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meant to ask you Paul, did you go out in those canoes? they all look quite new lined up there. I’m sure they’d accommodate you well enough
…the colour on those trees is unreal.did you find the Quebec people friendly enough to you? I’ve often wondered as I don’t think they like to be part of Canada or anything with British connections. Maybe you weren’t there long enough to notice, or to bother you especially. Quaint looking houses, presumably the older part of town?
No I was a land lubber there – there were too many experts who would have shown me up Anyway I would probably have provided too much ballast.The colours were great and, once again the photos do not do it justice.
The locals in Quebec were very friendly – it’s strange as I switched to French speaking once there, only to discover the French spoken there is somewhat different than "classic" French – it is more like Franglaise – quite amusing really.
In Quebec it is certainly the Old Town which is more attractive, the new city is bog standard modern functional.
Mature cheddar cheese applied to bread
is a journey in itself
but add
circular slices of raw onion
and you have yourself
a breathtaking travelling machine.
strong enough to leave the lounge
and enter the gorge..
and beyondI sat last night quite alone.
The wings of the chair ponting
relentlessly upwards
craving the possibilities
and began.I returned after three days
having enjoyed so many hi’s
on mountain passes
and a rather rude push through customs
– but my skin felt totally refreshed
and my back arched a little
as I carried the plate into the kitchen
and washed the crumbs down the hole.
The pictures are even more resplendent
in real life.It is without doubt my favourite destination….
Apart froma bit of touring around the deep south, i have mostly been to the major cities
It goes without saying that New York is excpetional and can only be compared with London for sheer buzz scale and diversity. I love it there and never tire of visiting
Chicago is a wonder too. Very friendly with stunning architecture. San Francisco is lovely and more relaxed and smaller scale than might be imagined. New Orleans is simply unique (i went before Katrina) No where like it. Philidlephia is underrated and definately worth a stop. Great history. Washington has to be seen of course, but one visit is enough
Love the deep south. the friendliness and the real unique dry humour there. It is a different world
this year its LA for me with the breeders. I will stopover at Dallas i think. Got to see the great art galleries, experience the texan way of life and of course, svisit the grassy knoll. In future i am determined to see Utah (as mentioned above) and more of the wider landsape.
I cant be bothered travlling 24 hours to croydon in the sun (australia) and dubai seems pointless to me. What is there to do ? A lot of fashionable destinations…are just that
I love americans and their great country. And being english there is still a great positive
the politics? Well, think of Russia, China or a muslim state as the worlds superpower…
and dubai seems pointless to me. What is there to do ? A lot of fashionable destinations…are just that
The only attraction I can see with Dubai would be the racing – just to able to add the World Cup to the list of attended meetings, the rest of the place wouldn’t interest me in the least – I cannot see the attraction of vegging on a beach.
Dubai will have to wait until I get my new passport next year though – my current passport has so many Israel visa’s, the chances of me getting into any Arab country are very long odds against.
Dubai doesn’t appeal to me either; had a friend who boasted about their holiday in a mega starred hotel in Dubai – now it they’d stayed in a bedouin tent in the desert with goats and horses I would have been impressed..saw a film when I was a kid called ‘Yellowstone Cubs’ and had this book of the National Parks with places like ‘Petrified Forest’ and ‘Old Geyser’…looks as if when I do eventually get there it will be on one of these pensioners tour buses..better start saving now – what’s the best time of year to go? almost went one year only to realise that it was the height of summer and just a tad hot…
Dubai will have to wait until I get my new passport next year though – my current passport has so many Israel visa’s, the chances of me getting into any Arab country are very long odds against
without getting too political, that is another reason i would not want to touch the place. Isnt it Saudi arabia that actually bans those of the jewish race from visiting regardless of Israel connections? Imagine if england banned black visitors?
I suppose we have to "understand" them dont we?
Doesnt help that i look vaguely jewish (ive been told) even though im not
Horrible part of the world IMO
Gamble, I’ve warned you about eating strong cheese before bed
Anyway, this is what Lord Morrissey thinks…
America Is Not The World
America your head’s too big, Because America, Your belly is too big. And I love you, I just wish you’d stay where you belong
In America, The land of the free, they said, And of opportunity, In a just and a truthful way.
But where the president, is never black, female or gay, and until that day,
you’ve got nothing to say to me, to help me believeIn America, it brought you the hamburger. Well America you know where, you can
shove your hamburger. And don’t you wonder, why in Estonia they say, Hey you, you big fat pig, you fat pig, you fat pigSteely blue eyes with no love in them, scan the World,
And a humourless smile, with no warmth within, greets the world.
And I, I have got nothing, to offer you
No-no-no-no-no, just this heart deep and true, which you say you don’t needSee with your eyes, touch with your hands, please, hear through your ears, know in your soul, please. For haven’t you me with you now? and I love you, I love you, I love you. And I love you, I love you, I love you.
America Is Not The World
They think they are
Which reminds me of one trip, I can’t remember where I was, but that is not relevant as it could apply almost anywhere in the States..
For those who have never experienced a US television news bulletin, the priority is something along the lines of local news (preferably involving a shoot out), county news, state news, national news and, very occasionally if there are a few seconds to fill, international news.
