Krakow, Vienna or Girona?

redblood: 😁😁😁
Details man, I need detail…….
What type of shoes were they?
Approx cost?
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🤣 Burst out laughing at you calling your good lady wife ‘Imelda Marcos mk2’. So funny.

Intrigued now.
How many pairs of shoes/boots have you indulged your wife in?
Total she possesses atm?

Before I go any further, I’d just like to congratulate you both on 50 years Mr & Mrs redblood!🥳
That’s wonderful.🥰👌🏻

Righteo, back on topic now. Well our lil side topic anyway. Oooopsy!🤣

Imelda: I’m dreadful for buying shoes too.🤭
Plus my other buying fetishes are: boots, handbags & purses!
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I dunno who the equiv of Imelda is for excessive handbag & purse purchases tho. Do yous have any ideas?😵‍💫

I consider myself to be very lucky and fortunate that I have a lovely partner who indulges my fetishes/addictions.🙂
Sometimes immediately, sometimes a lil time down the line. See below……..

I VERY OCCASIONLY tell a lil white lie regarding my shoe, boot, handbag & purse purchases.😇
Which is sneaking them into the house and then days, weeks or months later when he MAY notice me wearing/carrying them, I tell him I’ve had them for absolutely ages!🤣
Saying “Remember when I went to xxxxx (town/shops) last xxxxx (week/month) with the girls, well I……. blah de blah de blah.”☺️

Now you’ve already seen on this thread, that I can rattle for England yeah 😁🤣 well, I think he then starts switching off to my story and I notice a glazed expression appearing on his fizzog.🤣

Although sometimes I think he actually knows the truth but happily/mischievously/cheekily plays along. Bless him.😁🤣😎
Who’s kidding who here?!😗 Doh!🤣

Actually, to be fair, he does very kindly indulge me MOST of the time. When he asks what I’ve bought today and I tell him I bought a new handbag. The resigned shaking of his head is accompanied by laughing and he says “Like you really needed another handbag didn’t ya!”😁
My response is “yeah I do need another handbag cos I haven’t got one in this particular shade of xxxxx (colour) or this style, this shape, this brand/designer etc etc”.😁

Apologies for another long un from me on here 😗 Scroll down right past if doesn’t interest yous. Ta muchly. Sorry to natarlie too.
Especially as it’s nowt to do with Krakow really.Oooopsy!☺️
xx
I don't begrudge my wife buying or owning the impossible to count amount of shoes that she has or had. She is a high school teacher who works very hard and deserves such luxuries.
Her summer holidays here in Oz are Dec/ Jan and so our many trips to Europe have always been winter trips. Now many people are happy to come home with a memento or two, you know
like a fridge magnet or similar. Oh no, not my wife, it's shoes, shoes and even more shoes.
It hadn't been such a problem for me lugging them all back to Oz as we had only been away for a month. ( I mean how many pairs of shoes can a girl buy in a month?) it was only a matter of buying another bag or two or one very large one.

The problem arose when we decided not to have kids and spend our hard earned travelling the world for the rest of our lives. In 1990, 95 and 2001 we took a year off work in each of those years
to do just that. We bought a campervan and set off and went to many countries and picked up many pairs of shoes along the way. No problem, we had enough room under the back seat to house
them all. But, the problem arose when we went back to England to sell the campervan and were planning to spend the last month of the holiday in Thailand and it was her decision that I didn't need
all my winter clothes anymore and that I should chuck them and fill my backpack with her shoes.

This is what upsets me about all these shoes, as I am now having to arrive in Bangkok with a fully laden backpack and yet have nothing of my own except a sarong, a couple of pairs of undies and a pair of speedos.
( Now that's a sight to behold, me in a pair of speedos. That's enough for any self respecting female to avoid visiting Thailand. It certainly wouldn't be a good photo on a travel brochure :unsure: )
Other than the clothes that I'm wearing.

Still, this is what husbands and partners do hey ?

Stay safe best wishes from Oz and well done ( lucky sods, 92 mins) to your beloved DCFC
 
Vienna,l welleverytime for me. Basically becuase I have a mate who lives there and I'll be able to visit her.

