If You Could Go Anywhere Where Would You Go & Why!! [Archive]

TEND

04-20-2007, 11:14 PM

Simply could not choose, I am very interested in travelling and hope to visit all over the world before I die. At the moment though I am interested in going to Asia since I just came back from my first European excursion, maybe somewhere near the ocean, somewhere small that I can relax and enjoy the culture. However I would also like to visit Mexico as well fairly soon, drive down there perhaps.... Ahhh we'll jsut have to wait and see :D .

Koa

04-21-2007, 08:30 AM

I think we had about 45 of this topic already... ;)

Countess

04-21-2007, 11:47 AM

Where would I go: Heaven.
Why would I go: I hate it here, and I cannot imagine the bliss I will feel when at last I will become one with God himself.

AdoreroDio

05-18-2008, 12:13 AM

REVIVED!

Wow, I was about to answer Prince Edward Isles or something like that (maybe Spain) but then I read Countess' answer and I'd have to agree. Heaven is the place for me.

djy78usa

05-18-2008, 12:22 AM

I would go to Africa. Other than Australia (which I will be visiting next year) and Antarctica, Africa is the only continent I haven't visited. I would love to go on a Safari to Serengeti National Park.

LadyWentworth

05-18-2008, 12:26 AM

England. As for my reason why, well, there are just too many to list here. But I think it would be nice to get away for awhile. This is the one place that I have always had myself set on going to. :)

djy78usa

05-18-2008, 12:41 AM

England. As for my reason why, well, there are just too many to list here. But I think it would be nice to get away for awhile. This is the one place that I have always had myself set on going to. :)

If you ever get the chance to go, make sure you don't get so caught up in the London area that you forget to see the rest of the country. The UK has so much more to offer. I highly reccomend Edinburgh, Swansea, and Yorkshire (esp. Harrogate, where I was lucky enough to live for a couple of years)

sprinks

05-18-2008, 12:56 AM

Well theres another place in the country I haven't been to yet and I'd go there (right now) because someone I really really miss lives there.
I think I'd like to go to almost every country, just for the sake of going there and experiencing different ways of life etc... I'd like to go to America just to see the similarities and differences to Australia.

LadyWentworth

05-18-2008, 12:59 AM

If you ever get the chance to go, make sure you don't get so caught up in the London area that you forget to see the rest of the country. The UK has so much more to offer. I highly reccomend Edinburgh, Swansea, and Yorkshire (esp. Harrogate, where I was lucky enough to live for a couple of years)
Thanks for the recommendations! :) I originally had it in mind to live in London (well, at least the outskirts - I figure that might be cheaper :) ) for awhile, but I always wanted to actually travel the countryside and see as many places and towns that I could. So, thanks for giving me some more places to add to my list IF I should ever finally make it over there! :)

djy78usa

05-18-2008, 01:06 AM

LOL, the outskirts might be cheaper, but I wouldn't count on anything being cheap. When I left, in January, the exchange rate was more than $2 to the Pound :) You're definitely on the right track with the countryside thing though, esp. during the summer months. The stereotypical dreary, grey weather clears up and it is actually quite beautiful.

Erichtho

05-18-2008, 05:18 AM

I really would like to travel through Russia for some months, starting somewhere at the Black Sea and then going eastwards. I've been to Russia before, but only to the European part of it.

vheissu

05-18-2008, 06:22 AM

Thanks for the recommendations! :) I originally had it in mind to live in London (well, at least the outskirts - I figure that might be cheaper :) ) for awhile, but I always wanted to actually travel the countryside and see as many places and towns that I could. So, thanks for giving me some more places to add to my list IF I should ever finally make it over there! :)

What djy78usa said is quite true: try and see more of the UK if you get the chance to go. Scotland is beautiful!
As for London...I might end up living there for a year or two and I'm dreading it....