This particular day there had been a earthquake in China with tens of thousands killed and it actually merited a brief mention. What made me smile though was the on-screen caption which simply said "China – The World"
At least the viewers were given some idea where it was.
Another way to totally confuse a typical American is when they ask where you come from reply "Great Britain" – it throws them completely, some can cope with "United Kingdom" and nearly all can cope with England – heaven knows how someone from Wales or Scotland would get on?
Its touchingly insular there…
On my first trip a hot dog stall guy asked me where i was from. I said "london" and he said he had been "to Wales in london"
Still…not so many years ago since the Times headline
"fog in channel. Continent isolated"
I like that one….
Another way to totally confuse a typical American is when they ask where you come from reply "Great Britain" – it throws them completely, some can cope with "United Kingdom" and nearly all can cope with England – heaven knows how someone from Wales or Scotland would get on?
(to an American crowd)
"Hello there! I’m from England… where the history comes from!"
– Eddie Izzard
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This is to completely ignore, as is often the case I find, Indian history which goes back as far as anybodies I should guess, and every bit as rich and diverse, and probably a lot less bloody.
This wasn’t my intention to chide any of them, rather to explore the beauty of the country, but I’ll join in here and quote a little conversation I had just a few years ago. This is on the Crow Indian reservation in southern Montana, in a small post office store.
At the counter was a young Indian lady and I wanted to send my postcard back home. I asked how much to send this to England?
She looked long and hard at her list of countries, and after some minutes said "I don’t seem to have that here, where is it near?"
me: It’s the UK, the United Kingdom, is that not on your list?
she had another long and hard look before saying:
"Is that Princess Diana country?"
me: Yes!!!, that’s the one – you got it!"
Indian lady: "I saw her funeral on the t.v. – that’ll be 50 cents"…
here’s another:
Whilst working for BT as an International Call Operator I was putting through a Collect call from someone in London to Atlanta.An American lady answered the phone, I asked her:
"This is the United Kingdom, Mr so and so is calling, will you pay the charges?"lady [to male friend in background].."where’s the United Kingdom?"
male friend: "er….some place in Africa?"
me, interjecting: "excuse me, this is ENGLAND!, will you pay for the call?"
lady: "Oh..England!!!!…yeah, sure"
…..such is life
Don’t knock carejilly as
cheese is the cheapest
packaged holiday you can buy
and far better than american pie
that only travels you back to the fifties
when the bluddy music diedUglyMare and paulostermeyer
have struck a rich blue vein
its called rocqueamericancream
-carefully silver papered
and we’re all up to the eyeballs in it
You can even hear Dylan strummin
inside
the creampieces….up to the eyeballs?…I expect you’ve had your bellyful of it gamble
but I do appreciate your contributions 
The locals in Quebec were very friendly – it’s strange as I switched to French speaking once there, only to discover the French spoken there is somewhat different than "classic" French – it is more like Franglaise – quite amusing really.
…oh well that’s good to know Paul, I had wondered if they might have been a bit aloof, and presumably they’re all bi-lingual.
I agree with what you said about American television and how they generally ignore world events. In some ways I found this a great relief as we holidayed there one year specifically to avoid the World Cup fever, so evident in the UK with everyone driving round with little flags on their bonnets…lol,.. and if you show little interest then you are considered a candidate for the nuthouse.
Out West, you would never have known such an event was occurring, absolutely nothing was to be heard of it, not on the t.v., no one mentioned it, BLISS!…. a great place of refuge during such occasions.
I could understand why you’d like that UM but I have to fly out to Boston on 2nd March and not return till 11th April.
I’m missing both Cheltenham and Aintree
Although I’ve got my Slingbox in place at home now, it’s a depressing thought that I’ll be starting my working day as the tapes go up for the Supreme Novices.
Damn – I’m about to throw myself onto the top of the Bank of England
Lee
Ugly Mare on the cotrary
I have found the whole topic
endearing, dramatic and inciteful.
Yourself and Paul share the
same wanderlust
and it is making me think,
just how small my
little window isLaguna Beach is calling you gamble, got to be better than Scarborough surely? I’m delighted you have joined in this little repartee.
I love travel and have spent nearly all our money on it over the years, which is why we now live in a ticky tacky little house that you could probably knock over with a good push…but never mind, I wouldn’t have swopped the experience and I’m always up for more. My husband is of a most forgiving nature
Lee,
My commiserations to you. There are 2 things in life I can easily forgo, – football and gambling. Be lost without the racing though – all else has to work around it.
Boston has it’s attractions I’m sure, – they better be good, right?…do let us know what it’s like – I’ve never been, but I’m thinking about it…lol.
Ugly Mare
I have a huge appetite for adventure
but am just too tied up at the moment
to consider a physical trip
When my time is more freed
I could ask Paul if he needed a valet
but my head mask might put him off
and I’d like to call the shots
about where we might be going.
Fascinating that your ticky tacky
has been affected by your wanderlust
and I imagine yourself and your husband
share your hot milk over a lonely guide
rather than Fads new wallpaper collectionTought of the day…
Any journey has some benefit
even if it just a walk around the park
…the colour on those trees is unreal.
Don’t knock carejilly as
the creampieces
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