The lonely traveller

[luckykaa]

One of the frustrating things about being single is that special offers always quote the price based on two people sharing.

I also need to fit these things around work. Work is a little unpredictable.

My other problem is that I haven't worked out what I enjoy doing. I have a list of things I've enjoyed - Penguin parade in Australia, visiting a local live music show in Melbourne (a lot of that was because of the people I was with), architecture boat tour in Chicago. What I really love is ancient buildings. I have a particular fascination for city walls, and have no idea why, but it did mean I really loved the ancient city of Jaffa, the fortifications at Luxembourg, and The Alhambra.

So I don't know where I want to go, when I can go, or who I want to go with or what I want to do when I'm there. I think this is related to my chronic indecisiveness. I gather I can be a difficult person at times.

In the meantime, does anyone who doesn't live in England want me to visit? I can sort out my own accommodation easily enough. Will just be calling on people for company and tour guiding.

Comments

[xenaclone.livejournal.com]

Try the NL open air museum at Aarnhem; also Haarlem centre, Den Haag and Delft. Haarlem should be doable as a day trip; maybe Den Haag as well.

I've managed pretty well as a single traveller looking for hotel/hostels at these sites:-

www.booking.com

&

www.hostelbookers.com

[luckykaa.livejournal.com]

Most of those places are less than an hour by train so I'll probably pick one at random. Or go to Den Haag. Arhem and Haarlem have a rail replacement service this weekend though, so I guess that narrows it down a bit.

What is there to do in The Hague?

[xenaclone.livejournal.com]

Den Haag

1. Seaside [perhaps a bit draughty]

http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/to/Fun-on-Scheveningen-beach.htm

2. Japanese garden

http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/to/Autumn-colours-in-the-Japanese-Garden.htm

3. Loads of art galleries

http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/culture-and-arts/art-galleries.htm

4. http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/culture-and-arts/to/Mauritshuis-paintings-temporarily-in-Gemeentemuseum.htm

5. http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/culture-and-arts/churches-windmills-castles-and-graveyards.htm

[b]Haarlem[/b]

http://www.visithaarlem.org/sightssounds.html

If you fancy a pint or two and some bitterballen...

http://www.ratebeer.com/p/jopenkerk-haarlem/19313/

[http://www.jopenkerk.nl/en/ ]

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Travelling as a singleton is darned annoying at times.

As for visiting places, I don't know what it is like now but I adored Phaistos in Crete - ancient roads and drains abound. Also the likes of Mycenae and Tiryns with their cyclopean walls are fascinating - in fact the whole of the Greek Peloponnese is fantastic.