Where were you one year ago?

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by ramman434

This time last year, my wife & I drove up with a couple of good friends to stay with some others at Jax Beach in Jacksonville. We spent 3 relaxing days, hanging out, biking to bars on beach cruisers, and enjoying life.

I'm sad as 2 weeks from now we were supposed to go on a 10-day trip to London with close friends, one of whom is from Yorkshire, to visit their family. We've had to cancel since the UK has a mandatory 2-week lockdown for any international visitor. We're hoping to reschedule next year.

Sidenote: saw someone was in Cinque Terre. 5 years ago, spent a day their hiking between the villages through the vineyards. Absolutely spectacular.

York is another great city to visit.

[Soul_Glo]

This time last year we were at a Mayo clinic in Phoenix. Some things are too painful to talk about.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by W///

Did a 1 week trip last year right around this time in Lake Como, Italy. It was good times, was my second time there

Bucket list place for sure.

[W///]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Bucket list place for sure.

Highly recommended even though some people might say it's touristy. My ex-gf works for Delta, so we flew in to Switzerland from ATL, then rented a car and drove there. The scenery is amazing, restaurants everywhere too.

We stayed in an apartment (Airbnb) that was right on the water, so we had the view of the lake from bed. Roads are very narrow though, so pick rental car carefully

[UncleWede]

Was getting all my solar protection ready so we could go visit the island NEXT to Epstein's.



No, he hadn't killed himself, YET.

[AlpineWhite_SJ]

This thread topic a year from now is going to be pretty boring. Just sayin'

[Darth One]

Looks like a few of us were Italy at the same time.

A year ago I was driving from Rome to Naples, marveling at how Italians have zero fucking tolerance for slow left lane campers, and wishing that I rented a faster car than a Fiat 500 (cinquecento!)

[NEfan508]

Originally Posted by Darth One

Looks like a few of us were Italy at the same time.

A year ago I was driving from Rome to Naples, marveling at how Italians have zero fucking tolerance for slow left lane campers, and wishing that I rented a faster car than a Fiat 500 (cinquecento!)

Venice, Florence and Rome road trip

Stoped in bologna for you guessed it a boloney sandwich 🥪

great holiday for sure, all the meals, the history and breathtaking views

The damn rest stops we're awesome, coffee bar
and sinks in the stall?!? why can't we have that?

We're stuck with Sbarrow and McDonald's on I-95

Yes, I like if all drivers are on the same page, aggressive is fine if all is doing it, in the states we got Karen's cruising 60 mph never intending to pass traffic causing left lane bottlenecks

Edit, I quit smoking 09-2019
Rented Passat wagon, was fine

[Darth One]

Originally Posted by NEfan508

Venice, Florence and Rome road trip

Stoped in bologna for you guessed it a boloney sandwich 🥪

great holiday for sure, all the meals, the history and breathtaking views

The damn rest stops we're awesome, coffee bar
and sinks in the stall?!? why can't we have that?

Hell yeah! The autogrills!!!!

[M3insf]

In Croatia and Slovenia. Beautiful countries.

[spazzyfry123]

Wife and I just packed up our life and moved to a different state to start a different career in an unknown industry where we know no one. Look at me now, ma!

[OnlyGerman]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Wifey and I were in London on a gorgeous summer evening. We sat at a great wine bar enjoying the view while we waited for our restaurant reservation time to roll around. Then we had a great meal at an Indian restaurant right there. I had tandoori cod. It was awesome. After dinner, we had the perfect evening stroll along the Thames. Much better times for sure. Can't wait to travel again.

Dishoom??

[rebekahb]

A year ago today we were with our boat club at a weekend run we do. Our group got dressed up in 80's attire to go out to one of the clubs in the casino.

2 days later we left for South Africa so I will share some pics from our 2 weeks there.

Last year was a big travel year for us and it's one thing I miss the absolute most.

[W///]

Originally Posted by rebekahb

A year ago today we were with our boat club at a weekend run we do. Our group got dressed up in 80's attire to go out to one of the clubs in the casino.

2 days later we left for South Africa so I will share some pics from our 2 weeks there.

Last year was a big travel year for us and it's one thing I miss the absolute most.

One of my favorite countries in the world, with some of the nicest people as well. My parents lived there when I was in college, and I'd visit them during the summers. This was a good 10+ years ago and haven't been back since then, but I was hoping to have business trips there, which obviously is not going to happen now

[GenXer]

Cape Hatteras

[BMW F22]

Originally Posted by M3insf

In Croatia and Slovenia. Beautiful countries.

Wow niice! Croatia and Slovenia were the other option of two countries I was going to visit last November. Heard it’s cold and lots of places are closed at that time so I did Morocco and Portugal instead. Ended up having a great time but been longing to visit Croatia and Slovenia. I saw pictures of Slovenia and was just in awe.

[ramman434]

Originally Posted by M_Six

York is another great city to visit.

I just officially cancelled our flight for refund last night (flight out was next Tuesday). We were staying in Yorkshire, doing several day trips to York, and were going to take the 1.5hr train ride up to Edinburgh, Scotland for a couple nights.
Still super bummed, but we're hoping to do this trip next year instead.

[ramman434]

If we go back 1.25 years ago, my wife and I took the trip of a lifetime: 2 weeks in Thailand. Totally worth the 24 hr flights one-way and we'd love to go back.
We flew to Bangkok, then up to Chiang Mai, then down to Phuket, Phi Phi Islands, Krabi, and Koh Samui

[rebekahb]

Originally Posted by ramman434

If we go back 1.25 years ago, my wife and I took the trip of a lifetime: 2 weeks in Thailand. Totally worth the 24 hr flights one-way and we'd love to go back.
We flew to Bangkok, then up to Chiang Mai, then down to Phuket, Phi Phi Islands, Krabi, and Koh Samui

Awesome pics! This is the trip I wanted to do this year, but we all know why. Your itinerary is pretty close to what we were looking to do.

We were in Japan for around 3 weeks Oct/Nov of last year. I really wanted to leave half way & go over to Thailand but the flights didn't work out.

[rebekahb]

Originally Posted by W///

One of my favorite countries in the world, with some of the nicest people as well. My parents lived there when I was in college, and I'd visit them during the summers. This was a good 10+ years ago and haven't been back since then, but I was hoping to have business trips there, which obviously is not going to happen now

That's cool your parents lived there!

From some people's perception, they thought we were crazy for going because it's so dangerous. Only once did we get a little worried when we were visiting Soweto. We actually went on a mission trip so worked in the squatter camps and with baby rescue. We were able to see the vast difference in income. The people who lived in the squatter camps were so friendly and welcoming. It really made you stop to appreciate what you have.

The mission trip that we were with did an great job of showing us all different areas so we got to have some cool experiences as well. I definitely want to go back. It's such a cool country with so much variation.

[ramman434]

Originally Posted by rebekahb

Awesome pics! This is the trip I wanted to do this year, but we all know why. Your itinerary is pretty close to what we were looking to do.

We were in Japan for around 3 weeks Oct/Nov of last year. I really wanted to leave half way & go over to Thailand but the flights didn't work out.

If you ever start planning for it again, feel free to DM me. I have a google doc w/our entire itinerary and costs. I've sent it to a couple of friends who've made the trip as well.

Japan is definitely one of the next trips within 5 years! So much to explore over there, and the JDM/rice burner scene is where my roots start, so I have to go for that alone. My wife isn't fully ready for me to blab about cars the entire trip lol