Has your home country got a popular to see city?
By maximax8
@maximax8 (31053)
United Kingdom
December 15, 2018 3:49pm CST
I live in the United Kingdom and the capital city is called London. If you go there you see The River Thames, Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. I recommend if you visit London then take a day trip to somewhere else. Canterbury in Kent has a splendid looking cathedral, a river side and pretty looking old cottages.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
@youless I hope that you visit London one day. I have wished to visit Beijing for years and not managed it. I managed to visit India and it had a high visa cost. China does as well. I think I will be able to visit it visa free though the flights to alternate places will be expensive. Air Asia from Kuala Lumpur and then to Hong Kong.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 18
@youless I think a passport or a cheap visa on arrival would be much better than an expensive visa in advance. Yes, the UK would require a visa from people from China. Yes, the flight to Beijing would be long from Kuala Lumpur or Hong Kong. There is visa free or up to 72 hours or 5 days. I must look into which one we could get.
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
17 Dec 18
@maximax8 It seems that if you go to any cities in China from Hong Kong, you will get a visa free to China but I am not sure how long time you can stay. Perhaps three days or a week? I don't think it is very enough to visit Beijing in this way since it will take about 3-4 hours to fly to Beijing from Hong Kong. By the way, I think the visa cost is also expensive for me to visit your country. The good news is the visa valid time is supposed to be 2 years.
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@marguicha (215477)
• Chile
15 Dec 18
There are interesting places to visit in my country. The capital, that you know, has nothing special. The beautiful old houses were all destroyed by earthquakes and now we have a modern city with nothing special. But here there are lots of natural beauty from north to south.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
I really enjoyed visiting Santiago De Chile and seeing you. Yes, your home country suffers earthquakes. I remember you telling me about a major one that happened in 2010. I remember a lovely trip in a taxi where my children and I got to visit Valparaiso and Vina Del Mar. Thank you for arranging that. These were wonderful places to visit. I know Chile has beautiful areas to the north or south. The supermarket near you is much better than any of the English supermarkets.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
@marguicha I hope you will have only have small earthquakes that you don't notice. We had two when I visited you. The night one was like a dream and the day one was memorable.
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@marguicha (215477)
• Chile
16 Dec 18
@maximax8 The 2010 earthquake is still one of the 10 biggest ever recorded. I´m very much afraid of them.
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@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
16 Dec 18
I live in Switzerland and this country has beautiful places to visit, The Matterhorn and the city of Zermatt. Geneva and Lausanne, Lugano (the area where I live) and its lake. Also my native country has more than one place to visit, I was born in Italy.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
I visited Switzerland last December with my two children. We bought a Swiss Train Pass to see all the snowy areas. From Geneva we went on a train along the lakeside to Christmas decorate Montreux a place we had lots of time for a rest. We took a less than mainline route to Lucerne where we spent one night. The next day we took a train all the way down to the Italian border past Lugano. We saw a beautiful snowy landscape Anna.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
Thank you. Hampton Court is amazing. Kew Gardens is glorious. It took my children to Legoland at Windsor and the River Thames looks gentle and pleasantly peaceful. In Central London the River Thames is busy. I loved visiting Germany when I was a young person. I have seen Koln, Trier, Munich, Nurnberg, Bamberg and more recently Hamburg. That was because I wished to show my children The Miniatures. Do you live in Uzbekistan? We met a German lady that married a man from Egypt. They live in Egypt however Luxor is too hot for her in May.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 18
I loved seeing San Francisco with my sister. I was particularly keen on The Golden Gate Bridge. I have also been to Los Angeles and it is very spread out. New Orleans sounds to be an amazing city and I am keen to visit it. I would love to see New York. I don't know very much about Chicago.
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Dec 18
The US is pretty huge - but I am in Los Angeles (though I don't see it in anyone's US listing here thus far ). There's so much to see from beaches to mountains to the deserts - museums to amusement parks - of course Hollywood - and much more!
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
I have visited Los Angeles a few times. The first time I stayed at Santa Monica with my sister. The second time I stayed at Venice Beach and the third time I stayed at Long Beach. Next time will be in April 2019 and we will be staying close to Hollywood.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
16 Dec 18
Here in North Carolina, we have several cities that people like to visit. New Bern, Wilmington, Nags Head, Kill Devils Hill are a few on the coast. Asheville, Boone, and Blowing Rock in the mountains. And several others in between.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
@Shiva I am pleased that when you were in London you took tours to Stonehenge, Oxford and Cambridge, I took my two children to Singapore and we like the harbour area with the statue. We visited the bird park, the zoo in day time and the zoo in the night time.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
Boston is cheap to reach on a plane from either Dublin or Shannon in Ireland. I am keen to see Cape Cod which is near to Boston. I would love to visit New York. In my younger days I saw it in movies. Washington DC would have the White House to see so it would be interesting. I wish to see New Orleans and hear some of its music. A British couple got married in Las Vegas that I saw on the TV. I found San Francisco very picturesque.
