2003 18:11									#28
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Old joke... funny though.

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Yep.