Where Are You From? (With Pics)

reply to post by SonoftheSun


Incredible pictures, everyone! I can't wait to share some of these with my students!

Originally posted by smyleegrl
reply to post by guohua

 

I was hoping you'd bring those beautiful pictures!!!

Thank you.
The Harbin Zoo and our Siberian Tigers ( did I spell the Correctly )




For your class of-course, I hope your student enjoy a little picture of my Home Land.

reply to post by boymonkey74


I am going to kick you out of that house and take it from you.

Originally posted by nixie_nox
reply to post by boymonkey74

 

I am going to kick you out of that house and take it from you.

Only if I can come visit....I'll help you kick him to the curb.

Love ya, Boymonkey!

Originally posted by guohua

That is insane! I'm getting vertigo just looking at it...eeeek! I'd rather go in with the tigers!

Thanks for posting, your homeland looks magical...and having never heard of Harbin before, I must say, what a fascinating history...a real cultural hub.

reply to post by SonoftheSun


It is definitely not Crispy Duck with Plum Sauce then?

What a gorgeous part of the world..............

reply to post by KilgoreTrout


My friend KilgoreTrout and Flavian.
Thank you both for your comments and liking the pictures.

Harbin, China is mostly kn own for the Festival of Ice, made from blocks of ice or snow from our city.
Harbin also is known for Harbin Beer.
During WWII the Japanese had captured and over ran my Province of Heilongjing, my parents were part of the Chinese residence then.

I must say, I am Soooooo amazed by the pictures of the cities and country pictures of the UK, OH, Such Beautiful cities and waterfalls and Greenery.
Thank you for the pictures of places I have not seen.

Here are pictures of a Rustic, Old ski resort in my city. It is frequented ( use ) by locals and hard core Russians and Europeans, Why, I think it is the Age and Rural area and the Beauty.
You need to be aware, No indoor Bathrooms, out side bathrooms, Shower and Steam-room.
Great Food and Very, very nice People, Great bar next to Large Open Pit Fire Place.


Yes, there are fire places in your room, You would Freeze to death without one
Sorry, I can not find our inside pictures of the our room or the main room and restaurant from our stay there in 1980.
Here is the piano concert park across the street from our old apartment.


Please, Please, I'd like to see more pictures of the UK, I want our next vacation to be in the UK traveling.

reply to post by smyleegrl

I have been to every place you listed in your OP. The first pic is on the way to sevierville about 2 months ago. The rest are just around my place. Most of what you can see in the pics is family owned.

crazy clouds rolling on the mountains

my to main hayfields....my view while I work is fantastic

just some beef strolling

my favorite tree the weeping willow at the bottom of my lower hayfield. I nap there.

reply to post by drivers1492


Now I'm homesick....

I miss my Smokies.

Edit to add...love your smiley!

This Bergen, second largest city in Norway






















And finally one of me on top of the mountain on the island where I live :

Love this thread! Awesome pictures !!!

Bumpetee Bump Bump Bump...

More Pics from the Smokies

Waterfall


I used to do this all the time. I'd hike up to a rock outcropping and spend hours, just sitting and thinking. (This is not a picture of me)



Whitetail deer leaping the fence in Cades Cove. A very common sight.



And another common sight, people feeding bears. What they don't realize is that fed bears become nuisance bears and are destroyed.

I love threads like this.

I was born in Lisbon, in a street with late XIX century buildings, like this one


and early XX century buildings like this.


In 1970 my family moved to Almada.


In the photo above we can see, in the top left, the parish of Cacilhas, the oldest part of town, where, some years ago, some Roman fish-salting tanks were found near the river, while some 300 metres inland they found some Phoenician and Egyptian jewels and artefacts.

On the top right we can see at least one warship in the Alfeite naval base. Just below the ship there's a blue block-like building: that's the municipal theatre, some 200 metres from where I live.

There's a small castle in the oldest part of town, but it's not open to the public, as it's being used by the National Republic Guard, a paramilitary police force. The castle has been subjected to many changes during the years, and the original XII century castle was destroyed by the Moors. Now it looks like this.


A 10 minutes drive to the west leads to a 20km long beach, where some fishermen still fish in the same way they have done it for centuries.

Seattle with the mountain out

Bainbridge Island

Puget Sound naval Shipyard

Orca

USS Ohio and Hood Canal Bridge

reply to post by guohua


I feel for you. I live in the same area as you, and kinda wish I was somewhere else - Not a big fan of the Valley... I have been here almost 7 years.

reply to post by SonoftheSun


Oh the nights I spent in this area from my years 18-21... St. Catherine street was such a fun time when I was younger

Originally posted by MarshMallow_Snake
reply to post by guohua

 

I feel for you. I live in the same area as you, and kinda wish I was somewhere else

- Not a big fan of the Valley... I have been here almost 7 years.

I like Phoenix, except in the Summer months, July through August.
I could never, ever live in Harbin, China in the winter months again, To Cold for me now. I don't know how my parents still live there, My husband has offered to do the paper work for visitor's visa's for them, put they do not wish to leave.

I do like Phoenix, it is a easy city to navigate around.
I do miss some of the resorts and restaurants we used to frequent:

reply to post by Jericho-X


Jericho-X, My husband asked me to ask you,,, What is the best month for warm weather to visit your home country of Norway.
Thank You.

reply to post by MarshMallow_Snake

St. Catherine street was such a fun time when I was younger

It still is...

Not Times Squares but still very active !!

Great Thread, Smyleegrl. S&F

Well, I live "just over the mountain" from Smyleegrl's hometown. Here are some fantastic pics I happen to have on hand...


This is the view from the top of the hill behind my house:




This is a picture I took on my way home from work one morning just about a mile from me:




And this is my beautiful Smoky Mountains: