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I'm excited!

lurker17260 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:42:44 GMT

Our trip to Ireland, the UK and Paris is booked 🙂

Only 185 days to go 🙂

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freakiness — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:49:29 GMT

@lurker17260 wrote:
Our trip to Ireland, the UK and Paris is booked 🙂

Only 185 days to go 🙂

Woohoo, that does sound exciting.

Re: I'm excited!

poddster — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:54:04 GMT

So you will have

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lurker17260 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:01:24 GMT

Indeed. Who knows, romance may blossom LOL

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amber-eyed-girl — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:04:02 GMT

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lurker17260 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:09:42 GMT

Actually it's only 3 days in Paris.
I'm most excited about treading in my ancestors foot steps in the Scottish Highlands and the Orkney Isles.
That and a golf game at St Andrews 🙂

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poddster — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:14:13 GMT

I have only been to Paris once and never got to go up the Eiffel Tower and realise my ambition to drop a golly from great heights next trip i will make time to do that. Gross ain't I?

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boris1gary — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:21:06 GMT

@poddster wrote:
I have only been to Paris once and never got to go up the Eiffel Tower and realise my ambition to drop a golly from great heights next trip i will make time to do that. Gross ain't I?

Have you seen any "An Idiot Abroad"?

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cherry*135 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:29:34 GMT

That is exciting Lurker.

I have friends that live in St Andrews, I have been there twice, the last time in 2012.. I really love it there. I like the little fishing villages not far away from there Crail etc. Even though they aren't really fishing villages anymore.. more artists etc that live there now.

Stayed in a lovely B&B there.

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lurker17260 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:30:28 GMT

Ooo that sound good am. I have to admit, my only knowledge of St Andrews is the golf, I'm very happy to hear about the artistic side

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the_great_she_elephant — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:12:11 GMT

We had 4 days in Paris last time we went to Eunrope.You'll love it. Make sure you prebuy entry tickets to the places you want to see - e.g the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre - before you leave australia. That way you won't spend hours (literally) queueing. Also, for getting around have a look at hop on hop off day or two day tickets on the batobus - a river bus that does a round trip on the Seine.

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cherry*135 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:19:28 GMT

We queued for the Eiffel Tower at 6pm on a winter Sunday evening, took forever and brrr. They only had one entry/lift open at that time of the day.

I liked the Palace of Versaille.. again it was winter there so gardens not a feature as they would be in spring. You can pay a little extra and go to Marie-Antoinettes estate at the rear of the grounds. It has only been open to the public since 2005.

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cherry*135 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:30:01 GMT

That should be 2006 ^^.

The fountains weren't going when we went to the Palace on a week day, as they were only operating in the weekends at that time.

Museums are closed on Monday's in a lot of places in Europe. The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays.