Chosen Country of Exile

[Emil Miller]

Now it may be that Lit Netters generally are satisfied with their current country of residence but, if you were forced into exile, which country, given that there were no restrictions, would you choose to move to?

[MarkBastable]

Holland.

The Dutch manage to be simultaneously liberal and pragmatic, which is a balancing trick that neither Britain nor America can pull off. Most of the time we can't manage either.

[NikolaiI]

India, of course!!!!

[Joreads]

That is a great question Brian I love Australia but if I could live anywhere else it would be in Egypt. I have been in love with the place for as long as I can remember.

[jon1jt]

Prague

[jon1jt]

Actually, I'd rather go to France since they have universal health care. I love the French system. When the French don't like what the government does, they burn down a part of the city. America, on the other hand, has no health care because the fat cats running the insurance and pharmeceutical companies, and their cohorts the medical doctors, thrive on people being sick rather than healthy. Many Americans are walking around toothless, even though they work two or three jobs. National Public Radio just had a show about this the other day.

Prague is still my first choice if they have health care.

[Zee.]

France for me too.

[Pensive]

It's a secret.
One of my biggest secrets.

I wonder if anybody can guess though.

[manolia]

Germany

[Lokasenna]

Iceland. Not only am I in love with the history and culture, but it is officially the best place to live in the world.

[Schokokeks]

Germany

What a strange choice indeed ;).

I would like to live in France, in Besançon. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been :nod:.

[maraki16]

i think prague....not that i heve ever been there, but they say it is like it has poped out of a fairytale, and since i am really romantic, i would love to stay there!

[librarius_qui]

Now it may be that Lit Netters generally are satisfied with their current country of residence but, if you were forced into exile, which country, given that there were no restrictions, would you choose to move to?

England.

[Lokasenna]

i think prague....not that i heve ever been there, but they say it is like it has poped out of a fairytale, and since i am really romantic, i would love to stay there!

Been there, done that, got mugged.:(

In fairness, its a beautiful city, but it is ridiculously expensive, over-populated, tourist-swamped and crime-ridden.

Go for a holiday, as it is worth seeing though!

[dramasnot6]

Every time I think of a place I question whether or not I can eat decently as a vegan there...
I suppose Singapore would be a great spot to be in exile. I would be able to practice my Chinese, the food is wonderful, the shopping is great, and it is very diverse.

[Kiaroula]

Been there, done that, got mugged.:(

In fairness, its a beautiful city, but it is ridiculously expensive, over-populated, tourist-swamped and crime-ridden.

Go for a holiday, as it is worth seeing though!

Wow, I bet where you live there must be no criminality, no tourists, low prices... where are you from? Austria? Somewhere in north Europe?? :D
If Prague is tourist-swamped you should try to visit Rome... :D

I think I would move to England, I think it's one of the most democratic and progressive country in Europe, and I would never leave Europe forever...
If it would be only for a period (let's say even some years), I would move to a new continent... I would go to Brazil or Australia.

[Virgil]

Italy. :) Probably Sardinia, somewhere I can really be in exile yet have some great culture and cuisine around me. :D

http://www.sardinia-freelance-holidays.co.uk/pics/sardinia/cala_gonone1.jpg

Or perhaps a Caribean island. If I'm going to be in exile, I want to be away from it all.

Edit: Just read above. Yes Austrailia or New Zealand would fit my criteria. :)

[Kiaroula]

Been there, done that, got mugged.:(

In fairness, its a beautiful city, but it is ridiculously expensive, over-populated, tourist-swamped and crime-ridden.

Go for a holiday, as it is worth seeing though!

Wow, I bet where you live there must be no criminality, no tourists, low prices... where are you from? Austria? Somewhere in north Europe?? :D
If Prague is tourist-swamped you should try to visit Rome... :D

I think I would move to England, I think it's one of the most democratic and progressive country in Europe, and I would never leave Europe forever...
If it would be only for a period (let's say even some years), I would move to a new continent... I would go to Brazil or Australia.

[Kiaroula]

Italy. :) Probably Sardinia, somewhere I can really be in exile yet have some great culture and cuisine around me. :D


Good choice. ;) I would go to Sardinia as well if I wouldn't know the language (I can imagine my exile only in a place where the language is not the one I speak).

