Right....
You've got £5k to go on holiday, anything you don't spend you can't keep, you _are_ allowed to do a 'shopping holiday' though, but anything you buy like that you have to be able to take home with you, eg, you can't chose your nearest car showroom as a 'holiday destination'. Or you can spend the whole thing doing something first class. This includes spending money.

Tell me details.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:57, 88 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Houston, Texas
Economy class on the flight out. Rent drop-top at Airport, drive to Austin. See friends, eat lots, drink lots, float the river, fire guns, wakeboard, get a nice tan, eat more, drink more, day trip to San Antonio.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:00, Reply)

The money is not the problem
THE PROBLEM IS THE TIME!!! NOT ENOUGH HOLIDAYS!!!

I'm thinking about Indonesia / Malasya / Vietnam / Thailand / Papua New Guinea for the honeymoon, but I'd need 3 months to do it properly. I don't think I can get more than 2 weeks.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:03, Reply)

I'm wanting sunshine
Great beaches. I'm wanting great food, especially local delicacies and especially seafood from a nice little riverside or seaside cafe. I'm wanting a bit of culture, perhaps some arty or architectural stuff. And I want a nice peaceful country setting.

I'm thinking all signs point to somewhere in the Med, but any suggestions welcome.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:05, Reply)

I imagine you don't want plenty of British tourists
I always recommend Granada (great food for free everywhere when you order your drink), although to go to the beach you'll need 40-60 min on the bus to Malaga.

The north of Tenerife is very good as well.

If you have the money, I'd go for Thailand (not Bangkok right now)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:08, Reply)

Cheers for the suggestions
Granada sounds great although lack of beaches may prove to be a pain.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:15, Reply)

Try to get a hotel with swimming pool
You can got to Sierra Nevada, which is a pretty high montain (good for skiing in winter)

La Alhambra is impressive.

And as I said, food goes for free :)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:21, Reply)

Are there certain regions of Spain which are better than others?
The last couple of times I went there I've been disappointed - I came back from a day-trip to Sevilla with horrendous food poisoning and a sense of disappointment, and, apart from the Dali museum, I thought Figares was a bit of a waste of time. But conversely, a quick google search for Granada looks a lot more interesting.

EDIT: Has just occured to me that I don't know which part of Spain you're from, so apologies if I've just slagged off your hometown.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:24, Reply)

just don't visit
Valencia.

What a dull place
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:38, Reply)

Valencia is good only
the last wednesday of august; for the rest, there are only a couple of places to visit, but it´s got a good beach if you like it not too busy.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 22:12, Reply)

I'm a bit from everywhere
There are better places than others, depending on what you like. What do you like?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 22:11, Reply)

I think
the boy and I are heading out that way this year, as his ma has a flat near Almeria. You seem to know what you're talking about, so what shouldn't I miss whilst I'm out there? Granada is a definite, but I'd like to stay far a-fucking-way from any tacky tourist shite, and ideally other British people, as I get the vague impression that most of them that go to that area would benefit greatly from a punch in the face.
(berk, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:21, Reply)

That's easy
Granada is not very tacky, as it has no beach, most British prefer Almeria or Malaga.

You should visit La Alhambra (buy the tickets online before going and it'll save you several hours of qeue) If you like flamenco, go to one of the caves to see it. It's not cheap, but it's well worth it!

If you're going to move around Andalucía I can tell you other places to go or where to eat, but it'll have to be tomorrow, I'm going home now.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:24, Reply)

Isn't Granada in manchester, where they film that Corry telly show.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:28, Reply)

Tuscany is absolutely the right place for you
We stayed in a beautiful old hotel in the middle of the mountains, 1/2 an hour to the beach if you so wanted, and well placed for day trips to Sienna and other historical towns.