There is so much to do and see in thst city. Very historic, beautiful city and a cracking nightlife to.

Public transport system is very good also.

Museums galore, go and see the torture museum in an old WW2 missile cylo.

If you had extra time you could have nipped over the border to Bratislava. Very easy to get too. Bus, train and river cruise.
 
I’ve been to all three but on three different types of holidays. Went to Krakow with some friends, great nightlife and really interesting trips to do in the day. Was also cheap which is good.

Vienna I’ve been on day trips never stayed. Lovely city but found it to be on the expensive side.

Girona, my girlfriends grandmother lives near toot and it’s the airport we always fly to when going to visit. It’s a nice city, lovely in the summer but not sure I’d have enjoyed it as much if the weather wasn’t nice.

I’d to Krakow.
 
I've not been to any of those cities but can't speak highly enough of Polish people. I've worked with lots and all are great people. For that reason, I'd say Krakow.
 
I'd be very careful going to Krakow/ Poland at the minute, or anywhere neighbouring Ukraine.

There's a fair chance that a lot of NATO could use Poland as their main staging point to try and help defend Ukraine, if it kicks off.
 
I'd be very careful going to Krakow/ Poland at the minute, or anywhere neighbouring Ukraine.

There's a fair chance that a lot of NATO could use Poland as their main staging point to try and help defend Ukraine, if it kicks off.
Sorry Andy, I have never scowled at any of your posts on any subject matter but for me that's the equivalent of saying don't
go for a swim in Sydney as a man has recently been devoured by a shark close by. Or be careful if going to NZ for a couple
of days as it is prone to earthquake and has volcanos.

It would be a shame for natarli to miss out on a jewel of a place for fear of soldiers marching through the old town
in the two days that she will be there for.

I'm very careful and mindful of the possible dangers wherever I go in the world. Id assume that we all are.
 
Sorry Andy, I have never scowled at any of your posts on any subject matter but for me that's the equivalent of saying don't
go for a swim in Sydney as a man has recently been devoured by a shark close by. Or be careful if going to NZ for a couple
of days as it is prone to earthquake and has volcanos.

It would be a shame for natarli to miss out on a jewel of a place for fear of soldiers marching through the old town
in the two days that she will be there for.

I'm very careful and mindful of the possible dangers wherever I go in the world. Id assume that we all are.
Feel free to scowl away :)

I'm not saying don't go, far from it, just now seems like a pretty bad time to travel there, if there ever was one in the last 70 years. The risk is low, but people should be aware of the risk, that's all.

You wouldn't get me swimming/ surfing in the Sydney open water, days after a shark attack either, but maybe that's just me. People might be more scared of the shark, than possible danger to Europe/ Ukraine NATO border countries, but I wouldn't be. They're both less than 1 in 100 risk, but to me neither is worth that risk, I'd just go somewhere else and then go to Krakow some other time.

There won't be soldiers marching through anywhere in NATO countries, it's just not going to happen, but I wouldn't rule out air strikes, albeit like I said, the chance of that is less than 1 in 100 I think, at the minute anyway.
 
Feel free to scowl away :)

I'm not saying don't go, far from it, just now seems like a pretty bad time to travel there, if there ever was one in the last 70 years. The risk is low, but people should be aware of the risk, that's all.

You wouldn't get me swimming/ surfing in the Sydney open water, days after a shark attack either, but maybe that's just me. People might be more scared of the shark, than possible danger to Europe/ Ukraine NATO border countries, but I wouldn't be. They're both less than 1 in 100 risk, but to me neither is worth that risk, I'd just go somewhere else and then go to Krakow some other time.

There won't be soldiers marching through anywhere in NATO countries, it's just not going to happen, but I wouldn't rule out air strikes, albeit like I said, the chance of that is less than 1 in 100 I think, at the minute anyway.
But Andy, that is exactly my point.
In your reply you have suggested that the risk is low and go on to say that you wouldn't swim in Sydney days after the shark attack.
That suggests to me that you would maybe a week later?
You further mention figures of less than 1 in 100 chances of some possible danger.

