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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 10, 2019 20:04:55 GMT
No, that's why I wrote almost always.
Ponce de Leon (Florida) - village along US90 in the far north of the state
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Post by whatagain on Oct 10, 2019 20:11:43 GMT
Pont aven. Good galettes there. My wife says she pronounces the l in persil but the french don't. My daughter agrees but I don't. C'est grave docteur ?
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 10, 2019 21:10:27 GMT
Some of the French pronouce the L in persil and others don't. (I don't.)
Tavel - town in southern France that produces a wine of the same name
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Post by whatagain on Oct 11, 2019 18:22:45 GMT
Blavet. French stream that ends close to Lorient.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 11, 2019 18:44:35 GMT
Waverly Glacier - Antarctic glacier in Palmer Land, American sector.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 12, 2019 12:46:14 GMT
Glasgow- Scottish City
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 12, 2019 17:47:50 GMT
Gowanus -- neighborhood in the NYC borough of Brooklyn. Once an industrial zone around Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, it is now residential and trendy with galleries, restaurants, etc.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 12, 2019 21:19:11 GMT
Uranus - real estate not yet readily accessible in the solar system
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 13, 2019 0:28:45 GMT
Burano -- been there, done that
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Post by mossie on Oct 13, 2019 7:17:51 GMT
Rangoon - some place out in the mystic east, most likely called something else now.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 13, 2019 10:23:11 GMT
Oran - second largest city of Algeria
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Post by lugg on Oct 13, 2019 11:13:58 GMT
Rangiroa- French Polynesia ....one of the largest atolls in the world bizarrely home to thriving vineyards
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 13, 2019 15:06:10 GMT
Roanoke (Virginia) - location of two attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to establish an English colony
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 13, 2019 16:41:18 GMT
Nokuse Plantation -- large privately owned nature preserve in the Florida panhandle
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Post by whatagain on Oct 13, 2019 18:24:07 GMT
Albion. Alternative name for Great Britain.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 13, 2019 19:55:26 GMT
Sion - Swiss town in the canton of Valais
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 14, 2019 3:48:26 GMT
Iona -- island in the inner Hebrides
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 14, 2019 18:17:19 GMT
Zion National Park - principal park in the state of Utah
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Post by mossie on Oct 14, 2019 19:03:01 GMT
Marazion - small town in Cornwall with a causeway linking it to St Michaels Mount at low tide
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 14, 2019 22:03:09 GMT
Marathon -- town in Greece, site of a famous battle in 490 BC, where the greatly outnumbered Athenians defeated the Persians
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Post by bjd on Oct 15, 2019 6:34:32 GMT
Marlborough Town in England
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 15, 2019 8:51:43 GMT
Borobudur - site of a massive Buddhist temple in Indonesia
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Post by bjd on Oct 15, 2019 14:26:52 GMT
Borneo Island in southeast Asia
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 15, 2019 15:19:02 GMT
Thorn Tree - location in a bar in Nairobi where travellers in Africa pinned their messages, giving its name to the Lonely Planet travel forum
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Post by mossie on Oct 16, 2019 9:46:38 GMT
Chartres - French cathedral city
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Post by bjd on Oct 16, 2019 11:12:31 GMT
Hartlepool Town in northeastern England
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 16, 2019 14:06:49 GMT
Liverpool - home of the Beatles
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 16, 2019 15:43:07 GMT
Iveragh -- largest peninsula in sw Ireland
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 16, 2019 16:14:28 GMT
Veracruz - Mexican resort city on the Gulf of Mexico
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Post by whatagain on Oct 17, 2019 19:31:03 GMT
Saint jean d'acre. Name given by the crusaders. Now Acre in Israel.
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