Where would I like to go...I've always wanted to see New Zealand, so if I get the chance to make a long trip away, that would be my first choice. Then Japan.
Although, at the moment, I wouldn't mind going somewhere very very sunny, next to the beach.

kasie

05-18-2008, 06:47 AM

If you ever get the chance to go, make sure you don't get so caught up in the London area that you forget to see the rest of the country. The UK has so much more to offer. I highly reccomend Edinburgh, Swansea, and Yorkshire (esp. Harrogate, where I was lucky enough to live for a couple of years)

I wonder why you chose Swansea ('..this lovely, ugly town..' as Dylan Thomas called it) over Cardiff, which is a very 'happening' place at the moment? I live across the estuary from Swansea and while I like the city, I go there infrequently as driving and parking there is a nightmare!

I'm going to South Africa later in the year - touring and trying to see as much of this diverse country as possible in the month I shall be there. Also On my 'places to see' list are Russia and Egypt.

amalia1985

05-18-2008, 06:56 AM

England to see James Purefoy. Finland for a PURE Metal experience.

Dharmabeat

05-18-2008, 09:15 AM

There's so many places I'd love to visit, mainly Japan, well all of Asia really.

After watching a Sigur Rós DVD I also decided I'd like to visit Iceland after I've been to University.

blazeofglory

05-18-2008, 10:55 AM

My place of choice is indeed exotic and untraveled, a zone wherein I find no rays of civilization have reached.

Indeed I want to visit place wherein all these, mundane or commonplace realities have little siginifiance.

I choose to go there where I have to unlearn or forget the realities I am stormed with.

Wherein I will behave like primitive men not smeared by modernistic things.

Pensive

05-19-2008, 09:53 AM

Heh there are so many.

Most of all India probably. Look a bit over my paternal-roots. Meet some relatives I have never seen but want to have a look at. Also travel around Simla, Kashmir, and all the beautiful places.

Next comes Iran, again for roots....and also because Irani halwa was amazing. My paternal-grandfather brought this sweet and very delicious thingy when he came back. Don't remember eating anything more delicious. Hmmmmm.

The other countries include China, Japan, Turkey, England, Finland and Baltic countries.

Nossa

05-19-2008, 10:42 AM

I'd love to see Ireland, Australia and England. There are lots of other countries, but these are on top of the list.

Nossa

05-19-2008, 10:50 AM

I'd go back in time to when my brothers and sister and I were all young, and our parents were alive and we were all together and having such wonderful times. Nothing could beat that.

That sounded lovely Anti :) I agree, nothing can beat time with family.

Pensive

05-19-2008, 11:08 AM

Wow Antiquarian! I haven't seen my brother for two years either (though we often chat on phone and internet) but still it seems like a looong time...oh and I would obviously like to have a trip back to my childhood too....

Nossa

05-19-2008, 12:02 PM

No, it can't and now we all live so far apart. I haven't seen my little sister since 2002.

Yeah me too. I see my brother like once a month, and my other brother is already planning to live abroad :(

Virgil

05-19-2008, 12:56 PM

So many for me i don't know how I could even choose. So i guess i won't even add one. Let it be said that almost everywhere is interesting for something or other. :) How's that for a politically correct answer? :D

Tournesol

05-19-2008, 01:38 PM

I would go to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

I'm not Arabian, but I am a Muslim, and those places are the centre of Islamic culture, from Abraham right down to Muhammad [peace be with them]

Every year millions of Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca, and I hope to do so soon, if Allah Wills.

amanda_isabel

05-19-2008, 04:17 PM

i'd love to see Europe.. what can i say, i'm a sucker for all of those things i see in the movies... i'd love to see London, Paris, Venice.... etc., etc., etc.

Nossa

05-19-2008, 04:39 PM

RingoLass

05-19-2008, 04:55 PM

Denmark, everyone seems very relaxed from everything I know about the place. And it looks SO beautiful!

Nossa

05-19-2008, 05:02 PM

Every year millions of Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca, and I hope to do so soon, if Allah Wills.

Amen to this for you and me both :)

Nossa

05-19-2008, 05:31 PM

And cold. LOL It does look beautiful, but I can't stand the cold.

I thought you were living in England Anti. isn't it cold there?

