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Jeff in TX
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Favorite places you've visited or vacationed
Jeff in TX
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Curious as to your favorite places you've visited or vacationed? By far and away Italy has been my wife's and mine all time favorite and most beautiful places we've visited, second it south of France in Nice. These places are just incredible and the beauty and history is unreal! Cabo is also one of our favorite places.
Distance is not an issue, but the wind can make it interesting!
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Greece, particularly Crete.
Yeah, Italy would be very interesting as I always enjoyed history, especially ancient history.
Visiting the Pyramids in Egypt and the Library of Alexandria was very cool. The people there were very nice contrary to what is always presented on the idiot box. As far as my favorite vacation spot I'd have to say Gettysburg. Really opens ones eyes to what the Civil War cost in human life and suffering. Another favorite is the Smithsonian.
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Bonus points awarded if you trail your wife in the catacombs making spooky sounds and moans...
Paris is the most expensive city in the world - and darn well worth it!
Walker's Cay
Green Turtle Cay
Treasure Cay
Great Guanna Cay
Marsh Harbor
and Cat Cay
Hard to beat when you were an angler for the BBC tournaments at age 17 thru 30
Now-a-days, Being a homebody is quite pleasing for me. No more travel plans that I am aware of.
North Atlantic: Denmark and Sweden. Copenhagen was really nice port visit that got cut short.
They talk funny in Canada, and are a little strange, but good folks and pretty country.
Never left anything in Mexico I'd go back to retrieve. It's hotter than AZ, NM, and TX, and I didn't find anything I liked.
In the USA, didn't dislike anywhere I've been West of the Mississippi. I liked Michigan a lot, and Kentucky, and Virginia, and the Southern states. Anywhere North along the Atlantic seaboard I have nothing good to say about; being in the Navy and Southern was two strikes out the gate, and my tendency to 'cuss like a sailor' when cussed at by those folks was a resounding third strike. I was much better at it and they couldn't take it! :roll2: :tooth:
The Caribbean Islands are great places. Good food, GOOD rum, lots of things to see, and the folks pretty nice. U.S. Virgin Islands just because it's U.S. territory.
Liked Bermuda O.K. except for the warm beer. Lots of horses on the island. I've still got a $3 bill from there stashed somewhere.
Most favorite place of all is the Smoky Mountains, and pretty much anywhere along the borders of TN, NC, SC, and North GA. Lots of pretty country to lose yourself in and if you know the back roads there aren't a flock of tourists messin' up the views and the quiet.
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On business trips I love to go to Mexico City! I love the city and find the people there some of the friendliest and most gracious folks I've ever visited. Yes, I know I'm nuts but I love eating taco's from the street vendor outside the Hotel Novits where I stay. The food is some of the best I've ever had! It's just such a unique city!
Cabo is beautiful and breath taking. Some of the best diving I've done, if you dive you have to dive the "Sand Falls"! Think water falls but falls of sand on a ledge that at 40' or so in 1000' deep waters!
When someone asks me is there really a difference in authentic Italian food! My response is usually, yeah there is, actually it's night and day to what I've made and eaten in the US! The food is amazing in Italy! Where planning a two to three week trip there next Sept. My goal is to lose an additional 25 pounds so I can put it back on while we're there!
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Exploring the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Colorado
Hiking the trails and canyons of Moab, Utah
Fishing for king salmon in Puget Sound, Washington
Seeing the history in places like Williamsburg and Jamestown
But mostly watching the sunrise at Virginia Beach with a hot cup and a good cigar...
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Adam J. McCleod
I got the same vibe walking the Little Bighorn Battlefield. There are markers honoring the fallen (both Indians and Custer's men) across a few miles. Seeing the markers and reading the survivors' accounts was chilling. I could almost hear the horses' hooves and gunfire.
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I would have liked to fly under the Eiffel Tower!
In country the best vaca we had was in Charleston South Carolina. We just happened to get there the day after the burial of the Hunley crew. Everything was still set up and the re-enactors were still there. We toured the sub on the last day before they closed it up. Fantastic!!! Toured the old cemeteries and they were beautiful. The city was beautiful and the people were some of the most polite and helpful people we have ever seen. We hope to go back sometime soon.
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Yeah, it is a nice place----the only problem is the summer.
Oh man I dunno. Beautiful in Austria where they filmed the Sound of Music. Germany around where Hitlers Eagles Nest is located (Berchtesgaden) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Anywhere by the Alps and especially the Alpenstrasse a long road with idyllic scenery they make postcards from pictures of it.
Saw some Waterfalls near Schaffhausen in Switzerland really nice. Some places not so touristy in the Schwarzwald (Black Forest) and places I can't remember the names of, but pulled over just to look at. I liked the back roads and off the beaten path places, never knew what the next village or winding road had in store for you to look at.
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Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Incredible. I would like to visit the Little Bighorn Battlefield but so far I haven't had the chance yet. It is very sobering when one close their eyes and vividly imagines the carnage and horror of war. Being on that very ground brings it very close to home. Gettysburg was like that for me as well.
Edit: There was an old History Channel program titled something in the order of 'Battlefield Forensics' I recall. The episode that featured the Battle of the Little Bighorn was fascinating.
Now that is cool! Always wanted to visit Mexico City and see the many historic sights there.
I only got to see the factory/hotel in Sao Paulo. Didn't get to enjoy the city.
We have a new facility in Tunisia. They will begin production involving my specialty, so I'll probably have to go. The factory is surrounded by walls with razor wire. :yikes:
Adam J. McCleod
That sweepstakes prize didn't work out for ya? :jester:
But, I will admit, Colorado has changed a lot in just the past 15 years. The Front Range, where I live, is practically wall to wall city from Colorado Springs to damn near the Wyoming border. The "I-25 Corridor", as it's called. There's a little open land between Denver and Cheyenne, but not much. And from Colorado Springs north to Denver you won't see two miles of empty space.
Colorado still exists on the Western Slope, and there's mind boggling empty spaces on the eastern plains, but being crammed up against the eastern side of the Rockies brings to mind more the "Streets of San Francisco" than " Jeremiah Johnson".
But, at least I don't live in Denver, a place I gratefully cleared two hours ago after a concert. Denver has got to be the Chicago of the West.
The western slope is still Colorado, but I don't know how you can make a living there unless stocking shelves for the occasional tourist pays better than I suspect.
At least I can quickly run to the Colorado I remember, then quickly run back to where I can make a living. Couldn't do that in Louisiana.
Mike
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Santa Fe......that's a really cool place. For both culture and food. And it's in the States.
Mike
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
refueling and RON Base under AF control.
Twelve years ago when my buddy and I hiked Moab, I-70 between Grand Junction and the US191 turnoff was a dead zone. Dark side of the moon. With a constant 30mph wind blowing across the desert!
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and some for over 30 days. Most were interesting for historical reason such as Cairo,
Athens and many others throughout Europe and the far East. For me,just for relaxation
and beauty Jackson Hole is one of my favorite stateside locations. One of my biggest
surprises was Lebanon. Baalbek Lebanon, located in the Beqaa Valley was certainly
one of the biggest surprises and for me more interesting than Rome or Greece
mostly due to its location (BFE) and construction. Although typical Roman in appearance, most of the foundation is made up of very large, 100 to 300 ton stones
quarried over a hundred miles away. It's always puzzled me why they chose that location over a coastal seaport like Beirut. Even though I,ve had the the opportunity
to visit most of the planet I never had the slightest urge to relocate to any other
country. The U.S. is still my favorite place to visit! and you don't need to take any Pepto Bismol with you