[Emil Miller]

Wow, I bet where you live there must be no criminality, no tourists, low prices... where are you from? Austria? Somewhere in north Europe?? :D
If Prague is tourist-swamped you should try to visit Rome... :D

I think I would move to England, I think it's one of the most democratic and progressive country in Europe, and I would never leave Europe forever...
If it would be only for a period (let's say even some years), I would move to a new continent... I would go to Brazil or Australia.

Well, if you want no criminality, no tourists and low prices, England is the last place you should be considering. Likewise with democracy and progressiveness; we have an ultra liberal elite (at least, that's how they see themselves) who brow beat the population with political correctness and are so progressive that they are pushing to abandon prisons in favour of letting the criminal element, which is the largest in Europe, out onto the streets.
If I were you, I would go straight to Australia; at least you will get some sunshine and the police are sensibly armed.

[Lokasenna]

Wow, I bet where you live there must be no criminality, no tourists, low prices... where are you from? Austria? Somewhere in north Europe?? :D

Wales. 'nuff said, really.

On a serious note, I agree with Brian on pretty much evyerthing he's just said about this country. Anyone who'd want to be exiled here would have to be desperate...

[hoope]

Spain ..
its a lovely place ..

[lupe]

I would go to Iles Marquises and rent a house next to the one where Paul Gaugin spend his last years of his life...

[mono]

My country, America, seems an odd one, and, for the past 8 years, I have thought of leaving it, but we will not discuss why - I feel a bit more optimistic this year . . . :D
If I did have to leave, I always said Canada (I loved Vancouver, B.C.), but would probably end up somewhere in the UK, perhaps Scotland.

[Equality72521]

Ireland or Russia.

[Amundsen]

Me? London, or New York, maybe Boston.

[SleepyWitch]

Germany
can we swap places, then? you can come here and pretend to be me and I'll laze around in the sun in Greece and eat lots of olives and feta?

[Schokokeks]

you can [...] pretend to be me
Now we wouldn't want to do that to anyone, would we? :p I mean, Bavaria! Seriously... :D

[SleepyWitch]

Now we wouldn't want to do that to anyone, would we? :p I mean, Bavaria! Seriously... :D

why not? we have lots of attractive men here:

http://i.pbase.com/u35/bmcmorrow/small/31778134.munich141.jpg

http://www.trachtenjacken.de/uploads/File/trachten-arten.jpg

[Dori]

I feel like this is one of those either-or questions where often you opt for secret option 3 which is "I'd rather shoot myself."

Though, this is not to say that I would actually do that, I only say it to avoid answering the question. ;)

[sprinks]

I've never been out of this country, so I can't base an answer on an experience I've had in another country and loved... And I don't really know all that much about other countries anyhow.


I'll just be a good girl who doesn't get exiled :p:lol:

[Virgil]

I've never been out of this country, so I can't base an answer on an experience I've had in another country and loved... And I don't really know all that much about other countries anyhow.


I'll just be a good girl who doesn't get exiled :p:lol:

:lol: What a great reply. I have no desire to get exiled either. There seems to be a number of people who wish to get exiled. If they hate their home country so badly, why don't they just leave. ;)

[Dori]

:lol: What a great reply. I have no desire to get exiled either. There seems to be a number of people who wish to get exiled. If they hate their home country so badly, why don't they just leave. ;)

Amen to that. :D

[Equality72521]

:lol: What a great reply. I have no desire to get exiled either. There seems to be a number of people who wish to get exiled. If they hate their home country so badly, why don't they just leave. ;)

Because that would entail running away and going through the messy process of, finding some mystical way of getting money, getting on a plane, with out there being some crazy Amber Alert, actually getting to the country (assuming there is no terrorist attack...but this is just that random 1/1 million chance), education, work...etc. So you see, I have to actually get out of my parents house without being underage with a degree maybe....So its a long and difficult process, but I definately plan to leave!!!!! lol

[sprinks]

:lol: What a great reply. I have no desire to get exiled either. There seems to be a number of people who wish to get exiled. If they hate their home country so badly, why don't they just leave. ;)

:D


thought I'd get blasted with "but you didn't answer the question!" comments, but when I looked back at the OP, it didn't really pose a hypothetical situation, which I would have responded to. But being asked if I was to be exiled, then where would I go, well I still choose to not get exiled :D. If someone really wants an answer then I require a long story about who, when, why, and the surrounding conditions - then I'll think of a place :p:lol:

[subterranean]

:lol: What a great reply. I have no desire to get exiled either. There seems to be a number of people who wish to get exiled. If they hate their home country so badly, why don't they just leave. ;)

Ay, it's not that easy ;).


