but a scots driver. it'll never be quiet
Why don’t you get a driver or do a tour of one or more of the scotch trails through Speyside, Higlands, Islay, etc? Or is that a been there done that?
I've found from my trip to the Piedmont that anything that involves my drinking immense amounts during every day ends up making the trip a kind of waste.
(Also, alone with a driver every day. Eeeeewwww.)
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Started by Sneakeater, Jun 20 2011 05:09 PM
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 06:54 PM
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 06:54 PM
I traveled alone in Scotland (city and country) and loved it.
What did you do in the country, Abby?
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 07:09 PM
I was thinking 1, 2 or 3 days max. (The rest of the world will want some too).
Why don’t you get a driver or do a tour of one or more of the scotch trails through Speyside, Higlands, Islay, etc? Or is that a been there done that?
I've found from my trip to the Piedmont that anything that involves my drinking immense amounts during every day ends up making the trip a kind of waste.
(Also, alone with a driver every day. Eeeeewwww.)
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 10:22 PM
What about France or Spain?
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 10:48 PM
I dunno. Thematically Incoherent.
ETA -- It would be strange to be in Spain after spending a week somewhere where I can't understand anything anyone says.
ETA -- It would be strange to be in Spain after spending a week somewhere where I can't understand anything anyone says.
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 11:33 PM
Buy "Withnail & I" and watch it for a week or so. After that you should be able to understand anything. Or, your brain will be so scattered that you won't care.I dunno. Thematically Incoherent.
ETA -- It would be strange to be in Spain after spending a week somewhere where I can't understand anything anyone says.
I'd give it all up, for just a little bit more.
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 11:54 PM
Buy "Withnail & I" and watch it for a week or so. After that you should be able to understand anything. Or, your brain will be so scattered that you won't care.
I dunno. Thematically Incoherent.
ETA -- It would be strange to be in Spain after spending a week somewhere where I can't understand anything anyone says.
What about Trainspotting? would that help?
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 12:39 AM
Depends on the driver, no?
Why don’t you get a driver or do a tour of one or more of the scotch trails through Speyside, Higlands, Islay, etc? Or is that a been there done that?
I've found from my trip to the Piedmont that anything that involves my drinking immense amounts during every day ends up making the trip a kind of waste.
(Also, alone with a driver every day. Eeeeewwww.)
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 01:16 AM
she might be too old for Uncle SneakDepends on the driver, no?
Why don’t you get a driver or do a tour of one or more of the scotch trails through Speyside, Higlands, Islay, etc? Or is that a been there done that?
I've found from my trip to the Piedmont that anything that involves my drinking immense amounts during every day ends up making the trip a kind of waste.
(Also, alone with a driver every day. Eeeeewwww.)
I'd give it all up, for just a little bit more.
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 01:16 AM
the toilet scene...
Buy "Withnail & I" and watch it for a week or so. After that you should be able to understand anything. Or, your brain will be so scattered that you won't care.
I dunno. Thematically Incoherent.
ETA -- It would be strange to be in Spain after spending a week somewhere where I can't understand anything anyone says.
What about Trainspotting? would that help?
I'd give it all up, for just a little bit more.
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 11:48 AM
If only you were a Scotch Drinker 
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 05:27 PM
Wow. London is REALLY cheaper than it was a few years ago.
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 07:08 PM
Perhaps I should go see the family?
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 07:12 PM
Is the pound really weak? Cheapest room at Manzi's, $470 a night. And that is going to be a small room unless they knocked a lot of walls down.
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 09:06 PM
OTOH, I got a palatial room (in maybe a more remote neighborhood -- but there's at least one legendary restaurant and one legendary club there [even if they're both past their prime]) for only a bit more than that.
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