Spacebell on tour: 2007!!!

Sante · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

I thought that was gorgeous. I was just disappointed to see that although you can swim from the US to London, you can't swim from New Zealand to ANYWHERE.

So I thought it through:

1. Can't swim to Australia (even if you wanted to...:-P) because of all the sharks.
2. Can't swim to Antarctica because you'd freeze before you got there.
3. Can't swim to New Caledonia because they speak French there, and people who don't speak French might get disoriented. Or, since you're coming from NZ, they might arrest you on suspicion of interfering with nuclear testing... (yes, yes, I know French Polynesia is in a whole different area of ocean to New Caledonia, but that's not the point.)
4. Can't swim to Fiji because New Zealanders are currently discouraged from travelling there because of the coup.
5. Can't swim to any other Pacific Islands because you might never leave...
6. Can't swim to South America because the Pitcairn Islands are in the way.
7. Can't swim to the Pitcairn Islands because they'll kidnap you as fresh blood to prevent further inbreeding.
8. ...and you can't swim anywhere else because you'd have to pass by one of those other places to get there, and it'd be just silly not to stop...
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Ziddan · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject:

To tell you teh truth philly and DC arent special ive been to both personally i like NY depending on when you guys come i dont know if i can get off from work but im telling you NJ has everything from Beaches to mountains.
Another problem with me is school Sad

but ill do whats in my power to see you guys
oh if you do come to south jersey if you like to fish im friends with most of the guys who run the charter boats so i could get you guys on one of them(at a decent price)
But if your not looking for the nice outdoors vacation and want to be in like a city i wouldnt really sujest Jersey (i swear we are one huge suburb)

Spacehog · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject:

So here we are 2 months later and finally I found out how much holiday I am allowed to have this year. Unfortunately as we have lost so many members of staff and are dangerously short staffed they can't give me any unpaid leave (boo Sad

). So that means the only thing we can do is use every available day of my normal holiday...which gives us just over 6 weeks to play with.

And so that means we have to cram as much as we can into those 6 weeks........

So our current plan is to get to Australia as soon as possible (do not pass go, do not collect £200!!!). And spend 3 - 3 1/2 weeks there. Onto New zealand and spend about 1 - 1 1/2 weeks there, then come back via N. America. Making stops at Chicago, somewhere in North Carolina and New York.

Now Chicago will be to see the lovely Fae, but if she fancies a road trip we can go and meet up with everyone at North Carolina instead. But what we need is a central location that is as easy as possible for as many people that want to meet up, can. But Jezz and I don't know the area well enough to work this out, and the other problem is that time is going by ever faster and trying to work all this out is getting hard. So is it possible for a few of you that want to (Carrol, Whoosy, Bob?, and anyone else in that area) to suggest somewhere please? Chances are we'll probably make the journey by either plane or train, and aim to spend about 2 days in each location...after all this is the trip home not the holiday itself.

As for the other locations we pretty much have a rough idea of that and will post a full list of cities in Australia and NZ a little later and arrange with people then.

Right I think I've rambled quite enough!!!
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Ziddan · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

well if you come to jersey i would be happy to show you around the local beaches and we could go blue fishing (its really fun). The beaches are really nice too. Very Happy

Lomky · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject:

I'm confused as to what you're trying to plan for the US part, is it one stop, or multiple? Either way, if you're within a dozen hour's radius of Central VA, count me in Very Happy

(I assume by the time you get here, I would be back at school, but either way, I have my own vehicle to get about with, would just have to plan for work request off if its before I head back)

Faeree · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:07 am Post subject:

So would Raleigh, NC be a good city to meet up in for those near/somewhat near that area? I have NO clue where ye all are near.

Carrol · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:18 am Post subject:

Raleigh is probably the best bet. Whoosy and BB are pretty much right there (Cary, right?) I'm about an hour and a half away. And I believe Lomky and Bobo would only be about an hour and a half to two hours away. And Raleigh has a large airport, so it should be reasonable to get flights to/from RDU.
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Whoosy · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:05 am Post subject:

Raleigh-Durham International Airport has a direct flight to Gatwick... Very Happy

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Bullseye Bud · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject:

Travel from Chicago to Raleigh, NC is a good 14 hour road trip (one way).

When will this be taking place?

My wife and I will be in Seattle/Vancouver in August for a few days, then departing on an Alaska Cruise in mid August.

While in Seattle and in Vancouver, we want to see who we can there (Kasper, ScuvyCrab, CrabbyCrab and others that we know of).
I would like to catch up with Scarymuffin and PrincessJ but I’ve hit a brick wall contacting them, so they might get left off of the list.

Getting back to Space and Jezz, if we know when you may be in the area, we may try to catch up with you, but it might conflict with our plans.

Bullseye Bud

Elaria · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject:

Air travel with in NA is the way to go and relatively cheap, my european relatives always arrive with grandiose travel plans with a rented car and just have no clue of the scope of the distances here - they think Paris to London is far.

Spacehog · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject:

Lomky · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:06 am Post subject:

Raleigh is a 3 hour hop for Bobo and me (I just assume we'll be carpooling, since we're back at school then, and since he hasn't posted that he doesn't wanna go XD). So count me in, atleast (come on bobo, you know you wanna split the cost of gas Razz

)

Bullseye Bud · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:17 am Post subject:

I kinda doubt this will work for me getting in a position to visit, i'm afraid.

maggiebones · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:48 am Post subject:

I too think that I will not be able to make it. My brother and sister each have a birthday in early November, and I think I will be hosting out-of-town company around that time.

Do have fun!
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