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Travel thread 3.0

Travelling up to Hamburg for the Harbour Festival tomorrow. Thought I would check out the original labskaus while I'm there but this video put me off a bit.
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ARD-Buffet: So isst Deutschland: Labskaus | ARD Mediathek

So isst Deutschland: Labskaus | Video | Hamburg, Hafen, Labskaus. Das ist untrennbar miteinander verbunden. Auch wenn das norddeutsche Kult-Gericht manchmal die Gemüter spaltet - unser Reporter hat sich auf Spurensuche begeben, warum das Gericht so beliebt im Norden ist.
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Boiled beef, veggies, beetroot and pickled herring (!) put through the mincer and then fried. With a fried egg on top and more pickled herring on the side.

Think I'll stick to my Tiroler Gröstl. Looking forward to getting some decent fresh (non-pickled) fish, though.
 
Kurt. said:
Off for a 10 day road trip to Scotland for my first time in my (almost converted) van. Staying in a place called Tyndrum for the first 3 nights then driving to the trossachs, Glencoe and Fort William. Any other suggestions for great places to visit would be welcomed. Primarily staying up the west coast though so sadly no Edinburgh this time. Leaving here Friday morning for a lovely 6 and a half hour drive.
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Haven't been in this thread for a while, and it seems I am a couple of weeks too late to offer advice (I spent my first 25 years in Fort William)

How did you enjoy it?
 
Marrakech - I am going in January next year and hotels seem to vary from about $50 to $1500 per night.

Anyone been there and able to offer any advice on what standard I could expect from the cheaper range of hotels?
 

WA Toffee said:
Haven't been in this thread for a while, and it seems I am a couple of weeks too late to offer advice (I spent my first 25 years in Fort William)

How did you enjoy it?
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Really loved it, stayed at Tyndrum for the first 3 nights but visited fort William via Glencoe, also went to the glenfinnan viaduct thing. Caught the train to Oban on another day which was great too. After that we drove up to a campsite at Glensheil for a few nights and I went over to Skye, visited a small village named plockton and travelled then up to Applecross and drove the mountain pass. Then on the way back down I went to fort Augustus, back to Tyndrum for the last night and drive back through ghe trossachs on my way home, saw loads but barely touched Scotland so definitely can’t wait to get back again .
 
Kurt. said:
Really loved it, stayed at Tyndrum for the first 3 nights but visited fort William via Glencoe, also went to the glenfinnan viaduct thing. Caught the train to Oban on another day which was great too. After that we drove up to a campsite at Glensheil for a few nights and I went over to Skye, visited a small village named plockton and travelled then up to Applecross and drove the mountain pass. Then on the way back down I went to fort Augustus, back to Tyndrum for the last night and drive back through ghe trossachs on my way home, saw loads but barely touched Scotland so definitely can’t wait to get back again .
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Very nice.

If you don't mind me asking, how the hell did you manage to spend 3 nights in Tyndrum? Surely a browse through the green welly shop only takes half an hour at most 😂
 
WA Toffee said:
Very nice.

If you don't mind me asking, how the hell did you manage to spend 3 nights in Tyndrum? Surely a browse through the green welly shop only takes half an hour at most 😂
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The first night we arrived at 7.30pm so quickly set up our camp and then went to the pub. The second day we drove through Glencoe to fort William and then on to Goenfinnan for the day returning on the evening around 7pm and went over to the pub for some food and watch the footy. The next day we caught the train to Oban, got back around 7pm again and a friend of mine had driven up from his house in helinsburgh to come and have a few beers with us … 3 nights in Tyndrum done 😂
 
Kurt. said:
Really loved it, stayed at Tyndrum for the first 3 nights but visited fort William via Glencoe, also went to the glenfinnan viaduct thing. Caught the train to Oban on another day which was great too. After that we drove up to a campsite at Glensheil for a few nights and I went over to Skye, visited a small village named plockton and travelled then up to Applecross and drove the mountain pass. Then on the way back down I went to fort Augustus, back to Tyndrum for the last night and drive back through ghe trossachs on my way home, saw loads but barely touched Scotland so definitely can’t wait to get back again .
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Scotland is my default holiday if I'm struggling to decide where to go.

It never disappoints.
 

jackyboy said:
Going to Dublin next weekend for a stag do. Any tips on avoiding getting stung?
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….the central area around the Temple Bar is a bit steep but it’s a bit cheaper away from there. It is what it is, I love my visits to Ireland. I took the family to the races at Leopardstown, booked a table in the restaurant and it was much cheaper than going to Aintree. The West Coast is terrific for a lads trip, we did Galway and then Listowel for about 20 years.
 
Kurt. said:
The first night we arrived at 7.30pm so quickly set up our camp and then went to the pub. The second day we drove through Glencoe to fort William and then on to Goenfinnan for the day returning on the evening around 7pm and went over to the pub for some food and watch the footy. The next day we caught the train to Oban, got back around 7pm again and a friend of mine had driven up from his house in helinsburgh to come and have a few beers with us … 3 nights in Tyndrum done 😂
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Ah, so you left tyndrum 3 days in a row, that makes more sense 😂
 

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