sand iron 5:53 Tue May 23
Road trip to Prague
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The wife wants to take the kids for a week to Greece, however, Iv got the cup final dilemma!
with a fair bit of arm twisting Iv half talked her into letting me hire a motor home and let me take us on a road trip to Prague.
However, she’s still dubious, she’s worried if the fan-zones will be suitable for our 2 kids, 11 & 7 (my 7 year old boy loves going to games, loves the atmosphere) so the only way to find that out is by going on the day and if it looks like getting too lively then we’ll do the off.
My question, can anyone hit me up with a couple of things to do on route that’s suitable for families? Any nice camp sites or theme parks in Germany that anyone’s been? Obviously it can’t be too far off route to Prague.
We’ve got a week so should fit a couple of things in but I need to make it sound appealing to the mrs and daughter before I book the motorhome.
Alternatively I go to Prague with the boys, fuck the family holiday off and have to live with being a selfish cunt for a few weeks.
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On The Ball
11:18 Wed May 24
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bru - if you don't mind paying (and you can nab an appointment soon - I got one pretty quick even during the strike), you've currently got AGES. I say that it'll take longer (that's the official line) but I bet it doesn't in reality.
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bruuuno
11:06 Wed May 24
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All round pickles after the game?
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bruuuno
11:06 Wed May 24
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Thanks OTB. I don’t have the original one so doubt I’ll have time
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Hammer and Pickle
11:05 Wed May 24
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When you’ve finished arguing with the imaginary Pickle in the spacious cavern that is your pointy dome, how about you follow the useful link I posted to a quick solution to your travel problem?
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On The Ball
11:03 Wed May 24
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I did - mine was a renewal (after less than four years, thanks to Brexit). At my appointment I sought guarantees (ie begged and made the woman promise repeatedly) that the old one would be returned as it's got my US visa in it which I need next month (they're a real pain to get). Old passport came back separately a couple of days after the new one. Cost me £171 for the One Week Fast Track and the bigger passport.
You can renew having 'lost' your passport if you like - takes longer though.
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VickyPkVillageIdiot
11:00 Wed May 24
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Heads up for those driving from Germany ...
Just noticed theres a border charge of 100 euros for crossing into Czech and your supposed to advise the hire company of your intention to do so. Reading the small print, insurance is invalidated otherwise ..... obvs depends on your individual risk appetite but if anything goes wrong, that’s a costly error.
Also noticed a lot of hire companies have maximum mileage limit - 600km.
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only1billybonds
10:23 Wed May 24
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OTB.
Do you need your old passport to be be given a new one? If not, I'll I'll give that a go, cheers.
Of course, we could all forgo this time consuming and expensive travel because the REAL fans will be glued to laptops or phones contributing to the matchday thread on here.
Well thats according to that clown over in Poland.
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On The Ball
10:15 Wed May 24
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bruuuno 12:33 Wed May 24
Had to get mine done in a week recently. Came back in six days after visiting the new passport office by the Excel, so it can be done.
Check https://www.passportwaitingtime.co.uk/, https://twitter.com/passportwaiting/ and https://twitter.com/ukpassportcheck which are very helpful.
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Hammer and Pickle
9:40 Wed May 24
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In my day, getting one of those brown paper emergency passports (which I thought were rather elegant in an old-fashioned way) was a matter of going down the post office, filling in a form and handing over a tenner. Imagine my surprise to discover these now set you back a ton when the whole process is online and can take 24 hours.
Shocking really
https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document/how-to-apply
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only1billybonds
9:05 Wed May 24
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Fraser.
My mrs got hers back inside two weeks as well so yea, not all hope is gone. Thats why driving was always the best option ( for me) , can do it all last minute if i have to.
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fraser
8:58 Wed May 24
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My son got his back 13 days after applying online, so there's hope for you O1BB
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only1billybonds
8:50 Wed May 24
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bru.
Same. Sent mine for renewal 4 weeks ago and not heard a peep from the work from home cunts!!
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Boris the Beard
8:45 Wed May 24
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onsideman 6:05 Tue May 23
I second this, well worth a visit, went last year and kids loved it
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bruuuno
12:33 Wed May 24
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I was going to do this until I realised I don’t have a passport
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jooliandix
8:32 Tue May 23
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I'm driving,I'm going to stop in either Paderborn or Leipzig, depending on how tired I feel.
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BRANDED
8:17 Tue May 23
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Can I borrow your kids for getting in the stadium?
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Chris C
8:14 Tue May 23
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Sand iron, try Phantasialand near Cologne. I lived there. It’s 4 hrs from Calais and the park is just off the autobahn, and it’s a good city as well
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VickyPkVillageIdiot
6:10 Tue May 23
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My advice would be to leave the wife and kids at home for this one.
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onsideman
6:05 Tue May 23
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Maybe not direct as the crow flies, but not madly out of your way... if you drive through to South West Germany you can visit Europa Park in Rust then pick up the start of the Donau (Danube) in the Black Forest and follow it East for a while. Bloody lovely with great scenery, good food and good beer
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Crassus
6:02 Tue May 23
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Sand Iron
My mate and I went on a fishing trip to Czech and it is a beautiful country, plenty of camping sites with rivers to hire boats and enjoy the outdoors if you are motor homing it
have a dig about and you are sure to find something appealing - and if you are shrewd, near a rail line to 'pop into Prague' for the game and outside of the match, take the family
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On The Ball
5:59 Tue May 23
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Fan zone will be fine as it'll just be West Ham in there. Fiorentina have their own.
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