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 Topic: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?

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  • Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     OP - March 15, 2012, 10:24 AM

    I am seriously considering booking a weekend away somewhere, maybe even a week since I'm not sure a weekend would give me the time I need, but then a week is too much to ask (again) off my friend for babysitting.

    Either way, weekend, or like a 4 day long one, I need to go away for awhile to just be alone.

    I am a bit nervous though.  Have held myself back from doing a lot of things in life by being too afraid to do them without a friend to hold my hand and I've never just randomly travelled somewhere alone.

    Just like I have only just started recently going to cafes on my own, and I plan to go to the cinema on my own no matter how sad and lonely it looks.

    Truth is IRL I don't have enough friends to do things with.  I don't even have a clubbing partner at the moment since one has a very young baby and I am her babysitter, which also leaves her with no one to go out with it Grin and my other friend is too busy sucking up to her new man and stuck in his pocket to party. 

    So basically that means I don't have any choice anymore.  I mean no way am I going to a club alone no matter how much I feel like partying, but I need to start doing things alone before more time slips away from me.

    So, any of you do the 'lonesome' thing?

    I'm thinking of a weekend away in amsterdam.  I went there before and I loved the city and the atmosphere.  Can really see myself enjoying hanging out by the canal cafes on my own, with my kindle or a book.   

    Or somewhere else, question is where?

    Any suggestions on nice getaways for the weekend with art galleries, museums, picturesque reading spots etc and kind of good for the solo traveller?






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  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #1 - March 15, 2012, 10:31 AM

    Oooooo maybe I shold forget amsterdam and head to rome.

    I just looked up some rough prices and it's looking possible.

    That would be teh awesome weekend away alone.  So much to see on my own.


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #2 - March 15, 2012, 10:37 AM



    I really don't know why people don't do more travelling or take breaks alone. Its adventurous, it gives you great head space, you can be spontaneous without having to worry about what others want to do, and you can have freedom to indulge yourself.

    By the way, I always go to the cinema by myself, mostly when I do that I do it in the afternoons. Its great, love doing that.

    I also sit in pubs by myself reading a book from time to time, slowly sipping a pint, watching the world go by.

    Its always good not to be isolated, and good to do things with family and friends. But its just as great to do things on your own, I'd even say its important to do that.

    As to where to go for a short break - you're spoilt for choice in Europe aren't you? Amsterdam  is obviously lovely but you can just as easily nip onto a train and be in Paris in a couple of hours. Paris is the kind of city that you can just spend a couple of days walking the streets and by-lanes soaking up the atmosphere, popping into a gallery, exhibition, shop now and then, eating at cafes. You can pretend you're Audrey Hepburn for a couple of days!

    Or you could just go somewhere in the UK, Edinburgh, or hop over the sea to Dublin. Everyone is a great place for a short break.


    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #3 - March 15, 2012, 10:38 AM

    Oooooo maybe I shold forget amsterdam and head to rome.


    Why not? Do it!

    People really don't understand how lucky we are to be living in Europe in the age of cheap flights and Eurostar.


    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #4 - March 15, 2012, 10:43 AM

    i traveled around england alone a couple of years ago. i left my baggage in london and traveled around with just my schoolbag for 4 days. it was a great experience, i stayed with friends in several places but also had a lot of time alone. although i'll admit, sometimes it felt lonely.

    i also went to boston alone once. stayed with a friend, but also had a lot of time for myself. did some writing in cafes, and walked around the city and took photos. i remember spending hours in the park around the river snapping shots. and i took a day trip to rhode island on the same trip and spent a lot of time at a bar doing some writing.

    even when i'm not traveling i like going to cafes alone. i do it a lot. to study, read and write. and sometimes i give myself "me time" to go shopping and treat myself. sometimes i'd want to do those things with a friend, but i usually do them alone.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #5 - March 15, 2012, 10:50 AM

    I considered paris, but I've been there a few times, and to be fair I would spend more time there trying to find my real mum again, that I wouldn't enjoy the experience as much.

    I dunno though, maybe I should compare prices.  I should start thinking about things like 'making a saving' Grin




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  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #6 - March 15, 2012, 10:55 AM

    I once spent a weekend in a B and B at Great Yarmouth, it wasn't posh, glamorous or expensive, but I absolutely loved being alone with the sea. I met some new people at a local hotel pub and then went on the rides the next day. I've also done the same in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire as well as Brighton, Southend and also once in Nottingham.