Spend a couple of days in Florence first as it's amazing, make sure you stay on the non central side of the river, better atmousphere, less of a rip off etc.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:09, Reply)

I think Tuscany
might just be one of those places I'm going to have to visit eventually. Sounds fucking great.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:16, Reply)

I'll second Ape's suggestion of Florence
Beautiful city. Do be careful not to get ripped-off though.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:20, Reply)

^ this
Florence is beautiful. Less up itself than Rome, and (or so I found) less touristy than Venice.
(berk, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:24, Reply)

I love the Tuscany
It´s a good choice, good food, good weather, lovely landscape.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 22:13, Reply)

Macchu Picchu, I reckon.
Maybe Angkor Wat.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:07, Reply)

^ me too.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:26, Reply)

^ and me. Let me know when you're going -
wouldn't want to meet you up a mountain.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:32, Reply)

Or, right,
how about a luxury tour of the battlefields of the Peninsular War?
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:33, Reply)

£5k?
I'd go back to Switzerland. I probably didn't see that much of Basel as I was, technically, supposed to be there working, but I thought it wasn't bad for a city break, and I was only a train ride away from somewhere more scenic.

Bloody expensive though, which is why I'd only back if I had a vast sum of money to spend. I certainly wouldn't object to another chance to sit by the banks of the Rhine and drink heavily into the middle of the night as the seemingly quite numerous beautiful young Swiss women wander past.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:14, Reply)

Milton Keynes.
Soak up the culture. All the reviews I've read on here make it sound sublime.
(TheColonel, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:14, Reply)

*snigger*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:25, Reply)

totally clicking this

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:52, Reply)

Go backpacking
Only 18 months in to gainful postgraduate employment and I'm already regretting not taking a year out - not that I could've afforded to. I'd probably buy one of them round-the-world plane ticket jobs, or failing that, spend 6+ months doing Thailand/Cambodia/Indonesia/Vietnam etc.

Sweet zombie christ I want a holiday :(
(berk, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:18, Reply)

Gonz, I'd take you to Cyprus - the better to know you.
And we would stay until the money was gone.
Any other B3tans you'd care to invite?
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:23, Reply)

Ace =) I'd love to play Guide. Deffo Rosialicous, and a few others [not going to ego boast :p].
Cool, could last a good 3 months, cheaper to buy a car and sale it afterwards, can stay at my place and every couple of weeks go to different areas and get a hotel for a weekend.

I don't have a driver's lisance, but I can be the satnav.

I'd love to go to cyprus with 'friends' rather than 'family', reckon we could have a good time, check out a few of the casinos, they're always a laugh.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:32, Reply)

Cracking.
Now I have a new daydream.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:34, Reply)

The option is open in the respect of if you fancy going, I got a place, which would be a big expense out the way.
Ovbously I'd like to meet up a few times in the UK first to see if we'd get on and all that, or at least talk on msn/facebook for a few months, but I'm sure we would =)
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:53, Reply)

New Zealand, so I can see the southern skies
I'd take my 'scopes and hire a pickup to get to the darkest place I can find. I might visit a guy I was chums with thirty years ago, and stay until the money ran out.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:25, Reply)

It's not quite the same
as NZ like, but have you heard about this place? I plan to pop up sometime this year.
(berk, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:29, Reply)

Yes, and I want to go too.
Are you scoped up?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:31, Reply)

Nope
I have no more than a passing interest in astronomy, I just think it would be an ace place to go camping.
(berk, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:34, Reply)

It sure would be.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:36, Reply)

it's about 90 minutes from where i live.
been visiting that area for years, it's probably about my favourite wee corner of the world. it really is so beautiful and pretty much unspoilt.
it's just astounding how dark it gets there at night, so far from any populace areas.
i can strongly recommend it.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:43, Reply)

I'd do Rome properly
Economy flights there and back. 4* hotel, and the rest would be spent on Italian clothes and things.

Edit: or possibly I'd go to New York instead for a shorter amount of time, less shopping and more sightseeing
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:34, Reply)

LESS SHOPPING?!
Heathen.