Nossa

05-19-2008, 05:44 PM

France is so hot in summer, it felt like Egypt..just cleaner air lol

Scheherazade

05-19-2008, 06:18 PM

http://www.8ball.co.uk/productimages/34986-2.jpg

Niamh

05-19-2008, 06:34 PM

Thanks for the recommendations! :) I originally had it in mind to live in London (well, at least the outskirts - I figure that might be cheaper :) ) for awhile, but I always wanted to actually travel the countryside and see as many places and towns that I could. So, thanks for giving me some more places to add to my list IF I should ever finally make it over there! :)

If you do ever eventually get to England, I recommend that you dont live in London, but head to the east midlands. I'd really suggest Lincoln.:D
you could walk along streets like this everyday!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/lincoln%20Jen%20and%20Kaia/jenkaialincoln021.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/lincoln%20Jen%20and%20Kaia/lincolnandkaia007.jpg
(fav antiquarian book shop)
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/lincoln%20Jen%20and%20Kaia/lincolnandkaia009.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e35/slackdragon/England/EnglandDay3114.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/Rebeccajilllou/England/HPIM0199.jpg

djy78usa

05-19-2008, 08:02 PM

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/lincoln%20Jen%20and%20Kaia/lincolnandkaia007.jpg

I've actually been here!!! I was in Lincoln with some friends and we stopped at Cahoots just so we could say we were "in cahoots" with each other. :) We were quite pleased with ourselves

Sir Bartholomew

05-19-2008, 08:11 PM

in Iceland. me fan of bjork.

Nossa

05-20-2008, 06:40 AM

I never found France that hot, but I love heat. I wish it would be that hot here every single day! :)

Then you should really come and live here. It's hot all year :lol: We have like one month or so that can be cold. And even during that, we normally have a hot day but it gets cold at night. But trust me, it gets boring after a while..lol

Virgil

05-20-2008, 06:54 AM

I sure hope that Egypt is on the list :D:D
Yes, of course. Egypt is so fascinating. I would love to travel down the Nile.

Very politically correct, but we'd like to have an idea of the places you like. LOL

Hahaha, well with all the Europeans on this forum, I've actually lost interest in Europe. :p They've become too familiar. ;) Certainly Africa has a tremendous mystery for me, but lately I've been interested in the far east. I would love to explore China. It's so large and apparently various. I'm not sure I will ever get to do any of this, but it's nice to let the imagination roam.

Gaiam

05-21-2008, 05:26 PM

LadyWentworth

05-22-2008, 02:40 AM

If you do ever eventually get to England, I recommend that you dont live in London, but head to the east midlands. I'd really suggest Lincoln.:D
you could walk along streets like this everyday!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/lincoln%20Jen%20and%20Kaia/jenkaialincoln021.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/lincoln%20Jen%20and%20Kaia/lincolnandkaia007.jpg
(fav antiquarian book shop)
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/lincoln%20Jen%20and%20Kaia/lincolnandkaia009.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e35/slackdragon/England/EnglandDay3114.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e197/Rebeccajilllou/England/HPIM0199.jpg
YES!!! This is actually the sort of place I have in mind! But I want to be a little closer to the big city. I could easily live in a place like this, but I need to be close enough to London (even an hour away isn't too bad), or a place like Liverpool or Birmingham or even Manchester. I would like to live in a town like this, but I kind of need my "city life", too. :) I, at least, need easy access (meaning, not a day's drive away) to the city. :) What is the closest city to Lincoln? Isn't it Nottingham? If I would end up in a town like this (if not exactly this one :) ), I would then have to decide whether I would want to live in a town near a big city (which I always lean towards) or a small city. Oh, decisions, decisions! :D

I've actually been here!!! I was in Lincoln with some friends and we stopped at Cahoots just so we could say we were "in cahoots" with each other. :) We were quite pleased with ourselves
Oh, boy, is that corny! :D You know what? I would do the SAME thing!!! :p

novelsryou

05-22-2008, 06:32 AM

Africa. I could spend a couple of years exploring the continent, what a trip that would be. I would start with a month or so in Egypt and then cycle from there down the Rift Valley to Kenya and go on a hiking safari, the thought of being attacked by lions would make you feel more alive than anything in the world.

