first box to tick for me clive is, it reslly has to be a port city

some of the most memorable places i've been as a civvy have been port cities. so i think i'd rather like a city break in gdansk at christmas time. i should do that. just looked it up it's only 137 quids return christmas eve return boxing day from the stansteds.

hmmmm...

Posted By: Tombs on May 21st 2026 at 09:42:02

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Re a Tom Blander post yesterday (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 21, 08:11:15
- Galapagos Islands (n/m) (General Chat) - Kev, May 21, 14:27:59
- City? Hmmm. Riga perhaps. Or St. Petersburg. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, May 21, 13:37:36
  - Riga is good. Lots of amazing Art Nouveau architecture! (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 21, 13:55:27
- Lowestoft - but from a mile out to sea. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, May 21, 11:56:43
  - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 21, 12:11:24
- The Lofoten Islands (General Chat) - Old Git, May 21, 11:18:45
  - I've played golf there (General Chat) - Charles21, May 21, 11:30:47
- Don't have a specific city, but would like to visit South America at some point (n/m) (General Chat) - Klobo04, May 21, 10:33:49
  - I traveled to Ecuador and the Galapagos - fantastic trip. (n/m) (General Chat) - Boyer, May 21, 12:32:24
  - Me and TMC went to Venezuela many years ago. I wouldn’t go right now though (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, May 21, 11:27:41
  - Been (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, May 21, 10:35:00
    - I did look at traveling from Lima to La Paz a couple of years ago (General Chat) - Klobo04, May 21, 10:38:15
      - Done that (General Chat) - Charles21, May 21, 11:01:11
- Florence (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, May 21, 10:29:16
  - It’s a lovely city but unpleasantly hot in the summer (General Chat) - APB, May 21, 13:40:23
  - It’s beautiful, but I’d go in the spring or autumn. I’ve been there inter railing, for (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, May 21, 13:27:09
  - Spent a chunk of my Gap Yah there *sighs nostalgically* (General Chat) - Old Git, May 21, 11:15:31
    - whenever I think of Florence, I think of this (General Chat) - paulg, May 21, 13:03:17
- City: Cape Town (General Chat) - CWC, May 21, 10:27:45
  - Cape Town is great (General Chat) - APB, May 21, 13:15:25
    - apart from the huge shanty town on the outskirts (General Chat) - paulg, May 21, 13:26:35
- likewise Istanbul for me. Or New York at Christmas. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, May 21, 10:24:07
  - Istanbul is a really amazing city (General Chat) - Old Git, May 21, 11:21:43
- Santiago (n/m) (General Chat) - promethian1, May 21, 10:15:10
  - Been (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, May 21, 10:34:43
- Bristol (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, May 21, 10:04:42
  - Been (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, May 21, 10:35:10
- Bruges (General Chat) - Cellophane Flowers, May 21, 09:45:55
  - Been to four of those and can say they are all worth a visit (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, May 21, 19:56:04
  - Been x3 (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, May 21, 11:01:44
- first box to tick for me clive is, it reslly has to be a port city (General Chat) - Tombs, May 21, 09:42:02
  - Tried Lisbon? (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, May 21, 13:30:15
    - loads of times with work bitd, it's lovely and the food is great (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, May 21, 17:20:27
  - Lynn (I know it’s not a city) (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, May 21, 13:27:52
  - Dover (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 21, 13:16:05
  - Great Yarmouth? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, May 21, 11:22:14
  - We did Gdansk in the winter a few years ago, really enjoyed it. (General Chat) - tudders, May 21, 10:00:29
- I really want to visit Istanbul too. (General Chat) - Azteca, May 21, 09:22:21
  - Both are great! (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 21, 09:24:37
- Bruges (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 21, 09:16:24
  - Shithole (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, May 21, 13:33:08
  - Been (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, May 21, 10:35:22
  - It’s great, if a little bit too quaint, but loved it and Ghent (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, May 21, 10:23:51
    - Yeah, Gent (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 21, 13:41:50
    - I just want to go to the places in In Bruges, one of my favourite ever fillums (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 21, 10:40:13
      - we stayed in the very same room that colin farrel jumped out of (General Chat) - Tombs, May 21, 12:04:55
        
        Ooh, excellent. Bucket list (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 21, 12:12:11
        
        had to be done. moules with fries and a bottle of white wine on the terrace of (General Chat) - Tombs, May 21, 12:32:48
- Galapagos Islands (n/m) (General Chat) - Fenwood Lad, May 21, 09:12:46
  - Yes. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorceee, May 21, 12:19:00
  - Upvote (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, May 21, 11:15:57
- beunos aires (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, May 21, 09:07:17
- Bratislava (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, May 21, 09:05:33
- Guist (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, May 21, 08:45:40
  - Bless you (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 21, 08:49:14
- Obviously it's Moscow, but that's not happening for the foreseeable future (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 21, 08:21:32
- Belfast (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, May 21, 08:20:57
  - Been (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, May 21, 10:35:34
  - Loved Belfast (n/m) (General Chat) - Klobo04, May 21, 10:34:40
  - belfast is brilliant .....much better than Dublin (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 21, 09:03:46
    - Second that. Did both a couple of years ago (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, May 21, 09:40:15
      - thirded, belfast is a great place to visit (General Chat) - Tombs, May 21, 09:48:21
  - Go, it's really interesting! (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 21, 08:35:29
    - Not sure we can take city recommendations from someone who raves about Bradford... (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, May 21, 10:57:04
      - Victorian architecture? Good. Media Museum? Great. South Asian food? Amazing. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 21, 12:36:12

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