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fab · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: christmas trips

where do you plan to go for christmas holidays (If you have holyday).
Or what do you plan to do for this particular period of the year ?

Benjamin [inactive] · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject:

Tomorrow (22nd), my father's family will come round to our house in the evening, and we will eat sausages, potatoes and cabbage, followed by stollen (made by me) and anything else I decide to make tomorrow after going to the music shop to choose a recorder (flute à bec). On Christmas Eve in the evening, we will go to sing Christmas carols with lanterns on the green. Then, on Christmas Day, I will go to church with my parents in the morning, and then my father's family will come to our house again for Christmas dinner, where they will remain for the rest of the day. On 27th December, we will go to stay with my mother's parents for a few days, where we will see most of her family.

So, I'm not really going anywhere or doing anything hugely exciting.

Shouga · Expert Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 209

Christmas Day will be spent in a pub this year, according to my mother.

Deborah · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:43 pm Post subject:

The only family I have here is my brother. We're both invited to my roommate's sister's place for dinner on Christmas, but I don't particularly feel like being around a lot of people. I'm inclined to do something just with my brother, like go to a movie. Bah! Humbug!

Loic · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:01 am Post subject:

Do girls or women, for that matter, frequent pubs? I thought public houses were the last bastions of male bonding!
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Benjamin [inactive] · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject:

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fab · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject:

Pauline · Guest

I have travelled to two foreign countrys : Germany (Cologne ) and Ireland. I was in Cologne during one day but I was longer time in Ireland. One day we went to a pub and I liked it very much

Benjamin [inactive] · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject:

Loic · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject:

Here's the exterior of a pub in Singapore which I frequent from time to time. Am not a regular there, though.

Over here, pubs mainly serve as venues for us to watch football matches live on the big screen. I was exaggerating when I said that such establishments were devoid of a female presence. There'd be girlfriends who tag along to drink and who'd keep bugging us to leave before the final whistle at the 90th minute.
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Uriel · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject:

I'm in Georgia at the moment, visiting my mother for a week. Other relatives have converged as well.

Uriel · Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject:

My impression of English pubs (which was brief; I ate in one with my dad) was that they are not like American bars at all -- much more like an American bar and grill, which is essentially a restaurant with a larger beer selection than most, and a few taps around a central bar area, which is in turn surrounded by ordinary restaurant-style tables and booths, and is open to all ages. The difference is that we tend to not congregate there socially or have a favorite one that we frequent as regulars. And in my experience, even with bars, it is more common to hit several than to spend the whole night at one -- unless that one is just having a great night.