so where about are you all from?

[YayBoromir!]

Indeed it is, Rune. That sounds like a nice place to live :)
The place I live is OK, but has some quite nasty areas around it, as well as some nice ones, but the particular area we live in is quite modern. ;)

[Rune of Mirkwood]

I would give anything to live in England, Ireland, or Scotland!!! So beautiful and green! There are always places that are not good neighborhoods, no matter what state, country, or town you live in. Kent is suppose to be beautiful - I would love to have an English cottage, a horse and carriage, two llamas, and ONE of my favorite dogs, a Borzoi, or Irish Wolfhound. Dream on, Rune... veryhappy

[Frodo's Love]

Hey Rune- I'll join you in your "dreams"! I always wanted to live in Scotland (or the Shire) ;) :)

[Rune of Mirkwood]

Gosh, wouldn't that be something? I have met several people who want to live in England, Scotland, and/or Ireland...so many people like us love those countries, although I never have been nor likely to make it over. Fatty is so lucky, and others there too, who actually live there. I love bag pipes, too. There is just something about them... :)

[Lessa]

Originally posted by Rune of Mirkwood
I would love to have an English cottage, a horse and carriage, two llamas, and ONE of my favorite dogs, a Borzoi, or Irish Wolfhound. Dream on, Rune... veryhappy

You don't find a lot of Llamas in Kent or any other county in the UK for that matter.;)

Lessa

[Frodo's Love]

Bag pipes... yeah, a wonderful instrument! A friend of mine went to Scotland last year for three weeks, and I was so extremely jealous, I admit it...lol
I've been twice to London, and I loved it also and want to go there again... (it's just far too expensive :p )

[Rune of Mirkwood]

Oh see, Frodo's Love? You've got to go to London (huge place I hear..so many little avenues/districts off of it.) We can still place ourselves whereever we want to, in our dreams, I guess...
Whenever I see New Zealand off the Appendixes on the DVD of Lord of the Rings, I just sit there and swoon....

[Rune of Mirkwood]

Lessa, I would have my two llamas imported with me to England, as I know they are not native to the Country. It was just a nice thought.. They aren't native to many countries, other than South America. Farms started across the U.S. in many places..so if dreams came true, I would take a couple with me.

[YayBoromir!]

Yeah, I feel like that when I see NZ too... :grin: It looks like an awesome country. I would love to go there! Rune, I'm sure you would love it here, especially in the countryside, it really is as beautiful as it looks, especially in Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
London is a lovely city, I enjoy going there, but I don't go there that often ;)

[Frodo's Love]

lol Although I've been to London twice, I feel like I saw just a tiny wee bit of it...
NZ...*swoons* I fear if I'd ever get there, I would not come back here again...lol

[Rune of Mirkwood]

You and I have much in common YayBoromir...I am a forest, water, mountain person. So I would love any of the countries we both admire and desire! Orlando Bloom and others are buying property there...and they admit, it has everything the Shire and England/Scotland/Wales has...makes me so jealous that others are able to travel and go to places we only dream of...

[Lessa]

Yes I know Rune. We do have some Llamas over here both in Zoos, wildlife parks and on farms bred for their wool. So you wouldn't have to import them and have the hassle of quarantine.
Boromir I live in the UK and in my 40 yrs I have been to LOndon only 3 or 4 times.
We do have some really beautiful countryside. I was in Scotland with my family last summer driving up to the very north coast. On the last leg of 100 miles most of the roads were single track, with passing places every 100yds, through the most amazing scenery. Well worth the 24 hours in total it took us to get there with an overnight stop I hasten to add.
It's a shame that a lot of the moorland within 5 miles of us is ablaze. Still in time it will grow back and healthier for it.

Lessa

[Rune of Mirkwood]

I always say when I am down, "I am packing my bags, and hopping a plane to New Zealand..." could be Scotland or England for that matter...but I always wonder to myself, "then what?" New Zealand is goregous, I can tell, but scary - islands are under earthquake attacks...but so are we in California!

[YayBoromir!]

Maybe I should scan in a couple of pictures from my Wales trip - we saw the most fantastic scenery! Rune - would you be interested in seeing them? :)

[Rune of Mirkwood]

Love to! Send them via private email...I will respond when I can...gosh! The Cafe closed now, and it's getting late...almost 12:00 noon here and I have much to do! Don't worry...I will get back to you on your pictures. Sending them via the Email button to this response...and thanks for keeping such a great converation going and being my new friend! Namarie...The Rune

[Frodo's Love]

:blush: Ehm... YB!... May I see the pics, too? :) It sounds really great....

[YayBoromir!]

Sure, Frodo's Love! I'll PM the pics to you. Anyone who wants to see them is welcome! :thumbs:

[Galadriel]

Oh i would love to visit England and Scotland adnd Ireland. I love the culture and the green countryside. It seems like such a nice place to live.

[Frodo's Love]

Thanks YB! The pics are wonderful :)

[Celebrían]

originally posted by YayBoromir!

Anyone who wants to see them is welcome!

uh....may I see them, too, YB? Pa-LEEZ?! :grin: And just to keep this on topic, I live in the Sunny South (in the US that is) :)

[YayBoromir!]

You're welcome, FL! ;) :grin:
I'll PM the links to you too, Cel. I'm glad so many people are interested!

[Celebrían]

Thanks ever so much, YB! Those pics were wonderful. I wish I was from Wales. I have a friend who is Welsh, and I could listen to him talk all day long. He has such a beautiful voice.

[Galadriel]

Could i please see the pictures too? Please! I live in the U.S. and there is nothing worth takingpictures of where I live.

[YayBoromir!]

I've PMed you the pictures, Galadriel. Hope you like them! :thumbs:
Hmmm...maybe I should scan in some pictures of the Lake District as well...now that's beautiful scenery.

[Galadriel]

Wow these pictures were very beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing them with me.

[Little Devil]

I've never been to the Lake District, I guess it must be about two days from where I live, really up North ;)

[Kaimelar]

My dad's side of the family is from Glasgow. My Grandmother recently got her citizenship for the US...

I used to wish that he would've decided to go back there when I was younger. I would've loved to live there. I don't think I'll ever be able to now.

We went there for a family gathering a few years ago and I had so much fun going on hikes through the rolling hills, crisp air blowing all around, bright green grass, bubbling brooks.... I really wish I could move there.

[ereinion]

i'm from israel. i was born in russia and lived there till the age of 10. i've been living in israel for 12 years now.....

[Galadriel]

Welcome ereinion :wave:

[ereinion]

thanks

[Frodo's Love]

Hi ereinion :) :wave:

[ereinion]

hi to you too ;)

[Celebrían]

Greetings to ereinion, too! I've always had a fascination with Russia (don't know why). I want to visit it before I die. I saw the "Palaces of St. Petersburg" when it came to my city. It was amazing!

I'm from the USA, as I'm sure you all already know....;)

[Herefara]

Born and raised in Los Angeles. I've done some travelling but L.A. is still my home for now. Close to West Hollywood near that crazy street called Melrose if some of you are familiar.

:)

[Celebrían]

Wow, near Melrose, huh? I bet you see a lot of intersting things lol....Welcome, by the way, Herefara! Glad you're here! ;)

[Enelya Tasartir]

I live in Western Australia, in Perth, the capital. I've only just moved there so i can do a fashion/costume design course, and theres sooooooooo many shops, (shopaholic) when im not doing my course though i live in Borden, a small country town, where theres not even a high school so i've boarded away from home since i was 13. my relationship with my parents aint good, but at least im independant

[Herefara]

Ya, Celebbrian, Melrose can be a fun place to hang out. Lot's of things and people to see. You just learn to take the really freaky things in stride. Oh! and I was just in Sydney last year on vacation for two weeks. The east coast of Australia is beautiful! Did some hiking in the Blue Mountains, checked out the local beaches like Bondi and Manly, and even when to a Cricket match. :yawn: And I'm such a goober for not taking the 5 day cruise to New Zealand for $350 USD that was advertised everywhere. Duh! Maybe next time. Btw, Illuvatar, where in So. Cal are you?

[TheRingBearer]

Like I mentioned back on page 2 i believe it was lol, I reside in Bournemouth, (the south of) England. Only places I've been abroad are Tenerife, Majorca and Minorca. I'd love to go somewhere in the States sometime. I missed out on a school trip to New York and regretted missing that experience. Oh well :grin:

[Galadriel]

Yep as I probably already mentioned I live in Massachusetts. Of course I would love to travel to England one day and also to Cal. I have already been to France which is a beautiful country and can't wait to go back. I also want to visit Australia and Italy when I get the chance.

[YayBoromir!]

I actually live quite near you, TRB. ;) It's nice to know people around your area who like the same things as you. Shame you couldn't go on the New York trip :( I've been to Tenerife and Minorca as well. I would love to visit NZ :grin:
Galadriel, hope you get to England, maybe I'll see you around :thumbs: lol

[Illuvatar]

Wow Herefara....

Small world! I've lived in several places around that area, 3 diff places on Placentia alone! lol

I used to DJ up at the Rainbow, and the wife and I frequent Melrose quite often!

[Igtica]

Well I guess I'm alone when I say that I live in empty West Sussex! It's so quite here that it echos! But hey people seem to live in neighbouring counties so I guess I'm not completely alone.....phew...but still so quiet.......pretty though!

[Herefara]

I've been wanting to go here for as long as the ents have been waiting for the entwives. :P http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/cityguide_travel/city_guide/ye_olde_trip_to_jerusalem/_review/284478/

This has got to be a unique place as any in which to hang out.

[Beleriel]

Hello everyone.

Im from Liverpool in the UK originally, but I now live in Hobbiton, mostly! lol

[Avian-Morpheus]

I live in the USA, Ohio to be more precise...

Actually that's all in my imagination, I really live in the Twilight Zone. *smug smile*

[Lessa]

Originally posted by Beleriel
Im from Liverpool in the UK originally, but I now live in Hobbiton, mostly! lol

With Frodo as I recall. :naughty: roflmao ;)

Lessa

[Beleriel]

Originally posted by Lessa
With Frodo as I recall. :naughty: roflmao ;)

Lessa

ha! Lessa.... you know me sooo well! ;)

[Kazaera]

I'm from Germany... Göttingen to be exact, which is a nice little university city in southern Lower Saxony, near the Harz mountains. Quite pretty here, only the weather can be a bit annoying at times...
...I'll shut up now.

[Frodo's Love]

Hey Kaz, don't shut up, please! ;) I'm from Münster, BTW, not too far away from Göttingen :grin:
lol Beleriel- I think I've seen you before in Hobbiton! ;) :naughty:

[Kazaera]

Cool! It's always surprising when one runs into someone who lives relatively close by on the 'net. Usually there are all these Americans and English and Spanish and whatnot... and then one runs into a person only a few hours drive away :) :wave:

[Bilbo]

I'm from a little land called Oregon a.k.a THE SHIRE

;)

[Herefara]

Originally posted by Illuvatar
Wow Herefara....

Small world! I've lived in several places around that area, 3 diff places on Placentia alone! lol

I used to DJ up at the Rainbow, and the wife and I frequent Melrose quite often!

Wait a sec.... When did you DJ at the Rainbow? I've spent many an evening dining and dancing there over the years. I'd love to know the span of time you were up there. Talk about a small world. If you're ever on your way to shop Melrose, drop me a PM or something and I'll meet you at Starbucks for a beverage. :thumbs:

Cheers

[Frodo's Love]

Originally posted by Kazaera
Cool! It's always surprising when one runs into someone who lives relatively close by on the 'net. Usually there are all these Americans and English and Spanish and whatnot... and then one runs into a person only a few hours drive away :) :wave:
:wave: I think there are four or five people from Germany in here, but they seem to follow other threads than I do ;) Anyways, it's nice to meet you!
The weather in Göttingen can't be worse than over here. Statistics say that my town is the rainiest in whole Germany...;) lol

[Gil Galad]

well im from Ireland, about half way between to of the countries biggest cities(ok so there r only a few) , Dublin and Belfast, just outside the town of Dundalk

[Beleriel]

Originally posted by Frodo's Love
Hey Kaz, don't shut up, please! ;) I'm from Münster, BTW, not too far away from Göttingen :grin:
lol Beleriel- I think I've seen you before in Hobbiton! ;) :naughty:

Oh... Im sure you must have! ;)

But I AM usually on Frodo's arm... except when Im running my cafe...

have you been there?

