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Well there are two points of this thread. The first is to say that I won't be around for a few weeks, because I'll be in Switzerland for vacation. I wish everyone an excellent break, a merry christmas and a happy new year.

Second. What are your plans for the holidays? Are you going somewhere by yourself, with your family, doing nothing or doing nothing with your family?

What are your plans?

In January (which is when my family has done our Christmas thing for a number of years now) I am going to spend two days visiting with friends in New Jersey, followed by a day in San Juan, Puerto Rico, then a 7 day cruise with my family to St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Bonaire, Grenada and Aruba. So ten fun filled days, 8 of them in warmer climates.

Going to England, see my grandmother.

no time or money for holidays...

staying at home this xmas, but thoroughly looking forward to being with my family and girlfriend :)

Germany, as from tomorrow (almost today infact as it's 11.56pm). For 11 days, mainly around Dusseldorf and Cologne. Possibly into France for a day trip as it's so close. Play it by ear.
Rather looking forward to it, as I've never been to Germany and am quietly hoping for my first ever white xmas.
Only suckful thing is that I'll be spending New Years on the plane, leaving 31st arriving home 1st. Have to be back at school on the 2nd, damn it all!

Germany, as from tomorrow (almost today infact as it's 11.56pm). For 11 days, mainly around Dusseldorf and Cologne. Possibly into France for a day trip as it's so close. Play it by ear.
Rather looking forward to it, as I've never been to Germany and am quietly hoping for my first ever white xmas.
Only suckful thing is that I'll be spending New Years on the plane, leaving 31st arriving home 1st. Have to be back at school on the 2nd, damn it all!

If it's flying in the right direction you can surf New Years!

Germany, as from tomorrow (almost today infact as it's 11.56pm). For 11 days, mainly around Dusseldorf and Cologne. Possibly into France for a day trip as it's so close. Play it by ear.
Rather looking forward to it, as I've never been to Germany and am quietly hoping for my first ever white xmas.


Hey, welcome to my neck of the woods! Hope you enjoy it. I'm sorry to say though that the radio announced our Weiße-Weihnachts-Wahrscheinlichkeit (probabbility of a White Christmas) to have clocked in at 15% today, which means you might want to not get your hopes up too much.


I myself will flee this country very early on the 24th and settle down in the South of Spain (Cadíz) for a week, so that I can escape both Christmas and NYE.

skiing with friends together with a lot of students who finished their exams.

skiing with friends together with a lot of students who finished their exams.
Where, exactly?
Which country will you go to?

Personally I beleive that, in Europe, Switzerland has the best skiing but Austria doesn't seem so far behind....

Nowhere.
I might have money to go somewhere when I get my income tax refund though.

Where, exactly?
Which country will you go to?

Personally I beleive that, in Europe, Switzerland has the best skiing but Austria doesn't seem so far behind....

France. TBH I don't really care that much about the mountains, if I can ski for 7 days I'll be happy, I'm going for the company (and the relatively low price). I believe there were 200 students medicine going, and we depart a day or two after our last exam. I hope I won't have that much hangovers so I can go skiing each day :p. But first I have to get trough the exams unfortunately :(

Personally I beleive that, in Europe, Switzerland has the best skiing but Austria doesn't seem so far behind....

Italy's nice, too.

France. TBH I don't really care that much about the mountains, if I can ski for 7 days I'll be happy, I'm going for the company (and the relatively low price). I believe there were 200 students medicine going, and we depart a day or two after our last exam. I hope I won't have that much hangovers so I can go skiing each day :p. But first I have to get trough the exams unfortunately :(
Good luck with exams.

Good luck with exams.

Thanks, I think I'll need it. I start friday with studying. We only have 2 huge exams, and because I'm lazy and stupid I didn't do a lot during the year, so meh, we'll see, I hope i don't have to redo any of them in the summer :mad:.