Number one choice would be USA > New York. I wanna wake up in a city, that doesn't sleep
Number two choice would be Ireland > Dublin. I love dodgy DUBLIN!

I think as one sees the world more, s/he can either appriciates her/his home country more or desires to leave the country and start a new journey in her/his newfound dream place. So, it's not really about hating or disliking our country.

[Schokokeks]

There seems to be a number of people who wish to get exiled. If they hate their home country so badly, why don't they just leave. ;)

I don't hate my home country, and I don't want to get exiled (which would imply having committed some sort of crime and not being allowed to come back), but I wouldn't mind living somewhere else, if only for some time. Then I think "exile" becomes a very nice metaphor to think with, because, as sub said, it might give you a new unique perspective on the place you came from.
And then, of course, there's always the appeal of the journey back home, physically and/or emotionally (on which there is this wonderful poem by the modern Greek poet Cavafy, entitled "Ithaka (http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=74&cat=1)") :).

I'm sorry if I've turned this into something too philosophical now :D.

[SleepyWitch]

I don't want to be exiled either, I was only answering the question :)
besides, does one need to actually hate once country in order to emigrate?
I'm sure some refugees don't hate their country as such but are forced to leave it.
Plus, if you love a country other than your other, does that mean you hate your own? Maybe you love both of them. When you make a new friend, that doesn't mean you hate your old friends, does it?

[Kiaroula]

Well, if you want no criminality, no tourists and low prices, England is the last place you should be considering.

I knwo these things about England, I was replying to the guy talking about Prague... I was just saying Rome is a lot worse for those things (for me). :)


Likewise with democracy and progressiveness; we have an ultra liberal elite (at least, that's how they see themselves) who brow beat the population with political correctness and are so progressive that they are pushing to abandon prisons in favour of letting the criminal element, which is the largest in Europe, out onto the streets.
If I were you, I would go straight to Australia; at least you will get some sunshine and the police are sensibly armed.

:sick::sick::sick::sick: It sounds like the modern version of Victorian hypocrisy...

[Virgil]

I don't want to be exiled either, I was only answering the question :)
besides, does one need to actually hate once country in order to emigrate?
I'm sure some refugees don't hate their country as such but are forced to leave it.
Plus, if you love a country other than your other, does that mean you hate your own? Maybe you love both of them. When you make a new friend, that doesn't mean you hate your old friends, does it?

I'll just quote Sleepy, but this applies to al those that just recently replied to my appeal of just leaving, I wasn't responding to any of your comments. Of course there is a desire to live and try new things. What I was commenting on is a hatred that was expressed but a relative few for their heritage. I have noticed that there is a syndrome out there, and it seems to be inbedded in all nationalities and cultures, of a hatred for one's heritage and identity. Certainly there are things we disagree with. Goodness knows there are things I disagree with my country. But these are disagrements for which I vote my way and others vote theirs and in a free society things don't go 100% anyone's way. When someone decides that their disagrements are rooted in a national identity, then I think they've lost perspective and mental equilibrium. Frankly I've come to the conclusion it's a mental condition, a self hating syndrome.

[amalia1985]

Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland. I've visited Germany many, many times and I've been to Amsterdam twice. Needless to say, I LOVED them both.

[Emil Miller]

[QUOTE=mono;672726]My country, America, seems an odd one, and, for the past 8 years, I have thought of leaving it, but we will not discuss why - I feel a bit more optimistic this year . . . :D


No need to discuss why, it's fairly obvious that you are didn't see eye-to-eye with George Bush. It's the "8 years" that give it away. I can't help wondering how optimistic you will be feeling in eight years time.

[subterranean]

I'll just quote Sleepy, but this applies to al those that just recently replied to my appeal of just leaving, I wasn't responding to any of your comments. Of course there is a desire to live and try new things. What I was commenting on is a hatred that was expressed but a relative few for their heritage. I have noticed that there is a syndrome out there, and it seems to be inbedded in all nationalities and cultures, of a hatred for one's heritage and identity. Certainly there are things we disagree with. Goodness knows there are things I disagree with my country. But these are disagrements for which I vote my way and others vote theirs and in a free society things don't go 100% anyone's way. When someone decides that their disagrements are rooted in a national identity, then I think they've lost perspective and mental equilibrium. Frankly I've come to the conclusion it's a mental condition, a self hating syndrome.

