I'm from London, England So far I've been to.. Brighton, England Hastings, England Little Hampton, England, Worthing, England Bournemouth, England Southampton, England Hove, England The Isle of Wight, England . Southend-on-Sea, England Dover, England On the coast. Alfriston, England Crowborough, England Ipswich, England Bristol, England Oxford, England Stratford-upon-Avon, England Stoke-On-Trent, England I've been through Coventry, England spent 20 minutes in Birmingham, England When I first left England, it was to Philadelphia, PA, USA. I used London's Gatwick Airport for that one. In November 2001 I; Landed in PHL. Took I-95 to Willow Grove, PA, 19090, USA where I resided in America that month, even got mail from England sent to me there those 2 weeks since I turned 15 in America anyway; like cards from England - If I ever had to produce ID and an address; this was it. I liked it in Willow Grove, PA after settling into America. From there I got to see; Hershey, PA, went on the factory tour ride. Scranton, PA, and home via Newcastle, DE to see friends of the family. Weekends were always spent at Seaside Heights, NJ 08751, USA near the boardwalk there. - If I ever had to produce ID and an address in NJ, this what it, my NJ place of residence. From Seaside Heights, Saturday, road trip (same 1997 Nissan Sentra with PA plates that I drove in parking lots learning how to drive it).. went to Manhattan, NYC, NY, USA. Parked in NJ, took like a taxi boat to Battery Park, saw/smelt Ground Zero still smouldering, loved NYC because to me, it reminded me of England/home/London, my part of England.. I went to the NBC building in NYC, saw Time Square, bought a postcard there and sent it to a class friend of mine in England (this was during term/semester), travelled around Manhattan by the New York City Subway, got my MetroCard that day to do that Saw Central Park where John Lennon was shot and some of where they filmed the movie Coming to America.. I went through Jersey City to get there and (That was Ghetto).. Least the part I saw. .. Also passed this Ikea by Newark Airport too going to NYC. I saw NYC still grieving after 9/11 with all the flowers and everything. Liberty Island was closed, but from a distance I saw it; and on that Taxi Boat to and from the car in NJ, I saw The Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge and Chrysler Building too I think. Then that night I went home/Seaside Heights, NJ, on the Jersey Shore, had pizza, found they don't do chicken pizza in that country and saw Little Nicky (2000) on HBO; I'd never heard of it before, and I saw it that night after having came back from there/where the movie was set/New York City.. It really did surprise me when I was there. It felt like I was in London, but in America. I saw the fields where the Hindenberg Disaster happened. I drove and saw Fort Dix. My family in NJ's of a military family and my sister got married on this base, I never went to her wedding. Celebrated Thanksgiving in Toms River, NJ that day as well, drove in from PA. That was something that put London into perspective for me. That was eye opening. I didn't even get that in Philadelphia... Love Philadelphia, I saw, in 2001, the Philadelphia Independence Hall and took the tour and touched the Liberty Bell t the National Park there.. then I returned to America in 2004 for my brother's wedding in June; spent 2 weeks in Willow Grove, PA, 19090 and weekends in NJ, Seaside Heights, 08751.. 1 night I remember a friend from Guyana took me and my other brother from England to Philadelphia one night and she was cool. Thanks to her, I got to run up the stairs at the Philadelphia art museum and see the city at night. She lived in Norristown. All my brother's friends were great. This girl from CA we had dinner with in 2001, this Guyanese girl in 2004, this guy in Bristol, PA who sold us Philadelphia Flyer's stuff at this ice rink there in 2001; Also saw Jet Li's the One (2001) in the theater in Bristol, PA there in November that night. In 2004 my brother had a 2004 Honda Accord Couple, stick shift, I was 17 when I drove that around a parking lot; one of the first things we did that night when I landed was see who could drive it, was a fun night, I surprised my brother that I could drive a manual (but I'm from London and London's in a country where you need to drive one to get your full license) so... I learnt at an early age, that 1997 Nissan Sentra in 2001 was an automatic. In 2004 I flew from London's Heathrow Airport to PHL. In September 2015, I first left the English speaking world, went from Vauxhall, London on a chartered party bus at midnight, arrived in Dover, England, Dover, England - Calais, France Calais, France - Amsterdam, NL. via a field in Belgium. The coach took around the same time it takes to fly from London - Philadelphia. The ferry adds on 90 minutes, but you get to walk around and it's fancy with duty free shops and stuff to do. On the way back to London, stopped at Verne, in Belgium. Went in June 2016, same thing. Only, when I got to 'Dam (Amsterdam); the guy at the Hotel, the guy at the coffee house and even this house cat that belonged to the hotel next door, remembered me - 'I'm known in Amsterdam'. Small world though, I met a couple in Amsterdam who lived in London who remembered me from that week before in Soho doing my Saturday job there.. Small world. I remember now, in 1999, my school took me P,E class on a VIP tour around the original Wembley Stadium, that was cool, saw a member of the band Oasis walking around having their own tour too since they were due to play there our tour guide said. Had a cool package like, got to see everything but wasn't allowed on the pitch and...Held a mock world cup in the same box where England held the real one in 1966... My Japanese Class at Coulsdon College were invited to the Embassy of Japan in London for a Tea Ceremony in our honour, donned a Kimono for that one.. I'm probably neglecting a bunch of places I've been but... Where have you been? (That you can remember). This is where I've been, seen, so far, the places I've been, and I'm fortunate for it. In America I had Cheesestake and Water Ice in PA, and those big soft pretzels too. mmmm... I've learned that a doughnut in America and a doughnut in England and a doughnut in The NL look the same, but are completely different animals. I don't think much of UK doughnuts out of all the different country doughnuts I've tried.
