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XanaDUer2

(14,831 posts)
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:26 AM Wednesday

Ever want to visit a place?

I want to visit Elsa the Lionesses' grave in Meru National Park, Keyna. All my money went into my mouth. I feel like crying. I also want to see Watts' Chapel, Guilford, UK and the Frieda Kahlo in Phoenix.

Anybody else have a location dream?

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Ever want to visit a place? (Original Post) XanaDUer2 Wednesday OP
Watts Towers. Last time I saw the Dali museum it was still in Cleveland. I'd like to see it again in Florida. marble falls Wednesday #1
I was just looking at Watts Towers yesterday XanaDUer2 Wednesday #2
Is it rebuilt yet? marble falls Wednesday #17
I didn't know XanaDUer2 Wednesday #18
Troy, in Turkey displacedvermoter Wednesday #3
Yes XanaDUer2 Wednesday #4
Probably not, air travel now being such a horrible experience displacedvermoter Wednesday #5
My cousin said the airfare XanaDUer2 Wednesday #6
Michael Wood's In Search of the Trojan War displacedvermoter Wednesday #7
I'm a dummy XanaDUer2 Wednesday #8
Don't need one to get to Arizona😊 displacedvermoter Wednesday #9
I have real id XanaDUer2 Wednesday #10
Not yet anyway... Conjuay 10 hrs ago #25
True displacedvermoter 10 hrs ago #30
One should always have a valid passport bif Wednesday #12
I'm working on getting one from an EU country. Conjuay 10 hrs ago #26
Tulip fields blooming in Holland. Nanuke Wednesday #11
Too many to visit in the time I have left on this planet. But I'll try to Neema Wednesday #13
I hope you do XanaDUer2 Wednesday #14
Thank you! I hope you do as well. Neema 16 hrs ago #23
Kinda silly, but I'd love to see Graceland. I love Elvis; I think his best recordings Ziggysmom Wednesday #15
Been there twice XanaDUer2 Wednesday #16
That's so cool. It's on my bucket list. Unfortunately we cannot travel easily now with my Ziggysmom 11 hrs ago #24
Hi XanaDUer2---Japan Hope you are feeling better. debm55 Wednesday #19
England. Archae Wednesday #20
Easter Island, Chichen Itza, Sound healing pyramid, Stonehenge, Sweden Clouds Passing Wednesday #21
Military History Special Object 301 Wollenberg jmowreader Wednesday #22
I hope you make it XanaDUer2 10 hrs ago #27
Paris, for the Art happybird 10 hrs ago #28
Way back 30 yrs ago XanaDUer2 10 hrs ago #29

marble falls

(62,694 posts)
1. Watts Towers. Last time I saw the Dali museum it was still in Cleveland. I'd like to see it again in Florida.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:29 AM
Wednesday

displacedvermoter

(3,389 posts)
5. Probably not, air travel now being such a horrible experience
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:40 AM
Wednesday

that we will probably limit ourselves to places we can drive. And there is an incredibly limited number of states we are willing to travel to any more, unfortunately.

XanaDUer2

(14,831 posts)
6. My cousin said the airfare
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:43 AM
Wednesday

Is too high but i c like $1000 RT from jfk. So she travels a lot, so i don't know. You need a visa and shots from travel medicine. You also take a small plane to the kopje. That's expensive but its once-in-a- lifetime trip. The armed guards take you to the grave and on safaris and other things. I'd give anything to go

displacedvermoter

(3,389 posts)
7. Michael Wood's In Search of the Trojan War
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:52 AM
Wednesday

I watch the series regularly and have the book close to hand. I keep up with current archeology from there, including evidence that now shows a battle was fought there, and that the damage Schliemann did while working there covered much of the early site that would have proved his theory about this being the site of the Trojan War.

Concentrate on getting to Phoenix for now, I know that would make you happy!

bif

(24,382 posts)
12. One should always have a valid passport
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 12:14 PM
Wednesday

In case you need to flee this shithole country.

Conjuay

(2,226 posts)
26. I'm working on getting one from an EU country.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 06:21 PM
10 hrs ago

The way things are going I think a USA passport might not be the best one to travel with.

Neema

(1,165 posts)
13. Too many to visit in the time I have left on this planet. But I'll try to
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 12:16 PM
Wednesday

get to as many of them as I can. I'd like to go back to Sagrada Familia in Barcelona now that it's much closer to completion than when I saw it. It was mind-blowing back then and, in photos I've seen, it's even more stunning now. I want to visit the Sheldrick Trust elephant nursery in Nairobi, Victoria Falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe, Milford Sound in New Zealand, the Galapagos, Thailand, Australia, Croatia, Greece, Ghana, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Sweden, Vietnam, Cambodia...and so many more.

Neema

(1,165 posts)
23. Thank you! I hope you do as well.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:20 PM
16 hrs ago

This planet is an incredibly beautiful and fascinating place. The fact that it's so in peril currently makes me want to see it that much more urgently before so many amazing places are gone.

Ziggysmom

(3,674 posts)
15. Kinda silly, but I'd love to see Graceland. I love Elvis; I think his best recordings
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 05:20 PM
Wednesday

are his Gospel songs. Wish he hadn’t passed so young.

Ziggysmom

(3,674 posts)
24. That's so cool. It's on my bucket list. Unfortunately we cannot travel easily now with my
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:17 PM
11 hrs ago

husband being on a higher rate of oxygen. All that shit we said we would do and where we would go, “When we retire” is impossible now. Wish we would have not been so frugal years ago and traveled more.

Clouds Passing

(3,174 posts)
21. Easter Island, Chichen Itza, Sound healing pyramid, Stonehenge, Sweden
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 09:30 PM
Wednesday

Your list sounds wonderful. Prayers for your healing 💚

jmowreader

(51,704 posts)
22. Military History Special Object 301 Wollenberg
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 09:53 PM
Wednesday

It's an old Soviet communication site in the eastern länder of Germany that I had an extremely high interest in. Now it's a museum.

The website says they only offer tours for groups of five or more, but I wonder what they'd do if I offered them 75 Euro (the cost of five people's admission) to tour it individually.

happybird

(5,259 posts)
28. Paris, for the Art
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 06:46 PM
10 hrs ago

The Louvre and Musée d'Orsay.

There are also many music-related sites I'd love to visit.

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