Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: CLKD on February 07, 2017, 07:42:25 PM
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Mine is in our very large bed, in the early hours, that is 5.00 ish, with electric blanket switched on: cosy : warm .....
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Bernini's Apollo and Daphne room at the Villa Borghese, Rome.
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Oh do tell - good food?
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Palma, Mallorca or Sydney, Australia. If only talking about Scotland, down the shore where my avatar shows
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A lake in the Austrian Alps near Grossglockner. It was so beautiful and pure, I just stood on the pontoon with tears running down my cheeks. (Luckily nobody else had followed me there)
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Oh do tell - good food?
Food of the soul CLKD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdnPdZMZ9PU#t=17.507169383
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There is nowhere better that at home with my family :) all sitting in our pj's doing absolutely nothing except talking and laughing.
Holiday destinations - UK the Cotswolds, rest of the world - Corsica :)
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If I could I'd move to a place called Abriachan near Inverness, beautiful! Looking out on Loch Ness, heaven!
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When I was about 20, I can remember standing at the top of The Mound in Edinburgh one day, looking out across Princes Street, the Old Town and over to Fife and thinking "I love this city". Still do. :-*
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Gilberto Gil (a Brazilian artist) wrote these lyrics in a beautiful song: "O melhor lugar do mundo é aqui e agora", "The best place in the world is here and now"
Although I have to admit I'm jealous of you Scottish ladies ;)
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Lyme Regis, Dorset, especially on the Cobb, which adorns our dining room wall :)
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Besides home with family etc and not counting the UK
Rome
Venice
Monte Carlo
Holland
But I do like Florida
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:thankyou:
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Lewis, Harris,Mull
A tiny place in Switzerland called Tartegnin
Borrowdale in the lake district
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Lewis, Harris,Mull
To my shame, have only been to Mull out of those lot. Was in Eigg last year and it is just beautiful.
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Been to eigg nearly50 its lovely, been to Skye, Orkney, Iona all beautiful, I'm not Scottish but I must have Scotland in my blood
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Other than where we live now....
UK..... Symmonds Yat
Abroad..... Israel and Paphos
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Been to eigg nearly50 its lovely, been to Skye, Orkney, Iona all beautiful, I'm not Scottish but I must have Scotland in my blood
Have you ever done the Small Isles Boat Trip, WTD? It goes round Eigg, Rhum, Canna and Muck, stopping to drop people off and pick others up. We last did this trip on a totally clear-blue-sky day (a bit of a rarity in those parts!) in 1999 and it was glorious. We stayed in a cottage on Rhum in 1982, did a lot of walking by day and saw a lot of stars by night. Maybe if we ever went back there, that would become another of my favourite-places-in-the-world....... :)
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A lake in the Austrian Alps near Grossglockner. It was so beautiful and pure, I just stood on the pontoon with tears running down my cheeks. (Luckily nobody else had followed me there)
I've been there too flutterby :)well I've been to see the glacier I think, I don't remember a lake to be honest but it was back in the 80's.
Istrian Coast in Croatia because of the laid back attitude of the country.
Vancouver Island because of the whale watching boat trip I took.
Lake Bled in Slovenia because it is beautiful.
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Was Croatia where you went white water rafting, Cazikins, I remember the photo Flutterbyx
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OMG flutterby you remember ;D ;D It was a fantastic holiday.
I can't even swim & when they gave us a life jacket & crash helmet to put on we knew we shouldn't have booked to go on it. ;D. I had been rafting years before in Canada but that was just a gentle slow meander down the river.
Yes it was in 2006 when I was a lot slimmer & fitter. Mind you I was a 20+ a day smoker back then. Couldn't do it now even though I haven't had a fag since 2010.
Cazikins x
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Does sitting at an organ console count as a "place"? :)
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Not done the small isles boat trip dulciana but it sounds perfectly like what we enjoy doing, hope to head up there this year , finances permitting
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Not done the small isles boat trip dulciana but it sounds perfectly like what we enjoy doing, hope to head up there this year , finances permitting
That's great, WTD. It's not always a beautiful day - usually, warm and waterproof clothing is needed! It is a lovely trip, though and quite exciting coming in to land at each island. :)
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Not done the small isles boat trip dulciana but it sounds perfectly like what we enjoy doing, hope to head up there this year , finances permitting
That's great, WTD. It's not always a beautiful day - usually, warm and waterproof clothing is needed! It is a lovely trip, though and quite exciting coming in to land at each island. :)
I was very lucky and had a beautiful day when I did it last year - Eigg's the first island though so I didn't see the others. Would love to go to Rum next time. Lovely to see the dolphins.
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Yes Dulciana in the same way as I love our bed!
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Yes Dulciana in the same way as I love our bed!
