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Post by onlyMark on Feb 7, 2018 11:51:09 GMT
(Used to live there. Not quite as boring as it is reputed)
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 7, 2018 13:54:36 GMT
Grand Isle (Louisiana) - town at the very southern tip of the Mississippi delta
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 7, 2018 14:42:08 GMT
Sleaford - market town in Lincolnshire. Not famous for very much.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 7, 2018 14:48:09 GMT
Bordeaux good wine if you put the price, beautiful city.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 7, 2018 17:07:37 GMT
Eau Claire (Wisconsin) - yet another American city named by the French
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 8, 2018 14:22:47 GMT
Clackmannan - Scottish town not noted for anything in particular.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 8, 2018 23:39:46 GMT
Clairvaux - location of an infamous French prison which should finally close in 2022.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 9, 2018 7:01:15 GMT
Clervaux. Luxembourg. A full régiment if US troops belonging to - I think - 28 div made a stand at the beginning of the battle of the bulge. They bought 2 days that didn't help the Germans at all. Then these were further delayed at Saint Vith before being denied Bastogne.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 9, 2018 7:58:27 GMT
Clermont-Ferrand - industrial city in France
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Post by whatagain on Feb 10, 2018 14:56:09 GMT
Mons. Capital of the Borinage. A very industrialised region in Belgium. In the time we had coal mines. Now a very nice small city.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 10, 2018 14:59:10 GMT
Montserrat -- Caribbean island in the Lesser Antilles; a British Overseas Territory
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 10, 2018 21:33:46 GMT
Ratingen - city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, mostly spared by WW2
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 14, 2018 13:20:42 GMT
Tinseltown - another name for Hollywood
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Post by whatagain on Feb 15, 2018 0:08:41 GMT
Sankt ingsberg. Somewhere I Saarland. Never been
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 15, 2018 4:40:05 GMT
Ealing - borough of London
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 15, 2018 13:14:09 GMT
California - US state which looks quite appealing.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 15, 2018 16:02:20 GMT
Formosa - name of Taiwan back when Japan was known as Cipango
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Post by whatagain on Feb 18, 2018 23:55:54 GMT
Bormes les mimosas. Named after trees that blossom right now.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 19, 2018 5:37:36 GMT
Mesopotamia - historical region covering the Euphrates-Tigris river system
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Post by whatagain on Feb 19, 2018 19:44:10 GMT
Pont à Mousson Where most of waterpiping of the big cities in France are produced. Part of the Saint-Gobain group.
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Post by mossie on Feb 19, 2018 19:50:57 GMT
Russia - large country to the east of Europe
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 19, 2018 23:01:36 GMT
Siam - land of cats and twins.
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Post by whatagain on Feb 22, 2018 8:06:44 GMT
Miami.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 22, 2018 11:22:17 GMT
Namibia - large country in southwest Africa, formerly called South West Africa or Suidwes-Afrika
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Post by whatagain on Mar 9, 2018 18:29:34 GMT
Ibiza If you are young and want to party all night and all day, seems like the place to go.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 9, 2018 20:05:49 GMT
Giza - location of the Great Pyramids
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 9, 2018 21:23:37 GMT
Lizard Point - most southerly point in Britain
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 9, 2018 21:41:58 GMT
Ardèche - thinly populated but one of the most scenic départements in France even though it is the only one in France without a single train station
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Post by whatagain on Mar 10, 2018 7:11:56 GMT
Chernobyl. Also a quaint area that you can visit ! Not very populated anymore.
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Post by mossie on Mar 11, 2018 9:16:12 GMT
Herne Bay - North Kent coastal resort
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