Tell me something about the city/country you live in

I was planing to bring the girls to London to see the sound of music , but anyway that didn't happen as the tickets sold so quickly. Probably as hard to find now as gold in the Dublin mountains. lol I've never been to London, but I can't wait to see it, I really want to see the castles and will definitely be going on the London eye, (all be it on my own lol- their all scared of heights in this house) I'd really like to see the history side of London as opposed to the shopping side, I want to leave that side of things as an excuse to go to New York.

Hi Design, Mt. Rushmore is in North Dakota, which is approx. 1100 miles north of New Mexico. The Dakota's are the home of the Sioux. The Navajo are the predominent tribe in New Mexico. The Navajo were not a plains tribe, but developed Pueblo style permanent residences, where they farmed and hunted. I wish I could upload a picture of Pueblo style, but alas, I don't have 500 posts yet, so no pic. New Mexico shares a border with the country of Mexico. Our climate is much warmer than the Dakota's. Although the northern part of the state is high in the mountain. As such our elevation here is 7000 feet. We experience all four seasons, including snow. Our winter temps rarely drop below 30 degrees, and our summer temps rarely exceed 80-85 degrees. Most of the year there is little or no humidity here. There's no smog, which is really nice at sunset. Our sunsets are the most brilliant shades of scarlet, pink, fuschia, gold, and purple that I've seen anywhere. It's really quite remarkable. There are a little over a million people in the our state, most of whom live in the Albuquerque area. The rest of the state is scarcely populated. The land mass of the state is quite large. So, you could say that there's plenty of room to stretch here. For example: our capitol is Santa Fe, which has about 160,000 people. I live to the East of Santa Fe, nestled in an area with 360 degree views of three mountain chains. The area where I reside consists mostly of cattle and horse ranches. The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is about 7 months from now. Are ya' sold yet?

Hi Design, Wow, great information. Where to begin, where to begin? Hmmm, a no frost zone in Ireland. Well, I certainly didn't know that. I am somewhat familiar with Ogham. The other info you've provided is such that I'll have to ingest it all before I can really respond intelligently. Being American-Irish (maternal & paternal), and still having living relatives in Ireland makes me one of the many who would love to visit. So, you could say that I'm 'sold' as well! A visit someday for sure, if for no other reason than to touch base with my geneological roots. Incidentally, do you speak Gaelic?

Thanks Ladyluna, A friend of mine was out there two years ago, She loved Mount Rushmore, Which I have to say looked great in her pictures, They're fantastic monuments. Not sure if I'm right, but does the Sioux river run through there?? I just finished a book by Dr Bill Bass the " Body farm" a great read. But he talks about the Tribes of the Sioux river and well their angle is obviously a different one but it sounded great other than the snakes Lol.

I found a great book by Christopher Winn called I never knew that about Ireland. It's a fantastic book really full of many things I didn't know about Ireland. It covers the 4 provinces too which is good. We're not going on holidays abroad this years but we're gonna do as much of Ireland as we can, Especaily Dublin as it's on our door step, We really want to do the viking adventure (splash tour) looks like fun.

Thanks for that I see from your profile that your from India Would you name the region/area?

OK Design, I've gotta' ask: How did the Irish build the city on the river. Please explain, this ought to be good. (chuckle, chuckle)

Parts of the city has streams underneath it, But will gather the facts and post them in the next few days (it was a conversation I didn't pay much attention too sorry), Also they narrowed the river Liffey that runs through the centre of the city - splits it into North and South Dublin.

They built the city on a river not around it but on it??? Only the Irish could do that Lol. Is that what you were looking for? Enlighten me.

White squirrels how cute! are they albino ones or not?? We have red and grey ones here.

A lot of ours are albino squirrels, with the little pink eyes. But some of them have dark eyes, too. In some other places where they have them, they only have the albino ones, or only the ones with dark eyes. In Marionville, there are both.

Oh your weather reminds me our ours, Four seasons in one day!

I'm in Fingal too, there are some fantastic places to see here, I love the hill walk in Howth, and Portmarnock. Also being so close to the city is great. I'm in Swords, Where are you?

Thanks for your response, Do you see a major difference in how families stay together in India as to where your living now?