A little hop skip and a jump booked for millionaires row on The Algarve again in June, me wandering around in my charity shop clothes pretending that I'm just eccentric and actually much richer then most of the other clients there



Spot of painting for four days, sell enough to pay for the trip, excellent seafood and beautiful surroundings - and the wife now knows about it and hasn't gone ballistic.

Somethings wrong somewhere, can't put my finger on it yet.

Hey don't forget the Lübeck marzipan for your fellow sinbinners.
In Hamburg there's a nice restaurant in the cellars of the Rathaus ... they have Labskaus on the menu there.

Funny you should say that – I bought marzipan for colleagues, and also ate Labskaus at Schiffergesellschaft, a 1535 restaurant! It's also the Labskaus that Mimi Shereton, author of the seminal [iClassic German Cookery[/i, said was the best she had on her travels.

And that's up in the next post, along with lots of art – including a piece I bought for myself from a (perhaps) surprising source.



But I should add that it's a delight to find another Brit who knows the general area!

Five days in Delhi either side of the May bank holiday. Should be good for Indian food

Don't forget the Immodium.

I took pics and measurements last time, to check the effect of the "Delhi Belly" on me.
The Delhi Belly is the same as a home belly, but a bit fatter.

Just come back from 2 weeks in Cuba.

Glorious ! Loved it.

Nice trip for myself in September/October

Flying into Boston, having 3 nights there before the Amtrak to NYC for 4 nights. From there its the train again to Philly for 3 nights and onto Washington for another 3 before finishing in Vegas.

Doing this with 2 of my pals. Cant control my excitement! Hostels mostly through the trip and then a treat of a hotel in Vegas.

Tips of what to do in any of these cities (bar Vegas) would be appreciated! Not got too much money to spend so anything cheap and cheerful!

Go to an NFL game if the schedule works out for it in Boston (New England Patriots) Philly Eagles or Washington Redskins. Whether you understand and like the sport or not, the experience is fantastic.
Whilst matches are almost always officially sold out, you can typically buy tickets via the NFL.com website on a ticket exchange programme: season ticket holders who can't make a game can sell on individual games.

Why not Giants or Jets when in New York??

Because I forgot to type that

Thought you were being a little biased!

I'm in NY in December and looking at taking in an NFL game if possible, the Giants preferably over the Jets!

Bali in October is looking on

Just need to sort out dates and how long for next

In Vegas, go somewhere else, it's awful.

Boston - Freedom Trail
Philly - City Hall, Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Penn's landing area -
Washington - all of the Mall, Arlington

Bit macbre but in DC I really enjoyed Arlington Cemetery. You could literally spend at least a whole afternoon in there. We witnessed the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier too. Totally sureal.

second holiday might not be happening now, for some reason two of the group (of four of us) have went cold on the idea, even though they've booked time off work and can comfortably afford it seeing as though they still live at their parents and have no other trips planned.

mates, arent they wonderful.

I've had that problem a couple of times. Really annoying.

A return to Austria is all sorted, we went there last year to the Tyrol and fell in love with it. We are going a bit further over this year to Saltzburg so Mr P can indulge her Sound of Music phobia, Vienna for a touch of Mozart and Berchesgarten for me to visit my old mate Adolf's old hide away.

I better not mention the chocolate cakes smothered in cream .............

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I am a tad past that now...........................LOL

Wife has said 'no' unless she can take someone more 'swappable'

2 weeks in san pedro de Alcantara and three weeks in Aus visiting the son

Thought you'd be heading this way Sal, me auld cocker?

One thing is for certain - the world I live in is a hell of a lot closer to reality than the one you inhabit!!