Pictures of our home country (town)

Ohhhh, Marina!!!!!!! :<33: :<33: :<33:
Merciiii!!! Pariiiss.. France.. Sacré-Coeur.. Notre-Dame.. I just adore all these places.. the photos.. :surce:I have never been there, but I wish I could!

Marina wrote:

And I was speechless when I saw your cities ! I find them very beautiful, especially Moscow, I would like to go in Russia soon...

I'm glad you liked the photos.. and yes, I'm waiting for you here

Alex, dear!!!
Thank you for posting so many beautiful pics!!!
I wish they were bigger, though.. (and Marina's too.. )
But they are wonderful!!!!
THANK YOU, GIRLS!!!

Some of these photos aren't of my hometown per se, but of my home province. There isn't really a lot to see right in my town, but they are all fairly close to where I live, and just areas we go for drives and stuff. My hometown looks pretty much the same, it's just these aren't right in the town. I don't really have many monument ones as there aren't many monuments here that I have taken photos of...

Welcome to British Columbia

Someone Fishing

Start of the Rocky Mountains

Another Picture of the Same

Some Cliff

River

Mount Robson Park

Othello

Bluejay in my front yard

My Canadian Flag hanging from my roof

Blackbirds in my front yard

Sunset (this one is in town, I took it from the bedroom window)

Our rose bush

MAGic diable wrote:

Alex, dear!!!
Thank you for posting so many beautiful pics!!!
I wish they were bigger, though.. (and Marina's too.. )
But they are wonderful!!!!
THANK YOU, GIRLS!!!

I'm sooooo glad you liked them. But you can click on them as well as on Marina's. Than you'll have a larger version of the photos

Enjoy....

I do enjoy your photos a lot....
It's great that we can "know" so many countries and cities.

My aunt was in Russia a long time ago and she has some beautiful photos from there and cards and a huge book about Moscow. I used to watch that over and over when I was a kid, I was fascinated by those red rubin stars, by the square...They are very unique. Maybe I idealize the place, but what can I do..I simply love it Wow, I can't really picture you there walking....although this is the most natural thing for you to do...hehe...

Dear girls, Queridas!!


Thanks again, for the pics!!!!!

Paris is wonderful...I love the pictures.
But I agree that La Tour Eiffe is a strange construction. It's majestic and impressive but not really a beautiful arhitecture in the true meaning of the expression. Feel free to argue with me..I sincerelly hope that I don't offend anyone by saying this.
I know it's a cultural symbol and from this perspective I can say it's a great construction that has it's own specific atraction...

Still I prefer the other photos.. and Notre Dame is marvellous, superb

alexandra wrote:

I'm sooooo glad you liked them. But you can click on them as well as on Marina's. Than you'll have a larger version of the photos

Ohhhh... Alexxxxx.. :<33: Thank you!! :<33: It was really stupid of me!! I didn't know how the system worked!! Fabulous!!!

alexandra wrote:

Maybe I idealize the place, but what can I do..I simply love it Wow, I can't really picture you there walking....although this is the most natural thing for you to do...hehe...

We always idealize something or someone we used to love! It's the most natural thing, dear!
And.. it's true.. I walk there.. every day.. Romania is also very-very beautiful!!! but we have some "ideals".. yeah.. to tell the truth my favourite town of the World is still.. Lyon.. I just love it and I can't do anything. I know some girls from Lyon and I'm just like you: they walk there every day!! I have a lot of cards and photos of this town.. it's awesome! I'll scan them tomorrow!!!

Vania wrote:

That pps file that Alex has posted is just awesome, I trembled when I heard the music, and the photos ....

I received this pps in my email. Don't remember it's exact source. Sorry. But I felt the same. It made me tremble, and some cold shiver overwhelmed me...the music helps a lot.

MAGic diable wrote:

alexandra wrote:

I'm sooooo glad you liked them. But you can click on them as well as on Marina's. Than you'll have a larger version of the photos

Ohhhh... Alexxxxx.. :<33: Thank you!! :<33: It was really stupid of me!! I didn't know how the system worked!! Fabulous!!!

Ohh, I can't find your message, actually I don't remember the topic (It's pretty wild here ) but otherwise I would have quoted you. You've answered me once really sincerelly and cute. That you'll always help us and that it's a pleasure...and that you don't need thanks.
This is the same situation.... :<33:

Lera wrote:

but we have some "ideals".. yeah.. to tell the truth my favourite town of the World is still.. Lyon.. I just love it and I can't do anything. I know some girls from Lyon and I'm just like you: they walk there every day!! I have a lot of cards and photos of this town.. it's awesome! I'll scan them tomorrow!!!