    I like travelling around the UK and staying in local B and Bs-especially in the summer and coast towns.

    Anyway, that's all, never been abroad and done this yet, but I will one day, I want to go to Vegas on my own some time.

    "Nobody who lived through the '50s thought the '60s could've existed. So there's always hope."-Tuli Kupferberg

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  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #7 - March 15, 2012, 11:54 AM

    I'm thinking of a weekend away in amsterdam.  I went there before and I loved the city and the atmosphere.  Can really see myself enjoying hanging out by the canal cafes on my own, with my kindle or a book.   

    I went to Amsterdam on my own to mark what I hoped was the end of a drab, fallow period of my life, and spent three days walking around with my eyes half-full of tears because that transfiguring moment refused to come.

    It wasn't the end of the fallow period of course, just the beginning of the end.

    Go to Amsterdam, but don't expect too much of it or of yourself.



    And lay off the weed until at least 9am.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #8 - March 15, 2012, 02:00 PM

    do it bella!!.. i wish i could .. so i'm going to live vicariously through you!!..

    grab a gorgeous pair of shoes and a great matching purse while you're at it....
    ....sip on something cool while reading a novel...

    yessss.. do it for me bella!!
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #9 - March 15, 2012, 02:45 PM

    oh berbs... i have dreamed of doing that for years LOL  even just overnight.
    kept meaning to do it but never got around to it. 

    go for it   grin12  not a damned thing wrong with a little "me" time

    When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
    Helen Keller
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #10 - March 15, 2012, 06:16 PM

    Barcelona?  Gaudi blew my mind!

    Venice?  Buskers doing Opera?! 

    When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.


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  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #11 - March 15, 2012, 07:16 PM

    i traveled around england alone a couple of years ago. i left my baggage in london and traveled around with just my schoolbag for 4 days. it was a great experience, i stayed with friends in several places but also had a lot of time alone. although i'll admit, sometimes it felt lonely.

    i also went to boston alone once. stayed with a friend, but also had a lot of time for myself. did some writing in cafes, and walked around the city and took photos. i remember spending hours in the park around the river snapping shots. and i took a day trip to rhode island on the same trip and spent a lot of time at a bar doing some writing.

    even when i'm not traveling i like going to cafes alone. i do it a lot. to study, read and write. and sometimes i give myself "me time" to go shopping and treat myself. sometimes i'd want to do those things with  friend, but i usually do them alone.



    Yea, I can totally see you doing stuff like that as it happens.  You don't seem to lack zee cahones my friend.  Tongue

    I once spent a weekend in a B and B at Great Yarmouth, it wasn't posh, glamorous or expensive, but I absolutely loved being alone with the sea. I met some new people at a local hotel pub and then went on the rides the next day. I've also done the same in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire as well as Brighton, Southend and also once in Nottingham.

    I like travelling around the UK and staying in local B and Bs-especially in the summer and coast towns.

    Anyway, that's all, never been abroad and done this yet, but I will one day, I want to go to Vegas on my own some time.


    I did consider doing a weekend away somewhere in the UK, but I am so tired of the UK.  Even adding the sea to the scenery, it would still be the UK.  I need something different to lose myself in.

    I went to Amsterdam on my own to mark what I hoped was the end of a drab, fallow period of my life, and spent three days walking around with my eyes half-full of tears because that transfiguring moment refused to come.

    It wasn't the end of the fallow period of course, just the beginning of the end.

    Go to Amsterdam, but don't expect too much of it or of yourself.



    And lay off the weed until at least 9am.


    Lol yes, I was defintely dreaming of some life changing moment happening whilst I was away that would help me make some serious decisions in life and hopefully look forward to returning to it.

    Meh.  I'm still hoping for it.  And it would be amsterdam Grin I already smoke weed before 9am, chances of not doing it there before then are slim. 