There is danger in life every single day. Some people burn their house down burning a steak, others get hit by cars on pedestrian crossings.
I could go on and on all day about the possible dangers and each and everyone would be far more of a chance than being taken by a shark
or hit by airstrikes whilst on holiday for a couple of days, no matter where in the world.

Maybe it's just me and my outlook on life but if everyone were to be too scared to do anything or go somewhere because of there being a
less than 1 in 100 chance of coming to some sort of grief, the world would come to a complete standstill.

It's only my thought but that scenario would be absolutely ridiculous and life would be meaningless.
 
The team I work with in krakow aren't worried about air strikes. Nor would I be to be honest.

Each to their own though.
 
A bit off point but we’re in Gdańsk this weekend. It’s a fantastic place, the architecture is amazing and the people are really lovely

And it’s cheap as chips. A meal for two with three beers was less than thirty quid

Went to the TU, Solidarity museum and that was incredible. This is a great place to visit and flights are often really cheap from Leeds
The second world war museum is also good.

I love Polish city breaks, cheap accessible and very interesting places.

Let’s hope this option doesn’t become unavailable…..
 
But Andy, that is exactly my point.
In your reply you have suggested that the risk is low and go on to say that you wouldn't swim in Sydney days after the shark attack.
That suggests to me that you would maybe a week later?
You further mention figures of less than 1 in 100 chances of some possible danger.

There is danger in life every single day. Some people burn their house down burning a steak, others get hit by cars on pedestrian crossings.
I could go on and on all day about the possible dangers and each and everyone would be far more of a chance than being taken by a shark
or hit by airstrikes whilst on holiday for a couple of days, no matter where in the world.

Maybe it's just me and my outlook on life but if everyone were to be too scared to do anything or go somewhere because of there being a
less than 1 in 100 chance of coming to some sort of grief, the world would come to a complete standstill.

It's only my thought but that scenario would be absolutely ridiculous and life would be meaningless.
I would have went waist deep or "paddled" the same day, but yes, a few weeks later I would probably swim in the sea, but probably not "far out". Not saying he was far out mind (as I don't know), but I have nothing to gain swimming in water which is any deeper than I would need to be able to swim. To be honest I hate the beach anyway, but each to their own.

To some 1 in 100 is a risk too large to want to risk, that's the same risk as dying from Covid (if you caught it) back in April 20, but some were at more risk than others, the same as some swimmers would be at more risk than others.

I just don't see the point in taking risks where there are equally good alternatives, or where the same things can be done at other times with far less risk.

The chance of burning your house down and dying whilst cooking, or being hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing are both probably much lower than the chance of being eaten by a shark a week after a shark has eaten someone, or the chance of Russia posing a threat to Poland now, or over the next moth or two. Also the former two (eating/ cooking) and walking to enable life are likely necessities. The latter two are a choice, not necessarily necessary.

I know what you're saying though, and I've done a hell of a lot of things which are not necessary, but were probably much higher risk, not saying I would do that now mind, as I'm older and have more responsibilities. I've been to almost every EU/ NATO country, and been to some extreme risk places out of the EU for work, but I personally wouldn't go to Poland now, as I don't need to, and there are other choices. Pripyat is on my bucket list, but clearly I won't be going there anytime soon either, and I appreciate there's a few risks to that also at any other time.

All I'm saying is just be aware of the risk, albeit very low risk, and be aware that Poland borders Ukraine (loads will not even realise this), and is possibly the most likely target if Russia did get aggressive (not saying they would to NATO territory). Putin has already sent troops into Ukraine, so it's already escalating. There's quite a lot of talk that there could be a major war in Europe, the first in over 60 years, this is not like any other normal year. Poland has taken on a hell of a lot of Ukrainian's over the past decade.

Like I say though, I don't think anything will happen in Poland, as I don't even think Russia could/ will take Ukraine, so would unlikely even think about venturing further afield.

