ST Holiday plans, visiting....Skellig

Allthough I haven't got any plans for this summer holiday, who of you do have plans and e.g. want to visit one of the filming locations
Since I live in Europe, Ireland isn't very far away.....

 

Skellig is beautiful and well worth the visit. I have a holiday place in the Isle of Skye, so was a bit peeved that they didn't do any shooting there (as was initially rumoured).

 

If you find a blue lightsaber, it's mine.

PS: I live in Sevilla, Spain. I walk through here almost everyday:

 

I love Sevilla... so beautiful. One of the hotest places I've been though. It was 44 degrees every single day...

 

Welcome aboard!

 

Thnx!

 

Nice to see a fellow spaniard on the boards!!

Calorcito en Sevilla!

 

My wife and I are thinking of visiting London either this summer or next spring. I think we want to jaunt over to Ireland while over that way. Any recommendations?

 

The only set area I've been to is Yuma, Arizona, where ROTJ's Sail Barge scenes were filmed. It truly is like walking on Tatooine.

 

Are you paying for my vacation? arjank
Otherwise I'm not goin' nowhere

 

The user is paying for all of us.

 

Well, I might not go on holiday this year so......nope

 

I lived in Philly my whole life and we had a football stadium there we called the Vet. It's sort of like the Geonosis Arena battle and we threw batteries at NY Giants fans and players and Dallas Cowboys players and fans. We beat eachother up and others. It was tore down a few years ago to out up the Linc . You can buy cheesesteaks in Philly anytime you want or roast pork sandwiches .

What?

 

You forgot to add in random exclamation marks like this:

"I lived in Philly my whole life and we had a football stadium there we called the Vet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's sort of like the Geonosis Arena battle and we threw batteries at NY Giants fans and players and Dallas Cowboys players and fans!!!!!!!!!! We beat eachother up and others!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was tore down a few years ago to out up the Linc!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can buy cheesesteaks in Philly anytime you want or roast pork sandwiches!!!!!!!!!!"

 

I went to Hoth last month, it's now sat underneath a tesco carpark.

 

Depends how much time you have. My folks are Irish and I can confidently predict you'll get a hospitable welcome wherever you go.

What sort of things did you want to see?

 

Come on be honest,Ireland has some lovely places and some friendly people but there are a lot of extremely volatile areas still plagued by sectarian violence.

 

I hear there's a bit of graffiti on one of the walls on Skellig, it says.....

Mark Hamill was here but only for a minute

 

Go to Skellig. Wonderful place. I used to live closer to it than I do now, and I very much miss the ability to hop over on a weekend!

 

Not sure at this point. We've just tentatively set a date -- it will be our first time to Europe. I'm hopeful we can plan a two week trip, and that way we could use London as our "jumping off point" to explore Ireland and maybe take the Chunnel to France for a day or two, if that is feasible?

 

Well of course two weeks doesn't give you a huge amount of time. I lived in London for twenty years and was still discovering things there even after all that time. It's changed so much since I left...

You can fly to Ireland of course: the flight to Dublin from London is about an hour; it's a bit longer to Shannon which would give you easy access to the west coast, though if Skellig is a priority I suppose you could fly to Cork. There'd be a lot more flights to Shannon though.
Paris can be reached from London by Eurostar in around two hours; quicker than flying. If pressed for time, this would be a quick easy option for taking a peek at a third country on your trip, though I don't think Paris is representative of France any more than London is representative of London. Both well worth experiencing however.

 

I'm equally insulted by the stereotype of our friendliness as I am by the stereotype of sectarian violence .


arjank LukesSeveredHand

Bring raincoats and waterproof shoes - that isn't a stereotype, it will rain on you

Come in by Shannon Airport if possible, like CairnsTony suggests - all the scenery is great here but is best on the west side - Dublin has places of historical interest but the majority of people tell me they spend too much time there ( at the cost of getting to other places ) if they come in that way.

 

LukesSeveredHand

London's an awesome base, lived here a few years. If you want suggestions for night life give me a heads up closer to the time.

If you want to do the tourist thing but with a bit of a spin (and also win good husband points by being romantic) head into central London just before sunrise and hit up all the tourist sites. Everywhere is deserted, all very peaceful and everything looks that little bit prettier. St James park at sunrise is beautiful and very different to when it's full of hundreds of screaming kids.....also you get to pretend you're in 28 Days Later if you head up over the bridge to Parliament. Seeing it all in the day isn't as cool.

On the film location side of things here's a few of my favourites in London.

Greenwich (Pirates of the Caribbean + Thor 2)
Black Park if you want to play at Star Wars/Harry Potter.
Highgate Cemetery (Peter Cushings Tales from the Cypt)
Numerous churches from the Omen