Coming from a country where disintegration is a very serious issue due to economic disparities, it's quite hard to talk about nationalism when there's no food on the table. So I understand why, for some people, nationalism is a very hard option and I don't think this has anything to do with lost perspective and mental equlibirium.

[PoeticPassions]

South Africa. It is a amazing place... filled with a lot of love and soul. I hope to live there someday, for at least a couple of years.

[Chava]

Here, certain political parties have taken a 'patent' on danishness, to the degree that you are unpatriotic if you don't have a flag in your yard, and love eating pig. Its given most people a really bad taste in their mouths, as this party is also openly racist and very hostile. Thus many of us try to disassociate ourselves from all things exceedingly danish, like the flag. It's a pity for sure, and has raised much debate here regarding what the danish national identity even is? Why it's so great, and why only a certain party should be allowed to define it.

If I could go into exile... I hear that Iceland just voted in a lesbian primeminister, which seems nicely progressive. But I'd have to go somewhere warm and tropical. I'm pretty cold intolerant.

[subterranean]

South Africa. It is a amazing place... filled with a lot of love and soul. I hope to live there someday, for at least a couple of years.

I don't know which part of SA you were referring to but I was in Cape Town for 3 weeks and I found some people there were akwardly too cautious. I mean, for example, the distance between my office and the hotel I stayed in was about 10 minutes walk and when I decided to go on foot every day to the office, most of my colleagues and the staffs at the hotel, warned me to be very careful and advised me not to show an outward sign that I was carrying precious things (i.e. laptop). But I totally agree with you, living in SA, at least in Cape Town, would be like living in a beautiful paiting. You have mountain, vineyard, beaches, and desert within your reach.

[Emil Miller]

Here, certain political parties have taken a 'patent' on danishness, to the degree that you are unpatriotic if you don't have a flag in your yard, and love eating pig. Its given most people a really bad taste in their mouths.......

Then they should stop eating it.

[Chava]

With about 40,000 pigs per person, it's going to take a while. But I do believe the tides, are a turning... :)

[Virgil]

Here, certain political parties have taken a 'patent' on danishness, to the degree that you are unpatriotic if you don't have a flag in your yard, and love eating pig. Its given most people a really bad taste in their mouths, as this party is also openly racist and very hostile. Thus many of us try to disassociate ourselves from all things exceedingly danish, like the flag. It's a pity for sure, and has raised much debate here regarding what the danish national identity even is? Why it's so great, and why only a certain party should be allowed to define it.

If I could go into exile... I hear that Iceland just voted in a lesbian primeminister, which seems nicely progressive. But I'd have to go somewhere warm and tropical. I'm pretty cold intolerant.

I can understand what you are saying Chava. But there is the other extreme too, which is what I was referring to, which is blame the country and own culture first. I do think that when there is ambiguity, one should at least give one's country the benefit of the doubt.

[Chava]

Well Virg, You're talking to someone with no real sense of nationality, My parents where from two different countries, i was born in a third, and raised in a fourth, and speak the language of a fifth. I've travelled to over 25 countries before the age of twenty, and don't really understand nationalism. I've never had a need for it, except in introductions, I don't feel danish, and I can't keep up with cinversations because people presume i'm just as danish as them. As a friend once said to me it's like "No one knows you're foreign".
I don't think that theres any need to decide why any country is better or worse than another, which customs are best, or which language the most beautiful. It's as silly as a which religion is truest debate.

Deciding that the country is to blame is contentless. At the end of the day it's te people who vote in the (right or wrong) politicians who're to blame ;)

(Just for clarification Virg, I'm not saying you're any of those things, this is not the start of an argument)

Oh and, just because my ancestors were brutal vikings, doesn't mean i'm any more resistant to the cold, any more pleased to sail in longboats, what ever did my heritage do for me other than make me blond and give me blue eyes... So what?

[JBI]

Central coastal Italy. I've got half the language already, so it won't be the hardest of transitions, plus the weather sure beats Canada's. (though anything south of Umbria in the summer is too much for me).

[Virgil]

I don't think that theres any need to decide why any country is better or worse than another, which customs are best, or which language the most beautiful. It's as silly as a which religion is truest debate.

But that's not the argument I'm making. No one's culture or religion is better than another's. All I'm saying is that one should take pride in one's heritage. Every culture and heritage has points of pride. It doesn't mean that it's better thn another's. It's an element of identity. There are things I disagree with in my country's policies. I don't debate them here (usually ;)) because this is not the right forum for it. Despite my disagrements that doesn't make me hate my country.

