Spent a chunk of my Gap Yah there *sighs nostalgically*

Spent a chunk of my Gap Yah there sighs nostalgically

Studying fine art and Italian at the British Institute

Grew my hair long, smoked weed by the Arno, got into jazz, read James Joyce. What a cliche I was. Grew up a bit too. Happy times, largely financed through a soul crushing clerical job at Norwich Union

Posted By: Old Git on May 21st 2026 at 11:15:31

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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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