Vacation... 7 days and counting

[SuperSwede]

Whoho... 7 days until my vacation.

4 lovely weeks of sunshine (?) beer (!) and BBQ ( :bravo: )

So when are you guys going on vacation?

[street music]

Swede, I've already had my vacation for now, taking a day here and there to play a little golf or guitar, got a few concerts to see in July and August.

Where you headed too? ENJOY! Be safe and relax.

[just strum]

I'm like Street, tend to take them a day or two here and there. I have 18 days (some already used). We are approaching our Independence Day Holiday and I've thrown in a couple of vacation days in to give me a 5 day weekend beginning this Thursday. Nothing major planned, just go to the town festivities and parade, relax, and play some guitar. Oh, and if things go according to plan, have a new box to plug the guitars into just in time for the long weekend. New toys are cool.

[Robert]

I have a week here and there. Mostly because of my trips to running races. Quebec City marathon next in August.

SS, what are you doing on your vacation, going to any interesting places?

[ZMAN]

I started mine 4 years ago. Still going strong. You just can't wipe the smile off my face. I am so grateful to my Financial analyst. The only problem I have is trying to remember what day it is.
When I was working the company I worked for gave us 7 weeks and 7 single days in the final years before retirement so you could kind of ease into it. I was lucky enough to have invested wisely and could go 8 years early.

[zeusse]

Already had mine two weeks in Florida with the family at Disney and Universal Studio's. We had to go at the end of April its the only time my company will let me sneek away the summer vacation thing is out of the question.


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[warren0728]

Already had mine two weeks in Florida with the family at Disney and Universal Studio's. We had to go at the end of April its the only time my company will let me sneek away the summer vacation thing is out of the question.
wow i wish i would have known...we could have hooked up for lunch or something...i hope you checked out the hard rock cafe just down a little from where you were in the pic with the race car!

ww

[zeusse]

Wait does this help

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/160/hardrockpicsapril292008jh9.jpg Jimmy Hendrix display at The Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7081/orlandoandvanhalenguitama0.jpg Me with Eddie Van Halen's Kramer Pacer at The Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2303/orlandoandvanhalenguitaau0.jpg ...and here's a close up of the Kramer I had to wait to get this table for lunch I got about 200 close up pics of it I'm gonna replicate it

[just strum]

wow i wish i would have known...we could have hooked up for lunch or something...i hope you checked out the hard rock cafe just down a little from where you were in the pic with the race car!

ww

Looking at the second pic, it looks like he hooked up with Shiner. I could tell by the ears, it looks like he tried the music therapy I suggested. Next time he will listen to his daughter.

[warren0728]

Wait does this help
good man....i met the curator of all the hard rocks memorabilia and got a behind the scenes tour including the lennon room where i got to sit on john lennon's couch! they have a lot of stuff that isn't on display to the public...also got to check out the green rooms and such for hard rock live and me and the kids went on stage and played air guitar and stuff....lots of fun!
it is a very cool place....my kids love it there... :AOK:

ww

[street music]

Warren, you lucky dog, I would love to have that chance. John Lennon is one of my idols , as is George Harrison. The Hard Rock cafe has really great stuff and it would be nice to visit all of them.

[warren0728]

Warren, you lucky dog, I would love to have that chance. John Lennon is one of my idols , as is George Harrison. The Hard Rock cafe has really great stuff and it would be nice to visit all of them.
here are a couple of pics...

here is the curator...we were in the basement where they had a lot of cool stuff that wasn't on display in a public area (click for larger pic)

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here are me and the kids sitting on john lennon's couch....it was roped off but i asked if it would be ok if we sat on it so he moved the ropes (on the right) so we could. (click for larger pic)

the photo above the couch is a photo of john sitting on the couch when it was in his house.

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the lennon room was cool....lot's of his drawings on the wall and other things like his white suit that is in the picture with us on the couch!

ww

[just strum]

It won't let me look at your pictures.

just strum, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

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[warren0728]

It won't let me look at your pictures.
i keep forgetting that once you upload pics to the fret you have to change the permission to public... :thwap:

should be working now

ww

[marnold]

We mainly go to MI or MN, to my folks or my inlaws. I've got a week's worth of vacation that's just coming to an end. Very restful, except I helped move my grandfather out of the assisted living place today. I used a few muscle groups that haven't been exercised in a while.

[warren0728]

We mainly go to MI or MN, to my folks or my inlaws. I've got a week's worth of vacation that's just coming to an end. Very restful, except I helped move my grandfather out of the assisted living place today. I used a few muscle groups that haven't been exercised in a while.
aren't you pretty much always on vacation...i mean you only work a couple of hours on sunday!! :rotflmao:

ww

[ted s]

Holy crap Swede ! 4 weeks with a new job ?
I understand that vacation time in Europe is taken very seriously, by employers as compared to North America. Is that true ?

[Tone2TheBone]

4 weeks holiday holy cow brother I'll trade you jobs!

[SuperSwede]

Holy crap Swede ! 4 weeks with a new job ?
I understand that vacation time in Europe is taken very seriously, by employers as compared to North America. Is that true ?

Well, most people here got around 40-45 days every year.

Here is a translated text that describes part of the employment protection act:

The individual Swedish worker enjoys benefits, by law or by union contract, that include five weeks of paid holiday, paid time off for illness or child-care, 16 months of paid parental leave, regulated working hours, overtime compensation and pension benefits.

Vacations and holidays are covered by legislation. All employees in Sweden are entitled to a minimum five-week paid annual leave, after the first year of employment. Normally, vacations are taken so employees can have four consecutive weeks off. Traditionally, vacations have been taken in July, which means that many companies all but close down operations in that month. However, in recent years, because of the much stronger international business environment, full operations continue through the summer, while employees take vacations at other times of year.

Vacation time can be accumulated up to one week per year for a five-year period. This means an employee could be entitled to a maximum of ten weeks vacation. Sweden also has twelve public holidays per year.

[street music]

You got spare room over there for another hard worker from the US? I may want to retire to Sweden.

[SuperSwede]

You got spare room over there for another hard worker from the US? I may want to retire to Sweden.

Welcome!

Buy all the guitars you need BEFORE coming here though :D