Actually I think I've remembered a post or two by you about some form of positive aspect of Denmark. I've always thought we could learn lots from your country.

[Niamh]

Number two choice would be Ireland > Dublin. I love dodgy DUBLIN!

All Hail Dodgy Dublin! :D

I love my country, but if i had to go somewhere else it would be a toss between Scotland (because its like home), Canada (family and i really want to see the country), Australia (family and sydney rules!)or Newzealand (The people are laid back like the Irish and the country has better weather!!)

[manolia]

What a strange choice indeed ;).

I would like to live in France, in Besançon. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been :nod:.


can we swap places, then? you can come here and pretend to be me and I'll laze around in the sun in Greece and eat lots of olives and feta?


why not? we have lots of attractive men here:

http://i.pbase.com/u35/bmcmorrow/small/31778134.munich141.jpg

http://www.trachtenjacken.de/uploads/File/trachten-arten.jpg

Hahaha girls you made me laugh :lol: Thanks!
I'd hate to leave my country but as the op says, if i was ever forced to do it i'd choose germany for various reasons the two most important are that i like german people very much (i've met lots of them and they seem to have very good qualities) and i really like the german language (and i wish to improve my skills at it). :D

PS What a cute old man :lol:

[SleepyWitch]

I'm glad Schoki and me made you laugh, manolia :)
feel free to post on my wall in German.

[Schokokeks]

i'd choose germany for various reasons the two most important are that i like german people very much (i've met lots of them and they seem to have very good qualities) and i really like the german language (and i wish to improve my skills at it). :D

Nice to hear you have such a positive opinion of German people! :)
Sleepy and I are certainly doing our best to leave a good impression :D (and poor Sleepy has to work even harder for that, with her being from Bavaria and all ...).

But then again, you really should take care not to get exiled and have your positive opinion tainted by reality ;).

[amalia1985]

Hahaha girls you made me laugh :lol: Thanks!
I'd hate to leave my country but as the op says, if i was ever forced to do it i'd choose germany for various reasons the two most important are that i like german people very much (i've met lots of them and they seem to have very good qualities) and i really like the german language (and i wish to improve my skills at it). :D

PS What a cute old man :lol:


I second that!!! Germany all the way! (Bremen, for obvious reasons :D:D:D:D:D:p:p)

[mercy_mankind]

That is a great question Brian I love Australia but if I could live anywhere else it would be in Egypt. I have been in love with the place for as long as I can remember.

Egypt is a good choice Joreads.
I love Egypt and I can not imagine that I could live anywhere else, but I may choose Saudia Arabia, there are many Egyptians. :)

[subterranean]

All Hail Dodgy Dublin! :D

Yep. I don't know why but the word dodgy seems applies to almost everything in Dublin :D

[manolia]

Sleepy has to work even harder for that, with her being from Bavaria and all ...).

Hehe i keep hearing all those nasty comments about bavarians..perhaps german people from the north are just jealous :lol: Most germans i know come from the north (Hamburg especially) i'd love to hear what sleepy has to say about them so i can pull their leg ;)



But then again, you really should take care not to get exiled and have your positive opinion tainted by reality ;).

Hehe don't worry about that..i have spent all my life surrounded by greeks so i have built up defences :lol: There's no way germans would make me cringe :lol:

[Wilde woman]

Switzerland.

[Niamh]

Yep. I don't know why but the word dodgy seems applies to almost everything in Dublin :D

You would have seen the not so dodgy bits of dublin if i only knew you were coming over!

[kilted exile]

Well I am already exiled here in Canada. However, it was a good move for me. I hate to imagine at times what I'd be doing if I had stayed in Glasgow.

So I guess I should pick a third country, but I cant think of another country I'd like to spend the rest of my life in - for me it's here till I retire back to Crail. There are numerous places I want to visit for a holiday (current five in order are 1)machu pichu; 2) Nashville; 3) Iceleand; 4) Venice & 5) Crete), but nowhere I want to go permanantly.

[subterranean]

You would have seen the not so dodgy bits of dublin if i only knew you were coming over!

I don't really know how to put it but I meant that in a fun way :). I had a really good time during my 2 weeks stay there and I would very much love to be in town again and watch another play at The Abbey.

