# Of Course Nothing Can Go Wrong With This Holiday (Vacation). **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2014, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665 "2014-04-22T10:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/1 "2014-04-22T10:16:00Z")
So, I was working in the yard one Saturday afternoon. I had a few beers. Over dinner a few more beers and received advice about an airfare sale. Now, we had sworn there would be no holiday this year- new house. However, after looking at the airfares the deals were too good to pass up. So, I booked two airfares to Russia. In winter. Also Lapland- we’ll get to meet Santa I guess. And the zoo has a kangaroo. Also various other very cold places. Of course Russia is unlikely to annoy Ukraine or anything like that are they? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/2 "2014-04-22T11:26:39Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > So, I booked two airfares to Russia. In winter. Those unfamiliar with history really are doomed to repeat it. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/3 "2014-04-22T11:28:26Z")
You know who else wanted to visit Russia in the winter? Napoleon. It’s OK folks, the thread hasn’t been Godwinised yet! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/4 "2014-04-22T11:33:35Z")
I’ll avoid Borodino. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/5 "2014-04-22T13:12:38Z")
Wait, wait. Whose winter? The Mongols never had to deal with that question… ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/6 "2014-04-22T13:20:46Z")
Winter is coming. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/7 "2014-04-22T14:00:10Z")
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to take it again in summer session, pass/fail. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/8 "2014-04-22T14:15:21Z")
Go. Why would you let local political concerns have any sway in your plans for an exotic vacation? Those things have no effect on travelers, and if they are serious enough that they do, you won’t be allowed in the country or region in the first place. Tourists can’t just wander around in a war zone. Why would a traveler not go to Albuquerque in 1968 during the Detroit riots? Why would one not go to Engliand or Argentina during the Falkland Islands war? Literally, nothing can go wrong. Go. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/9 "2014-04-22T14:55:42Z")
You’re going from Australia to Lapland to see a kangaroo? Um… ---
**Author:** ![delsina363](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@delsina363](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delsina363)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/10 "2014-04-22T15:34:24Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to take it again in summer session, pass/fail. 🙂 I love posts that make me smile. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-nothing-can-go-wrong-with-this-holiday-vacation/686665/11 "2014-04-23T08:42:09Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > You’re going from Australia to Lapland to see a kangaroo? Um… Not really. It just struck me as odd that they have a kangaroo. I hope it has a well heated cage.