Lisa10 said:

Turkey. I have never been more excited about a holiday than I am about this one.

http://www.royaldragonhotel.com.tr/

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You will have such a great time!

It's one of my favorite countries for holidays. It has the beautiful city Istanbul, great nature and culture and if you just want to party and hang out on the beach, it's there for you, garanteed good weather.

I really love Turkey. And Turkish food: Börek or köfte or Lahmacun..........

I really, really, want to go to Turkey again................

will you post some pics?

muirdo said:

Lisa10 said:

Turkey. I have never been more excited about a holiday than I am about this one.

http://www.royaldragonhotel.com.tr/

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that looks amazing

I imagine alcohol and water slides will be a great mix

Be carefull with the Long Island Ice tea though

dJJ said:

ZombieKitten said:

not summer yet, but

Your summer house?

Where is it?

no just a holiday rental we went to once

It's much cheaper to drive 2 hours north of here and get a big house with a pool for a week than fly to Fiji to stay in a tiny house with a pool for a week

CarrieMpls said:

Just got back from London, Manchester and Iceland.

And I'm going to Vegas for a week in August. My bf is playing in a national pool tournament and I'm going to hang by the pool.

Me too.

dJJ said:

Lisa10 said:

Turkey. I have never been more excited about a holiday than I am about this one.

http://www.royaldragonhotel.com.tr/

[Edited 7/6/12 12:23pm]

You will have such a great time!

It's one of my favorite countries for holidays. It has the beautiful city Istanbul, great nature and culture and if you just want to party and hang out on the beach, it's there for you, garanteed good weather.

I really love Turkey. And Turkish food: Börek or köfte or Lahmacun..........

I really, really, want to go to Turkey again................

will you post some pics?

Unfortunately I haven't seen a great deal of Turkey even though this will be our fourth visit. While our children are young, most of our holidays are hotel-based. They love the pools, slides and kids entertainment and my husband and I just like to kick-back and relax.

We have been to a few towns dotted around the hotels we've stayed in previously - around Antalya. This year we'll take a day trip to Side. But we'll save all the proper sight-seeing for when the children are old enough to appreciate it.

dJJ said:

PurpleJedi said:

I told the kids that we'd go to Myrtle Beach this year.

My vacation is 2 1/2 weeks away, and I haven't reserved a room.

The affordable ones are all booked.

Did the kids have ideas about other places they would love to visit?

What kind of things do they love to do? What makes them happy?

Can you find something that suits their idea of having fun and that is affordable for you?

Can you go camping with them? I really loved that when I was a kid. I experienced that as a great adventure, eventhoug it was close to my home.

Did you miss my camping photowhoring???

We've gone camping twice and had fun. In August we're going again, this time I'm going to look for a place in upstate New York.

Myrtle Beach is what they REALLY, REALLY want. For 4 years straight the ex & I took them to Virginia Beach/Myrtle Beach. Last 2 years we didn't for obvious reasons.

Well...it's complicated...but I finally booked my vacation.

It's a big family thing. Me & my kids, my brother & his kids + my parents.

We've never done one together like this, and I figured (even though we're all a little tight on cash) it's NOW or NEVER. My oldest niece is going to college, my parents are getting older, and right now neither my brother nor myself are in committed relationships. It's THE perfect time to do this.

So we're driving down in less than 2 weeks.

Please pray for good weather for me!!!!

so far we've been to:

• six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo, ca.
• pinecrest lake, ca.
• done lots of local things around the valley we live in.

kimrachell said:

so far we've been to:

• six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo, ca.
• pinecrest lake, ca.
• done lots of local things around the valley we live in.

i'm still hoping to go back to monterey/carmel, ca. before summer is over. we'll see if we get the chance to actually go or not.

Nothinbutjoy said:

My daughters & I went to Lake Tahoe and San Francisco in mid-June. We had a wonderful time. I'd really like to do something else, but don't really have the $$.

i love lake tahoe, we had our son's first birthday there. haven't been up there for 2 years, would like to go back in the winter when there's snow, it's so pretty! glad you had a wonderful time.

kimrachell said:

Nothinbutjoy said:

My daughters & I went to Lake Tahoe and San Francisco in mid-June. We had a wonderful time. I'd really like to do something else, but don't really have the $$.

i love lake tahoe, we had our son's first birthday there. haven't been up there for 2 years, would like to go back in the winter when there's snow, it's so pretty! glad you had a wonderful time.