Beleriels Cafe? Next to the Green Dragon. THAT may be where you have seen me! :grin:

[Frodo's Love]

Beleriel's Cafe? That's it! :grin: Thank you for refreshing my slow working brain...;)
Of course I have been there, and if you don't mind, I could come to sing there to sing for you and the folks that are visiting your cafe...lol

[Mánalinya]

You're not the only Canadian, Goldilocks. I'm from Alberta.

[Altáriel]

I'm from the north west of Spain from a small city near the sea called "A Coruña" it rains most of the time,it looks much more to Ireland than to the image that everyone has of Spain.We are said to be descendants of the celts, also is said that a celtic chief "Breogan" sailed from here to conquer Ireland.
We have also pipes as in Scotland and Ireland.
I understand Legolas and his longing of sailing over the sea,I couldn't live in a city far from the sea!!!:p

[Gil Galad]

Hey its good to c a fellow Celt here Altariel. and i feel you on teh city thang, itd b very hard fro me to live in one too

[Altáriel]

lots of sea gulls here, very beautiful!!!to the sea,to the sea....!!!

[Beleriel]

Originally posted by Frodo's Love
Beleriel's Cafe? That's it! :grin: Thank you for refreshing my slow working brain...;)
Of course I have been there, and if you don't mind, I could come to sing there to sing for you and the folks that are visiting your cafe...lol

Well, sadly it closed down some time back.

First there was the dragon incident, then patronage began to fall off. You know how it is.

I reckon it was the Dragon thing that put them off. Hobbits can be sooo suspicious. mecry

*wonders* hmmm... I wonder if it wouldbe worth starting up again here?

Would people patronise it do you think?

[Almatari]

Hello all! I'm from South Dakota in the USA. Its great to see a huge variety of locations here.

[legolastheawesome]

isn't that where Mt. Rushmore is? I have always wanted to go and see it.

[Almatari]

Yeah, Mt. Rushmore is about 25 miles from where I live. Its pretty cool, in fact most of western SD is beautiful. Can't say the same for eastern SD, though, nothing but plains.

[Galadriel]

oh I will have to visit SDS sometime and see the beautiful sites for myself.

[ImDaMom]

OK....I've tried getting thru 38 pages, but hey......I"m from NE Ohio- anyone from around here????? (Nessa, others???)

[Evanstar]

Hey guys i'm from Perth Western Australia and I know no one will be anywhere near me it is after all the most isolated city in the world...and believe me you can tell

Oh and Catz I'm coming to New Zealand next year for a holiday.. going to do the tour of middle earth of courselol

[Herefara]

I could have taken a five day cruise to NZ, while visiting Sydney for only about $350 USD and I opted out. I think it was to Auckland. *slaps forehead* The next time I cross the equator I need to get on those islands.

[Heidi]

Hi, I'm from Australia, Melbourne actually and i love it! I went to NZ last year around easter and it's really really GREAT! Everyone has to go and not just for the middle-earth tour...it's all very beautiful and really amazing! U'll all love it. Also is anyone else from melbourne?

[Mánaskin]

Im from Iceland:p

[Melian]

I'm from Minnesota, USA. My dream is to go to New Zealand, even though I know I will never be able to afford to go----house to fix up, kids to go to college----etc----etc. Oh well, I can always dream.

[ImDaMom]

For many years now, our 30th anniversary trip was to be to Australia or NZ....it's within sight now, and I'll be there in 4 years.

[Nienor]

I'm from Northern New Jersey.

Beautiful, scenic Joisey... Land of the crazy drivers.

[Celebrían]

"Joisey" isn't the only place with crazy drivers! lol We have our share in Mississippi....

[ImDaMom]

Here in NE Ohio, it is not uncommon to stop for a red light, and have the person next to you keep going. I usually feel like there's a giant target painted on my car, with the number of people who seem to aim at me, running intersections, stop signs ("stop? who, me?" seems to be the standard question, right after "red lights don't apply to me")

[Lady Cele]

In the life of a military family we finally put down roots in the Volunteer state of Tennessee. Been here long enough to acquire a Southern accent, ya'll....

[Celebrían]

A fellow Southerner! :whoohoo: I love Tennessee!

[Arwen]

Hey all..I'm moving to New Hampshire tomorrow...anyone from around there?

[Galadriel]

I'm in MA

[Sorceress]

I live in beautiful Colorado!!!
:elfqueen:

[Arninquelote]

I live in Worcester, England. Not the most exciting place to be, I can assure you. Sometimes it rains. Sometimes it pours. Occassionally the sun comes out. And then it goes back in again. Exciting, eh?

[Skyfiery]

I'm from Singapore. :D *waves* Hi.

Sky

[Celebrían]

Wow! Singapore! Welcome, Skyfiery! :wave:

[Skyfiery]

Originally posted by Celebrían
Wow! Singapore! Welcome, Skyfiery! :wave:

Hello. Why the "wow?" :grin:

Sky

[Celebrían]

lol Oh I don't know.....Singapore sounds quite exotic to me....;) lol

[Skyfiery]

Well, the Grey Havens certainly sounds nicer than Singapore! Lol. roflmao

Sky

[ImDaMom]

Any of us trapped in this years miserable spring weather here in the US is allowed a little wow when hearing from people in, hopefully, nicer climates. So I'll add to Cel's WOW!! Welcome, Sky- hope you enjoy these threads. I'm sure you will- we all do lol

[Skyfiery]

ImDaMom: Thank you for your "wow." :) But currently, it's just hot, hot, and hot here. O_o

Sky

[Alatar]

It has been a bit cold over here in Australia the last few days, proberly not cold compared to some other countrys, but for us Aussies it is cold whenever the sun aint out lol, But we had a beautaful day today:grin: many other people had nice days lately??

[Galadriel]

No we have horrible weatehr here. It cold and rainy and I am sick of it. It is suppsoe to be warm and sunny and beautiful and its not. It better get nice soon or I am going to be wearing long sleeves and sweatshirts in July.

[Evanstar]

Originally posted by Alatar
It has been a bit cold over here in Australia the last few days, proberly not cold compared to some other countrys, but for us Aussies it is cold whenever the sun aint out lol, But we had a beautaful day today:grin: many other people had nice days lately??

