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Stottie Girl

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May 18, 2026, 04:46:14 PM
Quote from: ChrissyRyan on May 18, 2026, 04:37:44 PMThe West Highland Rail Line in Scotland looks like it may be very scenic.

It goes from Glasgow to the west coast of Scotland.


Yeah, it is supposed to be pretty epic. It goes through some fabulous scenery.
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EllenW

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May 18, 2026, 09:04:46 PM
Quote from: ChrissyRyan on May 18, 2026, 03:44:14 PMI noticed one that goes on a southern anrea and another that goes to the Denali area.

Both are great trips. The one in Denali region is very modern. The one in the Southern area,is a day trip in anoles style train and takes you through the pass the gold prosecutors traveled to get to Alaska during the gold rush

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ChrissyRyan

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May 24, 2026, 05:24:35 PM
Quote from: Lori Dee on May 18, 2026, 03:49:18 PMI think you should make a trip to Chicken, Alaska!

I don't recall if you had gone there before or were just talking about it.



I may indeed stop at Chicken after Tok or coming from Canada.  It is one of those towns you need to visit in fair and warm weather unless you have maybe a snow machine, and the businesses may be closed during the cold weather times.

The gold panning sounds interesting.  They also have some dry cabins for rent for overnight stays.  I guess they use composting toilets or outhouses and there is no running water in the lodging.

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Dawn Kellie

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May 24, 2026, 05:26:14 PM
Quote from: ChrissyRyan on May 24, 2026, 05:24:35 PMI may indeed stop at Chicken after Tok or coming from Canada.  It is one of those towns you need to visit in fair and warm weather unless you have maybe a snow machine, and the businesses may be closed during the cold weather times.

The gold panning sounds interesting.  They also have some dry cabins for rent for overnight stays.  I guess they use composting toilets or outhouses and there is no running water in the lodging.



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ChrissyRyan

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May 24, 2026, 05:27:48 PM
Quote from: Dawn Kellie on May 24, 2026, 05:26:14 PMPass. I like my shower to much


You can use their unmetered showers in a shared area, not in each cabin or room.  No pets.
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Dawn Kellie

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May 24, 2026, 05:28:27 PM
That can be workable
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ChrissyRyan

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May 24, 2026, 05:34:35 PM
Always stay cheerful, be polite, kind, and understanding. Accepting yourself as the woman you are is very liberating.  Never underestimate the appreciation and respect of authenticity.  Help connect a person to someone that may be able to help that person.  Be brave, be strong.  A TRUE friend is a treasure.  Relationships are very important, people are important, and the sooner we all realize that the better off the world will be.  Try a little kindness.  Be generous with your time, energy, wisdom, and resources.   Inconvenience yourself to help someone.   I am a brown eyed, brown haired woman. 
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ChrissyRyan

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Yesterday at 03:26:50 PM
I watched the Netflix movie "My Oxford Year" as was marveling over the UK scenery at the filing locations, see https://thecinemaholic.com/where-my-oxford-year-filmed/ 🔗

Wow.

Those of you who live near there please comment!  Looks like must see colleges, towns, and estates.


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Stottie Girl

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Yesterday at 05:12:22 PM
Quote from: ChrissyRyan on Yesterday at 03:26:50 PMI watched the Netflix movie "My Oxford Year" as was marveling over the UK scenery at the filing locations, see https://thecinemaholic.com/where-my-oxford-year-filmed/ 🔗

Wow.

Those of you who live near there please comment!  Looks like must see colleges, towns, and estates.


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Looking at that list the only places I've been to are Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Delft in The Netherlands ha ha! They were indeed nice!

Actually it is a bit embarrassing how little I've travelled South. But when I have the Lake District and Scotland on my doorstep it just doesn't have any draw for me.
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Stottie Girl

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Yesterday at 05:54:13 PM
I do not consider myself well travelled but I wonder if the Americans among us can dispel the myth that most Americans have never left the US? I'm betting most of you have.

I have been to France, Monaco, Majorca, Ibiza, Italy, Switzerland The Netherlands, Croatia (then Yugoslavia), and Greece. This I would class as not very well travelled. No real exotic long distance destinations and all in Europe.
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Yesterday at 06:38:58 PM
Quote from: Stottie Girl on Yesterday at 05:54:13 PMI have been to France, Monaco, Majorca, Ibiza, Italy, Switzerland The Netherlands, Croatia (then Yugoslavia), and Greece. This I would class as not very well travelled.

Keep in mind that in both the USA and CANADA, people can travel by car for days and still be in the same country. One example I love to use is in the province of Quebec (Canada), you can drive 6 hours from Montreal to Quebec City and still be in the same PROVINCE. That same distance in Europe has you starting in one country, drive through a second, and arrived at a third, each country speaking its own language.
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ChrissyRyan

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Yesterday at 07:24:37 PM
Quote from: Sabriana on Yesterday at 06:38:58 PMKeep in mind that in both the USA and CANADA, people can travel by car for days and still be in the same country. One example I love to use is in the province of Quebec (Canada), you can drive 6 hours from Montreal to Quebec City and still be in the same PROVINCE. That same distance in Europe has you starting in one country, drive through a second, and arrived at a third, each country speaking its own language.


You can drive six hours within Texas, Alaska, Florida, Pennsylvania, and probably Montana and certainly California and still be in the same state.  If you drive slow enough, likely so in many other states.
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Jessica_Rose ✅

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Yesterday at 08:21:47 PM
I have never been out of the United States. I finally got a passport about 18 months ago. As others have mentioned, we have a few states that are larger than many countries in Europe. If I wanted to take a road trip to visit our friends in Portland OR, we would be on the road nearly 20 hours to cover the 1300 miles (2100km). If I wanted to see Niagara Falls in New York state, that would be a 24 hour drive covering 1600 miles (2575km). We would like to visit another country sometime. Depending on the next round of elections, it may be much sooner than we anticipated.

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Yesterday at 08:59:08 PM
I have been out of the U.S. more than a few times. I have never been to Canada, but I have been to Mexico three times.

I was stationed in Germany for a total of 6.5 years.

I spent my first honeymoon in Paris (because... Paris!) and visited Versailles.

I spent many weekends in Salzburg, Austria. Austria is such a beautiful place. I love it.

I had a chance to visit Italy when the Shroud of Turin was on display, but that trip got canceled when a terrorist decided to bomb a military base and put us all on alert status for a week. The plan was to visit Turin, then make a side trip to see the Swiss Alps. But I never got there.

There are many places I would love to see. I received my first passport seven days after this President was inaugurated, just in case. I have family buried in Toronto, so I would love to visit there. Whether or not I would come back is still undecided.
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Stottie Girl

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Today at 02:08:48 AM
Funny how everyone is quoting car journeys as holidays. It takes me 4 hours drive to get up to where I normally go in Scotland and over 6 hours if I want to go to Skye. But if I want to go abroad I don't really consider the car, I fly, in which case destinations are far closer. The only place I've been abroad in my car was The Netherlands because I could take the ferry. Surprised more of you haven't nipped over the border to Canada. It looks like such a beautiful country (same as US in all honesty) and you get to experience a different culture.

You should totally go back to italy Lori. Best country I've been to by far. I went to a little village in the mountains above Como (just outside Milan). You opened your hotel balcony window and had Lake Como beneath you and the Swiss Alps dominating the horizon. It was stunning and the locals are soooo friendly.
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Finally Anna

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Today at 02:11:59 AM
What do we really mean with Well traveled? I know the meaning (of course) but is there more to the saying than we normally think?
I have been to a number of countries and I have lived half a life in airports and on airplanes and I have been many times to some countries but am I then Well traveled? Perhaps, but I have only seen the limited parts where I have set my foot and only those parts of culture I have looked for or happened to stumble upon.

No, I'm not an aviator but work and an interest in travelling accumulates over time.

And for reference it takes two days of continuous driving to travel across my country by car.
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