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Post by whatagain on Sept 25, 2023 21:21:57 GMT
Oradour sur glane. Rip.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 26, 2023 5:11:26 GMT
Doubs - French department on the Swiss border, Besançon being the principal city
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Post by whatagain on Sept 28, 2023 6:28:50 GMT
Dour. Small place close to Mons known for the fact that my wife went to school there and for its festival. Whatever is more important.
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Post by mossie on Sept 28, 2023 6:56:53 GMT
Le Bourget - main airport for Paris, destination for Lindbergh on his trans Atlantic flight
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 28, 2023 16:04:12 GMT
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) - major site of a battlefield for the Civil War
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Post by mossie on Sept 28, 2023 18:16:43 GMT
Bury St Edmunds - so called because King Edmund, who was killed by the Danes, is buried there
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 28, 2023 18:54:27 GMT
Munster - areas in Ireland, France, Switzerland and Germany, which one to choose? Why is this name so popular?
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 29, 2023 4:43:15 GMT
Amsterdam -- capital of the Netherlands
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 29, 2023 6:12:01 GMT
(no it isn't)
Damascus - capital of Syria
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 29, 2023 11:57:31 GMT
("Its status as the Dutch capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands though it is not the seat of the Dutch government, which is The Hague." .... and you know this.)
Daman - city in India that has good food. Or at least I found it to be so.
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Post by whatagain on Sept 29, 2023 12:32:32 GMT
Mandalay. City in Myanmar.
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 29, 2023 17:06:54 GMT
Udhagamandalam - also spelled Uthagamandalam, formerly Ootacamund, also called Ooty. Hill station (at 2300m) in Tamil Nadu, founded by the British in 1821 to get out of the stifling summer heat on the coast. Nice drive up and down, good scenery but too cold for camping at any other time than in the summer.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 29, 2023 17:14:00 GMT
Dharamsala - northern Indian city at the foot of the Himalaya where the Dalai Lama has settled in exile
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Post by whatagain on Sept 29, 2023 18:14:48 GMT
Rambouillet. Close to Paris where Napoleon said goodbye to his troops before going on vacation.
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Post by mossie on Sept 29, 2023 18:25:06 GMT
Amble - pleasant little fishing town in Northumberland
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 29, 2023 18:56:04 GMT
Ambleteuse - town on the English Channel between Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer
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Post by whatagain on Sept 29, 2023 20:50:06 GMT
Meuse. River that starts in France runs thriugh Belgium then leaves us. Maes in Flemish, which gave the name to a lager beer.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 30, 2023 3:41:24 GMT
Meudon - suburb of Paris with a forest and a major observatory
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Post by whatagain on Sept 30, 2023 9:49:09 GMT
Donbass. Region that a dumb ass thinks he has annexed.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 30, 2023 15:12:30 GMT
Cassis - city near Marseille which shares the calanques with it
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 30, 2023 15:20:18 GMT
Gonbad-e Kavus -- city in northeastern Iran. Its name means "the tower of Kavus", referring to the Gonbad-e Qabus,a UNESCO World Heritage Site which marks the grave of Ziyarid ruler Qabus (r. 978–1012). It was built during his lifetime in 1006/7. A cylindrical tomb tower that reaches c. 61 metres (200 feet), it can be seen from some 30 kilometres (19 miles) away. Considered to be a masterpiece of Iranian architecture, according to Oleg Grabar, it achieves an "almost perfect balance between a purpose (princely glory beyond death), a form (cylindrical tower transformed into a star), and a single material (brick)". (wikipedia) Edited to say that I just looked at the post above mine again & noted the link in it -- calanques!!! I never saw that thread, but will now remedy that. Thanks, Kerouac.
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Post by whatagain on Oct 1, 2023 8:47:20 GMT
Adelaide. Coastal city in Australia. Also a disused first name.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 1, 2023 15:23:42 GMT
Delaware -- US state on the eastern side of a peninsula that dangles between Maryland and New Jersey.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 1, 2023 16:39:43 GMT
Laredo - town on the northern Atlantic coast of Spain
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Post by bjd on Oct 3, 2023 15:42:48 GMT
Laramie Town in Wyoming, USA
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 3, 2023 17:11:42 GMT
Ramstein - location of an American Air Force base in Germany
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Post by whatagain on Oct 3, 2023 17:31:18 GMT
If you add a n you have a heavy metal German band.
Steenokkerzeel. Close to Brussels Steen means stone okker ochre and zero ?
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 4, 2023 11:25:41 GMT
Knokke-Heist - Belgian resort on the North Sea, just before the border of the Netherlands
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Post by mossie on Oct 4, 2023 14:26:04 GMT
Istanbil - or Constantinople, capital of Turkey
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 4, 2023 14:58:31 GMT
(little typo there!)
Tanganyika - second oldest, second largest and second deepest lake in the world (all after Lake Baikal), bordering 4 African countries
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