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I got this idea from the quote about France "Every man loves two countries, his own and France". So what country besides your own do you love/like/have respect for/enjoy visiting etc and why?

I...like...Switzerland!


"Clueless friend: Why didn't Hitler invade Switzerland, it's so small!"
"Me: You don't fuck with them damn mountains!"

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Actual conversation!

I have respect for too many countries to list. One of them is even a muslim country. Anybody care to guess which one?

my two other favourite countries are Russia and Japan.
Honourable mention to every single Scandinavian country.

Oh, Canada! :)

Hmmm....

I'd like to visit New Zealand and Australia and Norway and Russia and Mongolia and Tibet and Ireland and oh so many others. I don't think I really have a favourite 'other' country.

I have respect for too many countries to list. One of them is even a muslim country. Anybody care to guess which one?

Not Saudia Arabia surely. Possibly Iraq now they are democratic (I want no sinde comments about that remark) maybe the Leabonon (I dont know if that is Muslim) or possibly Palistine (seeing as they have just signed a cease fire). Ok tell us

Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden and Thailand head up my list. :)

Not Saudia Arabia surely. Possibly Iraq now they are democratic (I want no sinde comments about that remark)

Yeah, the actual truth would be a bitch... (Oh, come on, there's no way one could resist!)

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I've only visited two other countries, Spain and Germany. Spain is way too hot for my liking. But Germany was cool, the people there were really nice and helpful, good landscape too.

I got this idea from the quote about France "Every man loves two countries, his own and France". So what country besides your own do you love/like/have respect for/enjoy visiting etc and why?


Croatia, my wife's home country. It is beautiful with mountains, seaside, numerous islands, unusual geographic anomalies and friendly people. I also very much enjoyed South Africa and Mozambique for their rugged landscape, wildlife and friendly people.

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bah, look at that collection of half finished and not-even-straight buildings

the italians will never amount to anything

;)


anyhow, Switzerland is a lovely place

i love Holland lots! AS well as Belgium and Canada. I think I like HOlland the most though.

Amsterdam, of course.

Not Saudia Arabia surely. Possibly Iraq now they are democratic (I want no sinde comments about that remark) maybe the Leabonon (I dont know if that is Muslim) or possibly Palistine (seeing as they have just signed a cease fire). Ok tell us
Indonesia. I studied Pentjak Silat very briefly with three members of the Suwanda family from West Java. Nicest people you could ever want to meet. And it's got a really interesting history and culture. Actually several cultures.

Japan would be it. Ireland follows. And, as Jordaxia said, honourable mention to Scandinavia.

Amsterdam, of course.
Wow. I didn't know that was a country.

I think I like Belgium second best

After my two countries, Brazil and the UK, my other second country would have to be Canada

Thailand, Greece, Sweden, Spain or mayhaps USA. In 2 of these I have actually lived in... imagination isn't my forte. :(

Ireland. It is a great country to visit, I'm sure it would be a nice place to live as well.

my two other favourite countries are Russia and Japan.

Wow, what a contrast. I have been to both and it is hard to imagine a person who would like one also being drawn to the other.

Japan is clean, orderly, obsessive about following formal rules of social ettiquette. The people go out of their way to accomodate and are painfully polite.

Russia is dirty, chaotic, with every social situation a sort of free for all (there is no such thing as waiting your turn in Russia). In public people are sullen and mistrustful, brusk to the point of rudeness (however, once you get into a Russian's home they are the most warm hearted giving people you could hope to find).

Each was a real experience for me, but I can't image two more different countries.

Spain-- but specifically Catalonia, I would love to have a house near or in Barcelona - great city.

Estonia - love Tallinn, lived there for a while whilst posted there.

Italy - for the simple fact that Italians know how life should be lived - friends, family, good food, good wine, slow pace... not too much work!

Finland - Lake District is great.

Lake district? 50% of the country? :)

And psst, Borgoa, Sweden isn't one of the countries I have lived in... but do you reckon a Finn could get away with our... 'dialect'? I have found I'm smiled at (at the least) in Stchlm when i open my mouth.
(hmm... it could be that I say the darnest things too...)

Belgium and Japan.

Sweden, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan.

Wow, what a contrast. I have been to both and it is hard to imagine a person who would like one also being drawn to the other.

Japan is clean, orderly, obsessive about following formal rules of social ettiquette. The people go out of their way to accomodate and are painfully polite.

Russia is dirty, chaotic, with every social situation a sort of free for all (there is no such thing as waiting your turn in Russia). In public people are sullen and mistrustful, brusk to the point of rudeness (however, once you get into a Russian's home they are the most warm hearted giving people you could hope to find).

Each was a real experience for me, but I can't image two more different countries.


It's because I don't have a preference for any single culture, but rather humanity as a whole. Such a contrast is very appealing to me. I like to experience as much of humanities culture as I can. I forgot to mention Italy as well, see.

Lake district? 50% of the country? :)

And psst, Borgoa, Sweden isn't one of the countries I have lived in... but do you reckon a Finn could get away with our... 'dialect'? I have found I'm smiled at (at the least) in Stchlm when i open my mouth.
(hmm... it could be that I say the darnest things too...)

You can get away with it. You can even get far with it, if you catch my drift... I love the Finnish-Swedish accent. It's so charming! =)

I...like...Switzerland!

Same here!