I grew up in Long Island, NY outside NYC. Moved to West New Joisey, near the Pennsy border. Taught an intro computer course in PA for 2 years (4 semesters). Daughter lives in a Philly suburb I moved to Delaware to be warmer and nearer the ocean. I know all the places you mentioned in the U.S. very well. From Vietnam, I got a week "off" (R&R - Rest and Relaxation) - and I got to go to Sydney, Australia. I LOVED it. I was there in 1969, and miniskirts were in. I got in a taxi, and just had the driver drive North, then East, etc. I was impressed. There were some poorer sections, but no slums. The city was just like an American city, only cleaner. I could speak and be understood, and understand the response. I felt completely at ease and at home.
I was 17 in 2004 and.. Used to have my cigarette here before breakfast, looking out into the ocean, listening to music. This was before the Jersey Shore on MTV. This was close enough to walk to. I was 'fresh off the boat from London' (or as good as) when it came to this boardwalk. This was my hangout spot at night; I was still a teenager then. I didn't know it was anything famous when I went there; was neat though, I liked it. People are friendly.
You’ve seen a lot of your country. It’s a lot easier now I think than it was when I was a kid. I was born in London and lived there until I was just short of my 15th birthday. I used to travel around London a lot, loved it and still do although I wouldn’t want to live there again - too expensive. But the rest of England? Not so much. School trip to the Lake District, travelling by train from Euston to Holyhead and on the “boat” to Dublin once a year to visit my mother’s family in Ireland. Went to Canterbury on a trip once. It wasn’t until I went back to Britain several times from Aus that I saw much of the country. I went to a lot of the places on your list. Pretty countryside, stunning history and damn good beer!
For me, the London area 12 times. Paris 4 times. Frankfurt twice, including Nuremburg, Bamberg, Wurzburg. Hamburg twice, including Stuttgart and Ulm. Geneva and Neuchatel. Amsterdam. Rabat Morocco. Southern and northern Greece. Israel. Fiji. Baja. Cozumel. And of course all over the USA from DC to Norfolk to Florida to Texas/Oklahoma to California to Oregon and the Rocky Mountains.
I managed to dodge Viet Nam by enrolling in NROTC. Then by the time I graduated my tour of duty did not include Viet Nam because it was over already.
I have been around but the most wondrous place I have ever visited is the California Rain Forest in Humboldt County by Eureka / Arcata. To the North you have Redwood National Park. Prairie Creek State Park with Fern Canyon that is totally Jurassic. Steep cliff with ferns and flowers. Old growth Coast Redwood. And the herd of Roosevelt Elk somewhere along the way. Lots of wild shoreline and to the south, Avenue of the Giants. A loop drive off the 101 through some old growth forest. In between all kinds of "groves" and trails and Victorian architecture in Ferndale and Eureka. If you should check it out, do not go in a dry season. The forests sleep. When there is mist or recent rain the forests come alive and the banana slugs come out too. If you can't feel nature talking to you there, you gotta be deaf. Moi r > g Across an immense, unguarded, ethereal border, Canadians, cool and unsympathetic, regard our America with envious eyes and slowly and surely draw their plans against us.
I grew up in NYC then we moved to LI in 1965, joined the navy in 68 did 2 tours in nam' Looks like I mirrored some of your travels , came home and attended farmingdale tech and ag , now known as farmingdale university, then stony brook , been all over the world from Europe, including the USSR to the far east, mainly on work related issues
I've no wish to go to NYC but if I did, the first thing I'd do is take a ride on the New York Tram. I first saw it in the film Dark Water and for some odd reason I've been fascinated by it ever since.
I have no desire to ever go to any of the following states because they do not honor my CFP: Calif Conn Hawaii Ill Md Mass Minn NJ NM NYS Ore R.I. SC
I've been to Leeds, England. This is probably the most 'North' I've been in the world to date. I was sure I included it in my first post here... Oh well. Leeds, England too.
New Jersey... Even though home to me was in PA.. New Jersey I've done all but fly and take a train to. I've drove to NJ. I've travelled by water to NJ from Manhattan, NYC, NY in 2001. I've been to New Hope, PA and walked to NJ in 2004. Around Willow Grove, PA I walked to Abington, PA; grocery shopped and ordered my Chinese food and picked it up in Horsham, PA. I also got paid more in England to do my construction job Horsham, England and they paid for my travel because they were hard pressed hiring locally and they had to hire me from London for a job in 2015. I grew up in a place called Croydon in England and the closest I got to Croydon, PA was to a place called New Britain, PA, and I had my hair cut there in 2001; New Britain, PA is real close to Croydon, PA. In Amsterdam in the Red Light District there's this hotel/hostel flying the Union Jack flag called Hotel Croydon - In the window it said in English something like 'Can you speak English, we're hiring'; So I just went in, enquired; found out you needed a Dutch BN number to work there in 2015; got a business card a memento when I confessed to where I was from and why I was there;
