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Re: Holiday Thread

#761 Post by sikmansam » Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:27 am

I didn't know exactly where to post this, but, while on holiday in Manchester's midland hotel, me and my mum had a very awkward encounter with Sir Derek Jacobi in an elevator! We were in breakfast when we first saw him and I googled his name on my phone to show my mum, we went into the elevator, he followed, there was an awkward silence, and my mum suddenly says "hello, its a pleasure to meet you, my son was just googling you!" He replied: "did I come up?". It was really quite funny and he seems like a really charming guy.
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#762 Post by anakin » Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:44 am

That's HILARIOUS! What a fab story!
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#763 Post by brettie » Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:16 pm

glad you liked the landscape near the volcano apparantly the following films were made there including 10 thousand years bc, Star Wars, Barbarella, Ten Commandments, Planet of the Apes('68), Walking with Dinosaurs,remake of Clash of the Titans and Papillon 2010.
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#764 Post by hugo_macedo » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:56 am

I had no idea of this! Now I like it even more :)! The scenery was very exotic in certain areas, without any kind of vegetation (you can still see the lava that came out during the last eruption in the middle age). Now I will have to find out which scenes were taken there! Thanks!
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#765 Post by Beate » Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:08 am

Yippeee! The baggage handler strike at Stansted Airport has been called off! o/
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#766 Post by brettie » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:13 pm

hugo_macedo wrote:I had no idea of this! Now I like it even more :)! The scenery was very exotic in certain areas, without any kind of vegetation (you can still see the lava that came out during the last eruption in the middle age). Now I will have to find out which scenes were taken there! Thanks!
did you collect a piece of pumice from the area as a souvenir?
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#767 Post by Octopus » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:58 pm

I'm taking a few days off work as a friend of mine is visiting me, but she already knows London - and I need a break - so I'd like to visit another city!!
I was thinking of Oxford: any advice? A nice place to visit? Somewhere to have lunch? Is it easy to find your way in the city?
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#768 Post by Octopus » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:10 pm

Also do you know how long would it be good to stay there? Just had a look at the Megabus website, we might arrive around 10/11am and return around 8/9pm...
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#769 Post by ramaloo » Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:38 am

Hi,
I would like to go to Eden Project on the end of this month. Has anyone been there?[/b][/b]
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#770 Post by Beate » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:53 pm

Yes. They have a zip wire for the adventurous and a mini train for the unadventurous (i.e me). I didnt go into the exotic dome though, too hot inside.
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