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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 17, 2019 23:51:56 GMT
Creede -- tiny town in Colorado. Once the site of a silver mining boom, it is now a tourist magnet because of the surrounding natural beauty
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Post by mossie on Oct 18, 2019 11:24:57 GMT
Breedon Hill site of a well known Derbyshire limestone quarry
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Post by whatagain on Oct 18, 2019 12:40:05 GMT
Breendonck. Formerly a Belgian fort in the vicinity of Antwerpen. Transform into a prison by nazis during WW2. Our small Dachau that gives a glimpse on human worst Barbary.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 18, 2019 14:08:40 GMT
Land's End - ultimate tip of Cornwall
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Post by bjd on Oct 18, 2019 18:13:18 GMT
Andernos-les-Bains Commune on the Bassin d'Arcachon in southwestern France
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 19, 2019 2:52:39 GMT
Ainsworth -- former mining town in British Columbia, it now draws tourists with its hot springs and caves
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Post by whatagain on Oct 19, 2019 8:21:05 GMT
Worcestershire. Must exist somewhere as they produce sauce that goes into the filet américain here. May have to find substitute if Brexit deal is rejected.
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Post by bjd on Oct 19, 2019 11:16:22 GMT
Lancashire county in northern England
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 19, 2019 16:56:52 GMT
Ashford - I have been on a few Eurostars that stop there for a couple of minutes between Paris and London
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Post by mossie on Oct 19, 2019 18:10:14 GMT
Ashford has always been a railway town, once upon a time engines were built there and then it maintained the old Southern Railway rolling stock. Now Hitachi has taken it over to maintain Hitachi rolling stock
Fordwich - a smaller Kent town
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 19, 2019 20:46:55 GMT
I used to play cricket against Ashford. Scored 113 not out one year.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 19, 2019 21:40:42 GMT
Gordes - picturesque hilltop village in the Vaucluse
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 20, 2019 5:16:12 GMT
Worcestershire. Must exist somewhere as they produce sauce In Mexico that problematic name is dealt with by calling the product "Salsa Inglesa". Verdon Gorge -- 25 kilometers long and 700 meters deep, this canyon in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France is considered the most beautiful in Europe
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Post by fumobici on Oct 20, 2019 7:00:05 GMT
And here in Italy, they go with the far more elegant "salsa inglese".
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 20, 2019 8:21:55 GMT
My French bottle says "sauce épicée" in fine print under the full name.
Hong Kong - agitated little bit of China
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Post by whatagain on Oct 20, 2019 19:16:57 GMT
Honfleur. Picturesque port in Normandy.
we call it sauce anglaise in Belgium too.
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Post by bjd on Oct 20, 2019 19:39:21 GMT
Fleury-Mérogis Town in France near Paris with Europe's biggest prison. I discover that the locals are called Floriacumois. The non locals are called prisoners.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 21, 2019 4:00:36 GMT
Leuven - capital of Flemish Brabant in Belgium
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Post by bjd on Oct 23, 2019 6:12:28 GMT
Venezuela South American country whose economy is in very bad shape
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 23, 2019 16:00:33 GMT
Cap Gris Nez - closest French coastal point to England (30.3km). Swimmers of the English Channel begin from here or arrive here. Migrants drown.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2019 16:40:09 GMT
Nez Perce -- county located in the U.S. state of Idaho named for the Nez Percé tribe of indigenous people
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 23, 2019 16:47:13 GMT
Pershore- Worcestershire market town
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Post by whatagain on Oct 23, 2019 16:59:00 GMT
Villers la ville. Splendid ruins of an abbey there. The Belgian version of Cluny.
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Post by mossie on Oct 23, 2019 18:12:00 GMT
Lavenham - olde world small English town. all timber buildings
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Post by bjd on Oct 23, 2019 19:07:22 GMT
Hamilton City on Lake Ontario in Canada.
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Post by whatagain on Oct 23, 2019 21:04:26 GMT
Champignac. Where le comte de champignac has his castle and where Zorglub my avatar has been. See le comte de champignac - album 18 I think of Spirou et fantasio well known Belgian characters of cartoons. Created by Robvel but champignac and marsupilami added by franquin.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2019 22:18:59 GMT
And here in Italy, they go with the far more elegant "salsa inglese". Just saw this and applaud your complete lack of language prejudice. Champagne-Ardenne -- region in the north-eastern part of France which borders on Belgium
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 24, 2019 5:18:41 GMT
Cardiff - capital of Wales
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Post by bjd on Oct 24, 2019 6:16:52 GMT
Ardèche Department in southeastern France
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 24, 2019 13:02:24 GMT
Decatur (Illinois) - city in the centre of the state
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