Awww.... I can feel you dear Lera. Know the feeling Maybe we will see all the places we want in this lifetime. Hugs to Lera and a promise that if I'll have much, much, much, much money I will come to you and visit Moscow than I'd take you to Lyon. And if you want we can go visit Egypt together...and Bulgaria...and we will take Lana with us...and...so on, so on...

It would be great if yoy'll scan and send the photos from Lyon.

kisses,
Alex

alexandra wrote:

Awww.... I can feel you dear Lera. Know the feeling Maybe we will see all the places we want in this lifetime. Hugs to Lera and a promise that if I'll have much, much, much, much money I will come to you and visit Moscow than I'd take you to Lyon. And if you want we can go visit Egypt together...and Bulgaria...and we will take Lana with us...and...so on, so on...

:<33: Aww.... I can come, too? Thank you, dear Alex!!! You know I was starting to feel a little left out, when I was reading your plans. But than I was mentioned! So, I felt better. hehe. *Lana now running out to buy lottery tickets in a attempt to become verrrry rich in order to afford this trip. But she remembers that it is not legal for her to buy them, yet!!! *

And woowww... Romania is soooo beautiful!!! I want to go! i've actually wanted to go since grade 5, when me and my friend did a project on romania. i thought it had the coolest castles ever. hehe. seriously.

MAGic diable wrote:

but we have some "ideals".. yeah.. to tell the truth my favourite town of the World is still.. Lyon.. I just love it and I can't do anything. I know some girls from Lyon and I'm just like you: they walk there every day!! I have a lot of cards and photos of this town.. it's awesome! I'll scan them tomorrow!!!

Lyon is so pretty, especially the old historic part. My pictures from when I was there for Europeans are not that good, but here are a few:

(Looking up at the Basilica Fourviere from the bottom of the hill Vieux Lyon is on.)


(The Roman Ampitheatre)


(Looking down on modern Lyon from the top of the ampitheatre)

But I'm sure Lerka's postcards will be much better.

Lana wrote:

:<33: Aww.... I can come, too? Thank you, dear Alex!!! You know I was starting to feel a little left out, when I was reading your plans. But than I was mentioned! So, I felt better. hehe. *Lana now running out to buy lottery tickets in a attempt to become verrrry rich in order to afford this trip. But she remembers that it is not legal for her to buy them, yet!!! *

I wasn't sure which were your dream places but I guess you'd like Bulgaria. So of course I mentioned you.. :<33: and now that I know, I can always take you to Romania and show you the places and then we can go in Canada ....and..where we want.
We should make our own tourist map
Lottery might be an idea, in order to make easily money...but I never win at this kind ok games and it never works!!

hugs,
Alex

alexandra wrote:

Still I prefer the other photos.. and Notre Dame is marvellous, superb

Oh, I totally agree ! When I walk just in front of Notre-Dame, I am always amazed, I look during a long time the church, and very often, I sit during a few minutes to contemplate this wonderful monument. The interior is very beautiful too. I'm never tired of it... although I live in Paris for 10 years ! The district is very nice, because Notre-Dame is on an island, so the Seine is very near, there are book-sellers on the quays, very lovely !

So I stop here, because I'm able to speak about it during hours !

Thanks for the beautiful pics!

I know Paris.I visited Parie, but I never visited LYON!!

alexandra wrote:

I wasn't sure which were your dream places but I guess you'd like Bulgaria. So of course I mentioned you.. :<33: and now that I know, I can always take you to Romania and show you the places and then we can go in Canada ....and..where we want.

Oh, my dream places are Moscow, Sofia, Romania and France. So, you actually mentioned them all! hehe. And, we could go to Canada, too. But we'd have to go in the winter, so we could go skating on the Canal.

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We should make our own tourist map

Definitly!

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Lottery might be an idea, in order to make easily money...but I never win at this kind ok games and it never works!!

The Lottery idea doesn't seem to be working out. I'm not legally allowed to buy tickets... you never win... We need a better plan!

Lana wrote:

Oh, my dream places are Moscow, Sofia, Romania and France. So, you actually mentioned them all! hehe. And, we could go to Canada, too. But we'd have to go in the winter, so we could go skating on the Canal.

I love winter. I should definetly visit Canada and Ottawa during winter. But Lana, you have to hold my hand cause I can't skate at all I will have, eventually, soooo many bruises. Uhh...but I think it would be fun!! I would land on the ice so many times, you'd laugh everytime..

LAna wrote:

The Lottery idea doesn't seem to be working out. I'm not legally allowed to buy tickets... you never win... We need a better plan!