After that it's off to South Africa and maybe some cage diving with great white sharks - ouch. From there I would make my up the West coast and spend a lot of time in the rain forests of Gabon.

Finally Morocco and a cycle tour of Tenerife in the Canary Islands before returning to the US.

kat.

05-22-2008, 08:39 AM

Bavaria. I lucked out last time I was there. The weather was perfect the whole time and it was absolutely GORGEOUS.
It was also the first "big" vacation my boyfriend and I took as a couple, so it was great to create these awesome memories with him.

:) I am from Bavaria....It's nice to hear people who liked it here....although I am actually kind of annoyed of this bavarian desert :P

djy78usa

05-22-2008, 01:28 PM

:) I am from Bavaria....It's nice to hear people who liked it here....although I am actually kind of annoyed of this bavarian desert :P

I love Bavaria. I used to spend a decent amount of time in Garmisch and Grafenwoehr when I was stationed in Europe. Garmisch is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

kasie

05-22-2008, 01:58 PM

YES!!! This is actually the sort of place I have in mind! But I want to be a little closer to the big city. I could easily live in a place like this, but I need to be close enough to London (even an hour away isn't too bad), or a place like Liverpool or Birmingham or even Manchester. I would like to live in a town like this, but I kind of need my "city life", too. :) I, at least, need easy access (meaning, not a day's drive away) to the city. :) What is the closest city to Lincoln? Isn't it Nottingham? If I would end up in a town like this (if not exactly this one :) ), I would then have to decide whether I would want to live in a town near a big city (which I always lean towards) or a small city. Oh, decisions, decisions! :D .....

Technically, Lady W, any place in UK that has a cathedral is a city - even St Davids in west Wales which is smaller than the village I live in is a city because of the cathedral!

If you mean near a city in the sense of metropolis, you might like York - mediaeval city, black and white houses, loads of atmosphere but only a short train ride from Leeds, which is not the mucky place it used to be, much cleaned up and modernised, as are Manchester, Liverpool and Brumigen. Lincoln is not too far from Nottingham or Sheffield, but I'm not sure these two have had the sort of urban regeneration those others have.

Niamh

05-22-2008, 02:55 PM

YES!!! This is actually the sort of place I have in mind! But I want to be a little closer to the big city. I could easily live in a place like this, but I need to be close enough to London (even an hour away isn't too bad), or a place like Liverpool or Birmingham or even Manchester. I would like to live in a town like this, but I kind of need my "city life", too. :) I, at least, need easy access (meaning, not a day's drive away) to the city. :) What is the closest city to Lincoln? Isn't it Nottingham? If I would end up in a town like this (if not exactly this one :) ), I would then have to decide whether I would want to live in a town near a big city (which I always lean towards) or a small city. Oh, decisions, decisions! :D

Oh, boy, is that corny! :D You know what? I would do the SAME thing!!! :p
Its about 40 mins by train from Nottingham. and not that far from Sheffield. Probably 1-2 hours from London. And its technically a city. I only showed you pics of steep hill and the square up by the castle and the Cathedral.:D

Gaiam

05-22-2008, 05:02 PM

I love Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Beautiful, medieval village.

Did you walk up to the top of the Rathaus tower? I got such a kick out of how the stairs got smaller and smaller, and more and more steep!

:) I am from Bavaria....It's nice to hear people who liked it here....although I am actually kind of annoyed of this bavarian desert :P

I'm envious! Is it very warm right now?
The majority of my time was spent in and around Füssen and it was WARM.

kat.

05-22-2008, 06:07 PM

I love Bavaria. I used to spend a decent amount of time in Garmisch and Grafenwoehr when I was stationed in Europe. Garmisch is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

reallyyyy??? garmisch?? :) that's sweet....I love hearing people talk positively about Germany....as it's not really the most popular country in the world :p so if you return to garmisch let me buy you a real bavarian beer and a brezel :) i hope you tried those things hihi :P

I'm envious! Is it very warm right now?
The majority of my time was spent in and around Füssen and it was WARM.

