around the world

[eagle12167]

hi everyone, this might be kinda odd but i'm a person who loves knowledge. i like to see and hear things from around the world. what is popular; music, laws, and lingo. anything that is fun or informational. i have a great since of humor and kind of odd one too.
i have been to a few foriegn countries, (none that i can say outright, sorry), i would love to learn more about your country and it's ways.
i'm not one of those people who think that the french are snobs. just missunderstood.
so can you help a guy out?
i always wanted to go to austrailia, however they would not let me go for fear i would not return.
japan is a beautiful country from what i remember( i was 9 ). lots of tradition and social eddicut.
sorry if my spelling is bad i am excited about this thread.
i have traveled through about 30 or so states and lived in about 10 of them. so feel free to ask questions, i would love to answer them.

my questions:
1:england: is the weather there always so cloudy and rainy?

2:austrailia: are the aboriginies still considered second class citizens, and is the outback all desert or is there trees as well, and are koalas as cool as they look?

3:spain: are the people of spain as nice as i have heard from my uncle?

4:russia:is there anyone here from russia?

5:germany:is the autobahn a very senic drive?

i would also like to hear of any family favorite recipies, human and pet alike.
i will add more questions as i go. if you feel odd about my questions please don't. you can pm me if you feel that you might be embarrassed about anything, i do have an open mind.
i would like to know more about places in the u.s. as well.
anyone living in vermont?
thank you for helping me out.

[Dogsareme]

I am from Canada

BC, in the far north. Any thing you want to know I would be happy to tell.

[Cassiepeia]

2:austrailia: are the aboriginies still considered second class citizens, and is the outback all desert or is there trees as well, and are koalas as cool as they look?

No they're not considered 2nd class citizens, but of course there are some people who are just idiots (same in all countries) so racism will always be around sadly.
The outback does indeed have trees and shrubs (here's a site with some pictures http://www.redcentre.com.au/photos/gallery.html ).
Koala's are boring as heck. They do nothing but sleep all day and most people will never seen one in the wild in their entire life, they're very rare.

i would also like to hear of any family favorite recipies, human and pet alike.

Recipes? I don't really have any that you wouldn't be able to get over there.


Cass.

[eagle12167]

thanks cass that is a great site can't wait to explore it some more the first pic they showed was beautiful, WOW!

dogsareme: 1: how is the hunting up there, and how much of a hassle is it to get a permit, do they still have all the road signs in french and english or just one language,where at up north, are you a hunter, if so , what do you hunt with, what kind of work is there?
sorry to excited!

cass do they really bbq shrimp there? as for recipies try the most uncomman dishes? i happen to be a pretty good cook myself.
do you like cheeseburgers? i have a killer recipie or two. what do you do in aulstrailia, how is the employment rate there,is the beach really that beautiful there, what is the major export, where in austrailia do you live?
i think i better stop for now. brain about to pop with all the questions i have for you two.

[Cassiepeia]

cass do they really bbq shrimp there? as for recipies try the most uncomman dishes? i happen to be a pretty good cook myself.
do you like cheeseburgers? i have a killer recipie or two. what do you do in aulstrailia, how is the employment rate there,is the beach really that beautiful there, what is the major export, where in austrailia do you live?

We don't call them 'shrimp' but we do sometimes bbq them, yes. We call them prawns.

Really, we don't cook anything different than you. Some meats you may not use are Kangaroo, emu & crocodile..but then again, you might (and honestly, most aussies don't eat that either). LOL Our food is pretty much the same as yours, although we heat TONNES of seafood.
I'm not really fond of cheeseburgers. OH! See that's something that's different, our local hamburgers are FULL of salad. Not like those icky McDonalds things.

I don't know what our major export is. Probably sheep and movie stars. lol The unemployment rate isn't good, I think it's something like 18%...but I could be a little out. The beach is really that beautiful, I don't like the beach at all and even I think it's gorgeous. LOL
I'm currently a student and I live in a place called Summerland Point which is on the central coast in the state of New South Wales. A huge lake called 'Lake Macquarie' is right at the end of my street.

Cass.

[MazieDog]

I'm in the southwest corner of Washington State, and yes, it rains a LOT... hehe.. I'm open to answer any questions you might have about Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

[eagle12167]

i don't mean the mc donalds kind either.
as for the burgers i'm not a salad fan so i make the meat the taste.
as for emu and croc yeah we get that here in certain parts for the croc. emu you can find in the grocery store.

[eagle12167]

maziedog, how far south of spokane are you, i lived there about23 yrs. ago. and yes it snows alot there as well.

[eagle12167]

don't leave to fast dogsareme.

[britishbandit]

Originally Posted by eagle12167

1:england: is the weather there always so cloudy and rainy?
3:spain: are the people of spain as nice as i have heard from my uncle?

Well, I lived in England until I was 9, and to be honest, the cloudy/rainy thing is more of a myth. England doesn't really get any more/less rain than anywhere else. But there are rarely thunderstorms there. Maybe one a year...LOL. I loved it when I moved to Canada. I've always loved storms, and we get a lot more of those here, and better ones.

I've also been to Spain twice. And from what I remember, yup, the people were nice...haha. I actually really enjoyed Spain, but I guess certain areas, like any country are better/worse than others.

I have to say, my favourite vacation spot EVER is MALTA. What a truly unique, beautiful and interesting country. And talk about nice people, those Maltesers are the best...HAHA.

[Dogsareme]

Hunting is awsome in the north Probably one of the better places. It's not a hassle to get a permit or anything. You just need your hunting lisence and fire arms to have guns or amo. There are certain times of the year you are allowed to hunt for certain animals in certain areas. You can apply for a limited entry and if you get it you have a bigger time period to go hunting in a specified area for a certain animal. I don't hunt myself, I just could not shot an animal but my bf hunts. He used some kind of hunting gun... lol... I really dont' ask much about guns. Some times they take bows out hunting, but it really depends on what you go for if you can use one and how good of a shot you are.

All road signs down here are in English. We are so far away from the french, it really does not influence our province to much at all.

Work wise, down in the north end (away from Vancouver)we are a logging/minning City. It's what ALOT of residents are employed by. Of course we have our share of shops and what nots. We have a container port coming in which will boost the economy alot down in the north and make it boom like it was 10 years ago.
It is also one of the best place to fish. It's unreal. Also home of the Kermodei (that is the correct spelling) Bear. AKA Sprit Bear. Basically a white bear.

[eagle12167]

britishbanditthat's so cool, so now you live in what part of canada?

[Dogsareme]

In British Columbia. Almost in the farthest part of the north.

[eagle12167]

so vancouver, well watch how many chinese containers come in, you'll be surprised. what kind of trees do you log up there?

is there much to do on friday?is it true that there is a lake up there that you can drive an 18 wheeler on?

[MazieDog]

I'm about 550 miles southwest of Spokane.. It's like an 8 or so hour drive if I go north to Seattle (168 miles) and shoot across interstate 90.. And it doesn't snow enough here! I had to go in to the Cascades this winter just so Mazie and I could play in the snow.. :P