France. TBH I don't really care that much about the mountains, if I can ski for 7 days I'll be happy, I'm going for the company (and the relatively low price). I believe there were 200 students medicine going, and we depart a day or two after our last exam. I hope I won't have that much hangovers so I can go skiing each day :p. But first I have to get trough the exams unfortunately :(
Ah...the East of France has some good skiing too though, so even if you don't care about the mountains, you'll get some good ones. :)

Good luck with your exams. Sounds like you'll have alot of fun going with that big group.
Italy's nice, too.
The farthest north in Italy I've been to was Venice, but I was also in the South of Switzerland, near the border to Italy and the mountains were AMAZING...and I'm sure they don't just dissolve into nothingness when they cross the Italian border, so yeah..I'm sure northern Italy has some fabolous skiing.

The farthest north in Italy I've been to was Venice, but I was also in the South of Switzerland, near the border to Italy and the mountains were AMAZING...and I'm sure they don't just dissolve into nothingness when they cross the Italian border, so yeah..I'm sure northern Italy has some fabolous skiing.

Yeah, they are awesome for skiing, and some fantastic views from the hostel room windows at the scenery after you've injured your knee from all that skiing is oftentimes included, too ;P

I myself will flee this country very early on the 24th and settle down in the South of Spain (Cadíz) for a week, so that I can escape both Christmas and NYE.

Good call.

We're doing a cruise over Christmas to the Caribbean. Then back up to Boston for New Years, then back to Connecticut for a few days, then up to Vermont for some boarding, then back to Boston for real life.

two weeks on the glorious Queensland beaches :)

... just had to share that!!!

Break? Don't any of you slackers work for a living or are you all on Mommy and Daddy's dime yet?

Break? Don't any of you slackers work for a living or are you all on Mommy and Daddy's dime yet?

College student here. Yay for mommy and daddy! tho, I do pay for most of my trips. Except for the cruise...that's a gift from the rents.

God forbid we travel to a warm climate for Christmas.. Every year I ask if we can go on a little trip for a few days. Fucking Jews.

I'll be staying here in Iceland.. Oh yay.. :rolleyes:

I'm going to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl.
Now, this should be interesting, as I'm a UGA student, but, because my dad's a Hawaii alumnus, he got us tickets from them...
Meaning I'll be in the middle of a bunch of Hawaii fans. Wearing my Red and Black. (Though, he got tickets for a few of his friends, too, who are Georgia Alumni, so I suppose I won't be the only one!)

God forbid we travel to a warm climate for Christmas.. Every year I ask if we can go on a little trip for a few days. Fucking Jews.

I'll be staying here in Iceland.. Oh yay.. :rolleyes:

The funny thing is that once your parents have succeeded in alienating you, a lifelong dream of theirs, they're moving straight to Florida.

You'll be eking out an existence in Philly trying to be a photographer by day but selling your body down back alleys to pay rent and living on $2 dollar ramen noodles.

Then you'll wish you hadn't been such a whiny demanding child.

The funny thing is that once your parents have succeeded in alienating you, a lifelong dream of theirs, they're moving straight to Florida.

You'll be eking out an existence in Philly trying to be a photographer by day but selling your body down back alleys to pay rent and living on $2 dollar ramen noodles.

Then you'll wish you hadn't been such a whiny demanding child.

Shut up! Shut up! I can't hear you! :(

Shut up! Shut up! I can't hear you! :(

I can only hope some kindly philanthropic Jew sees your dilapidated state and takes pity, providing the means to gain back a modicum of respectability - oh the irony as you fight down the urge to choke in forcing yourself to say 'thank you' to a Jew.

I'm off back home to Cambridge myself, looking forward to a 15 hour flight and arriving at 5am in the morning - hope Nanny's not too old to make me a meal the old hag.

What are your plans?

Conquer the world and and some serious slacking in general. Yes, both at the same time. I plan on exchanging Luxembourg at one of those pot-luck gift exchange things. Oh, and lie to my aunts about how much I appreciate the tube socks.

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Qingdao, maybe Bali, Harbin and Tibet, remains to be seen on the last three.

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Qingdao, maybe Bali, Harbin and Tibet, remains to be seen on the last three.

Scrap Qingdao and replace with Harbin - fantastic ice festival and fun overnight train up from Beijing.

