07-19-2009, 08:07 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Where would you love to visit or live?
Now I will probably never have enough money to travel, well at least not for a long time. But if I could go anywhere I would go to Italy. Italy is so beautiful. I also would like to visit Maine to meet some of my husbands family. I wish some days I could just get in the car and go. Ive only been to Idaho for a family reunion and then my great grandmas funeral. So going to see the world is just a dream to me. Here is a photo of where I would love to live someday.
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07-19-2009, 08:19 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Nice picture.
It always amazes me how Europe still has so much open space. If Europe had been settled by Americans for the past few thousand years, there'd be nothing but Starbucks, Walmarts, and parking lots for as far as the eye can see. I wouldn't want to live there, but I've always been fascinated with ancient Egypt. I'd love to visit the Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings. And as long as I'm there in that corner of the world, I'd like to see Jerusalem because of its long and fabled history.
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07-19-2009, 08:48 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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I think it'd be cool to visit Scotland, Japan, Germany, the Pacific NW, and parts of greece (especially the Achellion at Corfu).
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07-19-2009, 09:15 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Location: The Windy City
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I love living in Los Angeles, but if I had a whole huge bunch of money and could live free and easy wherever, I would probably split my time between
LONDON- my favorite city on earth. I love London, and its bookshops and theaters and restaurants and museums, its rains and its people and its historicity, and also its hundreds of pubs. Nothing beats England, a society constructed on the premise that no one should ever have to go further than thirty yards to find beer. and ROME- maybe my second favorite city on earth. You have to work to find a bad restaurant in Rome, and work even harder to find bad wine. The architecture is unreal, and the city is both gorgeous and welcoming. It really is the Eternal City. but votes also go to JERUSALEM- I lived there for a year, and I would do it again. I love the food, and the absorption of the city in scholarship and study, the artwork and the museums, and the holiness that not even ultra-Orthodox assholes, right-wing nutjobs, and wacked-out Palestinians can entirely cover up. Yom Kippur in Jerusalem is an experience no Jew can experience and be unmoved. and WASHINGTON DC- I am always pleasantly surprised by the fact that America's capitol city is really quite capital. The archetecture is often dignified, the museums many and well-furnished, the public transportation cheap and accessible, and the public monuments generally elegant and distinguished. Somehow, Washington really does seem to emphasize our elusive American ideals, and not our ever-present American bullshit.
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07-19-2009, 09:47 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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Location: The Windy City
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All depends on what you're used to, dude. Compared to Los Angeles, public transportation in DC is like a nice, easy wet dream. Naw. Actually living in Santa Cruz was something I liked doing when I was much younger, but I couldn't do it forever. I need more culture than that. I need more city than that. And the parts of Santa Cruz that are best stay with you, and you don't really have to physically inhabit them: it's a state of mind, man.
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07-20-2009, 12:58 AM | #12 (permalink) |
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Location: Australia/UAE
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visit?..gee whiz!
i want to finish off every country in the middle east before i leave it..maybe with the exception of iraq right now. ive got nepal, lebanon and egypt booked tentatively for sometime this year. chicago, mongolia and kilimanjaro 2010. if theres one place id love to see right now, it would be Patagonia in Chile.
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07-20-2009, 01:09 AM | #13 (permalink) | |
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Location: Ohio! yay!
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I want to hear the lions roar at dusk on the plains of the Serengeti, spend a day watching lemurs in Madagascar, go fishing at an Alaskan inlet next to a glacier, ride a horse on the beach in Jamaica, get lost in Tokyo and find a great karaoke bar and get drunk on sake, swim with sea turtles off the coast of Barbados, go window shopping in Amsterdam, let in ride in vegas and then watch the sun rise from the Florida keys.
I will, however, most likely never leave Ohio. This saddens me. also, I want to do this: Quote:
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07-20-2009, 01:21 AM | #14 (permalink) |
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I would like to visit anywhere I can get to... right now the top of my list is Krakatoa, Vietnam (again), Cambodia and Japan.
As for where I would like to live... I'd like to live in the following cities: London New York Hong Kong There is a reasonable chance that my career could take me to two of three of those cities.
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07-20-2009, 04:27 AM | #17 (permalink) |
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We are planing a trip to Australia in a few months--We have been waiting for years for this trip. Any advice on the area would be great.
Woods--We spent a week on the island of Rhodes in Greece and it was amazing(the best thing is a lot of the roads are to small for tour buses so you are not swamped with tourists) |
07-20-2009, 04:46 AM | #18 (permalink) |
Currently sour but formerly Dlishs
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theemaan, where abouts in oz? its a lot bigger than you expect!
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07-20-2009, 05:00 AM | #19 (permalink) |
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So I have seen in the travel guides. We were very interested in the Kimberly area-love desert camping -but it looks like the time frame(feb.)isn't a great time for that area. we are going for 4-5 weeks and intend to see all we can with out driving the whole time. We also intend 14-15 days in a caravan(camper) so we can see more out of the way stuff. Any ideas are welcome.
