Where would you travel if you can.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Europe and Australia. Though I'd like to see the US as well, I've only seen the midwest and new england, would be nice to go out west. Redwoods, rainforest, yosemite...


I've been to Gettysburg. Was fun. No substitute for actually standing on little round top or in devils den.

[DemonArchangel]

Let's see
Been to China, Japan, most of east asia
Been to much of europe, including russia
hmm... i'd go to either Turkey or Egypt (never travelled the middle east before)

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I could've spent hours at Gettysburg.

*stupid impatient younger siblings*

Would like to go to England/Ireland. I hear it is very beautiful in parts. Also want to see Hastings (interestingly, I live on a street that is off a street called Hastings) and some castles. Then I would go to Normandy, across the channel.

Also interested in Germany or Rome.

[IrishMike]

Ireland for sure and mabey German.

[DemonArchangel]

BDC, stay clear of public restrooms outside high end hotels
avoid the cheap dive eating places
learn to love the taxicab
go to the forbidden city.

[English assassin]

What's the story with public loos in China then?

@ Steppe Merc, you needn't worry too much about non-English speaking countries in Europe. It is I am afraid true that they are much better at learning a second language than we are. In western Europe the second language is almost always English (in Eastern Europe it is often German or even Russian. Oddly in Rumania I gather its French). It certainly isn't true that everyone speaks good English (except in Scandinavia and Holland) but most will understand a fair bit and plenty speak it well. Anywhere tourists are likely to go will be well served.

I traveled as a 20 year old through Poland and Czechoslovakia, were English is not at all widely spoken, and had no problems. Its surprisingly easy to communicate when youre put to it.

Of course as with anywhere else you will receive a better welcome if you at least bother to learn hello, goodbye, thank you and so on.

@Tricky lady, the first foreign country I visited was Belgium. My dad must have a weird sense of humour... ;-) (I mean, really. We stayed in Charleroi) Norway is stunning BTW and absolutely worth visiting.

Do we really have lots of american civil war re-enactments in the UK? I've seen (well, heard of, they don't really appeal) English civil war re-enactments, and Napoleonic ones, but never a US Civil war one. I'm sorry to say I know very very little about that period, which is not good. Though I remember the battle of Bull Run from O level history so i must have covered it.

[The Tuffen]

I have to say i havn't heard of any american civil war re-enactments over here. I know of the sealed knot (english civil war re-enacters) because Edgehill where one of the battles was, is about 3 miles away from where i live.

[BDC]

BDC, stay clear of public restrooms outside high end hotels
avoid the cheap dive eating places
learn to love the taxicab
go to the forbidden city.

Ok, avoid toilets and freshly prepared food.

Cheers.

[son of spam]

Ok, avoid toilets and freshly prepared food.

Cheers.

Freshly prepared food is half the fun!

That and anti-diarrheal pills.