I know what you mean its been freezing over here and raining and windy... it sucks...but i just keep reminding myself that in 3 weeks I'm off to the mediterranean for the lovely summer and then come back just in time for the fab spring here in Australialol

[Ice Dragoness]

I'm in Queensland, Australia, beautiful one day.....HORRID THE NEXT lol

Normally I dont mind winter but after sitting 3C weather with a even colder wind blowing last night, I want summer back :(

[Halfling]

Hi Sorceress:wave:
I think you and I are the only ones in Colorado. Fantastic!
I'm in Colorado Springs, where are you? It's nice to know I'm not alone here.:hooray:
Can you believe we're getting snow Saturday? It's June already.

[Celebrían]

Welcome, Halfling! :wave:

I love Colorado...I went to Boulder ages ago, but still remember how beautiful it was. ;)

[Lalaith of Rohan]

Hey hey! Lots of Ohio people here! I live in Millwood, a tiny insignifigant hick town about an hour away from Columbus. Pretty much central Ohio.

[ImDaMom]

My parents live in another insignificant hick town outside Columbus- Delaware. (Like Youngstown is sooooo much better lol)

[Lalaith of Rohan]

Yeah, of course it is. Well actually I went to Youngstown for a dance competition last month and it was.....interesting. *coughs* *ahem* :grin:

[Bilbo]

I live in EUGENE, OREGON


rock on

[ImDaMom]

Lalaith...I'm sorry. Just think- I have to LIVE here. lol (but, hey, it's sort of my choice. Our business is here, and until we retire, this will be home.) Great place, tho to raise a family. This is truly the epitome of the saying it takes a village to raise a child. I could not have asked for better.

[Eowyn]

anyone near York in England?

[Lalaith of Rohan]

That's good, ImDaMom. I'm glad. So I guess that it could be worse...:o

[Lessa]

Well I lived just over the pennines near Stockport, Cheshire. I know it's not that close but it's a lot nearer than others who frequent these boards.

Lessa

[Striderfan]

Wow. :elfeek: People from other countries...The one thing I want to do when I get out of college is travel all around the world :stomper: (yes, it does sound cliche-ic and idealistic, but I am an extremely determined person when it comes to accomplishing goals, so come hell or high water I'll do it!). And I don't mean nice, posh travel, I mean down and dirty, bumming rides from people, living off ten bucks a day, nothing but my filthy backpack and me...ahhhh :)....my friends think I'm crazy, but what's the point of going to another country if all you do is stay in an air conditioned hotel and never leave the pool side????!!!??? :huh: So, I am very pleased to meet all of you from overseas :wave: , I hope I have the honor of visiting your countries someday! :grin:

Oh, by the way, I'm from california :cool: (just south of the san francisco bay area to be exact), and right now it's beautiful–sunny, not too hot, calm, quiet (strange considering we live near a freeway...hmmm...maybe I should go check that out...;) )

[Lalaith of Rohan]

hey you know Striderfan, you could hope for worse! Go you! :thumbs: :cool:

[Lady Baranlothiel]

I'm from Philippines :)

[Nilion Elentano]

Originally from Venezuela (south america) but my family is all a mix of Basque, Scots, Italians, and well typical Venezuelans.
At the moment I'm residing in Edinburgh, and ermm yes that's about it.

[Striderfan]

Wow, nice to meet you Nilion Elentano! :wave: My heritage is borring :snooze:... I have no idea, by family's been in the US for so long we might as well be pilgrims! lol I think I can safely say I'm a Western European mix, but besides that...not much! :blush:

[Nilion Elentano]

Haha well if I had not looked for myself they wouldn't have known our ancestry, even tho it is 1 or 2 generations back in most cases, so for these things they are very laid back, but well in the end heritage is of not much use in the end, travelling is the real good thing, get to know the places where they came from and that sort of things.
So whereabouts do you live in the States? ohhh btw anyone here is in the Lothian area as well?

[Striderfan]

I live in California :grin:...quite lovely, I really enjoy it, but I want to travel, desperately!!! :elfeek:

[Nilion Elentano]

haha I bet, well it's th ebest thing in the world I suppose, at least for the people with similar spirit like ourselves. Well if anytime you are around Scotland give me a shout.

[Striderfan]

You bet! ;) :grin:

[Steve the Great]

I'm form Hungary. Actually, I can't remember any other hungarians from this board, so I can be described quite... exotic here lol

[Ereinion]

Hey,I'm exotic too!lol What can be more exotic then ME? (Middle East,not Middle Earth...)lol

[Striderfan]

Where in the middle east? :grin: My best friend was born in Iran...which I think is awesomely cool, I don't care what Mr. Bush says!! pfbbt

[Ereinion]

Israel...Not Iran but close enough lol

[Eomer's Mistress]

Whew!!! :elfeek: I just finished this whole thread and I can say that there are a lot of countries/heritages/cultures represented here. It's wonderful to see the differences, yet we all have one thing in common, our love for LotR :ring:

But I am the first on the thread from Palau, maybe the first on the site. There are approximately only 25,000 Palauans in the world. I am currently living in Houston, Texas. My dad joined the US Army when he was young and so I've lived all over the place, Palau, Guam, South Carolina, Hawaii, Arizona, California, and Germany. I've visited many places in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Costa Rica, Alaska and Japan. And, I want to visit England, Scotland, Ireland, Berlin, the continent of Africa, India, Indo, Australia and, of course, New Zealand. :grin:

Well here are some links to Palau. I miss it so much, especially my family and the beaches and the water. I'll be moving back in about 2 years. :whoohoo:

Enjoy! :)
Palau Visitors Authority (http://www.visit-palau.com/)
CIA World Fact Book on Palau (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ps.html)
PBS web page of Palau (http://www.pbs.org/edens/palau/)

Oh, sorry this kinda got lengthy!!

[Striderfan]

Ooooohhhhh.....It looks BEAUTIFUL Eomer's Mistress!!! :elfeek: :grin: Wish I could go all the places you've been to :(...I tried to convince my dad one day that we should move to NZ b/c it had really good flyfishing (he loves to fish ;) ) and I had heard him talk about it before...needless to say my plans didn't go over too well with the parental unit lol...they said that was only b/c I like Lotr and wanted to see where it was filmed...nooooo, I said, it would be preety anyways, even if the movies hadn't been made...but I don't think I convinced them ;)

[Steve the Great]

Wow, that's great, Eomer's Mistress! :elfeek: I'm really envy you that you can travel to and live in so many wonderful places of the world:grin:

[Bilbo]

I wish I could travel....I'm stuck in the same old state. The farthest I've been away from home is Nevada!

