Saddonians from the USA....

[Spicoli]

I live right outside of Tampa Florida and love it man, I"m originally from NY and couldn't be happier down here. I live about 5 minutes from the beach which is also great. There is allot of things to do down here man, plus the night life in Tampa is off the chain and the most of the woman are hot.

My girlfriend actually went to college at FSU which is in Tallahassee so I have been up there a few times. To me there really isn't to much to do up there exept drink and go to football games during the fall. The best beach closest to Tallahassee is Destin which I think is about an hour and half but the beach is really nice pure white sands plus its a tourist area so there is tons to do. The fishing in Destin is real good also.

Jacksonville is only about 2 hours from Tallahassee and I have always had fun there also. Let me know if there is any questions you have and I'll do my best to answer them.

I was in Tallahasse a number of times and in FSU alot!
I went to a few games one October and I got to check out all the football dressing rooms and FSU "Hall of fame."
I actually went there with Bob Harper and was allowed directly into Bobby Bowdens office.

Believe it or not I was also down in Destin. Gorgeous beach man! But for whatever reason there were a load of jelly fish that week!
Love the Gulf man, went down to that Island (forget the name) what a place!

Also spent a couple of weekends in St.Augustine....really interesting little place!

I'm either gonna go to Fort Myers and drive up or maybe Jacksonville or Orlando.....

On my own i could cause a lot of trouble between Lauderdale and Tallahasse so I won't risk that!!!

Hey Donny get on down to the Gulf coast bro.We are entering our "Fun" season with the Storms so guarenteed excitment abounds .Sounds like Flordia may be your target though...Love it over there with Family in Bradenton and Panama City...Peak season,Great beaches ,depends on the tropics lol and plenty of visually appealing bikini clad females....If your really desperate for a car Maybe you can pick up my old Mustang GT at the folks house,Keys in the Glovebox,now thats desperate.

[RozzySean]

I live right outside of Tampa Florida and love it man, I"m originally from NY and couldn't be happier down here. I live about 5 minutes from the beach which is also great. There is allot of things to do down here man, plus the night life in Tampa is off the chain and the most of the woman are hot.

My girlfriend actually went to college at FSU which is in Tallahassee so I have been up there a few times. To me there really isn't to much to do up there exept drink and go to football games during the fall. The best beach closest to Tallahassee is Destin which I think is about an hour and half but the beach is really nice pure white sands plus its a tourist area so there is tons to do. The fishing in Destin is real good also.

Jacksonville is only about 2 hours from Tallahassee and I have always had fun there also. Let me know if there is any questions you have and I'll do my best to answer them.

I was in Tallahasse a number of times and in FSU alot!
I went to a few games one October and I got to check out all the football dressing rooms and FSU "Hall of fame."
I actually went there with Bob Harper and was allowed directly into Bobby Bowdens office.

Believe it or not I was also down in Destin. Gorgeous beach man! But for whatever reason there were a load of jelly fish that week!
Love the Gulf man, went down to that Island (forget the name) what a place!

Also spent a couple of weekends in St.Augustine....really interesting little place!

I'm either gonna go to Fort Myers and drive up or maybe Jacksonville or Orlando.....

On my own i could cause a lot of trouble between Lauderdale and Tallahasse so I won't risk that!!!

Hey Donny get on down to the Gulf coast bro.We are entering our "Fun" season with the Storms so guarenteed excitment abounds .Sounds like Flordia may be your target though...Love it over there with Family in Bradenton and Panama City...Peak season,Great beaches ,depends on the tropics lol and plenty of visually appealing bikini clad females....If your really desperate for a car Maybe you can pick up my old Mustang GT at the folks house,Keys in the Glovebox,now thats desperate.

That's funny. I'll be in both places this summer. My dad is in Sarasota and works in Bradenton, and my girlfriends family is having a family reunition near Panama City. We're flying into Sarasota to see my dad and then driving up to Seaside. Gulf Coast beaches are so much nicer than the ones on the east coast.

[Trainer Monkey]

Heya fellas, how goes it....

I'm debating a visit to your fine country in early september.
Financially I could probably handle it, but I don't want to strain myself when I return to the home country.

So I have a few questions that I'd appreciate if you could answer.

-How much would it cost me to rent a decent car for a week over there.
I'd f'in love to drive a Hilux for a week!!! But think of something more modest!

-I know fuel isn't near as expensive in the US, estimate for a week?

-The "cost of living" if I'm kicking it for a week obviuously just seeing the sights visiting the attractions and travelling about, whats "enough?"

-Best time of year to go? October or September?

