Well at best now it will be mid 2023, but likely wont be able to go until a few years later due to money, and the original trip included a week in St Petersburg in Russia. Don't see that happening now.
Travel EUROPE: Travel Tips & Tricks
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Sttew
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I'm heading to UK, France and Netherlands on 15 December. Not my choice of time to go (important birthday gathering). Short days, cold weather etc will make it interesting. As long as it doesn't rain every day.
I did Christmas in NY in 2017, and that was surreal. Little to no rain, snow on 26 December and the City actually was alive on Christmas Day. Went to Bemelman's Jazz Bar on E 76th St at 9.00pm on Christmas night and the place was pumping. It was like stepping back into a 1930's jazz club.
I did Christmas in NY in 2017, and that was surreal. Little to no rain, snow on 26 December and the City actually was alive on Christmas Day. Went to Bemelman's Jazz Bar on E 76th St at 9.00pm on Christmas night and the place was pumping. It was like stepping back into a 1930's jazz club.
I've never been game enough to leave Aussie summer to go to a winter holiday, but yeh if I was going to do it, New York gets high praise.
I was also there in Christmas 17 until Jan 2nd.
Walking through the falling snow in Central Park was magical.
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man you are lucky
Was there for Xmas almost 10 years ago now as I have family over there and it didn't snow at all
Sttew
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Snow is great when it falls, but doesn't take long in the city streets for the snow, salt and grime to turn the streets into dirty sludge!!
We only got snow on our second last day. Every other day was sunny, but extremely cold.
I will post some pics later.
00Stinger
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kind of fitting in NY then
00Stinger
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Yeah that is awesome mate
When I was there roughly 18th Dec - 29th Dec it was just cold, windy and miserable without snow.
Hardly as nice as yours!
The 27th was the coldest day I have ever experienced.Yeah that is awesome mate
When I was there roughly 18th Dec - 29th Dec it was just cold, windy and miserable without snow.
Hardly as nice as yours!
It was -9, felt like -14 or something. The wind cut right through me and it felt like I had no pants on it was that cold.
We landed the 25th and left on the 2nd. No rain and sunny every day, snow day aside. Just magical, a day I will never forget.
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The week before I got to NY I was in Toronto and Niagara for 4 or 5 days. The coldness there is like nothing I have felt before. The wind off the great lakes had my legs burning that they were that cold
But is it any more breathtaking then the other alp lakes? Bled, hallstat, Como, garda, oeschinen, lago di Braies?
Aim for next year is to spend a week in Italy, maybe around La Spezia, and then about 2 weeks in Greece during June or July.
Have seen Hallstat and Como and I thought it was.
Also jumping on the 2023 mid year trip. Haven’t been since 2014 so really looking forward to not just seeing the inside of a bar
Spain, Portugal and Italy will probably be the main focus.
Portugal was a little disappointing, for me; but I spent 2 weeks there, so probably over the top.
Faro was boring, Southern Beaches nice, but nothing amazing.
Lisbon great, Porto fantastic.
Montenegro worth a visit, if you've got time.
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Seville is by far my favourite city in Spain.
I spent a week there, it was good, was nice to do something different and visit a city that isn't on the list for most people in Spain.
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Arrived in Geneva today after 3 weeks in SEA. We were 3hrs late leaving Abu Dhabi but plenty of worse places to waste away the time than the Etihad First Class lounge at Abu Dhabi. Unfortunately just a shortish stay here to catch up with a friend before heading to the UK for a week visiting rellies before heading to the UAE for just over 2 weeks
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Business class redemptions with Virgin Australia points. Geneva is one of the Etihad routes that still has first but no availability when I booked. We have travelled on Etihad First before but the 787 offering isn’t a huge step up from Business classFirst class?
Virgin Australia Platinum members get access to the First Class lounge in Abu Dhabi regardless of class of ticket thanks to to the alliance, it’s a nice perk
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We did a road trip through Spain , Seville was right up there with Almeria, Granada and Alicante as suprise packets to visit.
I loved Bilbao and San Sebastian
