Love your comm ents...Yes if the weather we have in the west here at present of course no HOTTER I think there would be a mass exodus to UK I am a Yorkshire girl and there is nowhere to ME that is like my homeland.....My family wanted back there when hubby passed away but I was shocked as I always thought they loved it here......we do get settled and comfortable in our ways as we age...I think people on the whole are becoming far more nomadic never mind the scenery etc etc and I have a plethora of UK pals and they never mention to me wanting to come here as I say they all settled whatever.....they say Tassie the best of the bunch though...Maybe I may venture forth one of these days....I see an adult now can travel on the Boat to the Island free or cost of a child...I do get homesick though........

PS I used to live in Kowloon and had an absolutely fabulous time there for two years....Nathan Road good too and that Pub.......came back here for Kids.........phew xx

Always nice to see people coming back to the forum Peter.

You have had an interesting time and long may it keep being interesting.

Please do not be a stranger as we need people like you around the place. :)

Still some of us been here since the forums inception  around - you will see them pop up soon :)

All the very best and welcome back.

Thanks Sandi as yes I did miss Peter's post.

Phyl have you been to UK?

just loved a little town in Yorkshire - Skipton - beaut farmers market in the main street - just beautiful

went to the Military Tattoo in Edinbrugh and that was fabulous as well

would love to go back and tour in a little motor home

peter

I havn't been to the UK Peter. Should have and maybe should think about it. My Mum came from England and always said how the grass was a beautiful green and the chocolate VERY creamy. Sounds good lol.

You sure had a wonderful trip and would imagine you wanting to return and still tour.

Farmers markets are popping up all over the place and hopefully help the growers and us.

Look forward to your posts.

I probably should leave this alone, but, I think that a lot of this is to do with a persons particular interests & their personal perception.  I think that most of Australia is an ugly unocupied semi desert, but my sister in law, who lives in one of the most spectacular areas of Switzerland, visited us last year & was totally enthralled with the bleak Western Plains of NSW.  I have been to New Zealand many times & have always raved about Queenstown.  I had a break of about 7 or 8 years before going back there the year before last.  The tourism has ruined the place.  It is like Byron Bay at Christmas time.  I can't stand London, but the countryside of England is spectacular & a real joy to visit, especially since the rear end has fallen out of the Pound.  Precious loves Hong Kong.  I much prefer the food there than the mainland, but the crowds make Shanghai look like a deserted ghost city by comparison.  My oldest son lives in Chek Lap Kok & absolutely loves it there & he spend his working life travelling to every part of the World that Cathay flies to. When I was a youngster, I thought that Germany was just a place that you had to pass through to go anywhere on the Continent.  Then I actually visited Bavaria & found it visually stunning & the people so nice & friendly.  The thing that probably amazed me most of all there is that it is the only place I have ever been where virtually nobody speaks a word of English.

well we are not people to worry bout languages - we have a great training ground here in places like Springvale - people have things or ideas to sell and buy - a little effort and everything turns out fine.

I love Shanghai and had no problems with crowds - same as London - a wonderful place and everything is exciting.

New Zealand is a beautiful place - the North and South are so different but it is very small - it is like theme park - everything is spotless - little white fluffy sheep in emerald green paddocks with white fences - not a rusted out shed or truck to be seen,

Not to fussed about Switzerland or Germany for that matter - very nice but Austria Croatia Albania Greece Bosnia - all spectacular countries - the Greek and Turkish islands are fabulous and Italy - what a place.  France is wonderful and all the costal regions around Nice are unforgetable

Ireland is fantastic but Wales and Scotland must not be missed - Portree is just beautiful

could go on all day Phyl - save up your pennies and get over there - love Australia but the soter light of Europe makes a big difference

peter

Adding my bit again...I do think its the company you with on these long hauls and beautiful country vists...I have had two world trips or what you will and we both had some great fun and enjoyment out of it all even to my friend falling out of his wheelchair and had to get two Americans to help him back in// in Broom Airport WA lololol he an amputee now and I was the carer although he wanted me to say his wife.....all in all he showed me Canada, I showed him the west country in UK when he was a little lad and his brother used to play on the beaches with Mum and Dad...such memories....he conducted the tour of USA...I stayed in New Jersey with rellies and he went to his long standing friends from the Greek Isles now residing in Kentucky he an Orthapaedic Surgeon and all.......singing songs in an old pub close to Westminster London and I could go on forever.....I never remarried but I can tell anybody have had the greatest life of anyone...kids never worried about me as they used to say when asked where Mum may be...o flying off again somewhere maybe New Zealand would be nice...lolololol Skipton not far from my tiny village called Yarm...so long ago...married in the village church etc etc Grammar School attended and Kindergarten etc etc