[Hobbit]

Wow Eomer's Mistress. You've surely seen a lot of the world - I hope I'll see all those different countries too, one day.
I hope one day you'll see all the countries and places you've wanted to visit and return to the place where your heart has always been.

And I see you've visited my country (the Netherlands) as well. Did you like it there?

[Eomer's Mistress]

Thanks Striderfan, Steve, Bilbo & Hobbit for the nice responses. Palau is very beautiful and I wish everyone had the chance to see it, because it is even more beautiful in real life. veryhappy

The only negative thing for visitors is the cost of a plane ticket to get there. Just from the California it is about 1500-1800 roundtrip, maybe 1200 if you're lucky to find a good deal. But if you ever in your lifetime get a chance to go, please do and let me know, because I have so many family and friends there that it would make the trip even better. :thumbs:

The only thing about living and visiting so many places is that I can't stay put in one place. About every 3 - 4 years I get this itch to move. It's harder now that I have my daughter, but it's still always bugging me. So, I'm holding out until I move back to Palau. :cool:

[Eomer's Mistress]

Originally posted by Hobbit
And I see you've visited my country (the Netherlands) as well. Did you like it there?

Hobbit, I loved the Netherlands. :loveyou: We went for a class trip a long long time ago and it was during the tulip festival. I was a member of our school's drill team so, we were in the parade. The tulips were on every float and they were everywhere in so many colors. I mean the country is so beautiful and the people were so friendly. It was a totally awesome experience that I will never forget. I haven't been back since then, but I would love to take my daughter one of these days.
veryhappy

[Steve the Great]

Well, Eomer's Mistress, I've browsed through the links about Palau (those useful Palauan phrases are great :grin: ). It's a wonderful land (and sea, of course lol)!!!
I wish I could once visit such a beautiful tropical country and see those amazing coral reefs, fishes and other animals. *sigh*

[Eomer's Mistress]

Originally posted by Steve the Great
Well, Eomer's Mistress, I've browsed through the links about Palau (those useful Palauan phrases are great :grin: ). It's a wonderful land (and sea, of course lol)!!!
I wish I could once visit such a beautiful tropical country and see those amazing coral reefs, fishes and other animals. *sigh*

Thanks Steve.

Yeah, you'd love it. I see you're from Hungary. I'd love to go there. I love traveling and especially on the other side of the world. How's the weather? Is it cold, hot, dry, humid?

[Steve the Great]

The climate of Hungary can be said continental (not too hot summers, not too cold winters, not too much rainfall, mostly sunny springs and autumns), so it's quite pleasant, I think. But recently the weather is terribly hot and there's a long droughty period too... :(

And here are some links, if you all would be interested in Hungary:
Government Portal (http://www.ekormanyzat.hu/english)
Tourism in Hungary (http://www.hungarytourism.hu/index.php?langid=En)
Budapest - The capital of Hungary (http://www.budapestinfo.hu/en/index.html)

[Ereinion]

Wow! I've checked those links,EM and StG,and your countries sound such great places to live at! And they're so different... Living on an island must be so cool! And Hungary sounds like a country full of hystory....

[Eomer's Mistress]

Steve, hey the wether sounds inviting. I know I can handle the heat. I checked out the links and I have to say WOW!! :thumbs: I would love to visit your country. Just the history alone could keep me there indefinitely. I love that Europe has so many very old places, buildings, stories, etc. which is what interests me the most. Hopefully, one day I'll be able to make my way over there. ;)

Ereinion, it is pretty cool living on an island and in Palau's case over 300 islands. :) If you ever get the chance, I invite you to go and don't forget to look me up. :grin:

[Enelya Tasartir]

Originally posted by Alatar
It has been a bit cold over here in Australia the last few days, proberly not cold compared to some other countrys, but for us Aussies it is cold whenever the sun aint out lol, But we had a beautaful day today:grin: many other people had nice days lately??

Where abouts in australia are you. Im in southern WA and you haven't experienced cold until its the middle of winter during the school term and you have to spend lunch and recess outside coz theres no indoor hallways and most of the heaters dont work at your school. I was wearing four layers of clothes under my uniform and then a jacket on top.

[Ereinion]

Thanks,EM! :cool:

[Ireth]

I live in Oklahoma! Not that exciting here though....lived here nearly all my life and I still havent seen a tornado!!! *shakes her head in disgust*

[Lessa]

I think I'd be gald I hadn't seen one if I lived in tornado alley.

Lessa

[Ireth]

Yeah but wouldnt it be exciting?

[Striderfan]

Perhaps...at least with tornados you have a BIT of a warning (well, you know if a storm's brewing or there's going to be bad weather and the like) but living in earthquake heaven is not a very comforting thought...no idea when the "Big One" (as we San Franciscans call it ;) ) will come...it's a bit freaky....

[Lady Luthien]

Hello everyone...wow I've been here the whole summer and this is the first time ive started to check out the social threads...suprising bc im a social person but I have just been posting fanfic and poetry the whole time

anyway...I like in Norfolk, Virginia, in the US(unfortunately, bc I wanna live in England)!!

[Friend of Maglor]

Hello!! I also am from the USA, Florida to beprecise, you know, the state currently being ravages by tonadoes and hurricanes?

[Friend of Maglor]

Originally posted by Ereinion
Israel...Not Iran but close enough lol

ooops double post.... hey E!!! I guessed ramdomly thats that where you lived!!! Too cool!!!!! I want ot visit Israel someday...


Hey, you were talkin bout tornadoes, Iret, trust me, you dont WANT to see one, i see plenty this time of year, last time we almost got ripped of the continent!!! You heard about HurricaneAndrew years ago? that sure was a biggie too...
But ya, i am one of those rare native born floridians, and this si that turtle place were i work :www.gumbolimbo.org

[Ereinion]

You really have to,F! You're a religious person right? So you really must visit Jerusalem some day....And Nazareth too... I did my army service in Jerusalem,but spent real quolity time there much less then I wanted...It really is an amazing full of history place....:whoohoo:

[Friend of Maglor]

Yes i am E, that is one of the reasons i would be so totally hyped out to go, it has ages and ages of other cultures hisory on top of its own...........totally fascinating for me.... have to do it when i get around to rome!!!!