    But maybe that is why I should opt for rome.  It would be nicer to get away from the weed for a bit.  God it would be beautiful to get away from this curse for awhile.

    do it bella!!.. i wish i could .. so i'm going to live vicariously through you!!..

    grab a gorgeous pair of shoes and a great matching purse while you're at it....
    ....sip on something cool while reading a novel...

    yessss.. do it for me bella!!


    oh berbs... i have dreamed of doing that for years LOL  even just overnight.
    kept meaning to do it but never got around to it. 

    go for it   grin12  not a damned thing wrong with a little "me" time


    Ok, hearing how you 2 haven't got round to it yet makes me feel less bad for also never having done it yet.  And suprisingly now more determined to do it.

     dance


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #12 - March 15, 2012, 07:18 PM

    Barcelona?  Gaudi blew my mind!

    Venice?  Buskers doing Opera?! 


    I forgot about venice as an option.  I will look into prices for that too. 

    Oooo this sounds like its a brilliant plan for me.

    I am so doing this. 

    I think I am more leaning towards rome.  I want some heat at the same time I get my break away.

    So far price for 4 days flights and hotel is £310 for next month.  That sounds worth it for some me time.

    I still aim to find a cheaper combination if possible. 


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #13 - March 15, 2012, 08:47 PM

    I go to cafes and restaurants on my own.... walk aimlessly around shops. I really like going to the cinema on my own. I'm planning to do a bit of walking around hills and parks during the summer months this year. I used to feel very self conscious about being on my own, but because I am a bit of a loner any way, I'm learning to love and embrace doing things on my own.

    I haven't attempted to go on holiday by myself yet though. I think it's a great idea Berbs. There are loads of cheap deals. I bet it would be great to lose yourself in a new city or town. Can't wait to hear what you finally choose Smiley

  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #14 - March 15, 2012, 08:56 PM

    whats wrong with brussells/Antwerp?

    I lived in belgium for a year, and we would spend ALL fracking
    weekend up there lol!  Antwerp was AWESOOOOOOOME!  Well
    so was brussells.   bunny  PARTEEEEEEH!

    When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
    Helen Keller
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #15 - March 15, 2012, 11:53 PM

    Berbs!

    I recommend the Cultural capital of Europe - Berlin. Forget Amsterdam! Go to Berlin! It got everything!  dance

    "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all
            Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

    - John Keats
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #16 - March 15, 2012, 11:55 PM

    Seville is great. Cheaper and warmer than Rome.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #17 - March 16, 2012, 12:46 AM

    whats wrong with brussells/Antwerp?

    I lived in belgium for a year, and we would spend ALL fracking
    weekend up there lol!  Antwerp was AWESOOOOOOOME!  Well
    so was brussells.   bunny  PARTEEEEEEH!


    Bruges is a beautiful little town to take a short trip to.

    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #18 - March 16, 2012, 01:22 AM

    I go to the cinema alone, cafes, concerts, a few trips, etc. I'm well accustomed to the act of hanging alone, and I like it.  Afro

    It can be good because when you go alone to places, you really do meet people more often than if you're with a friend and stuck in your own bubble chatting. But you have to be open to it. Sometimes when I go out to the city and I'm just place-hopping Grin I might be a bit moody and just want to go in and out, get a drink, check out the place quick, and leave. Or if the atmosphere is feeling awkward. Other times - like shows - it's way easier and accommodating for meeting people.. as long as there's cool people around/it's a good crowd.

    What about Prague? I always hear good things about it.

    Rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #19 - March 16, 2012, 01:32 AM

    i also went to boston alone once. stayed with a friend, but also had a lot of time for myself. did some writing in cafes, and walked around the city and took photos. i remember spending hours in the park around the river snapping shots. and i took a day trip to rhode island on the same trip and spent a lot of time at a bar doing some writing.


    I also do this sort of thing. The travel or go somewhere in your city alone but meet up with a friend later thing. But don't constantly hang out with them. I went to Austin once for a concert and stayed at a friend's dorm in UT and I think she had several exams going on that next week so she stayed on campus most of the time to study and we only ate together once, but the next day she told me to check out this street for pizza and clothing shops so that's what I did before I went to the show.

    Rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #20 - March 16, 2012, 02:02 AM

    Man, the more suggestions you guys keep throwing at me, the more confused I am getting as to where to go.

