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The tuna salad thing annoys me a lot too. But the food does vary. Some places I’ve been have been too much fried food but in other places you can eat fish with salad everyday (ok, so it’s usually a tuna salad).

Spain is mega hot. I’m hoping to go to Mexico in Summer and worried about the heat, but when I checked historical forecasts it’s v similar temps to last time I was in Spain.

You’ll have a great time in London and nobody smokes in restaurants at all there.

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How about his one…If you can get yourself, the Musicman, and Bunny to the Philippines during the Christmas Holiday, then my wife and I will take care of the rest. We will be there again in late December and early January. Let men know, ok?

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I would love to go to the Phillipines - it’s a country that has fascinated me for years. Considering what we’ve spent this past month though, I’ll be lucky to leave the house to go the corner store for the rest of the year!

I’m not saying the things I’ve listed would put me off going to a country or back to Spain (though if Phillipines is like Thailand I think I’d rather pay a driver than drive myself in the usual road chaos), I just won’t miss them when I pine for all the wonderful things about our holiday.

Having a family I would say it was a great choice for us to stay in an apartment in Seville. Being able to escape the smoke and the fried food, and go home to prepare something simple and healthy - like fruit or pasta and a salad - really made us all happier.

You’ll have a great time with the family in Phillipines. It’s always better to go somewhere you know people and can slip into everyday life. That’s what I love about travel.

Kelly

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You’re right, many of these factors are present in other European countries, but 10 years ago when I was last here as a single young woman, most did not bother me. I never drove last time and I didn’t notice strict eating hours in Italy because you can get a panini or gelato any time and I lived on those.

This time, it was just such a drag to have to plan when to eat so we wouldn’t get stuck with a cranky, hungry little boy. I like to go with the flow when I travel and I really found myself missing Sydney’s long eating hours these past few weeks.

As for the smoking, a child and time has definitely made me more anti-smoking. I hadn’t realized how much. Australia has strict anti-smoking laws and I guess I have really got used to not ingesting cigarette smoke with my food over the years. And as you point out Roz, when you’re caring for someone else who is relying on you, your feelings really do intensify about many things and your travel patterns change. More about that later…

I have to say though, I have never in my years of travel had someone cook and serve me food in full view with cigarettes hanging out of their mouths! I’m not sure I would EVER have been keen on that.

Kelly