First comes the list of places that I want to go...later comes the places where I have been
Where I Want To Visit:
These are the places in the world that I want to visit. In no particular order - though Japan is top:
1. Japan
2. Tornado Alley
3. Cuba
4. St Petersburg
5. Melbourne
6. Dubai
7. Seoul
8. Iceland (Northern Lights)
9. Chile
10. Falkland Islands
11. Iran
12. Beirut
13. Detroit
14. Canada
15. Ukraine (Chernobyl in particular)
16. Athens
17. Belfast
18. Orkney
19. Hong Kong
20. Galicia
21. Zimbabwe
22. Costa Rica
23. Lake Bohinj, Slovenia24. Belgrade
25. Ronda, Spain
26. Tbilisi
27. Tirana
28. Gothenburg
29. Malta
30. Luxembourg
31. Granada
32. Valencia
33. San Sebastien
34. Cordoba
35. Ronda
36. Bilbao
37. Naples
38. Florence
39. Saltzberg
40. Sarajevo
41. Odessa
42. Fareo Isles
Where I Have Been:
James Went To Budapest…Last Year
So this is the last of the blog posts that have been long-outstanding on my to-do list to write. Well, except for a review of 2018 and my goals for 2019…I think I might just skip them now! Budapest had been on my radar for a little while, and it seemed that rarely a month went by without my Facebook feed having photographs from a friend or some random that I met once, visiting the capital of Hungary. After enlisting two of my closest advisors, we set upon finding some gloriously cheap flights with Wizzair that weren’t really that cheap … Continued
James Went To Croatia – Last Year
All this extra time I have thanks to my new job and getting home at the more human hour of around 6pm (or so) has led me to think that maybe I should try to catch up with things on my to-do list.Some things have been on there for nearly a year, such as writing a blog post about my holiday to Croatia last year. I’m not sure that I would have been able to remember much in the way of details had I written the blog when I got back home, let alone nearly a year later. It was … Continued
Why did I decide to go to Belgrade? Because it was cheap. Why was the flight so cheap? Because it was at 5:55am in the morning. Who’s fucking idea was that? It wasn’t actually that bad though, just needed to set my alarm for 1:30am (thankfully I had a stonking hangover the day before so going to bed early was easy), get a taxi to Wembley Park station, then get the night tube to West Hampstead, then get the Thameslink train to Luton Airport parkway, then get the bus to Luton Airport. Simples. Originally it was just me and my … Continued
Two of my dearest advisors had concocted a birthday surprise for me at the end of February – a mystery tour of a mystery place. All that I knew was that I needed my passport. Exciting! We drove past enticing places such as Basingstoke, Bracknell and Salisbury, then past Stonehenge until it became clear that I was either being taken to Exeter or Newquay. What is in Exeter I wonder? What government enterprise might be of interest to me that is located there? After a spot of lunch and a chance to listen to 6 women loudly cackling next to … Continued
Before going on holiday one should always ensure that the next holiday is booked. But also before going on holiday, one should ensure that the previous one has been blogged about. Though I still didn’t manage to click ‘post’ before I went to Croatia. It seems ages ago, but back in May, myself and my most excellent friend, Martin, sat down on a Friday evening and decided to try to find somewhere to go away for a weekend of beer and culture. I had some budget restrictions – shock horror. We also wanted to go to a country that we’ve … Continued
Gosh was it really 2 weeks ago? Erm…gosh was it really 4 weeks ago? That is assuming I actually finish this post tonight. 5 weeks…OK 6 weeks ago. Definitely finishing it this time. Can I actually remember any of Madrid? Oh yeah, I went with my family. The Why My father suggested a family holiday a while back, in celebration of his retirement. I think I was probably 16, maybe 17 when I last went on holiday with my family, and I stated that I would never again go on holiday with my family. Well, I’ve gone back on quite … Continued
Back in September, I decided that I’d like another holiday before the end of the year – I wanted to sit and drink beer in the sunshine one final time before winter arrived. So I stopped drinking for a few weeks (minus one or two very minor aberrations). I didn’t know where to go, or who to go with. I did suggest to a couple of friends about the idea of going away, but none seemed even remotely keen but I’d also been thinking about going away by myself. I was going to do the Swiss Alps trip by myself … Continued
James Went To Milan. And Tirano. And Zurich.
A couple of years ago, I decided to go on holiday wherever the random country generator told me to go. It chose Somalia. I decided to over-rule it given the high chance of kidnapping and/or death. It then chose Switzerland. A much lower chance of death. Then I had the question of what to actually do. Where in Switzerland to go. I could just have taken cheap Ryanair flights to say, Bern. Or perhaps a city break to Geneva or Zurich. Or go see the large hadron collider. Nowhere grabbed me and said ‘get your cheapo ass here’. Then I … Continued
Gosh was it two weeks ago already? It was probably the holiday I was least ever looking forward to. Prior to going away, I was tired, not always my usual joyful self, feeling unhealthy and particularly worried about money. Typically, I booked the trip away and then lost my job a week later. But the show must go on – no point in wasting booked flights and I certainly do not let people down. I really wasn’t up for it – until the Friday afternoon when I started investigating and making a plan. One obligatory airport beer and super-expensive sausage … Continued
Gosh is it really a week since I arrived back from the White Isle? Or probably two weeks before I have finished writing this. Myself and my very good friend, Martin, decided a few months back to go especially for Cocoon on 19th September with the massively exciting line-up of Guy Gerber, Dana Ruh, Sonja Moonear, Nina Kraviz, and Sven himself. The preceding month was crazy. A house and city move, with a new job and career, and something really serious going on that most of you don’t know about (some really shit news, but all is kind of ok … Continued