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There are plenty of holidays I have tried – soaking up the sun in Spain, braving the roller coasters in America and  walking in Wales to name but a few.

However, I still have a few different experiences I would love to try.   One of them is gambling in Las Vegas. One of my friends has just returned from there and so far I can’t get her to stop talking about it as she enjoyed it so much. It’s absolutely true that you can spend 24 hours a day gambling. She said that although she had lost a lot of money, she had sensibly set herself a daily limit, so didn’t really mind as the whole experience of Las Vegas was fantastic.

Another experience I would love to try is going on a safari.

Safaris are meant to be absolutely fabulous.   On a recent visit to Florida, I visited their Animal Kingdom Park and got a little taster of what a safari might be like. Of course as Disney is so well run, there is never going to be a chance of any of the animals actually getting close to you. It must be such an experience to be on a real safari and be within a whiskers touch of a lion. I can imagine the feeling must be absolutely invigorating. 

Holidays to South Africa are certainly gaining in popularity and are a great holiday choice.

In all honesty though, keen as I am to book a safari holiday, one thing that really puts me off is all those spiders. I really hate the things. They scare me rigid.It’s stupid when you compare their size to mine. It’s the fact that they seem to be able to move so fast on those big fat hairy legs.   Unfortunately my fear has rubbed off on both my children and many a time my husband has had to get up in the middle of the night to get rid of spiders from bedrooms.

Be very careful though and whatever you do DO NOT hoover up a spider into a paper hoover bag.   My mother in law did this once and couldn’t figure out why a little while later the hoover bag was moving around so much. The spider had decided that the warm hoover bag was a good place to have her babies and instead of one spider, there were hundreds of them. It was absolutely hilarious and an experience she is keen never to repeat.

Now if somebody could guarantee me a safari without spiders, I would be there like a shot.   If not, then I am somehow going to have to overcome my fear. How strange that a huge creature like a lion doesn’t phase me at all, just a tidily little spider!!

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The first snow of winter 2009 has arrived!  Even on the South Coast where it’s quite unusual to get more than a few snow flurries, the snow has already started to settle.  Naturally the kids are getting their hopes up that maybe school could break up a few days early if the snow continues to fall!  Of course it’s not just the children who enjoy the snow.  Even though I am nearing my mid 40’s, I still love the first snowfall of winter.

If only it had stayed away for a few more days, then we could have enjoyed a beautiful White Christmas.  Call me soppy, but I still get a real tingle at the thought of drawing the curtains back on Christmas morning and seeing that we have had a heavy snowfall during the night and everywhere has that magical feeling about it.

The reality is that we will probably get rain and it will be blowing a gale and totally miserable.  It’s not all bad though because at least I can get our coal fire going and settle down to a cosy afternoon watching the Christmas Soaps.

Oh the delights of Christmas, it can’t get much better than this, can it?

Well as a matter of fact it does.  I’ve already picked up quite a few travel brochures and I am going to be going through them to see where I can book my next holiday.

I have such a selection, Safari Holidays, Kenya Holidays, Florida Holidays, Las Vegas holidays, you name the destination, I probably have the brochure.

I really enjoy looking through travel brochures to see what sort of trip I can plan next and what sort of accommodation to book.  Some of the hotel accommodation is absolutely breathtaking and you can choose to treat yourself to an all inclusive deal.  At the other end of the spectrum you could choose to book something completely unique and spend your evenings in a tent enjoying the beautiful night sky.  Personally I enjoy my creature comforts and lovely as the night sky may be, I need a proper roof over my head.

Wherever I do head off to, I know it will be great as I will be with my family and we always have great holidays and enjoy new experiences.

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