Lake district? 50% of the country? :)

And psst, Borgoa, Sweden isn't one of the countries I have lived in... but do you reckon a Finn could get away with our... 'dialect'? I have found I'm smiled at (at the least) in Stchlm when i open my mouth.
(hmm... it could be that I say the darnest things too...)

LOL.. yeah, lakeland really... Stunning in the summer.

As for the wonderful eastern Swedish or finlandssvenska or whatever... I'm not sure you could carry it off unnoticed... it's a little "different" to say the least... although I found out what kiva meant the other day, so my understanding has increased by 50%! You could get away with it certainly, especially after a while... just think you could be Danish... how does the expression go.. "Danish is not so much a language but a throat infection".

You can get away with it. You can even get far with it, if you catch my drift... I love the Finnish-Swedish accent. It's so charming! =)
Oh, grand! That's why Sweden is always in my top 3 list... the same social-democratic dictature, insane taxation, bad weather and ugly lasses... at least I'm not getting a culture shock. :D

"Danish is not so much a language but a throat infection".
Or:"Got a potato stuck in your throat there buddy?"

My 'Home' country is the US, so this question doesnt quite work out the way it ought to.

Which said, my favorite country is the UK, followed by France and switzerland and the netherlands.

Oh, grand! That's why Sweden is always in my top 3 list... the same social-democratic dictature, insane taxation, bad weather and ugly lasses... at least I'm not getting a culture shock. :D

ugly and swedish and women do not belong in the same sentence.

Poland is technically my home, even though I'm in the US right now........so Poland is out, darn!

I would say that my favourite is Iceland! Mmmmmm, Iceland.....

France, New Zealand and Nepal head up my list. If you're talking about places I haven't been, Mongolia and Turkey are top there.

Italy is probably my fav....although I've never been. I've see lots of pictures, and I love the Italian culture. They seem so family oriented. And they love a lot of Vino!!


Ireland also.....cause my family is mainly Irish. I'd like to see where my ancestors came from.

i think i either want to live in the USA or Australia sometime after i graduate. the latter is probably my favourite

Italy is probably my fav....although I've never been. I've see lots of pictures, and I love the Italian culture. They seem so family oriented. And they love a lot of Vino!!


Ireland also.....cause my family is mainly Irish. I'd like to see where my ancestors came from.
So... Italy for wine... and Ireland... well, you know why. Buddy, you need help.

Of the ones I have visited definetly Ireland. I would love to do some schooling there.

Czech Republic, baby. :cool:

So... Italy for wine... and Ireland... well, you know why. Buddy, you need help.


LOL......I not a buddy or a lush. I've had one glass of wine in 3 years ....I'm long overdue!!!! :(

I love Norway, even though I have never been there but I am going soon when I get the money. I would have to say I have a great intrest in the whole of scandinavia.

There seems to be a few people intrested in New Zealand. Its not as good as you think, but I guess thats just cause I live here. It is bloody great for tramping though!.

The Netherlands

Tie between England and Japan f'me.

Thailand

Sweden

ugly and swedish and women do not belong in the same sentence.

They do. Swedish women are ugly, in absolute terms. The so-called sexy Swedish aren't. That is all I have to say about this, only to voice another view. De gustibus non disputandum est.

Italia

For me, it's a tie between Japan and Sweden. Japan because I love the culture, the history, and Akihabara. Sweden because I agree with a lot of their politics. Also, my grandparents were Swedes, and I can pass for one in Sweden if I keep my mouth shut. :)

I never left the U.S. but one of these days I'd like to visit Japan. I don't know why, I just like Japan.

canada

and

aruba

what else would anyone need that isnt covered by those 2?

I got this idea from the quote about France "Every man loves two countries, his own and France". So what country besides your own do you love/like/have respect for/enjoy visiting etc and why?

That is real hard I would have to say Ireland though there are many countries that I like.

Indonesia. I studied Pentjak Silat very briefly with three members of the Suwanda family from West Java. Nicest people you could ever want to meet. And it's got a really interesting history and culture. Actually several cultures.

Indonesia.. Blargh. Well, as long as your not directly in the city. Jakarta sucks.

And if you like the quiet & simple life, then it might suit you at the outskirts (but IMO, Thailand and Malaysia is much better). But working in Indonesia the pay sucks, unless it's in the big cities, even then working lifestyle, it still sucks. So unless your retiring there and have enough money to live out the rest of your life, I wouldn't recommend... Anyway, one man's heaven is another Hell. :D

Jakarta is quite good if your VERY LOADED though. But if your VERY LOADED, Singapore would still be better.

I'm staying in Malaysia.. I don't very much Love it here. Though my favorite non-home would be Melbourne Australia. Half my family is there.

Het tweede land dat ik hou van, zou moeten zijn Suid-afrika, het land van de Boer, voor zij hebben gezwoegd eindeloos tegen vele vijanden. De Zulu, de Britten, de Shona, vele per vijand zijn naar de kogel van de Boer gevallen. Zij hebben de piek van communistische tirannie in Afrika moeten dragen, omdat zij durven opstaan tegen communisme.

De god glimlacht oprecht op zijn mensen in Suid-afrika en ultieme overwinning zal hopelijk van hun zijn.


Johannesburg
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Cape Town
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The Kingdom Of Bhutan.

Singapore. Been to it once and that place totally kicks arse. Their airlines are one of the best in the world.

Well ... my own, of course ... that would be Texas ... and I am quite partial to Iran - it's a beautiful place - otherwise, I really like Canada.