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Tweak says, "DOOM"

Hamish McBride Roberts (crashtested) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-02-19 00:42:00

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If you’ve never been to Japan, I highly recommend Shikoku Island. And if anyone’s wondering where I ran off to last week, that would be where. I could live there, actually.

Good thing portkeys exist and don’t always break, so I can go back sometime.

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	crashtested 2018-02-20 01:45 am UTC (link)
	Everything was so green and other than the technology in some areas you couldn't distinguish between Muggle and magical. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	camerontroubles 2018-02-20 01:48 am UTC (link)
	That sounds amazing. Your life is just [...] awesome. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crashtested 2018-02-20 01:50 am UTC (link)
	It's all about priorities, mate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	camerontroubles 2018-02-20 01:54 am UTC (link)
	Can't work out if it's fortunate or un- that Quidd is mine (for now). ~~not sure if I could swing it in the off-season, though~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

crashtested
2018-02-20 02:08 am UTC (link)

Well, look at it this way. You know when you'll have time off. You can save up for it. Travel can be ridiculously affordable (since not all of us are professionally quidditch players) if you know where to look, especially depending on where you want to go.

And then it's what you want to do when you get there. There are some places you can go to and there's absolutely things you'll want to see or need to witness, but there's also a lot to be said for wandering a place just to get to know it without expectations.

And if you ever get the chance to just go do something, do it! Don't regret that time you could have gone to Japan but didn't because you weren't going to know anyone there. Or that time you didn't just drop everything to watch the Goblins play while they were on a crazy winning streak. What's the point? Saving a few galleons?

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	camerontroubles 2018-02-20 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Okay, but I didn't have a lot of money growing up, so I don't know what to do with it, because even now I'm exchanging a lot of what I'm making and sending it to my parents, because they don't have a lot and you don't really care about this so I'm just going to cross it all out You should work on a travel guide book. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crashtested 2018-02-20 03:23 am UTC (link)
	That's far too much writing for me. [Monte] Yeah? That's far too neat for your quill to have broken, mate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

camerontroubles
2018-02-20 03:30 am UTC (link)

Hire a ghost writer? Dictate?

[Hamish]

It's just [...] things like portkeys and traveling [...] you make it sound so easy, and I don't really come from a place where that seems [...] attainable.

God, that just sounds whiny. Sorry.

~~I just mean that it makes no sense to me.~~ It sounds really amazing and all, but not something I can see in my own future- at least not immediately.

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crashtested
2018-02-20 03:49 am UTC (link)

Oh now that's an idea. Can't imagine Maggie's face if she saw a book with my name as the author...

[Monte]

Right. I get you. So it seems unattainable but it all depends on what you want and how comfortable you are in groups or in nature. Travel with a group of mates, staying somewhere suddenly becomes far more affordable. You can get across to France on brooms, you can apparate, it's not that far at all. From there, Europe by rail is ridiculous cheap if you get a pass and make the most of it. You can camp out, just bring a tent. If you're not concerned with having a hot shower every morning, even better.

Don't worry about finding fancy places to eat at. Try the smaller hole-in-the wall places that tend to be a far better value. If you find one in particular that you like, go back a few times. They'll remember you, even if you show up again a year or two later.

Pick and choose what, if anything, you spend any significant money on. Go with the right people. And just enjoy yourself. Then you can start thinking about longer trips that might require more research or investment but for now, just get your feet wet, mate.

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	keptinreserve 2018-02-20 04:08 am UTC (link)
	Pro-tip: Never "ghost" anything. More trouble than it's worth. Sorry for the interruption, just wanted to interject that Very Important Fact. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crashtested 2018-02-20 04:10 am UTC (link)
	That sounds like there's a story there, Ainsley. A good one at that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	keptinreserve 2018-02-20 04:16 am UTC (link)
	Oh, there is. Not sure if "good" is necessarily the right word there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crashtested 2018-02-20 04:18 am UTC (link)
	Questionably good stories become better after a pint. Maybe later this week after the Pride have played and you all have celebrated? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	keptinreserve 2018-02-20 12:53 pm UTC (link)
	I could use the break, sure. Pub preference? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crashtested 2018-02-20 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	I don't have one. A pint's a pint, after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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keptinreserve, 2018-02-20 07:46 pm UTC

	wrecktify 2018-02-20 04:40 am UTC (link)
	Aghast. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crashtested 2018-02-20 05:06 am UTC (link)
	That was clever, Mags. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wrecktify 2018-02-20 05:07 am UTC (link)
	I'm aware! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Hamish camerontroubles 2018-02-20 12:50 pm UTC (link)
	You sure I couldn't just shadow you for a couple of these trips? All of that sounds fantastic in theory. It's the practical bits that make me freeze up. Sounds like you could be my travel guru. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Monte \| Hamish crashtested 2018-02-20 02:50 pm UTC (link)
	Sure, mate. Sounds fun. We’ll just have to work out the timing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Monte \| Hamish camerontroubles 2018-02-20 03:01 pm UTC (link)
	Brilliant. Thanks, mate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Monte \| Hamish crashtested 2018-02-20 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	Anywhere specific you wanna go? People you wanna bring? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Monte \| Hamish camerontroubles 2018-02-21 12:32 am UTC (link)
	Never thought about it much- maybe the Continent? One of the beaches or something? There's a couple of mates I wouldn't mind roping in, and my boyfriend. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	wrecktify 2018-02-20 02:33 am UTC (link)
	It's because he's besties with me, isn't it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	camerontroubles 2018-02-20 03:01 am UTC (link)
	You're not wrong, lovely. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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