What's the best souvenir you have bought on holiddy
Discussion
northwest monkey said:
bimsb6 said:
An s&s super e carb and manifold , a supertrapp 2:1 stainless pipe, a crane hi 4 ignition and a pair of ceramic tree frogs which sit on our cooker hob all from the U.S.A
Doesn't all that stuff get in the way when you're using the hob?
A piece of Murano Glass - It's a vase that was made and inscribed on the base for us as it was a wedding present to ourselves while we were on our honeymoon.
If you go to Venice, you must go to the Murano islands to see the glass making demonstrations. The level of skill is simply superb. Beware though; it can be a wallet-emptying experience.
If you go to Venice, you must go to the Murano islands to see the glass making demonstrations. The level of skill is simply superb. Beware though; it can be a wallet-emptying experience.
Does bringing back a padi open water certification count as a souvenir?
If not its all the iittala glassware I get on every Finnish trip, or maybe the Finnish hunting knife.
Or probably the German Stein.
Not got round to buying prints and paintings done by locals yet, but they are next on the list for a holiday and bringing them back to hang on the walls.
If not its all the iittala glassware I get on every Finnish trip, or maybe the Finnish hunting knife.
Or probably the German Stein.
Not got round to buying prints and paintings done by locals yet, but they are next on the list for a holiday and bringing them back to hang on the walls.
We get a tea towel from every place we stay.
We also have a glass bottle that we put a layer of sand in from each holiday. We're up to two layers so far but it'll look good in a few years.
I used to collect rocks but I was starting to end up with a cairn in my front room so I've stopped that.
We also have a glass bottle that we put a layer of sand in from each holiday. We're up to two layers so far but it'll look good in a few years.
I used to collect rocks but I was starting to end up with a cairn in my front room so I've stopped that.
Asterix said:
If you go to Venice, you must go to the Murano islands to see the glass making demonstrations. The level of skill is simply superb. Beware though; it can be a wallet-emptying experience.
Truly fantastic craftsmanship - when we went, a chap made a beautiful 10" tall prancing horse from scratch in the space of about 15 minutes.Sadly, I cant find my hard copies of the pictures and since Myspace regenerated itself, I've lost my hosted digital ones too
We bought one of these.
After a refit in Singapore, we sailed up to Phuket for a week's R & R. First night there was a tad boozy and at 5am at a beach bar, the fishermen started prepare their boats to leave for the day. Our skipper staggered along the beach, picked the prettiest boat and offered the owner a price, he took it there and then.
After spending a week blatting around the islands in the boat, reality kicked in. How the hell do you get a 30ft wooden boat home? We got the cranes out and very carefully winched her up onto the helicopter deck and cut some solid wooden chocks for her to sit on. 8 months later, we sailed back to the Med.
Offloading the boat was very dicey, many of the timbers had dried out and gapping. Easing her into the water we left her in the slings overnight so that the wood would swell and take up the gaps. Pumping her out in the morning, the timber had settled greatly. Those Thai boatbuilders know a thing or two.
So we started to blatt around Antibes, Cannes and then down to Monaco with her. She has a big single cylinder diesel and straight through exhaust, a bit noisy. Direct drive to the prop, the only way to reverse is to swing the bloody great propshaft and spinning prop over the heads of passengers to drive the boat astern. The Monaco Port Captain didn't find this amusing, with all the noise and a bunch of drunk sailors dressed as Thai fishermen hooning around his harbour. We were politely asked to f
k off.
The boat now lives in English Harbour, Antigua.
After a refit in Singapore, we sailed up to Phuket for a week's R & R. First night there was a tad boozy and at 5am at a beach bar, the fishermen started prepare their boats to leave for the day. Our skipper staggered along the beach, picked the prettiest boat and offered the owner a price, he took it there and then.
After spending a week blatting around the islands in the boat, reality kicked in. How the hell do you get a 30ft wooden boat home? We got the cranes out and very carefully winched her up onto the helicopter deck and cut some solid wooden chocks for her to sit on. 8 months later, we sailed back to the Med.
Offloading the boat was very dicey, many of the timbers had dried out and gapping. Easing her into the water we left her in the slings overnight so that the wood would swell and take up the gaps. Pumping her out in the morning, the timber had settled greatly. Those Thai boatbuilders know a thing or two.
So we started to blatt around Antibes, Cannes and then down to Monaco with her. She has a big single cylinder diesel and straight through exhaust, a bit noisy. Direct drive to the prop, the only way to reverse is to swing the bloody great propshaft and spinning prop over the heads of passengers to drive the boat astern. The Monaco Port Captain didn't find this amusing, with all the noise and a bunch of drunk sailors dressed as Thai fishermen hooning around his harbour. We were politely asked to f
k off.The boat now lives in English Harbour, Antigua.
Gassing Station | Holidays & Travel | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff