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Pewter_of_Deodar

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Ok, same line of thought as the names thread, but current real places you've never gone that you'd like to visit...

Top of Mount Everest
The Pyramids in Egypt
Taj Mahal
 

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The Cathedral at Notre Dame
The North Shore of Ohau (At High surf)
Poland, all of it.

John
 

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Been to England & Europe... hubby in the military in the early 70's. Love it all.... but I'd like to go to the Virgin Islands, with no worries....
... or.... I can't think of anyplace else.... I'm pretty much content.
I'm a simple girl... I don't need much...

:-* Suzy Q, Brewmistress
 

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When I was young, I wanted to travel the world and get as far away from New Brunswick as I could. Now though, having traveled a fair bit in Atlantic Canada, and briefly into Western Canada, I've come to the conclusion that I don't know my own country well enough to appreciate the differences in another one.

This is such a vast continent that I don't think I could ever truly come to know it all. I still have an urge to see Scotland and Ireland, where my ancestors come from. (Also Belgium, where my favourite beers come from.) But I bet I could spend the rest of my life traveling around Canada--even just Eastern Canada--with out ever thinking that I knew it well enough to represent my own region to the rest of the world.

Lately, my interest in Acadian--and thus, Cajun--history, and also (completely unrelated...) country blues music and increased my desire to tour through the Southern States. If ever I do muster the courage for such a trip, I would rely heavily on the few Southern friends I have made on the internet--mainly folk on this forum.

--Jay
 

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Been there. It was great. I stayed at Grand lido Negril (twice). If you want to read about my adventures, you can find my trip reports here:

http://tinyurl.com/3m2xv

As far as where I'd like to go:
Jamaica (again)
Cozumel
Belize
(not necessarily in that order)

My wife says:
Jamaica
Belize
Madagascar
(again, not necessarily in that order)
 

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NY
Australia (again)
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic (again)
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Japan (again)
New Zealand
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand

Just for starters.... ;D
 

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Canada, Mexico, pretty much anywhere off US soil for a vacation :)

Heck, I've only been in a plane twice!

:D
 

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Bahia de Sao Salvador, Brazil (I'm ticked off because I lived in Brazil for 5 years and never got to legendary Bahia)
Australia & New Zealand (cheating a little on the number, here)
Auschwitz, for the sake of my soul.
 

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Miriam,

One can only imagine the breadth of emotions a Jewish person would feel when confronted with an artifact of the Holocost, like Auschwitz. I'm not real good at visiting the gravesites of past relatives. First, I don't believe they are there. Second, I do not like the deep sadness it generally brings. But thanks for sharing since it does provoke some interesting thoughts...

Pewter
 

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Here in Israel many high-school graduating classes go on organized trips to Auschwitz. More than a visit of respect to the martyred, it is an effort to integrate the reality of that immense loss into one's very being; especially important now that the survivors of that time, that is the living witnesses, are very elderly and dying away.

But on a drinkier note, people in Brazil enjoy many concoctions but cachaca (cashassah) is the national tipple. It is also the base for the caipirinha, a daiquiri-like drink. Except that to me cachaca always tasted like kerosene; never could drink it.

And I would so love to tour all of vast Australia and New Zealand, taking in of course the wineries in each country as well. I hear the kosher wines are just as good as the non-. And I have several friends in both countries...well, maybe someday.

Mirian
 
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