[~Saz~]

im from surrey :D in a small but cheery place much like hobbiton

[Friend of Maglor]

hey, alot of peeps are from surrey here so ive heard!! i feel isolated lol

[Ereinion]

Surrey? Little Whinging Surrey by chance? Harry Potter's neighbours? lol

[Friend of Maglor]

lol *sits back admiring multi-cultural converse*

[Striderfan]

You know where I would like to live?? Stanley, Idaho...just went there for a camping trip this summer..it's beautiful and as un-touristy a town as you could ask for :grin:...and it isn't a back-country hick town either (hooray!! :hooray: )...lots of cool ex-hippies and mountain bikers and fellow-outdoorsy people go there...it was very cool! :thumbs:

[Miss Jack Sparrow]

Hey guys! i found this thread a little late...and im not going to read 43 pages to find this out.'..does anyone live in Canada? Toronto maybe? cause thats where i live! :grin:

[Striderfan]

Oh! I don't live in Canada :( (sorry, i'm a California girl myself! :grin: ) But if you live in Toronto does that mean you're going to the Gathering in December!!! :elfeek: If you are, i am sooooooo jealous!! :whoohoo: I want to go!!! mecry Ah well ;), canada is very cool, my grandma lived in quebec most of her life...seems like a very nice place!! :thumbs:

[Anunil]

Well if were talking about insanity, I reside in Mirkwook w/my very attractive hubby, Mr. Greenleaf. However, if were talking about those of us who retain some of their sanity, I live in Northern CA near San Francisco. ;)

[Friend of Maglor]

gosh, what kind of harem does Legy have?!?!?!?!?! I have met so many wives of his i cant keep track of all of them......lol roflmao.........

hey, a few Floridian friend of mine from-the-place-were-said-turtles-are scrubbed (see profile ;) ) should be hagin out n here soon.....

[Striderfan]

Anunil...be on your guard, you may have to defend your husband from Orli-wife impersonators lol...Friend of Maglor is right, there's a lot of them out there! :battle: (although I'm sure your his TRUE wife–knowing you, you wouldn't settle for anything less, eh? ;) )

[Goldilocks Underhill]

I'm from Belgium!! Like EVERYBODY knows, the NR°1 in Tennis is a belgian girl!! Owkej, there I go again...
No, actually I used to live in Hobbiton, but I moved ;)

[Silent Rose]

But I am in living in woods, in a nice country named ........ LATVIA!

[Ceri Bloom]

stuff the woods i live in a tree! must say its much cosier, and there's is always a lot of spare time to share with me orli clone....hmm.....

rose you live in Latvia? we ahd a plumber once who was a latvian. wots it like over there?

[Goldilocks Underhill]

Where is Latvia?

[Steve the Great]

You can find Latvia in this map (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/loc-eur.htm) (you can also collect some information of it, when you click to its name), a bit higher from the middle-point, under Finland...

[Halfling]

I just saw the link to Latvia.:hyper: Wow. That's a beautiful country.

[Nala Greenleaf]

England myself up north in Newcastle! but i like to think that i'm always in Mirkwood with Legolas :grin:

[Goldilocks Underhill]

Originally posted by Steve the Great
You can find Latvia in this map (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/loc-eur.htm) (you can also collect some information of it, when you click to its name), a bit higher from the middle-point, under Finland...

Ow, yesss, I know where Latvia is, but I didn't knew the word in english, that's why...:blush: If you are from belgium you should know that. If you don't know where belgium is, look on the map (near the UK) lol

[Steve the Great]

Okay, sorry Goldi... :blush: I didn't wat to take you for uninformed in Geography but you asked where Latvia is... :p ;)
Sorry again... :grin:

[Witch King of Angmar]

Just outside London, England.

[Eowyn]

oh look a londoner! :wave:
I'm currently in York and fr a change it isn't raining!

[Witch King of Angmar]

Yeah, there scarier things in London then Witch kings though. lol

[Goldenberries]

Im from Newcastle.......Australia that is .Any other aussies here? Sorry Im being lazy havent read other pages to find out

[Eldarin Princess]

NY here! :grin:

[Lorien Greenleaf]

I'm from North Carolina in the Triangle Area if y'all know where that is. ;)

[Eldarin Princess]

never knew ur a NCer, lorien! :cool:

[Lorien Greenleaf]

Yep, EP, I'm a southern girl! :cool:

[Reflux]

I'm a essexer :p

[Sarié]

I am from Michigan...brr!!! It's stinkin' cold here! :p

[Radagast]

Hey Look up in the right corner... you can see a "where are you from" link... try that one!!!!!!!!

[Fatty]

Thanks Radagast, beaten to it by a wizard...typical. He is right feel free to add you location to the map. Just click the image at the top of the forum and add :-)

Hope you like it.

Fatty

[Ceri Bloom]

yeah its well cool fatty!! :hyper: i added me!! roflmao i didn't know you were a scot lol :p ( i just read your loctaion lol :blush: )

i'm a essexer like luxie, but i don't live there no more :(

[Fatty]

AH yes well for my sins I am indeed from Scotland. Glad you like the map. We will see if we can't get a more Tolkien feel to it :)

[Radagast]

Originally posted by Fatty
Thanks Radagast, beaten to it by a wizard...typical..


lol lol
Well, Fatty, You should have known that a Wizard is always a bit faster than every one else................ well thats not entirely right especially when you are Dealing with a Danish Wizard... But great Map!!!!!! Im am delighted to see that even in time of "crises" you have time to make new "features" the site.. thats great!!!! Good job!

Everyone: Go place where you are from press the link in the corner!!!!..... Oh and if you feel generous donate a few dollars or get a Silver Subscribtion here at Warofthering.net !!!!

[Keverzwijn]

I think that your map has a problem with the belgium folks, I couldn't add myself to the right country. But I mentioned that I'm Belgian in my my text....

[Lorien Greenleaf]

I think the map is a fantastic idea. Great job!!

[OBsession]

I can't add myself to the map - it ALWAYS says error on page! And I really want to add myself - I'm an Aussie!

