What place and what country

[gremlin]

Thamesmead. U.K.

[Horse]

One of the friends was an opera singer. She sang the song that British Airways used in advertising.

'Flower duet' from Lakmé by Delibes?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Duet

Yup. That'd get your spine tingling.

(If it was, did she sing both parts?! ).

She'd recently been rehearsing the duet, she was the soprano half . She was very good. Occasionally sang with some bloke called Domingo at Covent Garden.

And, yes, echoing down the valley, it really was something wonderful.

[Taipan]

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.....

I've seen people you wouldn't believe, but hey, that's living in Essex for ya!

[mangocrazy]

I had a rather odd experience in Rome a few years back.

Mrs.Skub wanted to go,I generally don't like crowds of people and cities are not my thing,but I went anyway to keep the peace! To put things in context,I'm a homebird and the best part of any holiday I've ever had,is coming home.

From the moment we arrived in Rome I felt strangely at home. I have no religious/reincarnation beliefs,but it was as if I had lived my life there and there was a feeling of utter contentment and peace. The whole time we were there the feelings persisted and as I looked over the city from the air as we were leaving,I was almost bereft and tearful,as if I was actually leaving home never to return. Even writing this,the emotion is still there.

Weird as fook.

Your inner self is telling you to buy an Italian bike...

[Yorick]

Here, right here. Best place in the world. Been to 35 countries so seen plenty. Wouldn't leave here if I won the lottery.

[Skub]

Your inner self is telling you to buy an Italian bike...

Y'know what this place is like for the Prod/Taig thang down the years. A very dear friend of mine and his missus are devout Catholics and whilst I have no affiliation with either side,I do come from a Protestant background. When I related my Rome experience to them,they thought it was hilarious this should happen to an old Prod and I was really nothing but a closet Catlick.

Jeez,they made some sport out of that one.

[Noggin]

Here, right here. Best place in the world. Been to 35 countries so seen plenty. Wouldn't leave here if I won the lottery.

Probably this.

I've not travelled as much as most of you. If I won the lottery I would travel. A LOT!!! There are so many places I want to go, things I want to see. But, when I first arrived in La Plagne, it felt like home. Not in that I recognised it, I just felt comfortable, calm and at home - not feelings I'd ever really had all at the same time in a place. Guernsey and then the IoM came close. And out on the sea sailing was the same. But, I don't want to live on a yacht!! LOL

I can see me finding memorable places, and places I love. But I can't imagine anywhere making me feel like home as much as where I live does.


On the past lives thing. I'm reasonably sure it does happen. Too many times I've heard people say things like a couple of people have said on here - for someone totally not into religion/belief in a higher being or power, it's a bit freaky!! Equally, I've never felt I fitted into the era I've been born into. So maybe it's possible, true!!

[Whysub]

Mergouca in Morocco, looking out across the Sahara desert, struck by the fact that it is 9.2 million square kilometers in size. In comparison, the UK is 244,376 km²

On a small boat on the Otago Peninsula in NZ,
and watching the first Albatross of the season landing, for the first time in months, just 25 metres from us.

[the_priest]

Drakensburg mountains, the beaches down near Hermanus doing whale watching, Kango Caves, Transvaal (good shout Yambo) in South Africa, the Alps from Italy to France, and so many places that have moved me.

[Bustaspoke]

What country I'll never forget? The places & times I'll never forget are ;
Riding my 250LC on that mad road from Bandol up to circuit Paul Ricard for the Bol D'or,that road was just the right kind of mad
Working in the banana plantation Kibutz Nahsholim.As a working class northerner it was a new experience.
Crossing the desert in a taxi from Aswan to Abu SImbal,it took hours driving across the desert,first time I'd seen camel trains.
The tea plantations in the Cameron Highlands,an unexpected bous,lovely part of the worldI was wishing that I was on a motorcycle up in those hills.
On last years tour in Ireland we rode out to Slea Head,that one's lodged in my memory bank.
Aye I've seen some places,but I reckon riding through the Trough of Bowland is up there with any of them

[MrLongbeard]

Texas, it just felt like I belonged.

[Rockburner]

Texas, it just felt like I belonged.

Having been there myself, I'd say you're far too intelligent to live there.

[ChrisW]

Istanbul - an former boss of mine lived in an apartment a couple of streets up from the river on the European side with a view of the bridge from the terrace. I'd love to have lived there.

On a more down to earth note I / we've spent a lot of time in Girona - it's quite humble but it's one of my favourite cities.

[Mussels]

A kebab shop in Cairo where the shop keeper understood the word alcohol but not the significance when preceeded with the word 'no'.
He ran off down the street and came back with a crate of Stella looking very pleased with himself, nobody was mean enough to explain his mistake.

[Yorick]

A kebab shop in Cairo where the shop keeper understood the word alcohol but not the significance when preceeded with the word 'no'.
He ran off down the street and came back with a crate of Stella looking very pleased with himself, nobody was mean enough to explain his mistake.

Confused of Lanzarote ????

[Bigjawa]

Your inner self is telling you to buy an Italian bike...

Y'know what this place is like for the Prod/Taig thang down the years. A very dear friend of mine and his missus are devout Catholics and whilst I have no affiliation with either side,I do come from a Protestant background. When I related my Rome experience to them,they thought it was hilarious this should happen to an old Prod and I was really nothing but a closet Catlick.

Jeez,they made some sport out of that one.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Are you all goldfish who can only remember one place you've been?
I can remember most places I've been, and I doubt if I'll forget them until I go senile, at which point who knows what I will remember.

I think he meant one place that stands out above others.

But I’ve been to places that I completely forgot about and only FB memories reminded me. When I used to travel a lot I could be in a dozen countries a month, I suppose it depends how often you travel.

I dunno really, it's more often the circumstances than the place that makes something memorable, but if I have to pick I'm going with Porlock Hill in Devon.

[Yorick]

Out of thousands, I've picked a few.

Niagra Falls. Been 4 times.
Oahu.
Milford Sound.
Ayers Rock
Cairns
Pulau Tiomen
Penang

[Mr Moofo]

Standing on mountain passes in Switerland and realising how small and insignificant we all are. Susten/ Furka/ Grimsel ( and Stelvio in Italy).
Sitting at the top on mountains with a snowboard / skis strapped on - so pick Flims/ Laax, Davos, Tignes,
The Royal Mile/ Princes St, Edinburgh - a big part of my childhood
Chanctonbury Ring, Steyning, West Sussex - it's where my ashes will be scattered

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I thought Niagra Falls wasn't all that great, but it was feckin cold when I went.