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So, where you gonna go when this is all over ?

spitfire said:
I remember going through it on the way to Marseille. Never been to the town itself, is it a nice spot?
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The town itself is a great weekend away. We were there 6 nights, which is too long for Avignon itself (you could "do" the whole place in a day if you needed to), but we did day trips out of town to Villeneuve-les-Avignon, Pont du Gard & Chateauneuf du Pape and Arles & the Carmargue. All highly recommended. Decent bars, decent beer, decent food - finding places to eat for veggie mrs mx was easy, and there's plenty of cheap eating options. I'd go again, except that we normally go "somewhere different".
 
Yossarian said:
Hong Kong and Scotland are top of the list - longer term, I want to go to Taiwan and/or New Zealand to witness a strange alternative reality where authorities managed to get the pandemic under control early on.
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This evening I started applying for NZ citizenship. Don’t plan on moving there yet, but would like a passport as insurance just in case.
it costs a bit over £200 but I reckon that’s worth it for peace of mind
 
Orang Utan said:
This evening I started applying for NZ citizenship. Don’t plan on moving there yet, but would like a passport as insurance just in case.
it costs a bit over £200 but I reckon that’s worth it for peace of mind
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Out of interest (and I'm not thinking of going there) do you need a skill that they need?

Or is it just "your prime minister is clearly better than ours, so can I come and live there"?
 
spitfire said:
I remember going through it on the way to Marseille. Never been to the town itself, is it a nice spot?
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There's a nice outdoor swimming pool you can go to.

There's also Rue des Teinturiers. A French colleague recommended going there, and by random coincidence, when I was there, there was a street festival happening, so had a really lively, brilliant night out.
 
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France. To visit a friend in the south west. She's half British and half French, we've spent a lot of time together over here, we were housemates for a while, would be good to go and catch up.

I'd also maybe like to go to Lyon, I've read about it being a good place for foodies. I'd quite like to do an immersive French course there, or maybe in Montpellier. I've been brushing up my French on Duolingo, refreshing my memory re vocabulary, but not practising it.

I'd also like to go to Cuba at some point. And also take a trip to Budapest. And Berlin - I've been there before, but it was a flying visit for a job interview, so I didn't really see or do much. And I'd like to go to Barcelona too, as I've only been to Madrid and southern Spain.
 
Paris, to see the Pixie. Or, better, anywhere (else; I dislike Paris, and France in general) with the Pixie.

Isles of Scilly. Never been. Looks pretty.

Somewhere hot and sunny, but relatively nearby. Spain or Italy or Portugal. Possibly just Brighton.

The idea of being far away from home and loved ones is increasingly unappealing.
 
Still hopeful that my already-postponed-twice trip to The Isles of Scilly might happen in May.

I'd imagine that travel restrictions might be relaxed a bit by then. I still won't be doing it if I don't think it's safe though.
 
mx wcfc said:
The town itself is a great weekend away. We were there 6 nights, which is too long for Avignon itself (you could "do" the whole place in a day if you needed to), but we did day trips out of town to Villeneuve-les-Avignon, Pont du Gard & Chateauneuf du Pape and Arles & the Carmargue. All highly recommended. Decent bars, decent beer, decent food - finding places to eat for veggie mrs mx was easy, and there's plenty of cheap eating options. I'd go again, except that we normally go "somewhere different".
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It’s a very pleasant part of the world. Strangely, we haven’t made it to Arles yet but stay in Uzes, St Remy de Provence, Aix and Nice. The Camargue beaches are some of my favourite. Like a moonscape where you can cycle out a couple of miles then not see anyone else all day except for the odd bollock-swinging nudist. Avignon’s ok but like you say, more of a day trip or weekend place. We’re planning to go the other way next ... Montpellier, Sete, Beziers, Narbonne.
 
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Winot said:
Interesting, why do you think Crete more likely than NY?
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Just feel that Europe will open sooner. Already Greece is pretty much open anyway, they want quarantine from the U.K. due to the new strain, but not from elsewhere in Europe, so good chance it will be ok for the summer. We were looking at a two centre, US and Grenadines, twice as much to go wrong...
 
Does anyone feel bad about going on aeroplanes cos of global warming? I’ve not had much opportunity in my life but probably will from now on but think I’m gonna feel guilty.
 
Edie said:
Does anyone feel bad about going on aeroplanes cos of global warming? I’ve not had much opportunity in my life but probably will from now on but think I’m gonna feel guilty.
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Absolutely not. The plane is going to fly with or without you. You owe it to the climate to fill any potentially empty seats on the aircraft to reduce the average emissions footprint per person on that flight. If it still bothers you, you can join one of my famous emissions sharing schemes (I bought a big car this year so teuchter is going to have to cut back on his heating) and I'll pair you up with one of the wallies so you can drive and fly as much as you like.
 
Spymaster said:
Absolutely not. The plane is going to fly with or without you. You owe it to the climate to fill any potentially empty seats on the aircraft to reduce the average emissions footprint per person on that flight. If it still bothers you, you can join one of my famous emissions sharing schemes (I bought a big car this year so teuchter is going to have to cut back on his heating) and I'll pair you up with one of the wallies so you can drive and fly as much as you like.
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My brother is vegetarian and cycles a lot and I think has only been abroad once to Spain in 20 years, does he count?

I dunno why I feel guilty about emissions I just do. It’s a ballache cos my fella lives in upstate New York and flies all over the world, and this makes me uneasy thinking about the polar bears.
 
Edie said:
My brother is vegetarian and cycles a lot and I think has only been abroad once to Spain in 20 years, does he count?

I dunno why I feel guilty about emissions I just do. It’s a ballache cos my fella lives in upstate New York and flies all over the world, and this makes me uneasy thinking about the polar bears.
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Planes rarely crash in the Arctic and when they do the chances of hitting a polar bear are very slim. Even slimmer now the icecaps are melting, chances are they’ll crash in to the sea :thumbs:
 
Visiting family and friends is top of my list as lockdown eases, We saw my parents once in the middle of summer this year and we haven't seen Mrs Q's parents for over a year since Xmas before last.
I haven't been the pub or out for a meal in absolute ages, Covid has basically chopped a year out of my life in much the same way as a prison sentence (if more comfortable)
Mrs Q and I take (or used to at least) several weekend breaks a year around the UK, the last one was Oxford last February so we will gradually restart doing that.
Two of my children have partners whose family live a long way away, Son's Girlfriend has seen her parents in Southampton once this year and Middle and her fiance haven't been to Ireland to see his family in two years now, So they will do that and we intend to go and visit both sets since we have met them when they came here in better times.
We probably won't go further abroad this year, We were discussing a cruise this time last year (so teuchter will need to turn his heating off not down) but Mrs Q wisely said "Let's see what happens with Covid" and so we didn't book, 2022 maybe.
One place I have never been but would like to visit is New York and in the slightly longer term since retirement really isn't far off now is we have been discussing is the Far East. Mrs Q is half-Filipina and hasn't been to the Philippines since going as a teenager with her mother. She'll be 60 in 2022 and is making ever louder noises that she would like to go and take me with her.
 
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