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Okay my British/Scottish friends......MAYBE EUROPEAN friends as well????.........

wombat146

ONA - Administrator
CHEERY O
............ I am coming to visit next June!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yahooooooooo!!!!

My sister and I are going on a river cruise from Prague to Paris first then we are travelling from Paris to London via the high speed train. From there we are then doing a 9 day tour through England and Scotland before finishing up in London again.

A question, when we get back to London, we want to pay a visit to Cornwall as the tour doesn't cover that part of the country. We only have a day but I was wondering if you knew of any day tours etc that may go out that way or, how far is it by car? could we drive?? is there a train to there?? I especially want to see Tintagel castle if possible!!!!

I don't have the itinerary in front of me but roughly, we will be flying out of Sydney on May 18 to Frankfurt. We are traveling to Kassel in Germany first as my sister was born there and she would like to have a look around. From there we make our way to Prague to begin our river cruise (that is for 11 days I think). We arrive in London around the 6 June to begin our tour with Insight Tours.

Is there a possibly of anyone being around to meet up sometime somewhere while we are in London?? (or any other of the places we will visit? - I will post the full itinerary tomorrow.) Really hope I get to meet some of you guys!!!!!! :)

EDITED TO ADD ITINERARY (19 JULY 2011):

2012
SUN MAY 20 - Arrive Frankfurt maybe staying overnight not sure
MON MAY 21 - Travel to Kassel (Germany) In Kassel for 2 nights maybe?
WED MAY 23 - From Kassel travel to Prague
THU MAY 24 - Start of River Cruise tour - in Prague, day of touring ** I am pretty certain that the places mentioned will be the places we get to go and have a wander around during the cruise**
FRI MAY 25 - Prague
SAT MAY 26 - Travel from Prague to Nurmeburg by coach and embark cruise
SUN MAY 27 - Bamberg
MON MAY 28 - Wurzburg
TUE MAY 29 - Miltenberg
WED MAY 30 - Rudesheim - Rhine Gorge
THU MAY 31 - Cochen
FRI JUNE 1 - Trier, Remich, Luxembourg
SAT JUNE 2 - Paris (disembark) overnight Paris} Two nights in Paris!!
SUN JUNE 3 - Paris (still part of tour) }
MON JUNE 4 - Paris (tour ends in the morning). Hoping to catch train to London

Now a couple of things have changed, I think we were given the wrong dates for the start of our tour in England so I am waiting on a revised spreadsheet from my sister. Will finish this when I get it!!!
 
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wombat146

ONA - Administrator
CHEERY O
Forgot to mention that on my birthday, 13 June, I will be in Glastonbury with the tour!!! Being a King Arthur buff I can't tell you how excited I am about that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :biggrin:
 

helenh

Well-Known Member
Get out!

Turning green here!

How wonderful Ona!

Now .. how big is your suitcase? Room for one more? (I wish!)
 

sue.falstaff

O'chOir extraOrdinaire
Whhhhhaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! Oh this is wondeful news!!!!!!!!!!! I'll definitely meet up with you in London, baby!!!!!!!! Yeah, I gonna meet OnaBoo ... woo-hoo ... yiiiippppeeeeee ... WTG ... ooooohhhh .... I can't wait a year .... tee-hee!!!!!!!
 

wombat146

ONA - Administrator
CHEERY O
hahhaa!! just thought I would check before I head home and look what I find, my aussie mate who no doubt isn't going to talk to me again!! (xx) and my british mate who is a tad excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (xx) yayayyayayayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bwhahhhahahaha!!! I know, nearly a year, but I think it is going to take me that long to get ready!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahhaaaa!!!!!!!
 

Ellen

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woohoo how exciting , that's going to be some trip .
I'd love to meet up Ona , I take it you don't have time to come and stay here and see all those places you've seen on my layouts. sadly I don't have space for a whole busload otherwise you could try and persuade them to make a detour:rofl:

once you know your itenary i could meet up in Edinburgh or Glasgow or Fort William if they go there. what fun your preparations are going to be.
 

Bush Girl

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooh here's another excited Brit.

On a more serious itinerary note.....Cornwall is b****y miles from London - about 285 of them, which on a good day by car will take 5+ hrs (on a bad day, be warned, it can take 8 hrs), and probably more by train. "Nipping" to Cornwall is not something you do from London (we holiday there 3 times a year and each time I have to gird my loins for the journey). There are tiny airports - want me to find out about flying there?