[Steve the Great]

Check the related thread in Suggestions forum (called "An idea for knowing were everyone is from")

[OBsession]

Oh thanks Steve

[Salacious]

Hi all , Northern ireland here :thumbs:

[Reem]

Ireland! I've always wanted to go to Ireland:( My parents went a long time ago and they said that it was really beaufitul...though I'm not really sure which part of irelnad they've been to:p

Anyway, I'm pesonally from Jordan...yes Jordan...does anyone even know where that is? ;)
reem

[Ereinion]

Originally posted by Reem
Anyway, I'm pesonally from Jordan...yes Jordan...does anyone even know where that is? ;)
reem

I do :grin:
Hi, neighbour! :wave: I'm from Israel :whoohoo:

[Reem]

Ah! Shallom, friend!
You know I've always wanted to learn Hebrew, but never managed more than a few words here and there... Lack of material, I suppose, hmm:(
Nice to see that the people in Palistine are taking an interest in LOTR too:)
reem

[Thranduil]

I'm from Mirkwood.
Well, New Jersey, actually. Same thing. lol

-Thranduil, King of Mirkwood :rock:

[Caro1984]

I live in the Province of Quebec, Canada. :grin:

[Eldanuumea]

I live amidst the lush piney forests of East Central Mississippi. I am orginally from south Louisiana, bayou country.

[Nimorel]

Hi!
I'm from Hungary.Does anyone know where that is?
Anyone else from Hungary?
(vannak itt magyarok???)

[Steve the Great]

Not too many... ;) I think, only you and me... Welcome to WotR, Nimorel... :grin:

[Rìlaìsseth]

Hey, i'm from Sydney Australia.

[Shire Girl]

I live in the middle of nowhere in Shropshire which is a county in the Midlands in England but in my head I'm in Bagend with Frodo!!

[frodo69]

I am in Washington!!! Wow!!! :hyper:

[Prince Faramir]

In front of the coast, near the caribbean sea:Pirate: :Pirate:

[Fëalossë]

I'm from Bonnyville... which is in Alberta... and if you don't know where Alberta is...verymad!!
just kidding (sort of)

[thehobbitelf]

I am from the America. I want to travel to other countries when I am older though!

[Elenwë]

I'm from Colombia, I live in the 2nd most important city called Medellin, you might've heard from it, not very good stuff but still :grin:

[Inwë Carnesîr]

I live in a little town called Fishkill which is in Dutchess County, which is in New York, which is in the USA...yea it's a small little town...but it's kewl..yea

[Alcarohtar]

Originally posted by Elenwë
I'm from Colombia, I live in the 2nd most important city called Medellin, you might've heard from it, not very good stuff but still :grin:

I've heard from it. Mostly guerrilla & drugs, but that's very common in Latin America. By the way, I'm from El Salvador.

Es bueno ver más latinos en esta comunidad :grin:

You should mark your location on the map.

[Elenwë]

Lo mismo digo, es bueno conocer gente de tu misma raza :thums:

I will :grin:

[Eledhwen]

:whoohoo: I'm from Toronto, Ontario. In Canada. :wave:

Hey Fëalossë!! I know where Alberta is! ;) lol

[Radagast]

Dont you find it wierd that there is no one representing some of the biggest country's in the world Russia, CHina, India... no one is from thoes country's here on WOTR...

[Elenwë]

I saw in the map one person from Russia, but lately haven't see him posting or something.

[Ereinion]

Originally posted by Radagast
Dont you find it wierd that there is no one representing some of the biggest country's in the world Russia, CHina, India... no one is from thoes country's here on WOTR...

I was born in Russia, does it count? :p

[Elenwë]

I guess it does, where do you live right now?

[Mirkgirl]

well I guess they have websites in their own lang and don't have to cope with english ;)

[Tar-Palantír]

Well, some of you may already know this, but for those who have registerd newly, before my return, i will just say that I'm from Stockholm, Sweden!

I know that at least Polly Sandbanks is from Sweden, though I don't know if anyone else is from here. Couldn't bare to read the entire thread. ;)

[Mirkgirl]

well you can check on the map (click on where it say "where are you from" right next to Member of the Month and MoM gallery... add yourself there you

[Tar-Palantír]

Already done it! ;)

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

is any-one else from south africa?

[Steve the Great]

hehe... I think Lady Melanie will be quite happy... She was rather lonely so far... ;)

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

is she also south african or are you replying to a diffrent post?

[Mirkgirl]

Well done Pal lol

Lady Melanie is from South Africa, Diamond... and was rather unhappy to find out she was the only one... but no longer from what I hear (:

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

cool... do you know which city? :grin:

[Mirkgirl]

no idea.. sorry.. you can get her whereabouts from the usermap (up on the page where it says "Where are you from")... I believe she has said there that if someone else is from S.Africa should email her

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

o.k will do...

[Prince Faramir]

Originally posted by Alcarohtar
I've heard from it. Mostly guerrilla & drugs, but that's very common in Latin America. By the way, I'm from El Salvador.

Es bueno ver más latinos en esta comunidad :grin:

You should mark your location on the map.
Uyyy, no todo es querrilla y drogas, y no es eso lo unico y mas comun de Latinomerica:( Vamos, no hay que darnos mala imagen

[Eowyn]

I wish I could understand that. lol

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

is that latin or pig latin... if it's pig latin then it's not my dialect...

but my ruff translating is (proberly completely wrong):

ah, know one is quarreling. why is nobody useing my communicating which is latin-america, good-bye
no-body can darn imagine!!

[Alcarohtar]

That's Spanish, Diamond.

Originally posted by Prince Faramir
Uyyy, no todo es querrilla y drogas, y no es eso lo unico y mas comun de Latinomerica:( Vamos, no hay que darnos mala imagen

Sólo estaba bromeando, Prince Faramir. No lo tomes tan en serio. lol

Por cierto, ¿de qué país eres?

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

or spanish... lol well it looked like a form of piglatin to me :hmppf:

[Elenwë]

Originally posted by Alcarohtar
That's Spanish, Diamond.



Sólo estaba bromeando, Prince Faramir. No lo tomes tan en serio. lol



Es un problema muy comun, si, pero tampoco es una constante, en mi país por ejemplo se ha trabajado muy duro para erradicarlo y de algun modo se ha logrado....

Diamond waht is pig latin anyway???

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

a kind of form of like ot real latin thing that was made up ages ago..