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
During the summer break when I was at university I got a flight to Tel Aviv and I caught a bus to Jerusalem. I was able to see the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock. I decided to go to the Church of the Nativity which was difficult to do. Yes, Jerusalem is a very beautiful city. I was also able to visit Eilat on the Red Sea.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Dec 18
I would love visiting the rural places and of course the lake district . We have grown up on the poems of Wordsworth.
We have a lot of places and all different from each other as can be
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
If a person visits Denver in the winter it would make the mountains look magical with all the snow. So Lady Diana came skiing there. Wow. I would love to take my two children there one winter. My daughter is going on a school ski trip to France next year.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
16 Dec 18
London is my all time favourite city, and your accent is exquisite. Reagarding your question I might say about my country that we're known for our beaches, as a tropical country most foreigners come here to have fun for its crystalline water and the sunny weather. One of the most famous Island in Venezuela is called Margarita Island, it's like a paradise. :) However I don't like sunny weather I'd rather live in gloomy London. Regards!
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
I tried to learn Spanish when I was pregnant with my daughter. The teacher was from Venezuela and she had married an English man. It is lovely that your favourite city is London. My favourite cites are Sydney in Australia, Cape Town and Vancouver. I also adore San Francisco. I would love to see the tropical coastline and visit Margarita Island. I wonder if I can easily get a fight to Margarita Island. Have you heard of Angel Falls discovered in the jungle by a man called Jimmy?
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
17 Dec 18
@maximax8 Oh that's so great that you tried to learn Spanish! I have no idea whether Spanish is easy or hard to learn for a native English speaker, I haven't been told yet. I would like to know it from you. On the other hand It pleases me that a Venezuelan tried to teach you Spanish, I hope that she did her best at least to teach you basic vocabulary. Regarding the Angel Falls, I know of it cause it is located in Bolivar which is the largest state in Venezuela, nonetheless I have not heard of this guy called Jimmy before. Who this Jimmy is? I am curious to know now :D
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
15 Dec 18
In Denmark many tourists visit Copenhagen. Tivoli, the queen's castle and the little mermaid are probably the most famous sights, but there are many other places to visit. I was born in Odense, and the main sight there is Hans Christian Andersen's museum. I would recommend an island called Bornholm. I think it is one of the most beautiful places in Denmark.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
Yes, I visited Copenhagen and it was very pretty. The little mermaid is a classic sight. I noticed Tivoli Gardens. I would like to see the Queen's House. I am keen to see the island that you mentioned. I have read about Odense. I know the story of Hans Christian Anderson.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
Always smiling we visited India this year. We had to get a visa on-line which was expensive. Due to my children's schooling we had limited time. We visited Mumbai and went on a safari to see wild animals. I wished to see a tiger and I was able to see a jaguar which was just as special. My daughter saw the tiger.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
16 Dec 18
@maximax8 For wild life Mumbai is not the place
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
14 Sep 19
Well though I never got to see the whole of it, Boston would appeal to me because of the old buildings and still some cobblestones.
@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
15 Dec 18
@maximax8 Well I suppose London is my capital too since I live in Belfast, especially since we can't get ourselves quite organised enough to put a local government together. We have plenty of tourists now, too many in fact, and we have invented so many ways of relieving them of their cash.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 18
It is wonderful that London is your favourite city. Your lovely response made me laugh with relieving the tourists of their cash. I went to a university in Wales and I took a day trip to Dublin. The Irish Sea was too rough for the sea cat. No other sailings went back to Holyhead. I had to spend a night there. Dublin was expensive and that was in the 1990s. I can imagine how expensive Belfast is. I would like to see the Giants Causeway.
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
15 Dec 18
Canada has a few popular sites. Niagra Falls, Montreal...Vancouver is my favorite. There is so much to see and do in the City of Fountains and Mountains.
The Capilano Suspension Bridge park, Stanley Park, the 22 km Seawall walk around Stanley Park, the Aquarium, so much culture in one city. Ski resorts up to yin/yang.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 18
I was able to visit Canada in the summer of 2010. It was my 38th birthday and my daughter's 1st birthday. We visited Vancouver and Vancouver Island. I remember Stanley Park and English Bay. The suspension bridge looked amazing. I would love to see Niagara Falls and Montreal is a city on my list for the future.
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