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Where In The World Do YOU Want To Go?
Natalie, I would take days just at the museums. You have the Louvre, the Orsay, so many others... Plus Les Invalids AND everything Jess mentioned.The African country I want to visit most is Egypt, but then that's arguably Middle Eastern.
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However, my favorite gallery of the trip was probably Tate Modern in London. ThAt was marvelous.
When I go to London, I want to do both Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Now every time I watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, I look at Tate Modern while they destroy the Millenium Bridge. Yeah, I'm a nerd. ;)
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Oh, I guess. It would be nice, but I rather go to Swedan (because I'm from there so that would just be amazing), Germany, or Italy. But to go anywhere would be fantastic.I'd love to go to Egypt and then I would love to take a hot air balloon trip over the (im blanking on the word...) uhm, er, the grassy place with all the elephants and such.
★ Jess wrote: "Hahah, sounds like something I'd do. The view of the Thames/millenium Bridge/ saint Pauls Cathedral from the top level ( cafe) of Tate Modern is amazing. Not to mention they have wonderful hot choc..."Is it worth the fortune though? ;)
Natalie, do you mean the savannah???
Nat....you crack me up.I'd love to visit Paris and go to all the museums and just everything!
Natalie - My uncle lives in Germany outside Munich and I love it there! It's definitely one of my favorite places to visit.
Taylor, yes! Thank you. :) I was blanking.. I wanted to call it the sahara, so I'm glad I didn't hah.Rae- yaaaay! :)
Anna- Two summers ago ago we had a German exchange student from Germany with a group of other people and we had such a connection with her that she came back last summer and she's coming back in October, so it would be fantastic to go and visit her in Germany. Plus, it looks beautiful & I would just love to go.
Natalie- a German exchange student from Germany? Wow. I thought it would be an Italian from China. (okay, sorry. it's my sarcastic nature coming out.)Hahhaah yep!
Alright, so you made fun of me, which made me laugh, and now it's my turn, alright, Kate?
Natalie wrote: "Taylor, yes! Thank you. :) I was blanking.. I wanted to call it the sahara, so I'm glad I didn't hah.Rae- yaaaay! :)
Anna- Two summers ago ago we had a German exchange student from Germany w..."
That's really cool! I hope you get to go. It's gorgeous up by the Alps, and Munich is one of my all time favorite cities.
Thanks! I know, I look at pictures, and just those are gorgeous
New Zealand would be cool. If I ever went there I would probably check out Australia as well. They are kinda close.
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New Zealand seems really great and the pictures I've seen are beautiful. The plane ride would be super long tho
I've always hated traveling, but I think that is going to change soon. I have started becoming interested in other cultures and lifestyles.
Traveling is one of my favorite things to do :) I think it's super interesting to see people in other cultures and other countries, and there are so many amazing and interesting places in the world!
I love traveling, but the farhtest I've gone is to yellowstone. I'm in LA county.New Zealand would be great, too. When I go to Austrailia, I'll go there.
Well, I have always had a phobia of traveling. There is probably a name for it. But, I always feeling like the plane will crash, the car will break down at night, a boat will sink, etc. I used to be frightened of trains too. I guess I am kind of a pessimist when traveling.Watching Lost (a show where a plane crashed on to a hidden island) didn't help things either.
The farthest I've been is either Turkey or California. California is further distance, I think, but Turkey is definitely further culturally.
Oh, I'm scared of planes, but I would just love to go somewhere.
Planes kind of freak me out sometimes, but when I get nervous I think of how low the probability is that the plane will crash, and that makes me feel better.
yeah that thought always makes me more relaxed about flying :)
That's true though. Every year 0-2 planes crash, at least commercial planes in big airports. That's not a lot at all, but 'ya never know.
Natalie wrote: "Alright, so you made fun of me, which made me laugh, and now it's my turn, alright, Kate?"Sounds good to me.
On another note, I hate planes and flying too. It's probably a manifestation of my fear of heights, but I really don't like them. Sure I'll do it, because that means I can get to cool places, but it's not my favorite mode of travel.
Hahaaha. :)I'm scared of hights, too. And water. Parasailing over a lake = scariest thing ever. Kate, you took that last sentence out of my mouth.
I'm not scared of heights, but I am claustrophobic, scared of crowds of people and flashing lights, which makes walking through times square miserable
I'm claustrophobic as well. Crowds, not flashing lights, though.
Strobes don't bother me, just big areas like times square with lots of unnatural light and moving screens :( It makes me kind of nauseous
Oh, Anna, i don't have that problem. that sucks, though.Halley, I'm sure there's something intresting about you!
Halley, everybody has something intresting about them, that's what's make you human.
OK, I'm sure there's something else, haha. Do you paint or draw? Can you sing? Do you play an instrument? Do you have red hair? Are you double jointed? Can you dance? Can you do the spilts? Can you do a cartwheel? There's many, many things.
Having two left feet would fall under that category as well.
Like Anna, I hate Times Square. The lights don't bother me, per se, but I hate crowds and loud noises, and get claustrophobic in big groups of people. It's why I could never live in a city. (ok, not never. I'm sure I will at some point, but...)
Frank B wrote: "Having two left feet would fall under that category as well."Does that apply to you?
Well Halley, if you're on here you probably like to read, which makes you interesting in my book!
I did dance for a little bit, I wish I had kept doing it :)
It didn't help that I fell on my face in the middle of my first show thingy...actually on my face :)
murphy's law, right? A few years ago I was in my schools spring drama production, and the cast consisted of four people of which I was the only girl. We were doing this truly awful play in front of the entire school, and the main character forgot his lines for at least two minutes. We had gone out of order, so the person who was supposed to cue us in case we forgot could not figure out where we were! It was a disaster!
Definitely one of my most embarrassing moments
Kate wrote: "Frank B wrote: "Having two left feet would fall under that category as well."Does that apply to you?"
Thankfully, it does not.
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Also, the long, 10 hour flights and airport delays are part of the experience. In September last year, my body clock was at 2AM when we landed in Kuala Lumpar airport. Then out flight was delayed by many hours, so its was about 4AM (my time, KL time was like, 9PM) when we finally left. Landed in London 8AM their time, had to stay up for a whole day. Body clock was so messed up for the first couple of days. Jet lag. Not a fun thing.
Oh! Im going to school now but I have a story to tell you about fear of flying and stuff that Frank mentioned before.
I'm looking forward to the story. :DI've never really been on a 10 hour flight. The longest flight for me was just over 3 hours.
Frank, me too. Just over 3 hours, so it wasn't bad.
I've not flown yet.....Hopefully it will go well.
Heeeeey! *whines* You didn't reply to what I said. >:/ :)
Buts its okay, we all fancy different places, I totally understand. I dont want to visit any African countries at all. So each to her own, I guess.