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Going to budapest, then taking an overnight train to prague, then flying to amsterdam and train to paris. Have been to paris 3 yrs ago but fam wants to go back. Everything but the train rides. Going last week in july, first two in aug. Kids in school, no choice. Anyone done the sleeper trains from budapest to prague? Alternative is two hr ride to vienna and overnight there then two hrs to prague the next day

We just spent Christmas 2017 in Grand Cayman. Stayed on the East end of the island for 12 nights and flew home Christmas afternoon. We dove (repeatedly) with Ocean Frontiers (highly recommended) at various wall dives on the East end. It's a bit windy this time of year but once you're 15'+ deep it doesn't matter. Best dive was our last at site named 'Rivers of Sand'. Starts at 60' depth and you swim through amazing pass throughs to the wall at 105'. The wall drops from there to over 2K feet...haha. Water clarity was over 100' making this a top dive site and a family recommend. The island is very expensive, makes San Diego look bargain, food/alcohol is easily 2-3x prices here, so even shopping at the store and cooking in the apartment is not trivial. The diving makes up for that. We don't plan to return to GC as there are many other dive locations we want to experience but we loved the trip and created great family memories there.

View from our 2nd floor residence (Wyndham Reef Resort).

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For 2018 we plan to dive Belize.

Wellington is definitely a possibility Bill. I was thinking Mt Taranaki area for the first week, and the Coromandel or the Bay of Plenty for the second week.

The complaints I heard were that Barcelona itself was not fun (always make my own fun), the weather was too hot and the event was not well run. Nothing but raves about Mugello though.

No plans to go anywhere. Since we retired people keep asking if we are going to travel now. No. Spent 30 years traveling. If I never see the inside of another airplane I'll be happy.
But my friend in Portugal was in town last month. Invited us back to Lisbon for a few weeks. That might be worth the pain of air travel.

Mt Taranaki locked in :cool:

blew off spending time in Lima. just booked a small plane to fly over to the Amazon..

Heading to Asheville N.C area in June for a week. We rented a 5 bedroom luxury cabin on the South side of the national park we are sharing with family. Plan to tour "Wheels through Time" motorcycle museum, do alot of hiking/sightseeing in the Smokeys/skyline drive area, maybe check out tail of the dragon, and Gatlinburg.

Taking my new to us, 2003 Excursion 6.0L diesel Limited, so no spirited driving on curvy roads.

Updated to England and Scotland for 3 weeks

Heading to Portland this weekend for some nice hiking and a baby shower. Will be nice to get out of LA to go exploring and see some family!

We took our high school age kids to London this past Christmas. Stayed in Airbnb near Hammersmith Underground, 2 bedroom flat for just over $200 per night. Had full kitchen and laundry.

The landlord had the flat decorated for Christmas and even had a tree up for us.

I've never been keen on the Airbnb but this made me change that thought. Room to spread out, ability to cook some meals, do laundry, etc. Much easier to wind down at night than in a simple hotel room. And getting that much size in hotel room would easily run over $500 per night if not double that number.

I have these packed away with my suitcases for travel. They work great for wine, most Whiskey and Scotch bottles as well as beer.

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Anyone been to Mauritius, Seychelles or Sri Lanka?

Interested to hear your thoughts as I'm having trouble choosing

I was in Sri Lanka a couple years ago for around 4 days. There are a couple tourist spots where 90% of the visitors go, but beyond that, not much there. Very, very rough infrastructure. Can't recommend too highly.

Great trip, lifetime memories.

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Cassis Harbor

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Hiking the Calanques

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Cap Canaille

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Circuit Paul Ricard (F3 cars running that day)

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Les Baux-de-Provence

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Sagrada Familia

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Sagrada Familia - colors are from the stained glass

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Watched Messi score a hat trick from great seats

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Viva Catalonia

We just booked an all inclusive resort in Jamaica for a full week in mid December....Sandals South Coast for our 30th wedding anniversary. We have been to several different resorts in Mexico, and Dominican Republic as well, and are returning to our favorite, this time with friends !

just picked up a new travel rod!! that thing is gonna have a pirahna attached to it this summer!