Ok..another plan for saving money. A plan that I can stick to

alexandra wrote:

I love winter. I should definetly visit Canada and Ottawa during winter. But Lana, you have to hold my hand cause I can't skate at all I will have, eventually, soooo many bruises. Uhh...but I think it would be fun!! I would land on the ice so many times, you'd laugh everytime..

Winter in Ottawa is soooooooo cold. When I was there I looked kind of like this :face: because it was so cold that my face turned completely white and then I had to wrap my scarf so all you could see was my eyes and mouth.

But I always thought skating on the Canal would be fun. You'd get the hang of it, Alex.

Grace, thanks for the photos from Lyon...

I know I'm off-topic and I will move maybe here a discussion that was somewhere else..but still...how is your back!?? I hope you feel better.

Grace wrote:

alexandra wrote:

I love winter. I should definetly visit Canada and Ottawa during winter. But Lana, you have to hold my hand cause I can't skate at all I will have, eventually, soooo many bruises. Uhh...but I think it would be fun!! I would land on the ice so many times, you'd laugh everytime..

Winter in Ottawa is soooooooo cold. When I was there I looked kind of like this :face: because it was so cold that my face turned completely white and then I had to wrap my scarf so all you could see was my eyes and mouth.

But I always thought skating on the Canal would be fun. You'd get the hang of it, Alex.

Really...that cold?!? Well, that's not necessarily the level of cold that I like, but still snow and ice will compensate this. hehe....
Thanks

I haven't been to Ottawa, but I've been to Toronto in Winter. It is very cold as well. Here on the west coast it isn't too bad. We get some snow and ice, but it isn't super cold, not like in the east.

I'd love to go to Ottawa one day though and skate at the canal!

alexandra wrote:

I love winter. I should definetly visit Canada and Ottawa during winter. But Lana, you have to hold my hand cause I can't skate at all I will have, eventually, soooo many bruises. Uhh...but I think it would be fun!! I would land on the ice so many times, you'd laugh everytime..

Awww... okay, Alex! Don't worry, I'll hold your hand!!! hehe. We will still go skating, but we may have to skate verrry slowly! Don't worry, you will improve quickly. hehe. And still, it would be sooo much fun!!! I wouldn't laugh at you Alex. That would be mean!

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Ok..another plan for saving money. A plan that I can stick to

yeah, a better plan would be good. hehe.

alexandra wrote:

Really...that cold?!? Well, that's not necessarily the level of cold that I like, but still snow and ice will compensate this. hehe....
Thanks

But sometimes it's so cold it doesn't snow! It's too cold to snow! Although there's always snow on the ground, because it's so cold that the snow that fell before it got too cold to snow doesn't melt until like March.

And as for ice, well, this is what it looked like where I was living after a huge ice storm about eight years ago!




Actually, really, once you're used to it it's not so bad, but I will never forget my first winter in Canada. Brrrrrrrrrrr.

Teresa Dawn, I always heard it was great weather out west. My first winter in Canada had me for months on end.

Wowww... Grace, I'm really starting to think that they should put you in charge of Eastern Canada's tourism department. Your add should go something like this,

Canada is cold.
Canada has snow.
Sometimes it is so cold, it doesn't even snow.
And sometimes, when it is too cold to snow...
THIS HAPPENS!


Don't you all want to come here, now? hehehe. I remember the ice storm, by the way. It was unpleasant, but school was cancelled! Yay!!!

I remember it as well, there was ice here in the west even, though not quite as much as out there, but the power was out for awhile and people were skating on the streets.

Our climate is warmer than the east in the winter, but colder in the summer... basically though, we get a lot of rain where I live. Not so much in the north of the province, it is more desertlike there, but I am in the midst of the Fraser Valley, covered in rainforest lol. SO it is always raining.

Lana wrote:

Wowww... Grace, I'm really starting to think that they should put you in charge of Eastern Canada's tourism department. Your add should go something like this,

Canada is cold.
Canada has snow.
Sometimes it is so cold, it doesn't even snow.
And sometimes, when it is too cold to snow...
THIS HAPPENS!

Although actually I remember it being warm that winter. You know, and then there was all the ice.

My tag line would be, "Uh... it's pretty in summer, though!"

School being closed was the best part of the ice storm for sure. It was like the first time in 100 years they'd closed the university for weather! And then after a few days they told us if we could get out of Kingston, we had to leave, so I got a random week in Toronto!

(Where there was no ice, but it was definitely too cold to snow. :face: )

Wowwwww!!! Such beautiful pics!! Unfortunately , it never snows in my country!!