[Elenwë]

Oh yeah, didn' know that...

[Witch-king]

sweden, södermanland :)

[Crinblanca]

Originally posted by Diamond of Long Cleeve
is that latin or pig latin... if it's pig latin then it's not my dialect...

but my ruff translating is (proberly completely wrong):

ah, know one is quarreling. why is nobody useing my communicating which is latin-america, good-bye
no-body can darn imagine!!

verymad "Pig Latin?? First Latin is a death language pendejo , many years ago, spanish comes from latin, that´s why we are called "latins" but so do the french, portuguesse and Italians are latins
And all you need to have really a better knowledge!! Los Suramericanos no somos unos "Pigs", ni aqui to es droga o guerrilla verymad verymad

[Alcarohtar]

Creo que has entendido mal, Crinblanca. "Pig Latin" no es un insulto a los latinos, sino un lenguaje inventado, algo así como una especie de juego. Y no puedes insultar a alguien por no conocer el español. Por última vez, lo de las drogas y la guerrilla era en broma... yo también soy latino.

Por cierto, no debes usar esa clase de lenguaje ofensivo (sabes a que me refiero) en este lugar.

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

err... sorry?? :grin:

[Alcarohtar]

Je je, don't worry Diamond. It's no big deal what it says.

[Fëalossë]

Originally posted by Elenwë
Diamond waht is pig latin anyway???

Pig latin is a childhood "game" where you take off the first consonantal group from a word and add it to the end of the word, followed by "ay."

Therefore, the sentence "You are from Medellin" becomes "ouyay are omfray Edellinmay."

Kids use it to confuse each other. It is in no way related to Latin, and especially not Spanish. lol

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

oh, o.k. i learnt it from some-one who didn't tell how it was made... lol

[Elenwë]

Oh I get it, that's funny, when I was a kid I used to make up dialects too, but since they're in spanish is hard to explain ;)

Crinblanca you should take it a little easy, nobody is treating us disrespectfuly, the language you're using is unproper and way too ofensive, don't judge people because of the things they say without you even knowing what they mean...

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

:grin: thank you Elenwe

[My Preciousss]

How are all of them, my preciousss? We lives in Eaton, Ohio, USA, my preciousss. We wants our Precious Ring...Gollum!
:gollum: :ring:

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

whoa...... smeagols here...... HIDE!!!! lol. ooo my husbands friend was telling me about how he killed smeagol... i knew it was a lie..... that samwise, always telling nonsonse storys about some ring...

[Elenwë]

lol...

No problem Diamond, people can be a little rude sometimes, sorry about that ;)

[Crinblanca]

Originally posted by Elenwë
Oh I get it, that's funny, when I was a kid I used to make up dialects too, but since they're in spanish is hard to explain ;)

Crinblanca you should take it a little easy, nobody is treating us disrespectfuly, the language you're using is unproper and way too ofensive, don't judge people because of the things they say without you even knowing what they mean...
Oh , ahora soy yo la que es grosera e inapropiada ... verymad gracias gracias verymad , donde esta el compañerismo latino por aqui ¿Por que no lo dices en español no tenias necesidad de hablarme en ingles para que todo el mundo entendiera algo que va solo A MI ,pues asi no lo dejas a uno mal parado com estas haciendo ,en cambio yo si, ves? Que delicadeza, ya lo vi, gracias, gracias

[Crinblanca]

And for all you : I am not "rude", that´s the way you have seen my message and it´s not my fault. So you are all a well know people to have a kind of knowledge about someone´s words when tHe/she was a kid... Now I am the "rude"
OK fine

[Elenwë]

Esta bien Crinblanca, no te enojes por eso. Siento mucho que te haya hecho sentir mal por la explicacion en inglés, esa no era mi intención, sencillamente quería que supieras que esa no era la manera de responder en casos como este. En ese caso fue un error mío pero también tienes que entender que no es necesario ser tan prevenida con la gente, yo estoy 100% del lado de los latinos y me alegra mucho encontrar gente de mi raza en lugares como este, de verdad que si, es mas me da mucho gusto haberte encontrado a ti, pero por favor no estes tan a la defensiva, tu debes reconocer que usaste una expresión ofensiva y que no esta bien, esa era mi preocupación. Perdon por hacerte quedar mal, como te lo dije anteriormente no es mi intención, pero creo tambien que le debes una disculpa a la demas gente del foro.

Espero que no quedes enojada con migo forever... ok?

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

Originally posted by Elenwë
lol...

No problem Diamond, people can be a little rude sometimes, sorry about that ;)

thank-you as i said. :grin: *ignores Crinblanca's posts cos their to long and di gets dazed by long posts* i'll just be leaving now...

[Elenwë]

no problem, but just don'l feed the fire ok?

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

o.k :grin:

[Elenwë]

good ;)

[Glorfindel]

to pick up the thread again.... I am from Boortmeerbeek, in little happy Belgium :)

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

cool :grin: do you get lots of chocolate there?

[Elendur]

ladies and Gentlemen.. this is a thread that is supposed to be letting everyone know where you are all from.. . As this is an English language website, I would appreciate it if you kept all comments on track.. and in English. I myself understand a little Spanish having lived in Venezuela, but the point is , if you want to have convo's in Spanish.. please start a thread for such.
Thanks

[Glorfindel]

Originally posted by Diamond of Long Cleeve
cool :grin: do you get lots of chocolate there?

yes, tons :grin: but I don't eat it that much :p Diamond, where are you from?

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

South Africa but i live in England

[Elenwë]

I wish I could visit Europe, maybe in a few years, now i can only dream about it...

[Diamond of Long Cleeve]

just don't come to england!!! it's horrible here :( i want to go back home...

[Khallandra]

I'm Australian and before you ask no I do not ride kangeroos down the street - they are too scary to do that :P

[Elenwë]

lol that's the funniest thing I've ever heard..... lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

Diamond, why do you say that, I've seen england, well only through english programs (like changing rooms, yeah big fan of interior decoration) and it seems friendly, a little cold but friendly....

[Astaroth]

Well guys I live somewhere between north and south america... A little nice place called El Salvador. Not so big... and not so wonderfull, but there is somethings that makes me love this lil place... I hope this gets better :thumbs:

[Elenwë]

GReat, so you're from El Salvador too!, is nice to have you here :thumbs: