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Where in the World (is Carmen San Diego)?? PIP

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Haha.  Kidding. 

Really though, Where in the world have you all traveled?  What was your impression of those places?  Where would you never go again--why?  Where would you LOVE To go again-- why?  Where is your favorite place to vacation?  Where could you see yourself living?

Oh, and POST PICS of places you've traveled please!  :)

I have been daydreaming of Ireland lately.  I traveled to England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland about 3 years ago, and spent a full week of it in Ireland, just driving around and visiting places at will, with a very loose schedule.  It was amazing.  I have an 18 yr old neice who just went for a Senior trip, and a friend who will be heading over later this year, and so I just keep thinking of all the things I experienced there.  It was amazing.  It literally feels like you've walked into a fantasy story where elves and fairies are hiding in the trees.  Just an amazing experience.

Some pics from Ireland, etc.

Getting England pics out of the way first. That was beginning of the trip:
Eye of London


Obligatory phone booth photo.


Outside Blenheim Palace in Woodstock:



Train to Scotland..  Harry Potter scenery anyone?



Clanadonia performing in the streets of Glasgow.  That was one stinky picture to stand in.. But the music was awesome.  Very talented group.  :)


Beatle's Story, Liverpool, England:


Shakespeare's house-- Stratford Upon Avon:



Roal Dahl Plaza in Cardiff:



Blarney Castle, Ireland:



Random abandoned mini castle on the side of the road in Killarney natl park:


"Ladies View" spot in Killarney Natl Park.  Breathtaking:



Beach off the southwestern coast of Ireland:







Conor's Pass- the Scariest, Foggiest one-lane road I've ever been on:



Dingle, Ireland.  One of the coolest litlte towns, with great pubs and shops, and a century or more of history in it's back yard:


Crescent Beach, on Dingle Peninsula:




Massive Stone Circle at Lough Gur. Hardly visited, just off the side of the road:


Portal Dolmen at the Burren:


Cliffs of Moher in the Background:



Last, but not least, New Grange, just north of Dublin:




Man, I can't wait to go back.
OK.  Your turn to share!   Show me the world!  :))
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  • bourgehmbourgehm
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    edited December 2011

    Holy crap that was a lot of pictures. :)

    I've never been outside of the U.S. Not even to Canada. So I'm no fun. I've only been to Florida, DC, New York, California, WI, MN, ND, Colorado... and that's it. Lameness.

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  • imJacksPGbellyimJacksPGbelly
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    edited December 2011
    W/e.  Not lame.  Of the states you've listed, I've only been to NY, Cali and Colorado.  You should post pics if you have them.  :)  I want to see places in the world that I haven't seen, and that counts places in the US that I haven't been.  :)

    And yes.. I know it was a lot of pics.  I can't help it.  That was me MAJORLY filtering too.  haha.  The folder those were saved in has about 3000 pics.  lol  I'm a camera whore. I just can't stop taking photos when I go places. 
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  • tuarceathatuarceatha member
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    edited December 2011
    I'm on my work computer so I have no pictures to share :(

    I totally had the board game for the Carmen San Diego show...

    Places I've visited:
    Peru, Ireland (LOVED Blarney Castle and the Cliffs of Moher!), and Jamaica.
    And in the US- MA, ME, NH, RI, FL, VA, DC, NC, SC, WV, OH, MD, CO, VT, NY, NJ, and CA.





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  • heyimbrenheyimbren member
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    edited December 2011
    I'll come back with photos later.

    Hope, you should come to Canada ;)

    I've been to Alberta, BC, Quebec, New Brunswick and PEI in Canada.

    I've been to Washington (D.C.), Virginia, NY, Maryland, Florida, Pennsylvania and Michigan in the US. I'm going to MA this year I think...

    France, Italy, Monaco and Peru. I'm hoping to go to Portugal next year.

    I actually didn't love France. I think I had really high expectations for it, and I just wasn't that fond of the people or the cities too much. It does really vary depending where you are though.

    I really liked Italy and Monaco, but Peru was probably my favourite by far. That country is just filled with natural beauty and scenery.

    I like travelling, but here is home.

    Disney World is always a fantastic vacation.
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  • niknik15niknik15
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    edited December 2011
    I would love to go to Ireland. I think that will be my next over seas adventure. Although next week my FI is going to South Korea so that should be fun for him!

    In the US, I have been to Florida, Maine, California, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Wow I didn't realize I had been to that many places until I started naming them. I don't have any pictures readily available or else I would share. Except for this one of FI in California.

    Outside of the US, I have been to places in Mexico, Victoria Canada, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Bahamas and France. Here are some pics for viewing pleasure.

    In the Bahamas, where they filmed Pirates of the Caribean.


    While I was in Paris:


    We saw a street performer


    Pantheon


    Southern France:
    Pont de Gard (I went on a study abroad trip for engineers so pardon all of the bridges)


    A castle


    Millau Viaduct


    A winery
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  • peekaboo2011peekaboo2011 member
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    edited December 2011
    This is not procrastination.  This is me being overwhelmed.

    In the US - CA, AZ, NM, TX, OK, TN, AR, VA, WV, FL, GA, SC, NC, PA, NY, MD, DE, RI, MA, NJ.

    Outside the US - Mexico, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium.

    Photographs:

    Me with the US Ambassador to Germany at his home in Berlin.

    Me with the Schwerte Representative and the president of the CDU from 2007 in Berlin.  I was kind of a big deal back then :)

    In the Paris subway

    Snorkeling in Mexico - playing with sea lions :)
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  • Peaseblossom55Peaseblossom55 mod
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    edited December 2011
    wow there are some pretty amazing pics! the bf and I are trying to get to Ireland but since the plan has been moved to hopefully next year.  
    I spent a month in China, that was awesome it part of grad school, and also for grad school Ispent 6 weeks in Asolo Italy and hour and a half outside of Venice
    I've also been to London, Paris (2x), Barcelona, Venice, Florence, Rome, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Salzburg.

    My US travel has been mostly along the east coast. I've also been to the Bahamas and to canada.  I wish I could post pics they are on my old laptop I've got seriously so many.  Hoping to get back over to europe sometime in the next 2 yrs.

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  • AudgiePodgeAudgiePodge member
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    edited December 2011
    I've been to Canada and Mexico.  I have no pictures of Canada on this computer.

    I've been to about 30 states so far.  My favorite place to visit is Alaska.

    These pictures were taken around 3:30 pm

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  • peekaboo2011peekaboo2011 member
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    edited December 2011
    Audgie, I totally didn't realize this until now, but from far away with the long dark hair you kind of look like my ma.  And she's smokin' hot.  From what I've been told.
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  • AudgiePodgeAudgiePodge member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_world-carmen-san-diego-pip?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:2a5ee46d-db5b-46ba-8804-2b5ca1276851Post:ce33d8bb-afcc-40d5-addf-3460af714928">Re: Where in the World (is Carmen San Diego)?? PIP</a>:
    [QUOTE]Audgie, I totally didn't realize this until now, but from far away with the long dark hair you kind of look like my ma.  And she's smokin' hot.  From what I've been told.
    Posted by peekaboo2011[/QUOTE]

    <div>Your mom must be gorgeous.</div>
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  • imJacksPGbellyimJacksPGbelly
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    edited December 2011
    YAY!  Keep 'em coming!  You guys have awesome pics.  And so many of you have been to so many places.  :)  It totally motivates me to travel more when I see the experiences that other people have.  There is sooo much to see in our world.  It makes me happy.  Le sigh...
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  • peekaboo2011peekaboo2011 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_world-carmen-san-diego-pip?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:2a5ee46d-db5b-46ba-8804-2b5ca1276851Post:cb803108-15dd-4354-ac95-67d49dfdeeaa">Re: Where in the World (is Carmen San Diego)?? PIP</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Where in the World (is Carmen San Diego)?? PIP : Your mom must be gorgeous.
    Posted by AudgiePodge[/QUOTE]

    <div>I think so.</div><div>
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    </div><div>Her hair is up here, but it's about as long as yours is.  And the picture is from Disneyworld the summer before last. :)</div>
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  • imJacksPGbellyimJacksPGbelly
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    edited December 2011
    OH, and Niknik, I love the bridge pics.  :)
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  • heyimbrenheyimbren member
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    edited December 2011
    You asked for pics, so here's a PIP overload...

    Quebec:





    Ontario:







    PEI:




    BC:




    Alberta:






    Peru:










    France:




    Monaco:


    Italy:




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  • AJesteramAJesteram
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    edited December 2011
    Outside of the US: Jamaica and Australia

    US: Texas (obviously), Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, New York, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington

    Upcoming: RUSSIA in a month! :)

    JAMAICA:

    Climbing Dunn's River Falls


    Horseback riding on the beach!


    On the beach at our resort


    Looking out over Ocho Rios, Jamaica and our resort!

    FLORIDA:

    Coco Beach


    Universal Studios

    NEW YORK:

    Random park...