Bro,it really depends on where your going,cost of living varies hugely from region to region

[Spicoli]

I was in Tallahasse a number of times and in FSU alot!
I went to a few games one October and I got to check out all the football dressing rooms and FSU "Hall of fame."
I actually went there with Bob Harper and was allowed directly into Bobby Bowdens office.

Believe it or not I was also down in Destin. Gorgeous beach man! But for whatever reason there were a load of jelly fish that week!
Love the Gulf man, went down to that Island (forget the name) what a place!

Also spent a couple of weekends in St.Augustine....really interesting little place!

I'm either gonna go to Fort Myers and drive up or maybe Jacksonville or Orlando.....

On my own i could cause a lot of trouble between Lauderdale and Tallahasse so I won't risk that!!!

Hey Donny get on down to the Gulf coast bro.We are entering our "Fun" season with the Storms so guarenteed excitment abounds .Sounds like Flordia may be your target though...Love it over there with Family in Bradenton and Panama City...Peak season,Great beaches ,depends on the tropics lol and plenty of visually appealing bikini clad females....If your really desperate for a car Maybe you can pick up my old Mustang GT at the folks house,Keys in the Glovebox,now thats desperate.

That's funny. I'll be in both places this summer. My dad is in Sarasota and works in Bradenton, and my girlfriends family is having a family reunition near Panama City. We're flying into Sarasota to see my dad and then driving up to Seaside. Gulf Coast beaches are so much nicer than the ones on the east coast.

I love that drive bro,I can make it in 5 hours from My front door to Panama city line....of course driving the speed limit ..more like 95 mph save for all the construction around the Airport in Pensacola...once you hit 98 its an awesome kick back drive,all coastal beach all the way through Port St. Joe...nice

[RP33]

too bad i don't have my own place or else i'd say you could come stay here in RI.. 2 and a half hour train ride to NYC.. hour drive to Boston, and 10 minutes to Providence..

with that said.. you should still visit those places even though you can't stay with me

but as TM said.. depends on where you go as far as Cost of the trip.. you'd need to decide that first.. or give us a few options, then we can estimate for you..

and as far as gasoline goes, what kind of miles per gallon do you guys get.. cause if you pay much more than we do here, i don't know how it's possible to pay for anything else in life besides fuel.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Thats cool man Bobby Bowdens a legend up there bro, personally I think he needs to retire but thats another subject.

Yeah Destin is hella beautiful. Theres probably red tide in the water when you went if there was jelly fish all over the place.

St. Augustine is pretty fun allot of cool old stuff there especially if your into History.

I have actually never hung out in Ft Myers drove through there a few times but never chilled. I have a couple friends that live in Orlando I'll sometimes go over there and hang I haven't been since March though when I took my girl to SeaWorld and Epcot Center.

Well man if your coming through the Tampa/Clearwater Beach area let me know maybe we could meet up and have some drinks on the beach or something.

Fact, Bowden is too old!
Can't believe he's still clinging on!

And fact, if I go through FL I'll hit ur number man!

No snow then Donny. It doesn't usually fly until about the first of December with any gusto. Doesn't mean you won't see some earlier. I've seen snow fall as much as 3 and 4 ft. in one day in Late November. Not even kidding..lol...but here we get unusually large snow amounts because we are right to the windward side of Lake Superior.

I'm a big child when it comes to snow, Canada is mos def on the to do list!



Spicoli;
Would love to head down the Gulf Coast man, the only reason I'm suggesting FL is because of the amount of money I'd save on accomodation!
But who knows! I'm open to anything and I'm easy time and decision wise.

[quote=Trainer Monkey;535008
Bro,it really depends on where your going,cost of living varies hugely from region to region[/quote]
Yeah I hear yeah, but I think hewre in IRL would be considerably higher than anywhere in the states, so I must investigate further.

too bad i don't have my own place or else i'd say you could come stay here in RI.. 2 and a half hour train ride to NYC.. hour drive to Boston, and 10 minutes to Providence..

with that said.. you should still visit those places even though you can't stay with me

but as TM said.. depends on where you go as far as Cost of the trip.. you'd need to decide that first.. or give us a few options, then we can estimate for you..

and as far as gasoline goes, what kind of miles per gallon do you guys get.. cause if you pay much more than we do here, i don't know how it's possible to pay for anything else in life besides fuel.

Man first the fuel costs....
Um....I drive late to try save it and I'm travelling maybe 35 miles a day to work training and back. That costs me a minimum €10 a day which would be $15-18 Dollars I guess. Killer man.

What I don't take into consideration is the sheer size of the US.
Here you can go to one ened of the country to another in about 6 hours.
Irelands pretty tiny in comparison to the US! But as I said above I think the cost of living is well below.

Your place sounds like a cool location. And there would be tons of "Irish" up there....I love teasing Irish-Americans. It's the best!
Do you travel to Boston regularly.