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vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 1:42 pm Post subject:
Always had a hankering for New Zealand.

Erikht

Joined: 08 Feb 2005
Posts: 3358

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 2:08 pm Post subject:
Great Britain, maybe? It can be hard to understand what the natives are saying ("Ay-eh, I con' gott a haulder up yer' trousers, but hawwitt damndable, eh? Cronky!"), but I guess I can get around with a note pad.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 2:12 pm Post subject:

Erikht wrote:

Great Britain, maybe? It can be hard to understand what the natives are saying ("Ay-eh, I con' gott a haulder up yer' trousers, but hawwitt damndable, eh? Cronky!"), but I guess I can get around with a note pad.

Mind translating that?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 2:19 pm Post subject:

Erikht wrote:

but I guess I can get around with a note pad.

We call them bicycles over here

Marionb

Joined: 27 Aug 2006
Posts: 5267
Location: Mid-Wales

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 2:23 pm Post subject:
Australia... simply for the climate I am always feeling cold.... I am sat in the kitchen today, the aga is lit, and I am wearing nearly as much as I do in winter, and I still dont feel warm.....

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 2:25 pm Post subject:
I'm too old and too deeply rooted in England to emigrate now, but if I had to I'd probably go to Portugal (or maybe Sweden).

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 2:44 pm Post subject:
Just me wanting to go to Italy then? So many places I'd like to be, we'd have to take a camper van and wander from Sicily to the Alps and back again. I may be confusing emigrating with extended holiday though, 'cos I'm not giving up Somerset for anywhere else. Florence may be wonderful, but so are Glastonbury and Wells

woodsprite

Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Posts: 2943
Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 3:59 pm Post subject:
I love England and can never see us moving full time but if I had to go anywhere it would be to Northern Spain. It is beautiful and has mountains and lakes as well as beaches and surf. Its like Wales but with better weather.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 4:24 pm Post subject:
Leave Wales, you mean? I don't think I would like to leave the UK - I feel very rooted here. But I like France.

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 4:32 pm Post subject:
Surely by limiting yourself to English speaking countries you are really limiting your choice. Learning another language is not easy but gives you much more choice. I learned to speak decent French and my brain is no bigger than anyone elses.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 4:36 pm Post subject:
I don't think it's about limiting yourself.

baldybloke

Joined: 24 May 2008
Posts: 1388
Location: Wiltshire

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 4:50 pm Post subject:
Thought about Ireland a few years back, but it ain't what it used to be. Possibly Lundy or become a tax exile on the Isle of Man.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 4:52 pm Post subject:

Fee wrote:

I don't think it's about limiting yourself.

I'd agree with BD, my wife would agree with you

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 8655

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 4:57 pm Post subject:
I'd love to live in Italy. I almost did a few years back, but the bureaucracy involved with work permits, rental agreements and the like (in the days before the EU was completely open) was a major pain and put me off. Another good point in Italy's favour is that they don't have Centre Parcs!

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 09 5:01 pm Post subject:
HOw come no one's suggested Pakistan?

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