Is there a place you'd really love to visit?

Been There said:
Now, I have learned her husband had died a few years ago. I have her address and keep thinking about writing to her. I would like to see her again, so maybe while I’m thinking about, I may send her a note and see what her situation is.
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I hope you do it! Good luck.

I have one that got away too. If he weren't married, I'd look him up. Even if we didn't like each other any more, I think it would be a valuable experience.
 

George1959 said:
Good to know, I always thought that 'hike' is the A.E. equivalent of 'walk'. Is there a difference in the sense, that walking is not such energetic as hiking?
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Hiking is generally more strenuous. I live on the edge of the Pennines (wonderful views), and you need to be properly prepared for a day's hiking. Walking is more of a stroll in the park.
 
@George1959 Walking tends to be on paved or urban surfaces, including city/suburban parks. Usually of shorter duration, but it can last a few hours.

Hiking is more on mountain paths and in wild places. Can be of longer duration, involve backpacks, and include overnight camping.

There is some overlap.
 

Been There said:
My old home town and the high school from where I graduated. I think our 50th reunion will be in 2029. I dated a girl from my high school off and on for the last 2 years before going to college. I was kind of in love with her, but at 18, you’re not sure if it’s love or something else. I was away at college for about 3 months when she wrote me a letter telling me she couldn’t write to me anymore because she became engaged. I congratulated her and really wasn’t broken up about it. Now, I have learned her husband had died a few years ago. I have her address and keep thinking about writing to her. I would like to see her again, so maybe while I’m thinking about, I may send her a note and see what her situation is.
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Stop thinking about it and do it. What do you have to lose?
 
Once I started riding a motorcycle, I took advantage of the less expensive mode (not to mention - the fun) of travel to hit every state in the USA. I traveled alone most of the time - went back to New York State to visit my Dad and Marge and up into New Hampshire to visit my first grandson and my youngest son. I traveled to Europe (Ireland, Scotland) for motorcycling- [Spain,Poland. Ireland a 2nd time, Austria and Australia for horseback riding,) I would love to have visited Moscow. - I've always been fascinated by the architecture of the buildings there - and the Scandinavian countries. I never got to see any of Africa - which I would have liked. I, too, would have liked to see the pyramids in spite of "in a pretty poor state" which considering their age in to be expected, I would think - I'm a long time fan of archeology. This old earth of our is such a varied and fascinating place, I would like to have seen all of it.
 
Marian said:
I’ve always wanted to see India
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Good for you!

I've been to India. Stayed with a friend who is from there -- the Punjab area. He also has a house there that I stayed in by myself -- he stayed with relatives in the next house along. The house I was in had white/grey marble everywhere on the floors & walls. Even the staires to the bedrooms were marble. No real need for air conditioning -- the marble seemed to keep everything reasonably cool. Very little furniture in the house though.

It was interesting being driven around a roundabout (traffic circles/rotaries) in a taxi in the wrong direction. Also in various taxis driving along 3 lane expressways with traffic on the shoulder driving in the opposite direction – all the time, it seemed. By far most of the drivers on the 3 lane expressways never kept in lane, but instead staggered the dividing lines. With the dividing line running through the centre of their car. Heavy goods vehicles doing the same. It was as though they were all keeping their options open. It seemed to work though, perhaps because pretty much everyone was driving like that. It seemed more dangerous to keep in lane!
 
George1959 said:
Not just a place, but a strenous walk (or hike, as you in the U.S. would call it) along the "backbone of England":
The Pennine Way, the first National Trail in Great Britain, from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm at the Scottish borders.
Total lengh: 268 miles (431 km)
In the 1980s I noticed the book "The Footpaths of Britain" at a university library. The Pennine Way is the wildest and most rugged of the long-distance paths, that are described inside. I have this dream to hike it completely for almost four decades now.
https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/pennine-way/
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Also known as the back-bone of Britain
 
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