::)
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My side of our bed, my blanket, my pillow, clean sheets. Bliss!
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I would have someone to make our bed every morning once I'm out of it, as well as changing the sheets/slips every 3/4 days. In the same way as I would have a hairdresser visit daily ;-)
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It took 6 months of travelling, yet another beautiful view, another mountain, even kayaking in the twilight on Milford Sound, NZ, to realise how I love my home, the village where I live and the surrounding rolling hills. This is where I have found peace. PS I love the Scottish highlands and Skye. Time for another holiday up there.
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Lucky you, Ju Ju! *how are your lungs?*
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I have several so here goes all remote and isolated spots as that is what I love-
North Uist Outer Hebrides and South Uist and Barra- in fact most of Scotland- including Isle of Muck. Empty beaches and beautiful carpets of wild flowers in May to August on the Outer Hebrides on fertile land called Machair -hence my log in name!
Maldives - I have been to 6 islands and all are romantic and out of this world.
Greece- remote islands- Astypalea is my favourite.
Big island Hawaii where my son lives- currently only a few miles from where the Kīlauea Volcano is sending lava flowing into the sea at Kamokuna. This is an incredible sight when approached by metal boat which we did in January this year.
https://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/lava2.htm
Closer to home any canals will do especially with a tea room. I love them!
On my bucket list
Svalbard
Ascension Island
Nova Scotia
Northern Canada
and many more.
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Lucky you, Ju Ju! *how are your lungs?*
Much better thanks. Not back to normal. I've restarted singing, but not got enough puff to make reliable sounds, but I feel I have rejoined the human race! Still waiting on results for the blood test for aspergillosis. How are you doing? Sounds like you are having a rough time?
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Hi Ju Ju, long time no see.. hope you're feeling 100%!
Do you have your results?
I'm still struggling with the flu... my asthma complicates recovery.
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Hi there, Menomale! Yes the asthma does complicate things doesn't it. No I'm not 100%, but much, much better than I was. Lungs still restricted and easily irritated, but more responsive to medication. Still waiting for results. I'm off for a short walk to appreciate where I live now.
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Ju Ju - how about a Spa in Switzerland - fresh air and good views!
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Oh that's sounds lovely! Unfortunately or fortunately funds are going towards a trip to the USA to meet our new grandchild! If possible we will join our daughters family on a trip to Sweden. My dad used to say he was going to send me to stay in the mountains of Switzerland when I was little and had severe asthma. It didn't happen, but I did get to go a school cruise.
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Just been catching up on Great Canal Journeys. This week was through Caledonian Canal. Oh I feel so homesick for the highlands. Will have to make do with couple of days in April.
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Venice
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Probably Croatia .... I just loved it. We stayed at Cavtat and it was stunning.
Has anybody been watching the Jane McDonald Cruising programme? It's really good and this week she was on a small cruise (about a dozen people) around the Hebrides. It looked lovely and she caught really good weather.
Years ago we camped overlooking Eigg, Muck and Rum and the weather was vile and that was July.
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Suzi Q, Venice in the spring is a gem, an absolute delight and my husbands favourite city. I love the free, unexpected classical concerts that pop up in the fabulous churches and museums. We were once locked into a gallery and treated to a heart-lifting Vivaldi concert, couldn't believe our luck!! :)
cubagirl, are you from the Highlands? I've only ever been as far as Edinburgh and Glasgow and not beyond. I'd really like to explore the North and the islands, but would have to avoid midge season as I'm eaten alive wherever bugs abound!! When should I travel?
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Now Elizabethrose - ;) - Scotland is lovely what ever time of year. We went to Dornie near Eilen Donan Castle (sp) in August 12 years ago and had no problems with midges as although sunny for a whole week :o. it was windy. There was a whirlly thing in the garden, apparently the critters are attracted to human breath. We stayed in a cottage: "Kilimanjaro" : about 2 miles up a lane up a narrower lane ;) near Dornie.
The journey beyond Glasgow is FabULus. I LOVE Plockton, a village which is 'owned' so nothing is altered without permission. Ullapool, further up, was nice in the 1970s but I haven't been since. Edinburgh is on our list ;)
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CLKD there are so many lovely Scottish ladies here, I should start a new thread and pick their brains.
I've always hankered for a little Scottish fishing village, love wild weather and wild seas, I'm a winter lover for sure! I think it would really suit me! x
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We have a holiday thread ;) (holiday 2017)
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My favourite place used to be the Giant's Chair on the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail until they pulled it down last year :( Closely followed by White Horse Hill at Uffington.
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Yes PF - I think the beginning of that Cruise was ruff as we didn't see anything of the other passengers or Crew :D :-\ ...... I added this to 'where have TV programmes gone' thread ....... I think that I would like a cruise but Himself thinks that he would be bored ::)