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Post by mossie on Sept 11, 2023 14:31:16 GMT
Greece - one of several countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 11, 2023 15:02:17 GMT
Grenoble - site of the 1968 Winter Olympics
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Post by whatagain on Sept 14, 2023 11:41:02 GMT
Tchernobyl. Some guys used to take tourists there for a tour.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 14, 2023 14:26:27 GMT
Bern - federal capital of the Helvetian Confederation
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Post by whatagain on Sept 14, 2023 15:04:37 GMT
Bergen. City in Norway and Flemish name of the Belgian city Mons.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 15, 2023 5:21:20 GMT
Forges-les-Eaux - spa town in Normandy which long had the distinction of having the closest casino to Paris, which was forbidden from having a casino with slot machines within 100 kilometres
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Post by whatagain on Sept 15, 2023 10:48:47 GMT
Valley Forge. Small place close to Philly where Washington retreated and spent a winter. And lost 10pc of his men.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 19, 2023 18:51:15 GMT
Val-d'Isère - major ski resort in the French Alps
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Post by mossie on Sept 20, 2023 7:15:54 GMT
Alderney - one of the Channel Islands
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Post by whatagain on Sept 20, 2023 12:22:04 GMT
Obernai. Small town in Alsace. Lots of beer industry.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 20, 2023 14:10:40 GMT
Oberkampf - metro station and #1 bar and nightlife area in Paris
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Post by whatagain on Sept 20, 2023 14:20:24 GMT
Champignac. Place where Zorglub, my avatar, spends time with the count of … Champignac.
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Post by bjd on Sept 20, 2023 18:52:38 GMT
Champagne Region of eastern France where they make famous fizzy wine
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 20, 2023 19:53:31 GMT
Pago Pago - capital of American Samoa
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Post by bjd on Sept 22, 2023 11:05:36 GMT
Paguchi Lake Lake in northwestern Ontario
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 22, 2023 12:07:57 GMT
Uchisar - old fortress in Turkey
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Post by mossie on Sept 22, 2023 14:12:55 GMT
Sardinia - old island in the Mediterranean
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Post by whatagain on Sept 22, 2023 14:23:01 GMT
Ksar el Kebir. City in Morocco. King of Portugal trying to invade was killed there in the Middle Ages.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 22, 2023 16:19:39 GMT
Birobidzhan - Jewish "homeland" created by the Soviet Union in the 1930s and capital of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast near the Chinese border (as far from Moscow as possible!). Official language is Yiddish.
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Post by bjd on Sept 22, 2023 18:04:49 GMT
Birmingham City in England that is going bankrupt
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Post by whatagain on Sept 23, 2023 18:28:18 GMT
Bir Hakeim. Small place in Libya where the free French distinguished themselves by repelling Rommel’s onslaught and became a pita for him. General Koenig was in charge. Now a metro station close to Eiffel Tower.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 23, 2023 20:28:43 GMT
Transkei - region of South Africa which was one of the fake independent homelands until 1994
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Post by whatagain on Sept 24, 2023 6:16:05 GMT
Ransbeck. A few meters from home.
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Post by mossie on Sept 24, 2023 6:50:55 GMT
Iran - troublesome country in the Muddle East, used to be called Persia
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Post by whatagain on Sept 24, 2023 7:16:20 GMT
Mirabelle. Montréal airport.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 24, 2023 17:00:27 GMT
(Mirabel)
Rabat - capital of Morocco
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Post by whatagain on Sept 24, 2023 22:33:35 GMT
Bataan. Plain in the Philippines where US troops surrendered en masse in early 42 to Jap army. Of the 100 000 prisoners 30 000 died on the way to the POW camps. Got the name of Death March.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 25, 2023 17:03:05 GMT
Katanga - one of the four provinces of the Belgian Congo
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Post by mossie on Sept 25, 2023 18:12:31 GMT
Bangladesh - a chunk carved out of India or Pakistan
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 25, 2023 18:59:28 GMT
Glastonbury - town in Somerset with a huge music festival every year
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