[amanda_isabel]

anywhere in Europe, I think. :)

[Jassica]

Ireland, by all means

[SleepyWitch]

Hehe don't worry about that..i have spent all my life surrounded by greeks so i have built up defences :lol: There's no way germans would make me cringe :lol:

not even our medieval torture instruments? We've got a nice collection of them in the Nuremberg dungeons, I think.
And if these don't do, we've still got NORTHERN German women (i.e. from outside Bavaria) with close cropped hair and bumbags who steal supplies from the breakfast buffet at hotels and give impromptu lectures on German culture at the top of their voices.
(this lady has comparatively long hair and is rather well-dressed as bumbag wearers go)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/222898134_1b0fddecb0.jpg

[Virgil]

I hate to ask because I fear the answer, but what exactly is a "bumbag?"

[papayahed]

I hate to ask because I fear the answer, but what exactly is a "bumbag?"

fanny pack. Notice the red thing around her waist.

[SleepyWitch]

oops, sorry, I think it's spelled as two words

[Bitterfly]

Not a country, but I would love to live in Berlin some day. It's full of culture, but seems human-sized, and I like the big park in the middle whose name I've forgotten... and all the relics from the Soviet era, and the huge wastelands in the middle of the city. And the people are, oh, civilized and don't seem snobby.

[Niamh]

I don't really know how to put it but I meant that in a fun way :). I had a really good time during my 2 weeks stay there and I would very much love to be in town again and watch another play at The Abbey.


:lol: I knew that! I was just saying you could have had the grand tour! :D

Wait...Hang on...TWO WEEKS!!!!! What did you see at the abbey?

[subterranean]

I went to see The Playboy of the Western World :thumbs_up

[Niamh]

I went to see The Playboy of the Western World :thumbs_up

:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_up Cool! So did Nightie and me!

[subterranean]

:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_up Cool! So did Nightie and me!

Argh...My imagination runs wild now. Suppose you both sat behind me or in front of me or on my left side or on my right side? :D :D

[Niamh]

Argh...My imagination runs wild now. Suppose you both sat behind me or in front of me or on my left side or on my right side? :D :D

When were you here? amd when did you go?:D we went on the 17th Jan

[subterranean]

Wow, I went a week before (10th of Jan, I think). I bought the matinee ticket for the premium seat :D. I just checked the website and The Comedy of Errors is playing next March until May. I'd love to see it!

[andave_ya]

England of the 30s,

America of the 30s

Russia of the circa 1850s

Spain of the 1500s

and Ireland of the whenevers :D

And Lebanon, I think. Where my family originally hails from.

[manolia]

So I guess I should pick a third country, but I cant think of another country I'd like to spend the rest of my life in - for me it's here till I retire back to Crail. There are numerous places I want to visit for a holiday (current five in order are 1)machu pichu; 2) Nashville; 3) Iceleand; 4) Venice & 5) Crete), but nowhere I want to go permanantly.

:D :D
By the way i too want to visit machu pichu!
Watched a documentary recently ;)


not even our medieval torture instruments? We've got a nice collection of them in the Nuremberg dungeons, I think.
And if these don't do, we've still got NORTHERN German women (i.e. from outside Bavaria) with close cropped hair and bumbags who steal supplies from the breakfast buffet at hotels and give impromptu lectures on German culture at the top of their voices.
(this lady has comparatively long hair and is rather well-dressed as bumbag wearers go)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/222898134_1b0fddecb0.jpg

Hahaha thanks for the tips :D



And Lebanon, I think. Where my family originally hails from.

Oh you're from Lebanon! Lebanese food yummy :D

[Niamh]

Wow, I went a week before (10th of Jan, I think). I bought the matinee ticket for the premium seat :D. I just checked the website and The Comedy of Errors is playing next March until May. I'd love to see it!
Awww! Shame it wasnt the 17th! That would have been funny.
Infact were you in Dublin then? Could have met me and Nightie. Would have been an laugh!


and Ireland of the whenevers :D


So Ireland in general then! :D

[subterranean]

Awww! Shame it wasnt the 17th! That would have been funny.
Infact were you in Dublin then? Could have met me and Nightie. Would have been an laugh!


Such a shame indeed. I think I was kind of absent from Litnet at that time and I didn't know that you live in Dublin! Shoot......!!!!
Next time, Niahm...Next time ;)

[Niamh]

Deffo next time! :D

[crisaor]

Norway.

[weltanschauung]

rivendell, totally.

[andave_ya]

Oh you're from Lebanon! Lebanese food yummy :D

I can make you some *Lebanese* baklava and warach enib (dolmades? I think they're called in Greek.)