My mother is coming back from Washington with Peppermint Patties. I love her so much.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:47, Reply)

Well £5000 isn't that much
for a big holiday. But I'd definitely skimp on flights for more shopping
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:03, Reply)

EXTRA BAGGAGE

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:08, Reply)

WHAT DID YOU CALL ME YOUNG LADY?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:15, Reply)

For me, it's New York, and I'd take a couple of mates, not sure who exactly.
Two weeks in New York, spending the time taking in the culture and amazing food places.
Then down to florida and do all the Disney-like places for about 10 days.
Then down to somewhere on the golf of mexico for diving and scuba'ing.
Then, if the money can stretch, a luxioury cruise back home.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:35, Reply)

on five thousand?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:35, Reply)

Yeah', I think it might be a bit tight, on the verge of do-able.
Internal flights in the states aren't that much, it's the cruise on the way back that might be killer, but if it's a matter of around £800 on the cruise, or £450 on the flight, it would be worth it.

It wouldn't get me anything michallin star, but america is quite cheap once you're there
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:52, Reply)

Gulf of Mexico?
Bit oily for my tastes these days.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:41, Reply)

Give it a few years and it'll all be a memory.
I have a lot of faith in the planet's ability to heal.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:54, Reply)

Half to go backpacking in Asia
Vietnam/Thailand/China/South Korea (provided it hasn't exploded by then), basically, as many places as I can without getting shot (much).

The other half to hop over to Japan and have a posh break doing as much as possible in style.


EDIT: may require more than 5k. In my defence, the college vending machine has run out of chocolate so I cant think properly
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:36, Reply)

Actually, sod it
Hire a van and book a channel crossing, drive down to Bordeaux, Beaujolais and a few other areas and spend the rest of the five grand on as much good wine as I can feasibly pass off at customs as being "for my own personal consumption."
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:39, Reply)

No more than 300 bottles probably

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:41, Reply)

What are you implying?
*reaches down to wine rack under desk*
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:42, Reply)

I'm just saying-
it's what I would do
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:01, Reply)

Just saw your message- thank you bbz
It didn't go too badly, apart from forgetting Pentheus' ma's name, remembering it, getting confused as it's a type of syrup, and leaving it blank. Arse.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:50, Reply)

If the only answer you can think of is silly
Always write it down anyway, at the very least it will get it out of your head and give the examiner a giggle.


In fact, if I'd been more on the ball, I'd have given you a list of words to sneak in.

(previous applications have included a question which I didn't know in relativity being answered as "faster than a speeding blancmange")
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:57, Reply)

It was Agave
I couldn't remember if it was Agape or Agave (that's Ag-a-pee not a-gape)

Ah well. Fucking stupid bitch ripped her son's head off.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:59, Reply)

Glad it went okay
plenty to say about entertainment?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:00, Reply)

Two questions on Greek Tragedy (role-doubling and "the aural and visual experience")
and one on Chariot-racing.
I got Aristophanes in. He's the MAN.

Am listening to Elephant Love Melody and calming the fuck down.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:03, Reply)

calm is good
And bonus points for Aristophanes. He is amazing. Though not as amazing as Aescheylus
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:05, Reply)

I fucking hate that cunt
I was firmly on Euripides' side in the Frogs, even though he's kind of worse.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:07, Reply)

Wut?
But Aescheylus is amazing. Sad face here
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:09, Reply)

He's a bugger to translate.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:13, Reply)

Which is why I buy the English texts ;)

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:15, Reply)

Hrmmm. I'd like to do something interesting
So I'd probably use the 5 grand to get some realy good cameras and equipment and take some of my mates (one of whom is an awesome photographer) to Prypiat - a city that falls within the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl reacter disaster. Mostly because it's just this huge abandoned city totaly deserted and left to decay and I reckon the atmosphere would be awesome. Slightly worried about possible radiation poisoning though, but people have been there before and do still go there.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:44, Reply)

I'd recommend it
don't worry about the radiation. All that happened to me was I grew a fanny on my thigh. Good times.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:05, Reply)

Well thigh vagina sounds vaugely usefull to be honest...
Is there like, a specific method for getting it? Or do I just drink the groundwater and hope?
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:16, Reply)

Think I just got lucky

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:20, Reply)

America.
Either New York, live like the massive Jew I am and shop my feet off, or do the Dark Trinity + Another Driver Road to Hell for as far as we can get.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:45, Reply)

Don't want to put you off
But I've heard America is *whispers* full of Americans...