I'd love to go to Lake George (upstate NY) for my next camping trip.

kimrachell said:

Nothinbutjoy said:

My daughters & I went to Lake Tahoe and San Francisco in mid-June. We had a wonderful time. I'd really like to do something else, but don't really have the $$.

i love lake tahoe, we had our son's first birthday there. haven't been up there for 2 years, would like to go back in the winter when there's snow, it's so pretty! glad you had a wonderful time.

Thank you!

I've not been there in winter. I bet it is beautiful.

I've just come back from a holiday to Mount Desert Island in Maine, and before that I was at Sonar Festival in Barcelona.

In a week, I'm going to Montpellier and Nîmes in France, and maybe in September I'll go to the Côte d'Azur.

In February I went to San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. In March I went skiing where today 6 people were killed in an avalanche, and then I stayed in Lyon for an extra week just 'cause.

I've taken a lot of holidays this year.

Unemployment can be a blessing sometimes

spookymuffin said:

I've just come back from a holiday to Mount Desert Island in Maine, and before that I was at Sonar Festival in Barcelona.

In a week, I'm going to Montpellier and Nîmes in France, and maybe in September I'll go to the Côte d'Azur.

In February I went to San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. In March I went skiing where today 6 people were killed in an avalanche, and then I stayed in Lyon for an extra week just 'cause.

I've taken a lot of holidays this year.

Unemployment can be a blessing sometimes

No holiday this summer for me, but that's ok. I just finished shooting a music video (which was intense but a lot of fun) and now I'm busy preparing for my move to Vancouver so there's no risk of boredom.

The next time I go on holiday it'll probably be to South America. It's been on my list for a long time.

retina said:

No holiday this summer for me, but that's ok. I just finished shooting a music video (which was intense but a lot of fun) and now I'm busy preparing for my move to Vancouver so there's no risk of boredom.

The next time I go on holiday it'll probably be to South America. It's been on my list for a long time.

What video???

PurpleJedi said:

retina said:

No holiday this summer for me, but that's ok. I just finished shooting a music video (which was intense but a lot of fun) and now I'm busy preparing for my move to Vancouver so there's no risk of boredom.

The next time I go on holiday it'll probably be to South America. It's been on my list for a long time.

What video???

Thanks for showing interest.

It's a video for this song:

It's by the upstart band Wildebeest and as you can hear it has a cool raspy Garbage-like sound. Nine Inch Nails' sound engineer did the mixing and I think you can hear that too. Personally I like it a lot and felt honoured to be approached to do the video. It was totally zero budget and since we couldn't afford professional light, many of the shots look dark and grainy but hopefully cool anyway. Around 15 or so extras were involved and they did a great job despite long hours and no pay.

retina said:

PurpleJedi said:

What video???

Thanks for showing interest.

It's a video for this song:

It's by the upstart band Wildebeest and as you can hear it has a cool raspy Garbage-like sound. Nine Inch Nails' sound engineer did the mixing and I think you can hear that too. Personally I like it a lot and felt honoured to be approached to do the video. It was totally zero budget and since we couldn't afford professional light, many of the shots look dark and grainy but hopefully cool anyway. Around 15 or so extras were involved and they did a great job despite long hours and no pay.

SOUNDS good...but...the video didn't play. Just showed a static image.

PurpleJedi said:

retina said:

Thanks for showing interest.

It's a video for this song:

It's by the upstart band Wildebeest and as you can hear it has a cool raspy Garbage-like sound. Nine Inch Nails' sound engineer did the mixing and I think you can hear that too. Personally I like it a lot and felt honoured to be approached to do the video. It was totally zero budget and since we couldn't afford professional light, many of the shots look dark and grainy but hopefully cool anyway. Around 15 or so extras were involved and they did a great job despite long hours and no pay.

SOUNDS good...but...the video didn't play. Just showed a static image.

That's because the video isn't finished yet. We just wrapped the shoot, which means it still has to be edited before there's anything I can show. I just posted the link in case you were curious about the song. Glad you like it!

retina said:

PurpleJedi said:

SOUNDS good...but...the video didn't play. Just showed a static image.

That's because the video isn't finished yet. We just wrapped the shoot, which means it still has to be edited before there's anything I can show. I just posted the link in case you were curious about the song. Glad you like it!

OK, got it.

YES, I like the song.

YES, please share video with us when finished.

PurpleJedi said:

retina said:

That's because the video isn't finished yet. We just wrapped the shoot, which means it still has to be edited before there's anything I can show. I just posted the link in case you were curious about the song. Glad you like it!

OK, got it.

YES, I like the song.

YES, please share video with us when finished.

Sure!