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Post by zanygame on Nov 3, 2024 13:58:31 GMT
Same here, re USA I'm going to Europe on Tuesday  Hope it’s somewhere nice ,maybe even sunny 👍 Gran Canaria. We go two or three times a year in winter. 30c out there at the moment.  |
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Post by Bentley on Nov 3, 2024 14:06:04 GMT
Hope it’s somewhere nice ,maybe even sunny 👍 Gran Canaria. We go two or three times a year in winter. 30c out there at the moment. Nice. I haven’t been there for a few years . |
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 3, 2024 14:16:16 GMT
Look on the bright side. You'll be able to use those extra hours in the lines at passport control making friends with other non-Europeans from Nigeria, Pakistan, Mongolia, Moldova and all sorts of other interesting places. Perhaps even striking up long-lasting holiday liaisons or romances. They only do it first time you visit. That's true, but you'll still be stuck in the same queue every time you arrive. Getting your passport stamped for a 90-day stay.
The UK is much more generous. Its foreign guests get a six-month stay (at least).
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 3, 2024 14:18:16 GMT
Hope it’s somewhere nice ,maybe even sunny 👍 Gran Canaria. We go two or three times a year in winter. 30c out there at the moment. Isn't that where they're having demos against 'over-tourism'?
Friends are in Madeira at the moment, moaning about the miserable weather.
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Post by zanygame on Nov 3, 2024 14:50:36 GMT
Gran Canaria. We go two or three times a year in winter. 30c out there at the moment. Nice. I haven’t been there for a few years . Thank you. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 3, 2024 14:56:12 GMT
Gran Canaria. We go two or three times a year in winter. 30c out there at the moment. Isn't that where they're having demos against 'over-tourism'?
Friends are in Madeira at the moment, moaning about the miserable weather.
All across Spain. but Gran Canaria already has very strict limitations on building new holiday accommodation. Re Madeira, I've not been there. The thing that put us off was the unreliability of the weather. Though Gran Canaria is getting hotter every year and no longer a summer destination. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 3, 2024 14:57:58 GMT
The Canaries are of course much further south and closer to Africa. A mixed blessing?
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Post by honestjohn on Nov 3, 2024 15:23:40 GMT
Hope it’s somewhere nice ,maybe even sunny 👍 Gran Canaria. We go two or three times a year in winter. 30c out there at the moment. Believe it or not, Gran Canaria is technically, geographically in Africa. Have fun. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 3, 2024 15:30:39 GMT
The Canaries are of course much further south and closer to Africa. A mixed blessing? I what way? I suppose we do get some Saharan sand in the Calima. But if your worried about skin colour pasty white is the most prevalent. Its where all the Scannies holiday |
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 3, 2024 15:57:13 GMT
Just arrived from the Baltic.
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Post by zanygame on Nov 3, 2024 16:03:54 GMT
No worse than anywhere else really and they don't tend to come to the tourist resorts its a bit expensive for them.
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 3, 2024 16:22:41 GMT
"they don't tend to come to the tourist resorts"
Perish the thought eh.
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Post by zanygame on Nov 3, 2024 16:35:40 GMT
"they don't tend to come to the tourist resorts" Perish the thought eh. As they say in the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy. Mostly harmless. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 3, 2024 17:24:28 GMT
It might well be the case that the 50,000 migrants who turn up annually in the Canaries are, in the aggregate, 'mostly harmless' as far as the Canary Islands are concerned. Particularly since practically all of them get shipped off to mainland Spain.
But can the same be said for the almost 11 million tourists who turn up each year?
PS the largest cohort are Brits who make up 20% of the total, not Scandinavians.
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Post by zanygame on Nov 3, 2024 17:41:48 GMT
It might well be the case that the 50,000 migrants who turn up annually in the Canaries are, in the aggregate, 'mostly harmless' as far as the Canary Islands are concerned. Particularly since practically all of them get shipped off to mainland Spain. But can the same be said for the almost 11 million tourists who turn up each year? PS the largest cohort are Brits who make up 20% of the total, not Scandinavians. I don't think the Canaries are anymore keen on migrants than we are. But they wont effect my holiday. Re tourists. Its a balancing act. The locals don't want more tourists but there economy depends on them. PS. Not in Gran Canaria. Its 59% Nordic |
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