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02-11-2021, 10:13 PM

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relena

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02-12-2021, 03:30 AM

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TheAten

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Originally Posted by ANM;[url=tel:7590030

7590030[/url]]Hi all,

Born in New Jersey but moved to Northern California when I was young. Spent many summers and Christmases back East (NY, Maine and of course NJ and the Jersey Shore) moved to Los Angeles after college for 8 years and have been back in the Bay Area for the last 15.

Cannot wait to see Australia one day and very much looking forward to England/Ireland/Scotland

Can ya not forget Wales, please?! We always get left out and we’re a beautiful country with a unique heritage, culture and language! We’re part of the UK, too! ☹️

02-12-2021, 05:06 AM

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Can ya not forget Wales, please?! We always get left out and we’re a beautiful country with a unique heritage, culture and language! We’re part of the UK, too! ☹️

LoL! Is Wales a forgotten place?

02-12-2021, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Mizz;[url=tel:7590641

7590641[/url]]LoL! Is Wales a forgotten place?

It was once left off a world map! (No idea how they accidentally managed that as it’s very much part of the island that makes up the bulk of Great Britain). Only other country I’ve heard of that happened to was New Zealand! And yeah - often forgotten, people mention England, Scotland and Ireland by name but not Wales and it’s such a shame as we have just as rich a culture as the other countries - I mean, we have a dragon on our flag?! I’m very proud to be Welsh as you may tell, and would love more people to visit! It’s a great place.

02-12-2021, 02:53 PM

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TheAten - My cousin visited Wales & adored it. She visited the national parks, stayed in Cardiff.

02-12-2021, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Hevyn;[url=tel:7590897

7590897[/url]]TheAten - My cousin visited Wales & adored it. She visited the national parks, stayed in Cardiff.

This makes me so happy! I’m so glad your cousin enjoyed it, and I live in Cardiff. It’s a small city but it’s a beautiful place to live and very friendly. Yay for your cousin haha 🙂

02-12-2021, 03:34 PM

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02-12-2021, 03:38 PM

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Can ya not forget Wales, please?! We always get left out and we’re a beautiful country with a unique heritage, culture and language! We’re part of the UK, too! ☹️

And Wales!!! Yes - of course Wales

Can't wait!

02-12-2021, 03:57 PM

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Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. (No, not seen the monster !)

02-12-2021, 08:58 PM

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Hello again!

i know Cadillac Michigan, they built a bypass road to 131

i forgot to mention I also lived in Sutton in ash field, Skegby. England for about a year when I was 10. Mum was a Brit.

02-12-2021, 10:49 PM

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Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. (No, not seen the monster !)

Ohhh it's so so beautiful there! I once drove up from London and spent a few days in Kinlochewe, stayed at the hotel. Drove all around exploring. Man it was sooo awesome! So remote, so stark and gorgeous. Hills covered in Scotch Broom (springtime).. And warm inside the pub, with delicious food, haha. I love Scotland. I love the UK!

02-13-2021, 01:58 AM

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Welsh people have beautiful singing voices, so I've heard.

Wish I could figure out the rhyming slang.

Wish I knew where was "The Mitten".

02-13-2021, 02:54 AM

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Newfoundland, Canada!

02-13-2021, 05:26 AM

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Steely, the mitten is Michigan. The lower peninsula looks like a giant mitten. Most of my family is still there.

02-13-2021, 05:36 AM

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- I mean, we have a dragon on our flag?!

I'm coming to Wales! The Dragon confirms it. Its sounds magical.

02-13-2021, 03:00 PM

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Wish I knew where was "The Mitten".

That's what I was going to say, it's Michigan.

02-13-2021, 04:10 PM

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This makes me so happy! I’m so glad your cousin enjoyed it, and I live in Cardiff. It’s a small city but it’s a beautiful place to live and very friendly. Yay for your cousin haha 🙂

Every day, when I wake up, I thank the lord I'm Welsh

02-13-2021, 04:50 PM

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Steely

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Thanks Free2beme. Least. I'm going to check out Michigan out on the map right this moment.

All I could think of was a nursery rhyme when I was a child. Kittens, and mittens. Can't remember the rest.

02-13-2021, 04:55 PM

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Steely

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Hmmm. Michigan does look like a mitten. 🥊

Well, that a boxing glove, but a bit similar. Rock on Michigan.

02-13-2021, 04:59 PM

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Thanks Hevyn. Is that how Highway 61 is known? "The Blues Highway"?

Sounds like the highway for me.

Used to travel AC DC's "Highway to Hell". I don't know, but always imagined this as the "Hume Highway", the Highway on which I lived when young. AC DC played in venues there before they became famous. It was pretty rugged, that's for sure. A few dead bodies stashed away there, I'd imagine. 😬

So many places I want to go, see. Baton Rouge comes to mind. Sometimes think travelling Australia should be my first stop. So much beauty, just as in USA. Wish they'd stop chopping down all the trees tho. Poor little Koalas.

Sorry if I've interrupted this thread, got to dreaming.

I made a pilgrimage to The Crossroads....not the touristy Crossroads, the real Crossroads south of Dockery's Farms. It was amazing. Just two dirt roads and fields. No Robert Johnson t shirts, no Clapton knockoff guitars, just quiet. No sign of the devil however. I was there during the day, so that may have been a factor.