Since it's sunny outside in Glasgow, and I'm stuck inside my mind slipped to the future (procrastination I know).

 

What's everyone doing for the summer? Anyone planning on travelling/exciting holidays? My life depends solely of getting an architectural job, if not, try and find some other job for a few months and then go travelling. Dunno where like, probably around Eastern Europe because its still fairly cheap and unchartered by the general British yob.

erm....Athens? 

 

For Athens, see Napoli.

Heading to Dubrovnik in April and hoping to visit Bosnia and Montenegro also. Was in the Balkans a couple years ago and loved it (Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro)  Beautiful places and very cheap. Anyone been to Croatia before and can recommend some activities?

Heading to Dubrovnik in April and hoping to visit Bosnia and Montenegro also. Was in the Balkans a couple years ago and loved it (Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro)  Beautiful places and very cheap. Anyone been to Croatia before and can recommend some activities?

 

Dubrovnik is not cheap. Very expensive.

Heading to Dubrovnik in April and hoping to visit Bosnia and Montenegro also. Was in the Balkans a couple years ago and loved it (Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro)  Beautiful places and very cheap. Anyone been to Croatia before and can recommend some activities?

 

Went to Split and Hvar last summer, it was great, but very expensive, well compared to the likes of Mostar in Bosnia and serbia. I would strongly recommend going to Mostar, beautiful city and some great stuff to see around the area. 

Yeah I'm hoping Mostar is easy enough to get to.  Then hopefully head to Sarajevo for a night which is supposed to be immense.  Staying in a really nice hotel in Dubrovnik but don't mind paying for a night away in Sarajevo in a hostel or somewhere like that.

Yeah didn't think Croatia would be as cheap as the other Balkan countries. Hopefully the trade off is hot and cold running water when I want, a fully developed infrastructure with air conditioned busses and not coming home with E-coli

Yeah I'm hoping Mostar is easy enough to get to.  Then hopefully head to Sarajevo for a night which is supposed to be immense.  Staying in a really nice hotel in Dubrovnik but don't mind paying for a night away in Sarajevo in a hostel or somewhere like that.

Yeah didn't think Croatia would be as cheap as the other Balkan countries. Hopefully the trade off is hot and cold running water when I want, a fully developed infrastructure with air conditioned busses and not coming home with E-coli

 

We went to Sarajevo too, only for one night, which was a shame and I'd love to go again. We got the bus from Sarajevo to Mostar, nice journey. The train is very infrequent but is supposed to be stunning. But having airco on the bus was a lifesaver.

Split is fantastic.

Split is fantastic.

Strawberry or Banana?

Me and this missus is thinking of gan daaaan to facking Laaandaan town ain't we you cockney geeezaa's.

Yeah I'm hoping Mostar is easy enough to get to.  Then hopefully head to Sarajevo for a night which is supposed to be immense.  Staying in a really nice hotel in Dubrovnik but don't mind paying for a night away in Sarajevo in a hostel or somewhere like that.

Yeah didn't think Croatia would be as cheap as the other Balkan countries. Hopefully the trade off is hot and cold running water when I want, a fully developed infrastructure with air conditioned busses and not coming home with E-coli

 

Well if your preconception of Croatia is some sort of disease ridden hellhole with bulletholes in the sides of buildings from their spat with the Serbs then you're in for a nice surprise.

 

The Romans conquered the country and used the coastline as their holiday retreats and for good reason. I don't think I've seen water as clear as the Adriatic anywhere I've been before. It was jumping off a boat into tap water!

Get the ferry from Split to Dubrovnik instead of the bus. It leaves stupidly early and only runs twice a week but its great fun sitting on the deck wathching the landscape go by. I was only in Split for one night, wish that I stayed for longer. The hostel owner in Zagreb got me drunk in the morning and I passed out and had to stay another night in the hostel. Good bit of busines from him I suppose.

 

Also in the summer there is an over night "disco train" that runs from Zagreb to Split that sounds awesome. You should try that out.

Thanks for the tips. Should hopefully get to check out Split too. The ferry sounds like a good plan

The hostel owner in Zagreb got me drunk in the morning and I passed out and had to stay another night in the hostel. Good bit of busines from him I suppose.

 

 

Haha this all sounds a bit like the film Hostel. Did you wake up in a torture chamber Andrew with an eye missing and some of your tendons ripped out?

Haha this all sounds a bit like the film Hostel. Did you wake up in a torture chamber Andrew with an eye missing and some of your tendons ripped out?

 

No, don't be silly, he just couldn't sit down for a week

The hostel owner had no problem sitting down though.

Hopefully going back in the summer, but just got back from Tallinn. Beautiful City, reasonably priced, though I imagine due to the euro its got more expensive recently. The old town is absolutely stunning and the people are very friendly. Nice to see a country deal with snow properly.

 

Hopefully going back in the summer, but just got back from Tallinn. Beautiful City, reasonably priced, though I imagine due to the euro its got more expensive recently. The old town is absolutely stunning and the people are very friendly. Nice to see a country deal with snow properly.

 

I was there on a stagger a couple of years ago, I thought it was brilliant and concur with all the above.  Highly recommend it.  "Club X" was the best cream dippers I've ever been in! 

 

I'm looking at a week in Abu Dhabi at end of May to visit some friends.

Looks as if lads holiday is on hold and not happening now, think I might go to Dubai or Thailand, if I go to Thailand it'll be for 3 weeks of training, not much of a holiday, next year though Vegas is the plan for my 21st.

Looks as if lads holiday is on hold and not happening now, think I might go to Dubai or Thailand, if I go to Thailand it'll be for 3 weeks of training, not much of a holiday, next year though Vegas is the plan for my 21st.

 

Going in September 

 

Anyone on here been? Any tips, especially on the best way to see the Grand Canyon? Helicopter from Vegas is probably going to be above our budget.

7 of us going to Tenerife for a fortnight In July

Taking wife to Vegas for 1st anniversity

Might even take her home too 

Going in September 

 

Anyone on here been? Any tips, especially on the best way to see the Grand Canyon? Helicopter from Vegas is probably going to be above our budget.

 

My grandparents flew over it in a plane, don't think it cost that much as there are a number of others on the flight. Problem is (I imagine anyway) is that some of the views may be on the other side of the plane. I've only ever driven and walked around bits of it etc...