    I don't do well with too many choices.  Grin

    I'm a libraaaaaaaaan.   Cheesy

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #21 - July 29, 2012, 06:24 PM

    i was reading an article and immediately thought of this thread.. and others about women travelling alone..
    i think every woman should travel somewhere alone.. why the hell not..

    http://www.salon.com/2012/07/24/every_woman_should_travel_alone/?

    snippet:...
    At the age of 27, I got in my aquamarine Honda and drove 26,000 miles around the country for five months by myself. It was foolish and lonely and 10 years later, I still think it might be the best thing I’ve ever done. I wore clothes till they were filthy and lived on baked beans and peanut butter, but the luxury of that time is unimaginable to me now, because I woke up every morning with no one’s agenda but my own. What did I want to see today? Where did I want to go?
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #22 - July 29, 2012, 06:32 PM

    I would love to do that

    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #23 - July 29, 2012, 07:38 PM

     yes me too!
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #24 - July 29, 2012, 07:42 PM

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  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #25 - July 30, 2012, 02:22 PM

    2 years ago I spent 10 days by myself in Brazil, it was the first time I was travelling alone.

    Before my trip I was a little concerned because I read that some places could be very dangerous (specially for a woman) and I was a little afraid of feeling too lonely at times. And it was so far away! (I live in Paris).
    But I'm glad I decided to go anyway because it was one of the greatest experiences of my life!
    I visited 2 cities, Salvador da Bahia and Rio de Janeiro.
    I completely fell in love with the people, the food, the music, the breathtaking landscapes... Travelling alone is the best way to meet new people.
    I always felt safe, of course you have to be careful like you would be in any big city.
    I promised myself that I would try to travel to far away places whenever possible.

    So last year I spent 11 days in South Korea! Amazing as well. So different from Europe. Very rich culture. And the food!

    This year I will visit family during my vacation but I am already searching for a place to visit next year... maybe Malaysia.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #26 - August 06, 2012, 07:49 AM

    So have you booked your tickets yet Berbs? Sounds like an awesome idea! yes

    I'm considering it myself. I really need a break from life, especially after all the shit that has been going on. I don't know how I'm going to do it, considering it's so hard to get babysitting, but maybe I'll ask a friend of mine if she can baby sit the kids for a weekend and I'll pay her for it (I reckon she'd do it for the money too lol). *shrugs* But knowing her she'd probably want to come with and want me to take the kids with me, and what I really need is a break from the kids. Fuck, that makes me sound like an ungrateful person doesn't it? I love my kids, I really do, just want to get away from it all for awhile and kick back without having, "Mummy! Mummy! Mummy!" every 5 minutes.  Roll Eyes

    Would like to get away from it all though and just chill out. Thought of maybe even traveling overseas all by myself, but problem is that I couldn't get enough babysitting to let me do just that as flights there and back would probably take 2 days or more. I'd love to go somewhere like the UK or france or Brazil or Russia or Greece. Who knows. Probably will do it when my kids hit their teens when they aren't so dependent on me. Or maybe I'll see if one of my friends who've I've babysat their kid for a week a year ago might do an exchange of babysitting for a week for me.

    I once won all-expenses paid tickets to go to a spa resort for a weekend in a really expensive yuppy town in another part of Australia all 'cause I'd gotten student of the year award at the time... and stupid me, I gave those tickets to my parents. idiot2  Cheesy Should've kept those tickets and gone to the spa resort myself lol but I wanted to make my parents happy so gave them to them (don't know if my parents even went lol), looking back now I think it was stupid of me 'cause they didn't appreciate it and I missed out on going myself all for naught.

    You go girl!  dance Tell us when you book those tickets and what you get up to!  dance
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #27 - August 06, 2012, 08:07 AM

    I never did get the chance Cry  I've been scraping the barrel just for bill money since the exact same month I made this thread, when I had some spare cash floating around.  That soon died lol.  Grin

    I still want this but truth is I'm far from being able to afford it right now. 

    Maybe next year.

    I'm lucky with my friends and my brother.  between them I can get the time I need to go away.  I've done the same for them and always will when needed so it's a fair trade.

    Just a matter of money.  Always boils down to that.  banghead

    Finger's crossed you get some babysitting and a bit of spare cash for a small weekend off.  Smiley

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Have any of you ever booked a weekend away for yourself; alone?
     Reply #28 - August 06, 2012, 08:43 AM

    I never did get the chance Cry.............


    me too.. Cry

    i wantogoto Mecca and do this to Meccan people

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    I renounced my faith to become a kafir, 
    the beloved betrayed me and turned in to  a Muslim
     
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