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Mechtilde
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Originally posted by Custard.:
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Originally posted by Mechtilde:
I'd also like to see the Holy Land. Hubby is against it as long as there's a potential for violence, so I may never make it. Kinda more of a problem for them than for me. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
If you go on an official tour run by a proper tour company, Israel pretty much guarantee your safety, to the point where the Israeli government run their own insurance scheme. There's only one tourist I can think of who has been caught up in the violence there in the last decade or so, and they decided to join in a Palestinian march which turned violent.
A friend of mine has been 20+ times, and if you're on an official tour with an official tour guide, it's pretty safe.
Thanks, Custard., back it goes on my list!
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Mechtilde
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(Sorry, missed the edit window.)
What I'd really like to do is one of those courses offered by St George's College in Jerusalem, then have a week or two afterward to poke around on my own. And I'm a wimp about heat, so don't want to do it in the dead of summer. Being tied to the academic calendar makes that a little awkward, but maybe now I can at least assuage my husband's fears that I'll get blown up.
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I want to get my private pilot's license before I die.
I suppose you won't need one after you die.
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The Great Gumby
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Originally posted by Chorister:
* Visit the Isles of Scilly (so near and yet I've never been there)
Just go.
But make sure you go for a proper break of at least a week, and preferably longer. Day trips don't make any sense. The joy of the Scillies is the pace of life, which you just won't get if you're rushing in and out, and you need to visit the different islands to experience their different characters.
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Sparrow
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The Passion Play at Oberammergau.
I've just booked up for next year!
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Evangeline
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What I'd really like to do is one of those courses offered by St George's College in Jerusalem, then have a week or two afterward to poke around on my own.
Snap! That's on my bucket list too but the safety concerns and my entire extended family's nagging about me being blown up by a suicide bomber has prevented me.
I'd also like to spend some time living in a rural town in Australia, just to feel what it is like to live, rather than just visit somewhere that isn't a busy urban centre.
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Belle Ringer
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Visit all of the World Heritage Sites. At last count there are 890 sites. I'd better get started AND live a long time!
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