You haven't seen <Your Country> until you See....?

emprworm · February 14, 2003

Since our member map shows ppl from around the world, I would like to hear from each person to answer this question:

If someone who has never seen your country before were to visit for a day, what is the one thing that you would recommend they see?

You can only choose ONE thing. Make it something about your country that you just cant find anywhere else. Historic sites, landmarks, architectural marvels, ect. Canadians say one thing about your province. If you live in the US, say one thing about the US (not a state).

Example Canadians:

You haven't seen Quebec until you've seen....?

Example US:

You havent seen the United States until you've seen...? (not individual states- who cares about seeing Idahoe)

Example Everyone else:

You haven't seen <your country> until you've seen...?

Remember just one thing! I know you may have many things but remember that this make believe trip, someone is visiting only for one day and wont have time to see a bunch of stuff.

Ok me first:

If someone came to the US for the first time, I recommend they see the Grand Canyon. it is breath taking. When you stand at the edge of a 5500 ft drop overlooking a vast network of immense canyons, you get the sense that you are but a tiny speck of dust in a vast desert. I don't know if there's anything quite like it on earth.

Dunenewt · February 14, 2003

You havent seen England until you've seen...Gloucester Cathedral where Harry Potter was filmed

nemafakei · February 14, 2003

You haven't seen England ntil you've seen a little village in the Cotswolds.

Dunenewt · February 14, 2003

Like Bourton-on-the-water

or

Stow-on-the-wold

nemafakei · February 14, 2003

I was thinking North Nibley or Wotton-Under-Edge. But those would do.

Terror · February 14, 2003

Well, you haven't seen dutchland until you've been in Amsterdam

Dunenewt · February 14, 2003

dutchland?

The Netherlands in english

Terror · February 14, 2003

dutchland?
The Netherlands in english

:) i know, but i don't get why people call us dutchmen, and the country the netherlands.. it is realy weird

SurlyPIG · February 14, 2003

You havn't seen Alberta until you've seen the mountains. From a high view of Lake Lousie, backcountry heli-skiing around the serene moutnains of banf, or standing on the highest peak in sight looking DOWN on the clouds, to the southern mountains of Waterton Park where the flattest of plains and praries meet massive, snow-covered rocky mountains without so much as a single foothill, aptly named "Where the prarie meets the mountains".

slaphapy · February 14, 2003

Example US:
You havent seen the United States until you've seen...? (not individual states- who cares about seeing Idahoe)

why not an individual state, some r kinda kool....

ok, you haven't seen the United States untill you've seen .... uhhhh.... the rocky mountains..... hehe i have a part of them right out my backdoor

emprworm · February 14, 2003

to the southern mountains of Waterton Park where the flattest of plains and praries meet massive, snow-covered rocky mountains without so much as a single foothill

wow! You have a picture of this you can link me to? That sounds really cool. Make for a great road trip.

and banf rocks! good skiing there ;D

SurlyPIG · February 14, 2003

Sure thing

http://www.watertoninfo.ab.ca/12field.html

Driving in was one of the neatest thing I've ever seen because there was a farm with cows and horses literally right beside a mountain. Farm, farm, farm, mountian. The mountainst aren't that big to start off, but it's still really cool to see.

There's also an American side called Glacial National Park in northern Montana.

emprworm · February 14, 2003

man dude, that is so cool. I am a total nature freak. lol. i don't know what it is but that is the kind of stuff that i would drive a 3 day trip to go see.

the only thing I wonder: Is that a picture of some guy's private property or can people actually go there?

Gobalopper · February 14, 2003

Visit the link, it's Waterton Lakes National Park.

SurlyPIG · February 14, 2003

Hmm I don't know where that particular shot was taken but there are certainly places you can go just like it. I believe the Park workers purposely made road-side stops where you could get out and walk through the prarie, gazing up at the mountains. The best shot I've seen (I was unable to find it) was a panorama from a helicopter hovering over the golden prarie looking towards the mountains.

Another great thing to see while your there is the Prince of Wales Hotel. It sits atop pretty much the only bluff there is in Waterton.

emprworm · February 14, 2003

its kinda funny, i was just thinking, that you posted a "moutain meets the meadows without foothills" as a REAL place, when I just made a landscape of it last night thinking "this would be cool if a place like this really existed'. heh. thats so funny that it actually does and you posted it. what a trip

http://www.songwave.com/dune/jpgs/scapes/mountain_meadows.jpg

thomas · February 14, 2003

You haven't seen the US until you've been to southren california! :D awesome beachs lots of hot females. . .

Acriku · February 14, 2003

You haven't seen US until you've seen the everglades :)

thomas · February 15, 2003

yea everglades are ok but Cali got hot women :D ;D 8) I'm surrounded by em every day :D

TMA_1 · February 15, 2003

You havent seen western washington if you havent been to Bellingham. It is a beautiful city. One of the nicest,cleanest,resort accessable, and all around amazing of all cities in the U.S.

ordos45 · February 15, 2003

You haven't seen the United States until you've seen New York City, the capital of Industry. Home to millions of people. Home of traffic jams, and the famous friendly attitude of New Yorkers. And who can forget all the homeless people laying in plain sight everywhere imaginable, or how a friendly drug addict will threaten your life to get drug money? And the lovely burroughs, like the Bronx, or what little you could see of it behind all the barred windows.

Now despite the cutting criticism of New York above, I was impressed with it. I especially liked the UN and The World Trade Center Towers (was lucky enough to visit while they were still there). Oh and the street salesmen...never quit!

SurlyPIG · February 15, 2003

heh that's pretty wierd emp. Excellent choice on the Grand Canyon BTW. It's truly spectacular. I remember when I saw it I was totally blown away. Sometimes you can't even tell how big it is, like I was gazing at a rocky hill near the center that I assumed was no more than a few hundred meters away...but it was actually fourteen miles. :O Crazy...

thomas · February 15, 2003

another cool aspect of the US id philidelphia a pretty cool city filled woith various historic places

slaphapy · February 15, 2003

near where i live (sorta) is carlsbad caverns , which is a kool place i think.... it's , as u can probly tell, a large cave that they have built a path into... except for the bat cave, they dont' allow people in the bat cave itself... but u can see the batcave from outside at a distance

i've only been there a couple of times, because it is kind of in the middle of nowhere, as everything is in New Mexico, but o well

if you are ever in new mexico i suggest u see the tram in albuquerque on the sandia mountains (part of rocky mountain chain)

and the carlsbad caverns , in carlsbad obviously

thomas · February 15, 2003

I've been there really awesome

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