When you know you're itinerary in the UK, let me know and I'd be happy to take a swint and make suggestions.
 

helenh

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hahhaa!! just thought I would check before I head home and look what I find, my aussie mate who no doubt isn't going to talk to me again!! (xx) !!!!!!!

talk to the hand Ona ....

but promise to take lots of photos okay!

Ellen where are you?
 

faerywings

The Loopy-O
CHEERY O
Oh I am sooooooo jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I so wish I could be there- what a fab vaca and to meet some O-Fam..... even better!
(If I ever win the lottery, I am gonna have to join in!)
 

Ellen

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Helen I'm an hour away from Fort William, ( on a peninsula called Ardnamurchan)
Edinburgh and Glasgow are 3 1/2 hours away
 

taxed4ever

Administrator Crazy about the "O"
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This gal is turning GREEN too!! I want to join all of you!! Well Chris we have to make a pact that if either of us wins the Lottery we will take the other with us!! Perhaps we will even pick up our mate Helen!! I know keep dreaming right? Sounds like a wonderful holiday Ona!!
 

wombat146

ONA - Administrator
CHEERY O
this is getting more exciting by the minute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ellen!!!!!!!!!!!! how wonderful if we could meet up!!! I forgot to bring the schedule in again today!!!!!!!!!!! but will find out if we actually go to Fort William, we are definitely at Edinburgh and maybe Glasgow too I think! will let you know for sure though!!!!

Selena thanks for all of that info, that's what I need some local knowledge! How small is a small airport???? I have flown in an 8 seater plane and THAT WAS WAY TOO SMALL!!!!!! LOL!!! the flight to Sydney from here in Grafton is normally a 20-25 seater, it is considered a small plane but that is okay. Maybe you could find out some more info for me please?????? and yes, WHEN I bring the itinerary in I can tell you more!!!
 

wombat146

ONA - Administrator
CHEERY O
Just thought, maybe there are some of my Europe friends that might be around as well!!??? On the cruise we dock at various cities/towns for a day of sightseeing so there is a possibility of meeting someone???

I will post the itinerary with all the places we will be stopping at!!! LOL!! or cruising past, you can just stand there and wave at me!!!!!!!!!!!! bwhahahaha!!!! :)
 

faerywings

The Loopy-O
CHEERY O
This gal is turning GREEN too!! I want to join all of you!! Well Chris we have to make a pact that if either of us wins the Lottery we will take the other with us!! Perhaps we will even pick up our mate Helen!! I know keep dreaming right? Sounds like a wonderful holiday Ona!!


its a DEAL!!!!!
 

wombat146

ONA - Administrator
CHEERY O
oh definitely Eva!!! I will certainly be waving back!!! :biggrin: the people on the plane might think I nuts though!!! hahaha!!!!
 
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wombat146

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CHEERY O
Linda, you have so much on your plate at the moment sweetie!! I so wish I could take you with me, if only to make you smile for a bit!!!! xoxox
 

tanteva

Mistress of Mayhem
oh definitely Eva!!! I will certainly be waving back!!! :biggrin: the people on the plane might think I nuts though!!! hahaha!!!!

I'm positive that by the time you passes Sweden, after the long flight all the way from Australia, everyone on the plane already KNOWS you're nuts. :rofl:
 

Soco

Well-Known Member
OMG! OMG! OMG!!!! Our Ona is coming to Europe!!! :plane: I'm so happy!!! And DEFINITELY, I have to see you!!! Even if you have only some minutes at the train station in Paris before leaving to London!!! I can't miss this opportunity to meet you! :bounce: Are you staying in Paris for some days? I can't wait... I hope this year will go fast, so I can see you soon!!! :hug:
 

Dumpty

back hOme and loving it
Ona ... OK I live some 8hrs drive away from Paris ... but just in case, when you know the date(s) you're suposed to be there, tell me, I have to go there from time to time for work, you never know, we could just be lucky ;)
 

Madi

Diane
CHEERY O
We live 5 hours from Paris!! So let us know when your there! It would be fun to meet!
 

wombat146

ONA - Administrator
CHEERY O
ooooooooooooh yes!!!!! this is getting better by the moment!!! a chance to meet up with all of you lovely ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ::grouphug

and Eva!!!!! I think you may be right!!! :hurt:

Okay I am posting our itinerary in the first post now!!! LOL
 

sue.falstaff

O'chOir extraOrdinaire
Wow!!!! That's a pretty busy itinerary Ona ... and that's not even including the UK part of your tour!!!! You're sooooooooo lucky to be doing all this traveling ... just imagine how many photos you're going to go home with ... eeeeeekkkk!!!
 
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