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Title: Not what they look like???
Post by: bigwull on June 11, 2013, 08:45:25 AM
hi guys....how,s your knowledge of the world outside of America.....here,s some pics...of places Avril and I have visited.....can you tell me what countries we were in...
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: ghopper1924 on June 11, 2013, 08:50:50 AM
I'll say France and Germany??
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: greenacres on June 11, 2013, 09:36:44 AM
Austria?
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: bigwull on June 11, 2013, 10:02:35 AM
here,s a couple more...
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: ghopper1924 on June 11, 2013, 10:09:23 AM
Switzerland?
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: mart on June 11, 2013, 09:14:00 PM
You are asking a Texan that hates to travel ???  I don`t even like going to the next town much less a whole other country !!
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: bigwull on June 12, 2013, 02:20:56 AM
You are asking a Texan that hates to travel ???  I don`t even like going to the next town much less a whole other country !!
You don,t know what you,re missing......but then seeing as how it takes you 4 days to get anyplace....it must be like going on holiday...everytime you go to the shops....the joys of the ...boonies..... ;D
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: bigwull on June 12, 2013, 03:55:39 AM
For those that are interested....the first 4 pictures....are of places in Scotland....the Colosseum..is....th is....

 
McCaig's Tower.
View from the tower over Oban Bay looking towards Kerrera.
McCaig's Tower from the ferry to Mull. Additional Images may be found at The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland website.

the 2nd...is this

The Dunmore Pineapple is a folly said to "rank as the most bizarre building in Scotland." It is situated in Dunmore Park, approximately one kilometre northwest of Airth and the same distance south of Dunmore in the Falkirk council area, Scotland.
the 3rd...is this,

Kinnoull Hill is a hill located in Perth, Scotland. From the hill's 222m south-facing cliff summit, views are afforded of the River Tay, the Friarton Bridge, and a stretch of the Tay Coast railway line

the 4th,..is this....

Schiehallion is a prominent mountain in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Schiehallion has a rich botanical life, interesting archaeology, and a unique place in scientific history for an 18th-century experiment in 'weighing the world

the 5th,....is of me, on the Zugspitze glacier....11,000 ft above sea level.....near to Garmische-Partenkirchen,...

the 6th, is me again...outside of the hotel we stayed in....in a small town...on the River Main...in Germany....






Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: KC on June 12, 2013, 01:49:59 PM
Nah....they all looked like Texas to me!  :)
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: ghopper1924 on June 12, 2013, 02:00:11 PM
in a small town...on the River Main...in Germany....

Hanau? Bayreuth? Wurzburg?
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: bigwull on June 12, 2013, 02:06:16 PM
Nah....they all looked like Texas to me!  :)

you been on the sauce KC....at least our mountain looks like one... ;D
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: bigwull on June 12, 2013, 02:33:58 PM
in a small town...on the River Main...in Germany....

Hanau? Bayreuth? Wurzburg?
hi ghopper...it was Miltenberg....its a beautiful little town....full of picture postcard buildings....and very friendly people....

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=miltenberg&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7Nm4UdLxDoKW0AW9joCgCA&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=639
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: greenacres on June 12, 2013, 03:21:02 PM
KC pretty funny! ;D
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: ghopper1924 on June 12, 2013, 03:26:53 PM
in a small town...on the River Main...in Germany....

Hanau? Bayreuth? Wurzburg?
hi ghopper...it was Miltenberg....its a beautiful little town....full of picture postcard buildings....and very friendly people....

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=miltenberg&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7Nm4UdLxDoKW0AW9joCgCA&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=639

Sehr gut! I'd move there in a minute, except for the arbeit issue...as in, I wouldn't have one! ;D
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: KC on June 12, 2013, 03:29:52 PM
Better half just spent last month in Mainz, Germany and sent me so many gorgeous pics of the city, river, architecture, etc.  Couldn't make it...my passport renewal came in too late!  :(

Paris next month.....
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: bigwull on June 12, 2013, 03:42:56 PM
in a small town...on the River Main...in Germany....

Hanau? Bayreuth? Wurzburg?
hi ghopper...it was Miltenberg....its a beautiful little town....full of picture postcard buildings....and very friendly people....

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=miltenberg&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7Nm4UdLxDoKW0AW9joCgCA&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=639

Sehr gut! I'd move there in a minute, except for the arbeit issue...as in, I wouldn't have one! ;D
Me too!!....as for work....well,...i,m retired so that side of it would,nt bother me.....I,ve travelled the length and breadth of Germany...and Bayern is my favourite state,..Wurzburg is twinned with my home town....the summers over there are very good....unlike here....i know more about Germany...than i do Scotland....in the past 15 years Avril and I have went there for our holidays,...we tour.by car......as Avril has Meniere,s Disease....which prevents her from flying...we normally spend around 3 weeks...each year...visiting friends,
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: bigwull on June 12, 2013, 03:50:36 PM
Better half just spent last month in Mainz, Germany and sent me so many gorgeous pics of the city, river, architecture, etc.  Couldn't make it...my passport renewal came in too late!  :(

Paris next month.....
Mainz....i know it well,.....Paris....i hope your not thinking of driving in Paris.....its a nuthouse...when it comes to driving,especially....at the Arc de Triumphe...i like the Arch at La Defense..that,s the big white tiled concrete arch that you can see.when you are at the arc de  triumphe......the Metro..is the easiest way of getting around....
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: greenacres on June 12, 2013, 04:39:44 PM
So lucky. That's what nice about Europe. You can travel country to country. Here is state to state, which is just as interesting in some way I guess.
Title: Re: Not what they look like???
Post by: ghopper1924 on June 13, 2013, 03:54:09 AM
Better half just spent last month in Mainz, Germany and sent me so many gorgeous pics of the city, river, architecture, etc.  Couldn't make it...my passport renewal came in too late!  :(

Paris next month.....

I lived in Mainz for a year. Some cool buildngs, but the vast majority of it was leveled in WWII, so not as charming as some.