    Empire State Building


    Central Park

    NEW ORLEANS:

    My store ;)




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  • DanieKADanieKA member
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    edited December 2011
    Lord, my vacation pics are all over the place. I recently got my hard drive replaced at the Apple store, so technically there aren't a lot of pics on the computer, though my flickr/shutterfly accounts may have some. I've just been too lazy to transfer things from my external hard drive/storage thingy. 

    In US: Boston, NYC, Philly, DC, Richmond,VA (lived for a year), Charlotte, NC (lived in youth), All over South Carolina, Alabama (4 years in undergrad), All over Florida, Arkansas, several cities in California, Georgia (live here), Hawaii, Chicago, Illinois (mom's home town), Indiana (born there), VEGAS! Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee.

    I didn't include layover or flyover states, or states I have just driven through or stopped for gas in. 

    Out of US: Scotland, England several times, France 3 or 4 times, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium (Belgian chocolate in Belgium is like crack), Amsterdam and various other cities in The Netherlands, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Saipan, Guam, Japan...

    I think that's it. I wasn't really disappointed in any place I've visited. I've had different expectations for all of them. I guess the one place would be Madrid, Spain. Spain is gorgeous and I want to go back to Barcelona (Thanks a lot Woody Allen), but it was a lot more Americanized than I thought. lots of fast food chains and signs over the hotels in the city center that boil down to NO PROSTITUTION! Haha. It was good for a laugh, but not very picturesque. 

    Belgium, is absolutely old world gorgeous. I was surprised how much I liked it. Amsterdam was dirty (lots of trash on the street) but I was taking it all in. It is a city for the senses and I loved that aspect (Yes, I smoked. Yes, I went to the red light district. Yes, it was awesome). Munich, Germany was so far from what I was expecting. It is a very clean, very cosmopolitan city. Very, very chic and nice. visited a good friend who moved there about 4 years ago (she's in Berlin now and I'm hoping to pop over there to see her soon), so I got a local's perspective and it was awesome. I guess I was apprehensive because of, you know...Nazis. I gotta tell you, they've scrubbed it pretty clean. Best chocolate croissant I've ever had was in Munich.  
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  • thejessythejessy member
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    edited December 2011
    I've been working as an internationl flight attendant for the last 8 months, so in the last 8 months I've been...just about everywhere!!! Except that I usually only stay 24 hours in any location... :/

    Amsterdam (red light district!!!)



    Bangkok, Thailand!

    Jakarta, Indonesia

    Melbourne, Australia (very dog friendly, artsy city)

    Was just in Entebbe, Uganda (Lake Victoria)


    Milan, Italy

    Johannesburg, South Africa (where my boyfriend lives) Lion Park

    AWing my boyfriend and his cute furry friend... :)

    Singapore
    Glasgow, Scotland


    Sydney, Australia


    London, England


    Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

    Manila, Philippines (although I have been there a few times before I was working as a FA)


    Shanghai, China


    I also went to Nigeria but it's too dangerous to leave the hotel room. =B

    Non-flight attendant vacays...

    Current home, Dubai, UAE (world's tallest building at night)




    San Francisco.. been here several times and once via my new job.


    Spent a lot of time in Honolulu, HI...

    Countless trips to Disneyland and LA...

    Costa Rica


    Las Vegas (of course, many times.. mostly for party, sometimes for work, I used to do some freelance journalism)

    Puerto Rico

    New York (at the MET)


    You can see I love seeing the animals... :P and still many more places to see!!!

    Edit: Forgot to add that I visited Toronto several times (for family) but just don't have any pics lying around. I am planning a vacay with my girlfriends to Athens and Mykonos (we don't do layovers there) and Mauritius with my boyfriend (he works for an airline is SA), and hopefully a slew of new places in the next year for work.
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  • imJacksPGbellyimJacksPGbelly
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    edited December 2011
    WOW!  Just so you all know, I'm LOVING seeing all your posts-- both reading descriptions of places, and seeing the pics!  :)

    Thejinx-- I'm SO envious of your thailand and indonesia trips.. those are 2 of the places in my top 5 "want to go".  And Costa Rica looks amazing too.  The more I hear about it, the more I want to go there too. 

    Sooo many cool places to see in the world.  I totally get all smitten and dreamy when I think about world travel.  :)  Le sigh..
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  • thejessythejessy member
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    edited December 2011
    Bangkok and Indonesia were some of my favorite trips. I definitely want to go back and spend more time there. Costa Rica is amazingly beautiful as well!
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