Grand Tour Friday Five

My first time playing this game from Songbird. My five places:

1) Favorite Destination -- Right now would have to be Snell's Beach in North Auckland, New Zealand where we stayed recently with my Aunt and Uncle. The hospitality was warm and generous. The bedroom looked out over a literally 'picture perfect' bay. Just up the street was a walking track around the coast. And a short boat trip away was Kawau Island where we were the only people on the beach and the two of us swam in perfect contentment.

2) Unfavorite Destination -- Well the diner in Dannevirke would fit this bill. Only the diner was open on the evening of Easter Day (NB over 20 years ago). I ordered 'mexican chicken'. Was presented with a small (side) plate, with one crumbed chicken drumstick on a folded paper serviette. That was the meal!

3) Fantasy Destination -- I saw in Gourmet Traveller a resort in UAE where you have a mansion for two people, plus a yacht to sail in during the day and of course fantastic meals and service always at hand. Then again Prague is said to be the most romantic city in the world and I am a true romantic. And my patriotic side would like to participate in a commemoration of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. My great uncle died there in World War One and it is a site where so many mothers and fathers, Turkish and Allied, lost their sons. So it seems a world tour is my fantasy destination.

4) Fictional Destination -- I so want to see Aslan singing the world into being - as in The Magician's Nephew. Narnia would be my choice.

5) Funny Destination -- the Ginger Factory on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia has cutesy carnival type rides, giant gingerbread men statues everywhere, a miniature train ride, and LOTS of ginger. I loved it.