NATO could operate from Poland though, and that could be a target, like how Kuwait was a target in 2003 when the UK was carrying out operations in Iraq. Saddam chose to go after Kuwait bases, rather than use all his resources on the country he was trying to hold. Not saying it would happen here, but Putin is almost as daft as Saddam.
 
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The team I work with in krakow aren't worried about air strikes. Nor would I be to be honest.

Each to their own though.
I wouldn't be either if I lived there, not even 1%, as there isn't much I could do about it. You have to accept risk, when there is little other reasonable choice.

Choosing to go there when you don't NEED to, is a bit different though.
 
I would have went waist deep or "paddled" the same day, but yes, a few weeks later I would probably swim in the sea, but probably not "far out". Not saying he was far out mind (as I don't know), but I have nothing to gain swimming in water which is any deeper than I would need to be able to swim. To be honest I hate the beach anyway, but each to their own.

To some 1 in 100 is a risk too large to want to risk, that's the same risk as dying from Covid (if you caught it) back in April 20, but some were at more risk than others, the same as some swimmers would be at more risk than others.

I just don't see the point in taking risks where there are equally good alternatives, or where the same things can be done at other times with far less risk.

The chance of burning your house down and dying whilst cooking, or being hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing are both probably much lower than the chance of being eaten by a shark a week after a shark has eaten someone, or the chance of Russia posing a threat to Poland now, or over the next moth or two. Also the former two (eating/ cooking) and walking to enable life are likely necessities. The latter two are a choice, not necessarily necessary.

I know what you're saying though, and I've done a hell of a lot of things which are not necessary, but were probably much higher risk, not saying I would do that now mind, as I'm older and have more responsibilities. I've been to almost every EU/ NATO country, and been to some extreme risk places out of the EU for work, but I personally wouldn't go to Poland now, as I don't need to, and there are other choices. Pripyat is on my bucket list, but clearly I won't be going there anytime soon either, and I appreciate there's a few risks to that also at any other time.

All I'm saying is just be aware of the risk, albeit very low risk, and be aware that Poland borders Ukraine (loads will not even realise this), and is possibly the most likely target if Russia did get aggressive (not saying they would to NATO territory). Putin has already sent troops into Ukraine, so it's already escalating. There's quite a lot of talk that there could be a major war in Europe, the first in over 60 years, this is not like any other normal year. Poland has taken on a hell of a lot of Ukrainian's over the past decade.

Like I say though, I don't think anything will happen in Poland, as I don't even think Russia could/ will take Ukraine, so would unlikely even think about venturing further afield.

NATO could operate from Poland though, and that could be a target, like how Kuwait was a target in 2003 when the UK was carrying out operations in Iraq. Saddam chose to go after Kuwait bases, rather than use all his resources on the country he was trying to hold. Not saying it would happen here, but Putin is almost as daft as Saddam.
Cheers for the reply Andy.

I guess that your first response touched a nerve in me as I have always thought of you as being an intelligent and articulate
poster on here, and still do.
I also understand what you're saying, to a degree, and I was in no way inferring that you were guilty of scaremongering and that it
was just an innocent comment on your part that suggested that Krakow could be a concern for ones safety.
I think that scenario only remotely possible, so it would not deter me for a two day trip. Had one of the options been Kiev, then
that would've been a different story and I would have agreed with you.

I see our lives as the only one that we will ever have and that we should make the most of that and to see and do as much as possible
in ones lifetime and to live our life free from fear of " what might happen".
We would all end up doing nothing at all if we were to live in fear by overthinking the imaginary possible outcomes.

UTB
 
The second world war museum is also good.

I love Polish city breaks, cheap accessible and very interesting places.

Let’s hope this option doesn’t become unavailable…..
We are definitely going back for all the reasons you say. And the people are so sweet, it was just an amazing few days.

When we do go back the WWII museum will be one of the first on the list, just didn't get time this time. We went to Sopot on Sunday which was really buzzing and then had a walk back through Gdansk town, back to old town.

Not sure why it would be unavailable unless you mean some sort of Ruski invasion....then holidays will be the last of our worries. World war! It surely wont come to that, so am already planning a return visit soon :whistle:
 
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