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07-20-2009, 05:03 AM | #20 (permalink) | |
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My Mom spent a lot of time there and she claims it's a dump. But her tastes exceed mine. I'm in love with the culture and architecture. I'd love to spend a week there. Cyprus especially - that's where my roots are. |
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07-20-2009, 05:24 AM | #21 (permalink) |
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The city areas were a bit shabby. We rented scooters and spent all our time in the country and found some amazing places--Winerys in the hills--caves where the christians hide on the north west coast(i think) and very few people--it was the end of May before the big tourist season. We had lunch every day out in the coutry at small tavernas or just in the woods with grape leaves and tomatoes--and good ones they were--Hope you get to go.
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07-20-2009, 06:05 AM | #23 (permalink) |
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Yeah!
Most people know it from TLOTR movies, but I fell in love with the scenery there back in the early 80s watching a film called The Race for the Yankee Zephyr. That was back when scenery wasn't CGI. Beautiful place.
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07-20-2009, 06:49 AM | #25 (permalink) | |
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Location: Oregon
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I'd love to live there, or Japan, or France, or the Netherlands, or Scotland, or Canada. Or else I'd like to stay right here, thank you very much. I do live in a very beautiful place. From where I live, it's only an hour to the Pacific Ocean and 1.5-2 hours to the mountains. You can literally ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon. I've had the opportunity to travel all over the United States, and there is no place like my home. I really wouldn't consider living anywhere else in the U.S. now. There are lots of places I'd like to visit, probably too many to list here. Hawaii, Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Uzbekistan (one of my life's goals is to travel the length of the Silk Road), India, Thailand, Australia, more of Europe, etc. Really, I would travel pretty much anywhere. Travel in and of itself is a rewarding learning experience.
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07-20-2009, 07:49 AM | #26 (permalink) |
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Tt and I enjoy traveling. Road trips are a little slice of heaven. Train rides and backpacking are even more delightful. There are places that we stayed along the way for a few brief days (or even hours) where we felt immediately at home and would love to return. A list of these...
Carnia Cerbere Avignon Vienna Munich Western Montana St. Louis Malibu And I've felt at home here, would love to have an opportunity to show Tt... A view from the top of Mount Rotui, Moorea We currently live in one of those places we stopped by for a brief visit and felt at home: southwestern Ohio. We would like to keep moving, keep traveling - it seems every time we get out there, we find a new place we could easily call home - a place of immediate comfort in a sea of foreign confusion. I hope we find many more places like these in our lifetimes.
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07-20-2009, 08:43 AM | #27 (permalink) | |
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07-20-2009, 10:17 AM | #28 (permalink) |
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I don't really want to live anywhere other than where I'm at, but I'd love to visit too many places to list here. Top of the list is Australia though. I'm not sure if it's because I raised sheep for most of my life or what, but I've wanted to visit there for a long time. Other places are Scotland, New Zealand, Hawaii, Washington DC...
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07-20-2009, 12:52 PM | #29 (permalink) |
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I love New York as a place to live at this point in my life, but I would definitely like to get hoppin' around the globe. I think my next stop will be Japan. Then I will punch a few more holes in Europe (Berlin, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Prague, Athens). Eventually, I'd like to go to Brazil, but I need to have a good plan that keeps me in the safe spots.
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07-20-2009, 01:02 PM | #30 (permalink) |
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Ireland. Greece. South Africa.
Stateside, I think I'd be happy in Colorado or Southern California.
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07-20-2009, 01:58 PM | #31 (permalink) |
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I would love to live in southern France in Nice. We visited there for a mere 5 days once while traveling in Europe. I was blown away by it's beauty and all the art galleries around the town. The worst part was that we didn't know much French, but the locals are much more friendly that the locals in Paris.
Another spot I want to visit is either Scotland or New Zealand, both look gorgeous and lush and they speak English! My friends that go to NZ (Kiwiland as they say) have said it IS Paradise on Earth!
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07-20-2009, 03:20 PM | #32 (permalink) |
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I got my taste for it from watching the hercules and xena series. what a beautiful country.
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07-20-2009, 04:26 PM | #34 (permalink) |
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Location: New York City
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I would love to live in the Black Forest in Germany. Never have I been to a place so beautiful and quiet. If I wanted to head back to the city, I'd only be a short train ride from Frankfurt.
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07-20-2009, 06:24 PM | #35 (permalink) |
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Scotland and Australia. I would love to visit/live in either.
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07-20-2009, 06:28 PM | #36 (permalink) |
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Visit? Maybe somewhere like Colombier Beach. There's nothing worse on a beach than a thousand and one drunk coeds. In order to really enjoy the Caribbean, you need to get away from the better known party areas, to place that you can only find via hiking or boating. Bringing someone you adore and maybe a few really well prepared meals and just spend the day existing there. I've not been yet, but from my experience in Mexico desperately looking for a beach as far from other people as possible, this has to be heaven... to visit. It's impractical to live there, of course.
Live? I honestly don't know. I was thinking just outside of Vienna, maybe a few miles up the Wien River (wouldn't want to catch cholera), but that's really just a romantic notion. I'm not familiar with the practicality of living in Austria. Vienna always just screamed culture to me as a child, learning about the art and music coming from there, seeing old paintings of this city that existed outside of time, reaching to me from 300 years ago. I feel as if, were I to visit this summer, I'd want to seek an audience with the king to demonstrate my son's incredible musical ability. |
07-21-2009, 12:44 AM | #40 (permalink) |
Currently sour but formerly Dlishs
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its just like you see it in the movie 'Australia' with nicole kidman and hugh jackman. serious...kangaroos and all
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