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Craig · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:36 am Post subject: Travel destinations

What destinations(s) would you like to visit during your lifetime? This could also include places you previously set a goal to visit, and went.

Here are a few of mine, not necessarily in order of precedence:

1. The UK
2. The Norse countries (my ancestral homelands): Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway
3. Germany, Austria, France, Belgium
4. Cuba
5. Puerto Rico
6. Canada (went there with my parents as a teen, to Ontario I think, but I would like to see more of it)
7. Old Route 66 (already done, drove it in 2003 on the way moving from Wisconsin to ...cough... Arizona). A very scenic view. The drive was cool. Arizona is not, neither literally nor figuratively Rolling Eyes

Advance apology to HendrixFan85239 Wink

8. Hawaii, only because my wife would like to. Me, nothing about it inspires a desire to go. Undoubtedly it's beautiful, but I think there are many places that are more historically and culturally interesting and less trendy.

An interesting show to watch if travel interests you is Rick Steves' Europe on PBS. I'm a PBS nerd and I particularly enjoy his show. Europe is a beautiful and fascinating place to me, and he really makes you feel almost as if you're there.
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Phantomotaku · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:19 am Post subject:

Awesome topic.

I've traveled and been to a few places not really planned out though - must be my adventurous spirit. Hahahaha

First the places I want to go to:

1.Europe - basically everywhere over there, but mostly Norway, UK, Germany, Spain and Italy

2. Greece (Some thing about the Mediterranean...)

3. Australia and New Zealand

4. Japan I'd love to travel that whole country from Hokkaido to Okinawa (the northern tip of the country to one of its southern most islands)

5.China (why not?)

6. Philippines (I have very good friends from there who keep telling me I need to see it)

7. Select countries in Central and South America (I want to see more of Mexico than T.J and Juarez) Specifically Brazil and Nicaragua

8. The rest of the states - I too haven't been to Hawaii yet as well as many other places I'd like to see (Seattle, Portland, Miami, Austin etc)

9. The rest of Canada (I too have bumbled around Ontario for a few weeks only really managed to see Toronto...)

Places I've been to:

1. Singapore
2. Taiwan
3. Canada (Ontario - Toronto and surrounding)
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HendrixFan85239 · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: Travel destinations

Steve · Playing Club Dates Joined: 27 Dec 2009 Posts: 166

1) Philippines - G/f's family are still there, so I'd get the real experience, not some tourist nonsense. They live out in the provinces.

2) South America in general...specifically Uruguay, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.

3)SE Asia, specifically Thailand, Laos, and/or Cambodia

4) Central and Eastern Africa - Both Congos, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Kenya

5) Europe - Scandinavia in general, Finland mostly; Czech Republic, for family ties. Austria, once again, for family reasons. The UK. Ireland.

Craig · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:28 pm Post subject:

pratteman · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:08 pm Post subject: Re: Travel destinations

Old Route 66 (already done, drove it in 2003 on the way moving from Wisconsin to ...cough... Arizona).[/quote]

You drove right by my house, I live a block and a half off of Route 66.

There is still so much to see in the US, it would be hard for me to travel outside for a while. If I did get to, Spain and Italy would be in the picture.
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Craig · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:48 pm Post subject:

^^^That's cool, living near a landmark like that. Or so it would seem to someone who doesn't live there Smile

I did enjoy the drive immensely, seeing remnants of a bygone era like that. We stopped at a few key points such as Springfield, Illinois to see the Lincoln sites, as my wife didn't know a whole lot about American history or Lincoln. We also stopped in Winslow, Arizona and I actually "stood on the corner", with my guitar case, and my wife snapped my picture. If I can find the snapshot I'll see about putting it up on the forum; it was pretty cool Cool

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Phantomotaku · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:14 pm Post subject:

dearlpitts · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:27 pm Post subject:

i/d like go any place where i could relax and not work-or like to visit a stage that has my band playing in front of 100000 people ya that would rock
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pratteman · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject:

It was funny, a few summers ago there was an article in the St. Louis paper that Paul McCartney drove Rt 66 across the US and stopped for gas about 4 miles from my house. I was pissed I missed that one, lol.
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