(How'd it go, by the way? EDIT - just seen your reply to Amberl above)
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:50, Reply)

Ok, maybe Canada then
Go and stalk Regine Chassagne, bring her home in a little box and feed her biscuits.

Not bad for starting revision at 11am this morning. Went a long way on a broad but not deep knowledge of greek tragic plots, then described a picture, fantasised about food for 10 mins, and got thoroughly rained on.
Could be worse. Need to work hard for Thursday's, though, it's a morning exam and pretty damn hard.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:52, Reply)

I don't know whether morning or afternoon is worse for an exam
I suppose with a morning one, one gets it out the way faster, but then if one wants to celebrate afterwards then one usually ends up being trollied and rather sleepy by about 5pm. But at least, unlike an afternoon one, one doesn't spend the entire morning fretting and cramming for it. Still, glad to hear today's went alright.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:58, Reply)

I think I'm meeting my sister for a late lunch, she's down for her work meeting thingy
Which'll be nice. She finished uni on Wednesday, I'm fucking terrified. She's OLD now.

I'll need luck for Thursday's. It's much harder and I don't have much background knowledge to fall back on :(
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:02, Reply)

OLD? How do you think I feel?
(Not that it worries me, I see it as my body catching up with my perpetually middle-agred brain)

What's Thursday's one about then?
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:04, Reply)

Yeah, she's turning 23 in a couple of months :P
It's called from Late Antiquity to Byzantium, so about the fall and split of the Roman Empires and the rise of Christianity and all that shit.
I love it.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:06, Reply)

I don't suppose
you've read 'The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization' by Bryan Ward-Perkins have you?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:08, Reply)

I could start tomorrow? :D

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:09, Reply)

I only ask
because my tutor wrote it. It might be slightly later than your period though

Edit: apparantly not. He specialises in Late Antiquity
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:10, Reply)

it might even be on the reading list :P

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:12, Reply)

quite possibly :P
I'm given to understand it is quite seminal. But my period is much earlier
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:17, Reply)

Ah, ok, but I thought that was your favourite bit?
Or is that the bit just before the Early Church bit?
To be honest, all I know about Byzantium is that there's a variation on the minor scale named after it. Don't imagine that will be much help.

Still, good luck revising that one. I must dash, I've been asked to play bass for the house band at the blues jam tonight. _{(YAY! I feel accepted!)}
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:10, Reply)

It is my favourite bit. It's just quite hard.
Ooh good luck! Well done :)
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:11, Reply)

What are Dark Trinity and the other one please?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:51, Reply)

The Dark Trinity is me and my two best friends
We've been planning to do a road trip when we all finish uni/become functioning members of society across America. As it is, only one of us can drive, and anyway 4's a nice number, so we need Another Driver.

It WILL be a Road To Hell. See how far we get before we get stabbed/shot/raped/die of an overdose.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:54, Reply)

oh man, I'd totally go to that london and probably then to aberdeeeeeeeeeeeen to see my bff and that mikey and I'd take him kool aid and gatorade
I'd club it up in that london and go dancing and shit
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:05, Reply)

Hitch-hike to Marrakesh
Spend £5,000 on opium and prostitutes
Hitch-hike back
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 18:41, Reply)

^this wins^
obviously.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 1 Jun 2010, 20:08, Reply)

Three months in New Zealand to visit my bezzie mate who lives there.

( girlinthehole, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 19:04, Reply)

Alaska to play with the polar bears and drink lots of vodka

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 19:28, Reply)

Oahu.
Economy. Spend the rest at Black Heart Ink.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 2 Jun 2010, 1:30, Reply)