My break starts after Friday and I go back on January 8th, but my family isn't going anywhere. And I have homework over the break, and exams after it that I'll need to study for.

Well there are two points of this thread. The first is to say that I won't be around for a few weeks, because I'll be in Switzerland for vacation. I wish everyone an excellent break, a merry christmas and a happy new year.

Second. What are your plans for the holidays? Are you going somewhere by yourself, with your family, doing nothing or doing nothing with your family?

What are your plans?

I thought of going to London for a few days next year. The British museum has an exhibition on the first Chinese emperor, and apparently they've got some terracotta army warriors on loan... I always wanted to see those, and China being rather far away, I thought I'd hop over to London instead :)

I'm going home.

I'll be in Florida for xmas and in New York for the New Year.

Me and the folks are going up the coast, where my dad and his gf will make long hikes in nature and take pictures of leaves and bark!
I will remain in the little rented cottage with my laptop and a book and do exactly what I do every other day. I may also get to sit on top of a four legged hoofed creature for an hour or two at some point, maybe... and I will have to stick needles in myself. Sounds fun, no?

Then they wonder why I'm not absolutely thrilled about the prospect of going away on holiday...

Maybe Greece in the summer. Failing that hopping over to the USA with some frineds to work at summer camps.Then road trip across the USA.

First off: Have a wonderful vacation, TAI! :)

Second: No special plans for me

Third: I do plan to travel, but not until January or February at the earliest

tomorrow I am going to be lazy, then this weekend I have to clean up the house because we are spending Christmas with someone from the local college that can't afford to go home for Christmas (they are from like.....I don't know, another country, either Ireland or South Korea, we don't know which one we get yet)

Christmas eve we are staying home, Christmas day we are making the rounds, to my in-laws, with our sophomore in tow.

I'm returning to the States for almost a full month. I leave Osaka at an ungodly hour (I have to wake up at 4:30 am to catch my train to the airport :(). I'll be "home" for Xmas and the Iowa caucus. Still haven't decidsed if I'll caucus R. or D., but I know which candidate I'll caucus for in either case. :)

I've only got a few days off over Christmas, so I'll be staying at home. I will be going to the cricket on boxing day though, if it stops raining.

I'll be in Florida for xmas and in New York for the New Year.

Where in Florida? I'm on vacation right now on Sanibel Island, right on the other side of Miami, and will be there until January 4.

tis true, i'm going nowhere fast. i own my soul to my eye doctor.

=^^=
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Sadly I haven't the time nor the money to go on a vacation. I have been in Texas the last couple of weeks on business, but that certainly wasn't a vacation. While the warmth has been a nice change of pace (it's been actually hot a couple of times) the Texans seem to have no regard for traffic laws (if Texas has such things) and the safety of others while driving. The 8 hours of class each day on hazmat shipping has also been most unvacationlike.

Would love to travel for the holidays but there is simply to much work to do. It is always busy for myself and the family during winter. Summertime is when we take off.

staying home but doing rounds of visiting everyone on Christmas

come to think of it I really should be saving some money so I can actually afford to go on any sort of holiday

Going home, probably spending new year there, but seeing as it's a small town i might as well do some studying on my psychology, and revision for philosophy test.
Have a happy holiday.:)

Going home, probably spending new year there, but seeing as it's a small town i might as well do some studying on my psychology, and revision for philosophy test.
Have a happy holiday.:)

yeah keep saying that, maybe the laws of the universe will change :D

yeah keep saying that, maybe the laws of the universe will change :D

What? :confused:*looks immensly confused*, laws? what?urrggg, okay i'll just stick to what i know.
Okay you're right the laws of the universe may soon change.
Happy?:)

What? :confused:*looks immensly confused*, laws? what?urrggg, okay i'll just stick to what i know.
Okay you're right the laws of the universe may soon change.
Happy?:)

don't you know studying and revision can't exist in a universe with time? or even one that has NSg

don't you know studying and revision can't exist in a universe with time? or even one that has NSg

If only that were true, then i could do more studying before my tests and ace them. Instead of chatting on here for hours at a time.