Has Anyone Booked a Holiday Yet?

[HowardsBulletHeader]

Booked to do the Norwegian Fjords, excited for that! 

[FoxesDeb]

7 minutes ago, HowardsBulletHeader said:

Booked to do the Norwegian Fjords, excited for that! 

Oh that's on my list, I hope you have a great time and please report back!

[FoyleFox]

4 hours ago, HowardsBulletHeader said:

Booked to do the Norwegian Fjords, excited for that! 

 

4 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

Oh that's on my list, I hope you have a great time and please report back!

Norwegian Fjords are beautiful, are you going part way or all the way up to Honningsvag?

 

Definitely worth booking! 

Edited 11 January by FoyleFox

[BrummieFOX]

Thanks all for the Italy tips, much appreciated!

 

I think we've landed on Varenna, Bologna and Florence across 11 days and will likely do some day trips to some smaller towns/areas. 

[HighPeakFox]

25 minutes ago, BrummieFOX said:

Thanks all for the Italy tips, much appreciated!

 

I think we've landed on Varenna, Bologna and Florence across 11 days and will likely do some day trips to some smaller towns/areas. 

Not wishing to correct you, but do you mean Ravenna? Varenna is tiny and on the coast of Lake Como.

[BrummieFOX]

No, Varenna is where I meant, plan was to do a few days there before train to Bologna. Would you advise against?

[HighPeakFox]

13 minutes ago, BrummieFOX said:

No, Varenna is where I meant, plan was to do a few days there before train to Bologna. Would you advise against?

Not at all, it's a beautiful little place - you can get various boats across the lake and there is some stunning walking to be done too. And of course, over-priced food  

[BrummieFOX]

Yeh it looks lovely and definitely appreciate it'll be the pricier part of the trip in terms of accomodation and food. 

[CL Fox]

On 07/01/2026 at 18:12, Raj said:

Looking at Eurooean Wintersun destinstions please for Xmas this year as it will be her indoors 50th a few days before xmas please.

 

Are you letting her outside for her 51st?

[HowardsBulletHeader]

14 hours ago, FoyleFox said:

 

Norwegian Fjords are beautiful, are you going part way or all the way up to Honningsvag?

 

Definitely worth booking! 

Part way, doing it on a cruise for a week so definitely not going to get to see everything but excited nonetheless.

 

We really want to do Flam and that's included, so we are happy with the itinerary.

[Raj]

Any recommendations for Croatia in July please guys?

Split/ Dubrovnik?

[STEVIE B]

1 minute ago, Raj said:

Any recommendations for Croatia in July please guys?

Split/ Dubrovnik?

Pula 

[Raj]

3 minutes ago, STEVIE B said:

Pula 

Cmon you cant just give me a word...you've got to eine and dine me abit atleast....

[STEVIE B]

4 minutes ago, Raj said:

Cmon you cant just give me a word...you've got to eine and dine me abit atleast....

The other half has been 5 times, so must be worth a look. Having said that, it was still Yugoslavia ! Don’t shoot the messenger ! 

[BrummieFOX]

14 minutes ago, Raj said:

Any recommendations for Croatia in July please guys?

Split/ Dubrovnik?

Zadar is a nice, smaller and slightly less touristy place to visit I'd say. Affordable, good food and drink. 

 

Plitvice Lakes are only about an hour from there as well which are beautiful, although do get incredibly busy in the summer. 

[bovril]

On 12/01/2026 at 12:09, BrummieFOX said:

Thanks all for the Italy tips, much appreciated!

 

I think we've landed on Varenna, Bologna and Florence across 11 days and will likely do some day trips to some smaller towns/areas. 

Florence is great, you won't regret it. Yes there are tourists but for good reason, the art and architecture is world class. Love it very early in the morning in a locals cafe in some back street with a brioche and espresso. 

[foxfanazer]

49 minutes ago, Raj said:

Any recommendations for Croatia in July please guys?

Split/ Dubrovnik?

We really enjoyed Cavtat which is a half an hour bus journey to Dubrovnik. Montenegro is also doable from there

[JonnyBoy]

On 11/01/2026 at 18:49, HowardsBulletHeader said:

Booked to do the Norwegian Fjords, excited for that! 

is this on a cruise? we are off to Tromso in a few weeks and really want to do the Fjords. 

[jonthefox]

Booked Athens in May ( to see Iron Maiden @ the Olympic stadium) and Marrakesh for July. Skint now. 

[FoxesDeb]

1 hour ago, jonthefox said:

Booked Athens in May ( to see Iron Maiden @ the Olympic stadium) and Marrakesh for July. Skint now. 

I absolutely love Marrakech but unless I really had to I wouldn't visit in July, it'll be stifling. We went to Fez in July last year and it was just too hot to do anything until the sun went down in the evening

[oakman]

Off to Bilbao in August for 5 days - booked it to coincide with the total solar eclispe on the 12th.

[grobyfox1990]

3 hours ago, jonthefox said:

Booked Athens in May ( to see Iron Maiden @ the Olympic stadium) and Marrakesh for July. Skint now. 

Athens is actually brilliant, so much history, proper grimy now though.

I was in Marrakech this weekend, despite being completely touristy is still quite fun. But that may be because there were thousands of Algerians livening the place up and crowding out the Western tourists farting and lounging at coffee shops. Try Chez Lamine Hadj Mustapha Jemaa El Fna, was v nice

[HowardsBulletHeader]

4 hours ago, JonnyBoy said:

is this on a cruise? we are off to Tromso in a few weeks and really want to do the Fjords. 

Yeah on a cruise mate, end of August. 

[Raj]

On 14/01/2026 at 21:05, BrummieFOX said:

Zadar is a nice, smaller and slightly less touristy place to visit I'd say. Affordable, good food and drink. 

 

Plitvice Lakes are only about an hour from there as well which are beautiful, although do get incredibly busy in the summer. 

Looking at Zadar mate as we can get flights from Brum so if i get the go ahead from the family i'll be doing your head in for more info!!!

[BrummieFOX]

24 minutes ago, Raj said:

Looking at Zadar mate as we can get flights from Brum so if i get the go ahead from the family i'll be doing your head in for more info!!!

Haha yeh no worries mate, although was a good 5/6 years since we went.