So Ireland in general then! :D

You betcha! As long as there are fairies there, and well, you seem like a candidate for one yourself :p ;)


rivendell, totally.
hahaha splendid! I hadn't thought of fictional places...:crash: I'd have to have one molecule from every era/country/fictional country :lol:.

And btw - Lothlorien owns. Way more than Rivendell and Mirkwood put together :p.

[weltanschauung]

maybe, but no elves?
no fun. i hear they bake wonderful bread :P

[andave_ya]

maybe, but no elves?
no fun. i hear they bake wonderful bread :P

...Careful, don't let Galadriel hear you say that...:D

[weltanschauung]

we rule.

[subterranean]

Norway.

It's too freakin' expensive :bawling:

[crisaor]

It's too freakin' expensive :bawling:
I've heard such, yes. :(

I still hope to visit it someday.

[LostPrincess13]

England or France.
I'm a hopeless romantic. :D

[Niamh]

You betcha! As long as there are fairies there, and well, you seem like a candidate for one yourself :p ;)



:lol: I couldnt stop laughing when i read this!

[subterranean]

I've heard such, yes. :(

I still hope to visit it someday.

Well, if you ever visit Scandinavia, do drop by at Copenhagen. As long as I'm here, you got yourself a guide!

[Themis]

Wow, I bet where you live there must be no criminality, no tourists, low prices... where are you from? Austria?

Good to see sombody who obviously knows a lot about Austria.

@Topic: South Tirol, maybe Canada

[Madhuri]

Any country that has totally diffirent culture than India. Maybe in Europe somewhere; I know I wont fit in the western culture, but I would like to experience it once :)

[kevinthediltz]

The exact middle of Austrailia. Where there is no one for miles.

[SoonerSoul]

The youngest country on earth......
New zealand of coarse, not too hot or cold, lots of natural phenominoms and some of the best sights on the planet.
Not to mention the volcanic activity and native tribes.

[1n50mn14]

Somewhere on the equator... I long for consistant, year round temperatures.

I think I might go for South Africa.

[1n50mn14]

I wanna wake up in a city, that doesn't sleep

Subby, I didn't find NYC to be the city that doesn't sleep- I found it to be the city that ALWAYS SLEEPS IN! All of the shopping my mom and I went to do didn't open until 11:00 a.m, the pizza place had just started baking at noon, the barber shop didn't open until noon and the guys working our hostel desk were having a big nap :p!

[Kiaroula]

Good to see sombody who obviously knows a lot about Austria.

@Topic: South Tirol, maybe Canada

I'm not sure if your sentence was ironic or not, but I've been living for 5 months in Salzburg and this is my experience :)



(Well actually there were a lot of tourists in Salzburg, but nothing compared to Rome... I hate going to Rome in some periods!!)

[subterranean]

Subby, I didn't find NYC to be the city that doesn't sleep- I found it to be the city that ALWAYS SLEEPS IN! All of the shopping my mom and I went to do didn't open until 11:00 a.m, the pizza place had just started baking at noon, the barber shop didn't open until noon and the guys working our hostel desk were having a big nap :p!

:lol:
Ok, Mr. Sinatra totally got it wrong then!

[qimissung]

Italy ( so warm, so beautiful, exquisite food and art), France, Ireland, England, Holland...decisions, decisions so hard to make decisions when you're being exiled...I'm glad at least they're not sticking me on a boat in the middle of the ocean! :D

[Eugenie]

England for me always.

[Emil Miller]

England for me always.

May I ask why?

[librarius_qui]

May I ask why?

(May I answer? :D )









me

[*Classic*Charm*]

England for me as well:D (from my extremely limited traveling experience)

Though I've never been there, I'm drawn to Florence (I don't really know about the rest of Italy). As soon as I have time and money, that's where I'm going!

[Niamh]

I dreamt last night i emigrated to vancouver....

[Madhuri]

I dreamt last night i emigrated to vancouver....

Is Kilted located anywhere near Vancouver? ;) :p :p :D

[Niamh]

Is Kilted located anywhere near Vancouver? ;) :p :p :D

where did THAT come from! lol! I have absoloutely no idea!:lol:
I have weird dreams all the time! Trust me. I was an immortal by the end of this one! :lol: And I havent even seen highlander in a long time! humm... maybe i should go watch it...

[kilted exile]

Is Kilted located anywhere near Vancouver? ;) :p :p :D

No kilted is about as far from Vancouver as he was from Moscow back when he was in Glasgow (3hr time difference)

[1n50mn14]

^__^ That puts you close-ish to me, if my grade-school time zones memory serves me well... which it probably doesn't.

