May Day/Workers Day
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kate_frankie
replying to @EvansKerry @EvansKerry Beautiful photos. I'll second the cours and scents of this time of the year. Nature really puts on a show #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @NomadKeith @NomadKeith @EvansKerry yeh, where I used to live, the walk to the office was through a woodland full of bluebells, but where I live now, there's parks with trees but otherwise only small patches of woodland, except possibly the country park a mile or so away. #pttravel
aok_NW
A3 #pttravel When I did work, it was a shift schedule, so I did work holidays if I was scheduled. When I did have a holiday off, I might go into town to see what was going on. July 4, most towns have some kind of celebration.
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A3 #pttravel When I did work, it was a shift schedule, so I did work holidays if I was scheduled. When I did have a holiday of…
JKatzaman
A3 If anyone got May 1 off, people would go into shock. The big labor holiday is Labor Day in September. They stayed up all night thinking of that name. #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie
@kate_frankie ... I mean tomorrow, the Bank Holiday in question, I'll probably go for another walk. Oddly I do have some work at my day job that I probably ought to have done at some point before Tuesday ...
[Also, does blogging and podcasting count?!] #pttravel
Travelteaandme
A1 I’ve never celebrated May Day. I’ve may traveled on this day for work. I worked with a tour for a couple of years, but I’ve never traveled to celebrate the holiday. #pttravel chat https://t.co/AVSZ2FBddo
TravelAtWill
We found some lovely murals and colourful art on our visit to Trinity and Bonavista in Newfoundland in Canada. https://t.co/x4xZ01gS6Y #PTTravel #streetartchat @StreetArtChat @RoarLoudTravel @WAISItravelblog
NomadKeith
A3 #PTTravel Pre-Covid, they usually held a historical re-enactment at a site near here most holidays, and I'd help out with the stewarding. Hope they start again soon!
aok_NW
replying to @JKatzaman @JKatzaman If you ask anyone, most people don’t even know why Labor Day was established. End of summer & three day weekend are the standard answers. #pttravel
kate_frankie
RT @JKatzaman: A3 If anyone got May 1 off, people would go into shock. The big labor holiday is Labor Day in September. They stayed up all…
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: @JKatzaman If you ask anyone, most people don’t even know why Labor Day was established. End of summer & three day weekend are…
kate_frankie
replying to @JKatzaman @JKatzaman Do you have any national days at this time of the year? I can't think of the USA ones off the top of my head. Is 4th July next? #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie ... I mean tomorrow, the Bank Holiday in question, I'll probably go for another walk. Oddly I do have some w…
kate_frankie
RT @Travelteaandme: A1 I’ve never celebrated May Day. I’ve may traveled on this day for work. I worked with a tour for a couple of years, b…
kate_frankie
RT @NomadKeith: A3 #PTTravel Pre-Covid, they usually held a historical re-enactment at a site near here most holidays, and I'd help out wit…
JKatzaman
replying to @aok_NW @aok_NW It was probably a good time for politicians to be in a parade before the elections. #PTTravel
aok_NW
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie @JKatzaman Memorial Day at the end of May & the new Junteenth holiday in June. #pttravel
Travelteaandme
A2 I love flowers and butterflies! So this is one of my favorite times of year to visit botanical gardens and all things spring! #PTTravel chat #huntingtongardens https://t.co/R8uo2Z83pX
kate_frankie
replying to @NomadKeith @NomadKeith Sounds good! We had a big re-enactment up here too. I had planned to go and see it but tickets went fast #PTTravel
ThiamMeka2Gogue
A1
In France, at May the 1st, the Lily of the valley is considered the symbol of spring & luck, and is offered to loved ones.
It's almost an institution, beside the International Labor Day
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kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: @kate_frankie @JKatzaman Memorial Day at the end of May & the new Junteenth holiday in June. #pttravel
JKatzaman
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #MemorialDay is next, the last Monday in May, the unofficial start of summer. #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @ThiamMeka2Gogue: A1
In France, at May the 1st, the Lily of the valley is considered the symbol of spring & luck, and is offered to love…
kate_frankie
RT @Travelteaandme: A2 I love flowers and butterflies! So this is one of my favorite times of year to visit botanical gardens and all thing…
NomadKeith
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel I suspect there'll be a lot to do with Hadrian's Wall ... it's its 1900th anniversary this year!
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
Q4 Share photos of current/previous early May holiday travel or days out
kate_frankie
RT @ThiamMeka2Gogue: A1
In France, at May the 1st, the Lily of the valley is considered the symbol of spring & luck, and is offered to love…
kate_frankie
RT @JKatzaman: @kate_frankie #MemorialDay is next, the last Monday in May, the unofficial start of summer. #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @NomadKeith: @kate_frankie #pttravel I suspect there'll be a lot to do with Hadrian's Wall ... it's its 1900th anniversary this year!
kate_frankie
replying to @NomadKeith @NomadKeith Do you know when? I'll look out for anything happening #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A4 #pttravel I’ve done two trips in May, France & Singapore. https://t.co/jHI1nV2izb
kate_frankie
#PTTravel
A3 I used to go away every chance I got. Its great getting a few bank holidays in the UK around Easter, May and then end of August. Those were usually European trips
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie This was today's walk. #pttravel https://t.co/uEq7z1m6HO
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie Research has shown that on this exact day, four years ago, I was in Paris. #pttravel
NomadKeith
A4 #PTTravel
The Keukenhof Gardens are at their best in April/May. (I did want to post a picture of a Dutch seasonal beer called Meibock ... brewed only in May ... but I couldn't find it!
ThiamMeka2Gogue
A2
Preparing my garden by planting flowers because of my love for flowers: their colors, the parfume they exhale and the serenity they provide to my whole self
#PTTravel https://t.co/KRiFqyHhRi
silviemaris1
RT @JKatzaman: A4 This was yesterday, but by then it was already May 1 in Asia. #PTTravel https://t.co/c0IRh2oSgN
NomadKeith
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel The English Heritage website would be a good start.
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
A4 Majorca was a May trip. Start of the main tourist season in a lot of those islands. Cheaper and less crowded
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
Q5 How do you/did you balance work with travel? Do you or did you have plans for retirement?
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel three years ago, at 'about this time' I was in Albania.
Travelteaandme
A3 I try to go some place I haven’t been before. I’ve been to Huntington Beach a bunch. but I just visited the botanical gardens for the first tjme. #PTTravel Chat #huntingtongardens https://t.co/ryU2sGD7nV
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie
@kate_frankie #pttravel In my old job I had a tendency to only book holiday time off when I was going somewhere specific. I almost never took random days off, I'd take a week, or two weeks, scattered through the admin year.
Retirement? I'll be dead by then!
aok_NW
A5 #pttravel When I worked, I had a lot of time off. I was getting about 6 weeks/year & with my schedule, I could get two weeks off about monthly. With COVID waning, I’m trying to get my travel going again. Missouri is coming soon.