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Friday fun: what is someplace you'd never been, where you'd like to travel?

Monique vdB

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It's Friday at our Sydney HQ, so time for the Friday fun thread. Posting this picture of Sydney reminded me that Sydney qualifies as a place I've never been that I'd like to go to. (I'd like to add all those Australian birds to my life list.)

Also Florence and Venice have been on my list for years, and we're going next month! I want to see the art in Florence, and see St. Mark's Place in Venice. My six-year-old is lobbying for Pompeii and the Leaning Tower of Pisa while we're in Italy; she may have to settle for the Colosseum and a gondola ride.

Where do you want to visit?

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Nick Muldoon

Happy Friday @Monique vdB!

I'm eager to travel to Kakadu National Park

Monique vdB

Oh wow.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

I suspect Nicholas' picture made me think of this one first, but I'll say it anyway - Plitvice falls in Croatia

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/photography/Spark/Sony/xperia-plitvice-lakes.jpg?imwidth=450

Like Monique, I have Firenze on the list as well as Milano, but we didn't have time to fit them in during the Rome, Venice and Naples trips over the last few years.

There's plenty of other places on the list, Machu Picchu, Pamakale, Barcelona (yes, ok, I've been, but I don't count the inside of a hotel, a taxi and a conference centre full of Atlassian geeks as a proper visit), Neuschwanstein (I got close while working in Munich, but didn't quite make enough time for that one), and... and... and...

There's also places to revisit - I felt so at home in Reykjavik, Edinburgh, Stockholm and Amsterdam, I'd love to go back. At the rate Brexit is going, I might just go to one of them to get out of the horror England is becoming.

I've managed to get Chrissy to start considering trips to St Petersburg recently too...

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

p.s. Pompeii is fascinating, but be warned that it is very very open to the elements and constantly full of grockles, so watch out for the sun and crowds. Consider Herculaneum as well - while it's a lot smaller, and doesn't have quite such a human touch (the population had time to run away), a lot of it is much better preserved.

Monique vdB

That is also gorgeous. I also want to go to Burney falls, which is in California, so I really have no excuse.

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@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-do you have any recommendations for Venice as it sounds like you've been more than once? My husband is grumbling that it is a boring tourist trap (he went before we met) but if I can lead him to some delicious food, he will be happy.

We also did a honeymoon tour of Eastern Europe and missed Neuschwanstein. On my list for sure.

Monique vdB

@Nic Brough -Adaptavist- Noted on Pompeii and Herculaneum!

Community Manager

@Monique vdB I have Venice recos for you!

London and Paris are at the top of my "must go soon" list. ✨

Thomas Schlegel

Some places on my list are

Canada (especially the western part, starting in Vancouver)
New York, Boston & Maine in fall (I've been in New York and Boston before, but I'd love to go again)
Galapagos Islands
New Zealand (unfortunately my husband was there twice already and he won't go there again... )
Vietnam
Nepal / Tibet
Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden
Iceland

Monique vdB

I'll go to New Zealand with you! I have a friend in Wellington and I've always wanted to visit her. We'll leave our husbands at home.

Iceland is also on my list. And Scotland. And I'd love to go back to Ireland and do a driving tour of England. (All the stuff from Jane Austen's novels, plus @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-'s house.)

Thomas Schlegel

@Monique vdB Great, let's meet in New Zealand :-)

BiancaE

Top 3, in order:

1) Iceland

2) Patagonia

3) Petra

Monique vdB

Oooooohh.

Ana Retamal

I can say I'm pretty lucky and I've travelled a lot so far, but there's always places left to visit. Still in my list:

The Taj Mahal in India

Istambul
Croatia
Greece
Canada
And Japan AGAIN ♡

PD: I Know it's not Friday anymore, but the timing was bad for AMS and I wanted to participate!

Cheers!

Ana

Monique vdB

Maybe it should be "question of the week" instead -- our Friday fun threads never close

Thomas Schlegel

Most of the time, it is almost Saturday here, when the new friday-fun-thread is coming up. Thank god, the thread is not closed at midnight :-)

Jodi LeBlanc

Wow, this thread has so much eye candy! Love all the places listed on your travel bucket lists! I would love to visit Hawaii, actually I know I would love to move there and sell tshirts and give SUP lessons on the beach. What a simple life, my dream!

MarcAnthony005

A place that had never “existed “... so far

Carol Jones

This may sound lame based on all the beautiful posts above, but this next year I'm pushing hard for a Napa trip!

Monique vdB

@Carol Jones wine country is wonderful! Also take a look at Sonoma, Calistoga, and the Russian River Valley. When you come here I will have a good list of recommendations for you.

Davin Studer

So, maybe it's the nerd in me, but if I could REALLY go anywhere I want I would be on the first commercial flight to the Moon or Mars. Seeing as that is probably not a reality I would have to settle for Ireland. I love Irish music, culture, accent, etc.

Jack Brickey

I have already chartered the first flight for all the Champions. ;-)

Tinker Fadoua

I would love to visit Turkey and Egypt.

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