[librarius_qui]

Is Kilted located anywhere near Vancouver? ;) :p :p :D

(If you're looking for a match for her, you're in the wrong thread :D )

[The Comedian]

I'm from the US, I'd go to Chile -- mountains, ocean, plenty of space, good wine, & good fishin'.

[seanlol]

Russia.

[librarius_qui]

(May I answer? :D )




But it might be China ... I've never been there, though, to say if it would fit, but I'd like to know [the place], spend time there.~

[Madhuri]

where did THAT come from! lol! I have absoloutely no idea!:lol:
I have weird dreams all the time! Trust me. I was an immortal by the end of this one! :lol: And I havent even seen highlander in a long time! humm... maybe i should go watch it...


No kilted is about as far from Vancouver as he was from Moscow back when he was in Glasgow (3hr time difference)

O_o
Niamh, you better relocate when you dream of being in Canada, next time ;) :p :D



(If you're looking a match for her, you're in the wrong thread :D )

Well..Lib, Niamh's dream occured in this thread :) It was her dream I was talking about :)

[librarius_qui]

Well..Lib, Niamh's dream occured in this thread :) It was her dream I was talking about :)

(All right ... But we might take the matter to the other thread as well :D, haha!)

[jhonerliz]

India...... and look for my online bestfriend, Rehan! :D

[Niamh]

you are all insane! :lol:
Last night i dreamt i lived in New York. My mind travels even if i can not!

[Madhuri]

India...... and look for my online bestfriend, Rehan! :D

Are you sure? Can you manage in the weather here? Or in the chaos of everyday life? It isn't as organised :) Surely, your friend must have told you about the life here?

[librarius_qui]

Are you sure? Can you manage in the weather here? Or in the chaos of everyday life? It isn't as organised :) Surely, your friend must have told you about the life here?

Hey ... I might go to Athens, but not to live there exiled ... Only to visit friends!~

[Madhuri]

Good :)

hmmm...

I havent traveled abroad, except to Thailand for four days, and I don't want to be exiled there. I will surely have problem with the food with all the funny things people eat there.

I want to go to Egypt, though :) Or anywhere in Europe. When I see on tv these travel related programs, I find Europe fascinating :) especially the places that do not have concrete roads / paths, instead there is laid bricks or whatever that is but not tar. I would love to go for long walks on such pathways :)

[librarius_qui]

Hey ... I might go to Athens, but not to live there exiled ... Only to visit friends!~

Well ... :rolleyes: Thinking twice, here ... Athens might be a good place to spend my life, if I were exiled from Rio. High touristic spot ... I'd feel almost at home!~

(Not to mention good friend there.)


L#

[Niamh]

you mean cobbled streets like this!
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll199/bombshiznitz/templebar.jpg
Best come to Ireland so! we have a few! :D

[Madhuri]

Yes :D Thats what I was referring to.....Thanks, Niamh :)

[Virgil]

you mean cobbled streets like this!
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll199/bombshiznitz/templebar.jpg
Best come to Ireland so! we have a few! :D

What a lovely picture. Is that in Dublin? I think I could be exiled there, perhaps live in a flat right above that bar and have a pint or two every evening and all I would have to do is stagger up the steps. :D

[Niamh]

Yes thats Temple Bar in Dublin. :)

[Virgil]

I just noticed Niamh, is that some guy groping a woman in front. :lol:

[Niamh]

It looks that way doesnt it? :lol: I think the photographer had a very slow shutter reaction and things dont appear as they seem!

[librarius_qui]

LitNet is a nice place to ask for exile!
:)

Good & civilized place ... :thumbs_up

I'd only have to find out a way of becoming bytes :crash:

:D

[Niamh]

^__^ That puts you close-ish to me, if my grade-school time zones memory serves me well... which it probably doesn't.

Eh... Becca? Vancouver is on the pacific coast. I've seen travel programmes on this part of canada and i really would love to see it.

[1n50mn14]

No kilted is about as far from Vancouver as he was from Moscow back when he was in Glasgow (3hr time difference)


Niamh, I was referring to this post when I said Kilted was probably close-ish to me :lol:

[kilted exile]

I am about an hour& a halfs drive from Becca

[Niamh]

Oh! :lol: i thought you were on about vancouver! :lol: can i use tiredness as an excuse? :D