Posted on 06/18/2004 4:51:08 PM PDT by MadIvan
I've been to Italy twice. Last time was on 9/11.
Last year I visited England during the heat wave. It rained briefly one night. We backpacked the countryside and hiked much on the South Downs Way.
We're going back this August.
Been to Germany and Austria too.
IMO England and the English are tops. Same same the cask ales: Old Speckled Hen and Wadworth 6X.
If I had to move, I'd move to England but I don't want to live next to Madonna.
I'm not sure about that.
Italian design has it all over French, whether it's cars, toasters, or clothing.
If you want to grow up to run the world, go to school here.
So9
Because their English cars were in the shop and they had no way to get to work.
" Same same the cask ales: Old Speckled Hen and Wadworth 6X "
These alone are worth moving to England for ! Can't get these in Japan , but I was fortunate to be able to procure 10 cases each of Black Sheep " Monty Python " and Riggwelter ale ! Should last me until the end of September !
Aw, that's not so bad. You should see what the survery said about Russians.
Once a stereotype like this takes hold, it's hard to budge.
Don't feel bad, Ivan.
I'm surprised they even know how to speak English.
I've been to England twice, both times in early fall, for a week each time. The first time it was sunny the whole time except for one day of rain. The second time it was overcast more often, but it still rained only one day.
Don't forget rotten teeth..... where the hell have you been??? Did you have any good secret missions lately?
De gustibus non dispundanum est. I fled California for Seattle because Seattle was cold and rainy. Surprise... the past few years haven't been very cold, or rainy. (Gloomy still prevails in winter though.)
Haven't figured out an argument that liberalism flourishes best in hot, dry environments, though. But we need to restore the definition of "mossback":
mossback, noun. 1. An old shellfish or turtle with a growth of algae on its back. 2. An old, large, or sluggish fish. 3. An extremely conservative or old-fashioned person.
Mossback Pride!
I know, but I don't like those places either. lol
Ages ago, ( Back in the Stone Age) I vistited England for two weeks in December.
The weateher was MUCH nicer and warmer than what I had in my native Michigan.
And I was as far north as Scotland.....
The locals wee amazed that I wandered around in my light jacket....to ME it was balmy... ( Heck: the last rose wasn't dead in the park! And it was December! )
"Should last me until the end of September !"
Sounds about par. Drink it in good health!
We went to Fairport Convention's (an old English folk rock group)annual festival in Oxfordshire last year and one of the sponsors - Wadworth 6X - had a tanker truck full of just that one variety. It was amazing. My wife and I are going again this year and then up to Scotland.
Cheers.
I've visited London a few times over the last decade. While its expensive and the weather stinks, the thing one can't deny is the large number of single hotties that inhabit the city. I can't recall anyplace else that had as many drop dead beautiful women per capita (Paris included).
cyborg wrote:
If I had to move, I'd move to England but I don't want to live next to Madonna.
"I'd move to England but I don't want to live next to Madonna"
Cy,
England ain't that small. ;>)
However, every now and then I would have problems with the locals. They tend not to take too kindly to Young Conservative Americans, if you can possibly imagine that.
Well this is true, and I'd not live in London so I could run into her at all and her faux accent *lol*
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