Dont'be envious....it's soooo cold here right now... :( Did you see Regensburg??? That's the town I live in... :)
greetings from bavaria....:)

Gaiam

05-22-2008, 06:21 PM

Dont'be envious....it's soooo cold here right now... :( Did you see Regensburg??? That's the town I live in... :)
greetings from bavaria....:)

Bleh, it's cold over by me, too. It sure doesn't feel like it's going to be June next week.
I didn't make it to Regensburg, but we did spend a few nights in Ingolstadt! (Which looked sort of near.)
I looked up photos of Regensburg, and it looks gorgeous.

kat.

05-22-2008, 06:25 PM

Bleh, it's cold over by me, too. It sure doesn't feel like it's going to be June next week.
I didn't make it to Regensburg, but we did spend a few nights in Ingolstadt! (Which looked sort of near.)
I looked up photos of Regensburg, and it looks gorgeous.

Ah yes, Ingolstadt...that is pretty near.....it's a pitty that you didn't make it to regensburg....the next time you gotta come here :)
By the way...where are you from?

ps: damn cold....i want to return to italy where the people are already enjoying summertime .....:(

Scheherazade

05-22-2008, 06:31 PM

I would like to be able to go to sleep but seems like an impossible task these days.

mickitaz

05-22-2008, 07:57 PM

I would go to the Pyrenees Mountains. I first fell in love with the Great Pyrenees dog, and in doing reseach on its native homeland, I became enamored with those mountains.

Gaiam

05-22-2008, 10:45 PM

Ah yes, Ingolstadt...that is pretty near.....it's a pitty that you didn't make it to regensburg....the next time you gotta come here :)
By the way...where are you from?

ps: damn cold....i want to return to italy where the people are already enjoying summertime .....:(

I live in the northern U.S. The weather can NOT make up its mind. :/
Next time I DO hope I can make it to Regensburg. (Or Italy - to soak up some summer!)

LadyWentworth

05-23-2008, 12:53 AM

Technically, Lady W, any place in UK that has a cathedral is a city - even St Davids in west Wales which is smaller than the village I live in is a city because of the cathedral!
I never knew that. That is quite interesting. :)

If you mean near a city in the sense of metropolis, you might like York - mediaeval city, black and white houses, loads of atmosphere but only a short train ride from Leeds, which is not the mucky place it used to be, much cleaned up and modernised, as are Manchester, Liverpool and Brumigen. Lincoln is not too far from Nottingham or Sheffield, but I'm not sure these two have had the sort of urban regeneration those others have.
Thanks for the info. Yes, I suppose I am much more interested in a metropolis. I have to begin to do some serious thinking about what I want to do and where to go again (my plans had to be put on hold more than once and then I just lost track of eveything that I had in mind). So, yes, a big thanks. :D

Its about 40 mins by train from Nottingham. and not that far from Sheffield. Probably 1-2 hours from London. And its technically a city. I only showed you pics of steep hill and the square up by the castle and the Cathedral.:D
Well, I know of Lincoln. I don't know it. I make sense, right? I am never quite sure about what I say! :p I always just thought it was a bigger town, but not quite a city. I guess I should know all the facts before I speak, huh? ;) Well, now that I have the cathedral fact to help me, and I have the means to look up an estimate of the city's population, I think I will be able to determine what is what now! :D

By the way, Niamh, I love your new avatar! Too cute! :D

cipherdecoy

05-24-2008, 02:34 AM

I would go to Cuba, Prague or Greece.

kat.

05-24-2008, 04:55 AM

I live in the northern U.S. The weather can NOT make up its mind. :/
Next time I DO hope I can make it to Regensburg. (Or Italy - to soak up some summer!)

heyyyy....eventually the summer has made it up to regensburg and it's a nice warm and sunny day...if you feel like it jump over :P :) and soak up some summer here :)