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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 2, 2020 11:07:07 GMT
Menlo Park (California) - city along San Francisco bay
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Post by casimira on Oct 2, 2020 17:51:17 GMT
Park Avenue- swanky street in NYC
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 3, 2020 3:00:34 GMT
Venice -- city in northeastern Italy situated on a group of 118 small islands which are separated by canals & linked by over 400 bridges
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 3, 2020 4:21:28 GMT
Nicosia - capital of Cyprus
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Post by lugg on Oct 3, 2020 9:38:50 GMT
Nicobar islands [/b arch chain of islands in the Andaman Sea, mostly protected from tourism.
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Post by whatagain on Oct 3, 2020 10:07:06 GMT
Zanzibar. I love that name.
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Post by mossie on Oct 3, 2020 10:11:22 GMT
Barcelona - Spanish city and resort
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 3, 2020 11:24:25 GMT
Barry Island - Welsh seaside resort. Home of Gavin and Stacey for those who know the sitcom.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 3, 2020 14:07:58 GMT
Ubar - archeological site in the Rub al Khali in Oman, known to tourists as "the Lost City"
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 3, 2020 14:32:12 GMT
Yuba City -- in California, it is home to the largest dried fruit processing plant in the world
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 3, 2020 15:57:11 GMT
Aruba - one of the Netherlands Antilles, just off the coast of South America
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 3, 2020 16:09:13 GMT
Ubangi -- river in west central Africa which forms part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo & the Central African Republic
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 3, 2020 16:17:02 GMT
Bangalore - Indian city famous for call centres.
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Post by lugg on Oct 3, 2020 18:09:34 GMT
Galway - Ireland , a place that I have long wanted to visit.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 3, 2020 19:40:40 GMT
Gallifrey - home planet of Doctor Who
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 3, 2020 20:44:34 GMT
Ubangi -- river in west central Africa which forms part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo & the Central African Republic (Crossed that river by pirogue and flat bottomed ferry at Bangui in the CAR to enter the DRC after being refused entry to the CAR from Cameroon and had to find a new way in through Chad in order to continue through to the DRC.) Carry on.
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Post by casimira on Oct 4, 2020 13:44:34 GMT
Galliano- small town in the heart of Cajun Country
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 4, 2020 18:20:15 GMT
Allier - department in the Auvergne-Rhône Alpes region and one of the last communist strongholds of France until the most recent regional elections
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 4, 2020 23:07:51 GMT
Wallachia -- historical & geographical region of Romania
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 5, 2020 16:23:28 GMT
Wallonia - French speaking region of Belgium.
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Post by casimira on Oct 5, 2020 16:28:14 GMT
Wall Street- just another street in NYC
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 5, 2020 16:55:35 GMT
Stratford - East London area home of the 2012 Olympics.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 6, 2020 4:05:55 GMT
Fort Worth -- sprawling city in Texas reaching into four counties, it is the home of several world-class museums
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 6, 2020 9:34:20 GMT
Two Rivers (Wisconsin) - claims to be the birthplace of the ice cream sundae
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Post by mossie on Oct 6, 2020 11:09:02 GMT
Worcester - well known for its sauce
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 6, 2020 14:38:29 GMT
Steenbergen - city in the Netherlands, site of huge greenhouses of tasteless vegetables
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 6, 2020 15:43:48 GMT
Berwick-upon-Tweed- Northumberland town near the Scottish border.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 6, 2020 17:53:24 GMT
Weedpatch (California)- crummy town (you can tell from the name) in the poorest section of Kern County but famous forever since it appears in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
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Post by whatagain on Oct 6, 2020 22:18:09 GMT
Pattaya. Town in Thailand. Used as a R&R base during Viet Nam war, their brothels had to make some marketing but soon attracted European sex tourists. I was utterly shocked to see proud obese Germans on scooter with smiling Thai girls that looked to me like they were 15 at maximum.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 6, 2020 23:18:31 GMT
Paterson -- large city in New Jersey which is home to the largest Turkish-American immigrant community in the United States
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