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Scottish Dubliner Posted Sun 14 Jun, 2009 12:22 PM |
I went to work on Thursday morning and was told to be on a flight to Greece at 3:15! I was also given a good bit of spending money and told to enjoy myself...
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Rammsfer Posted Sun 14 Jun, 2009 5:03 PM |
Scottish Dubliner wrote: I was also given a good bit of spending money and told to enjoy myself...
And you did! |
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Ana_Smith Posted Sun 14 Jun, 2009 6:17 PM |
^ Not bad at all, I wish someone would send me away, all expenses covered, and no other place than Greece, wow!
@Sarah, I really really like the architecture of your city!! I'd love to live in a place with so much history, though I'm used to having the ocean just minutes away of my home and I'd feel claustrofobic without it...
Uruguayan authorities have done little to preserve the colonial look of some of our towns:
Neighbourhood called Ciudad vieja (Old city)
Independence Square
@Leti, yes! The rambla is the perfect place to go with friends, have máte, tortas fritas and a nice chat. I usually feel the need to go there alone, the sea breeze in my face is the best medicine when my mind is over-thinking and with Travis in the earphones, of course!
Port
Open-air theatre called Teatro de Verano ("Summer Theatre", the white structure you see there is where our carnival is held, also rock concerts with a little over 4,000 people capacity
Sunset
@Fer, I had no idea what Puerto Vallarta looked like, it's gorgeous! Another place I'll have to add to my list...
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Nattasha Posted Sun 14 Jun, 2009 10:20 PM |
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Nattasha Posted Sun 14 Jun, 2009 10:29 PM |
| sorry :S |
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Nattasha Posted Sun 14 Jun, 2009 10:30 PM |
Well I won't post pics from my city but from a beautiful place in the desert of Chile: San Pedro de Atacama. Last year and because my carrer I had the chance to go there and I simply loved the place.
flying over the mountains from Santiago to San Pedro
The moon valley....... I love the different colours :D
Very early in the morning in the Tatio's Geisers
and finally the reason of my visit: the wonderfull radiotelescopes in San Pedro
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leticia Posted Mon 15 Jun, 2009 1:12 AM |
Rammsfer wrote: cornflakes wrote: Rammsfer wrote: Darn Sarah, I want to be there :P
Hope we will have more chance than my Mr D & me who won't certainly be able to meet in time when he is going to come in France:-(
Fer, you are friendly invited :-)
if you aren't afraid to annoy you in a medieval old town ;-)
and how is your town ? could you put some pics to show us your city please ??
Really?! Darn, that sucks :S Why?
He wants to meet ya!
Hehe thanks :P Noo! Don't say that haha, l love your town :)
This is my city (Puerto Vallarta):
Some bay views :)
'Los Arcos', located in the Malecón.
'The Seahorse', also at the Malecón
A place in the middle of the sea called 'Los Arcos'. You can sea dive through caves, or snorkel :) Lovely experience!
A local church
A view from the Malecón
Wonderful pics, Fer! |
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leticia Posted Mon 15 Jun, 2009 1:15 AM |
Scottish Dubliner wrote: I went to work on Thursday morning and was told to be on a flight to Greece at 3:15! I was also given a good bit of spending money and told to enjoy myself...
OH luuuucky you!! I want that!! |
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leticia Posted Mon 15 Jun, 2009 1:19 AM |
cornflakes wrote:
thank you :-p
all my town is made with houses like the 2 ones you choose :-) i took a load of pics of my town ( sorry i love its architecture !) i would post some other ones if you like that kind of house...
i was a bit afraid my pics won't pleased because it is so far architecturally talking of all your towns you showed in posts :-( i was afraid my town would look a bit sad :-(
No no Sara, I ABSOLUTELY love those kind of buildings... Keep them coming :) |
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cornflakes Posted Mon 15 Jun, 2009 7:41 AM |
1) my god, yes ! i also like if my job would send me abroad like this :-) wow, would be too great ! and Greece seemed to be nice too :-)
2) thanx girls for your nice comments, my town and what is around is SO MUCH DIFFERENTof your towns !
i was sincere & honest when i wrote i really thought you would find my french country really annoying :-(
3) it is somewhere a pity your government did not keep some stuff of before..but maybe it was their way to destruct and erase this part of the history of your country that they did not like...destruct and built something else on it..like a reborn town...just to forget and turn a page of history...
4) great pics from the plane :-o
Here is one the bigger castel of the castels of La Loire, where i live.
CASTEL OF CHAMBORD
16e century - architecture Renaissance - construction began in 1519.
