juddie
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« on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 10:59:33 » |
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mate of mine interested in going on a stag do to france. anybody been anywhere they can suggest? Needs to be nice but cheap?! If there is such a thing!
Anyone been to lille?
Just back from a stag in Dublin. F*cking ludicrously expensive. Great place though...
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Sippo
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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 11:09:43 » |
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Never been to France and would never go, but what with the poor euro rate I would avoid europe. The further east you go the cheaper it gets I find.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 11:11:32 » |
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why would you never go?
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Sippo
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I ain't gettin on no plane fool
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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 11:13:43 » |
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hate the french
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 11:17:46 » |
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juddie
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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 11:21:38 » |
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thanks for your, er, help sippo.
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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 11:24:08 » |
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Disneyland Paris?  that would be possibly the most random stag do ever?? Agreed though Dublin is deeply ace but deeply expensive - was it your first time there? |
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juddie
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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 11:42:45 » |
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fourth. we didn't even go to temple bar this time. great place, one of my favourite citites, but six euros a pint!!
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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 11:43:13 » |
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I once went on a stag weekend to Reims. Spent the day getting trashed on cheap champagne and the evenings getting trashed on beer. All of which means I remember very little about Reims. Sorry.
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Christy
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« Reply #9 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 12:12:32 » |
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Much as I love the place.....i wouldn't be considering France for a stag weekend. They're just not cultural enough to have properly grasped binge drinking yet.
Many's the time I've wandered through some gorgeous town or other, admired the bars, the street life, the.....only to find it all shut up come beer o'clock.
Lille is as good a shout as anywhere (in that it is pretty, easily accessible and lively), because it's practically Belgian. But not cheap.
Have you considered anywhere in Germany or Holland, for example, where the natives might be a little more like-minded, if you like that sort of thing?
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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 12:16:13 » |
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Some of my best ever binges have been in france, small one or two bar villages are best, they are normally delighted that they get tourists, and in my experience stay open until you've drunk everything.
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« Reply #11 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 12:29:30 » |
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Lille is as good a shout as anywhere (in that it is pretty, easily accessible and lively), because it's practically Belgian.
This has to be the only time anyone has ever used the phrase "practically Belgian" as a recommendation  |
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« Reply #12 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 12:33:02 » |
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In fact Belgium would probably be better for a drinking weekend, but I know what pauld means
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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 12:58:14 » |
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Went to Paris for my honey moon in 1981. Awful experience & was confirmed on a vist 10 years later. Why would any one go to france when Spain is warmer, cheaper & friendlier. ? Even the illegal immigrants can't wait to get out of france.
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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 13:29:20 » |
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Northen France is indeed the pits.
The South however is brilliant. Weather is great, some great towns and cities and really friendly locals (Apart from Marseilles).
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