Le Château de Chambord is the castel of the french king François 1er, brother of Marguerite de Navarre.
After his death, the castel has different owners like the king Henri 2, Gaston d'Orléans brother of Louis13, Louis 14 "le roi soleil" who allowed Molière to play for the 1st time into it his theatre Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, after it was Stanislas Leszczynski king of Poland and after Napoléon 1er gave the castel to the the Maréchal Berthier.. you see.. the castel had seen many people :-)
Now since 1930 the castel is the property of the French State and keeps on safeguarding it.
Here are some of my pics because talking is good but showing is better :-) History can sound annoying sometimes haha ;-)
the big stairs (16e era)
the colors aren't flashy because there wasn't a lot of light in those rooms...
in 1, the billiard room, in 2 the blue bedroom of the Queen and in 3 the red bedroom of the King with velvet embroidered with gold
the room for the fox hunting of the King
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cornflakes Posted Mon 15 Jun, 2009 9:28 AM |
and if you can come in France, have a little trip in Dordogne.
you have wonderful visits of swallow holes...
it's under the erath at 94 meters, it is cold and wet, you are not allowed to take pics but stalactites etc..it is a view to see..
PADIRAC
the ONLY pic i was allowed to take, at the beginning before climbing in the little boat :-)
PROUMEYSSAC=
 
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would you like to post other pics of your country please, i'm greedy about it now :-) :-o
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leticia Posted Mon 15 Jun, 2009 3:34 PM |
Ana_Smith wrote:
@Leti, yes! The rambla is the perfect place to go with friends, have máte, tortas fritas and a nice chat. I usually feel the need to go there alone, the sea breeze in my face is the best medicine when my mind is over-thinking and with Travis in the earphones, of course!
Oh I'd love to have sea near my house... Although Parana River is huge... it's not the same. Sea breeze + Travis = Perfect Heaven Space : P
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Open-air theatre called Teatro de Verano ("Summer Theatre", the white structure you see there is where our carnival is held, also rock concerts with a little over 4,000 people capacity
Cool!!! |
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leticia Posted Mon 15 Jun, 2009 3:35 PM |
| @ Natasha: Lovely places. I'd love to visit Santiago some day. |
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leticia Posted Mon 15 Jun, 2009 4:25 PM |
cornflakes wrote: 1) my god, yes ! i also like if my job would send me abroad like this :-) wow, would be too great ! and Greece seemed to be nice too :-)
2) thanx girls for your nice comments, my town and what is around is SO MUCH DIFFERENTof your towns !
i was sincere & honest when i wrote i really thought you would find my french country really annoying :-(
3) it is somewhere a pity your government did not keep some stuff of before..but maybe it was their way to destruct and erase this part of the history of your country that they did not like...destruct and built something else on it..like a reborn town...just to forget and turn a page of history...
4) great pics from the plane :-o
Here is one the bigger castel of the castels of La Loire, where i live.
CASTEL OF CHAMBORD
16e century - architecture Renaissance - construction began in 1519.
Le Château de Chambord is the castel of the french king François 1er, brother of Marguerite de Navarre.
After his death, the castel has different owners like the king Henri 2, Gaston d'Orléans brother of Louis13, Louis 14 "le roi soleil" who allowed Molière to play for the 1st time into it his theatre Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, after it was Stanislas Leszczynski king of Poland and after Napoléon 1er gave the castel to the the Maréchal Berthier.. you see.. the castel had seen many people :-)
Now since 1930 the castel is the property of the French State and keeps on safeguarding it.
Here are some of my pics because talking is good but showing is better :-) History can sound annoying sometimes haha ;-)
You know, I'm a huge fan of HIstory, so for me this is a treat. I saw a documentary once about this castle. It's amazing and huuuge! It has 8 towers, I think they are all different, or something like that. Beautiful :) I'm a huge fan of castles myself!
Edinburgh Castle
View from Edi castle
Cardiff Castle
Norman keep in Cardiff Castle :P
Tower of London
Tower of London from the outside (plus a huge smile)
Bleheim Palace in Woodstock. Birthplace and ancestral home of Churchill
Castello Sforzesco in Milan
It's so sad when ancient buildings are knoched down. Beautiful sctructures are demolished and parking lots are build after... It has happened here in Rosario. Sometimes, there's not enough money to repair the building so it's cheaper to knock it down...
More pics Sara!! :) |
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Rammsfer Posted Mon 15 Jun, 2009 6:12 PM |
Damn, those are real pictures!
Lovely places, really.
l wanna cry :') |
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