> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. > Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed for > us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense doesn't > count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and we really > liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy night life. > Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay there long and > the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the hills behind > Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The Island by Victoria > Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a wonderful story about > the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days when it was a leper > colony. > So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are Channel > Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific nature > reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want to land > on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. > -- > Sacha
Off hand, I can think of only two islands aside from Britain and Ireland; Capri off the coast of Italy, and Mackinac, off the coast of Michigan.
The Blue Grotto in Capri was stunningly memorable. The island of Mackinac was primarily interesting for its having been under four flags because it had a fort that dominated the straits between two Great Lakes.
Sacha wrote: > My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. > Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed for > us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense > doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and > we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy > night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay > there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the > hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The > Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a > wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days > when it was a leper colony. > So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are > Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific > nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want > to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat.
Isle of Wight is nice, and the Isle of Man. Then there is Arran and Islay and I love Harris and Lewis is really worth a visit. Brownsea Island and Green Island and Long Island have sailed round them all. Malta is nice, spent some time as well. Navy wife dontcha know. Lots I would love to visit. Barra Isles, Boreray, Calvay, Campay, Eilean Chaluim Chille, Eilean Iubhard, Eilean Kearstay, Eileanan Iasgaich, Ensay, Fiaray, Floday, Flodday, Floddaybeg, Floddaymore, Fuday, Fuiay, Gighay, Gilsay, Groay, Hellisay, Hermetray Killegray, Kirkibost, Lingay, Little Bernera'Mealasta Island, Mingulay, Opsay, Oronsay, Orosay, Pabbay near Harris, Pabbay Mór, Ronay, Scaravay, Scarp, Scotasay, Shiant Islands, Shillay, Soay Beag, Soay Mór, Stockinish Island, Stromay, Stuley, Sursay, Tahay, Taransay, Vacsay, Vallay, Vuia Beg, Vuia Mór, Wiay. I think they are mostly unpopulated. Corsica is OK. I like the Channel Islands and the Scilly Isles, not much to do at night though. Rhodes is nice. Never been to Lesbos.
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:56:31 +0000, Sacha <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote: >My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. >Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed >for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense >doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and >we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy >night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay >there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the >hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The >Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a >wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days >when it was a leper colony. >So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are >Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific >nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want >to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat.
I visited lots of the Greek islands when I was younger and they tend to blend into one these days.
My favorite non-Greek island is Corsica. It's a bit expensive but well worth a visit. It is much too large and varied to fit into a week or two. Perhaps a year or two would be better:)
> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. > Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed for > us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense doesn't > count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and we really > liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy night life. > Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay there long and > the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the hills behind > Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The Island by Victoria > Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a wonderful story about > the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days when it was a leper > colony. > So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are Channel > Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific nature > reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want to land > on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. > -- > Sacha
They islands off California, are actually deserts that are mountainous. Jerry has been there several times. The climate is cool due to the water around them. Only the rangers from the park department live there.
There are excursions, and camping overnight. There is also an old ranch on the biggest one (Santa Cruise), but he doesn't know about the facilties.
They are lovely from off-shore, which is my only perspective of them.
We are planning to go in the winter, but will do ocean fishing rather than go to the islands. I hope to stay further down than San Francisco, which is so cold in the winter. Actually I would like to go into Mexico, if we have time, just to say I have been there.
Maybe some day a cruise to the Suth American sites would be in our plans. We like the look of Costa Rica, with all the lovely birds and wildlife.
Jerry loves Hawaii,but I have no desire to go there, for some reason. There are so many other places to visit, I guess.
The Southern islands around the Carolinas look gorgeous. The tides on the East coast of the USA are so wonderful, and it would be warm down in that Southern climate.
> On 2009-11-04 18:06:27 +0000, "Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> said:
>> "Sacha" <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote in message >> news:7ldtifF3ctsalU1@mid.individual.net... >>> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. >>> Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed for >>> us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense >>> doesn't >>> count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and we really >>> liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy night life. >>> Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay there long and >>> the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the hills behind >>> Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The Island by >>> Victoria >>> Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a wonderful story about >>> the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days when it was a leper >>> colony. >>> So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are >>> Channel >>> Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific nature >>> reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want to land >>> on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. >>> -- >>> Sacha
>> Off hand, I can think of only two islands aside from Britain and Ireland; >> Capri off the coast of Italy, and Mackinac, off the coast of Michigan.
>> The Blue Grotto in Capri was stunningly memorable. The island of >> Mackinac >> was primarily interesting for its having been under four flags because it >> had a fort that dominated the straits between two Great Lakes.
> And you're going to tell me how to pronounce the latter, aren't you?
Mack-e-nah, as the French would pronounce it. Some here say Mack-e-naw.
> ;-) I've never been to Capri - we wanted to go a few years ago when we > were in Sorrento but the weather turned horrible and we didn't make it. Is > it in the Blue Grotto that you have to lie flat while they row you in?
Yup, if the sea hasn't risen too high yet.
Is the fort still on Mackinac and why four flags? US?Canada? and??
"Janet Baraclough" <janet.and.j...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message > I'm an island addict; hooked from a very early age (7) when my > teacher used to read us letters from her brother > who was a rubber planter on Ceylon as it was then, Sri Lanka now; and > then by Gerald Durrells books about his childhood on Corfu. > I've been to both a couple of times and they are wonderful. Others we > love are the very small Channel Islands; the Scillies, Madeira, > and of course spoilt for choice at home. Scotland has around 800 > islands, 92 inhabited, and I live on one of them.
My favourite island is Tasmania. Lovely little towns an old world feeling, heaps and heaps of brilliant unfaffed about Georgian domestic architecture (probably better than the UK now) and lots of lovely sea food and to top that list off, it's close and it doesn't involve going through Customs and obnoxious Immigration officials.
On Nov 5, 6:58 am, "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote:
> "Janet Baraclough" <janet.and.j...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message > > I'm an island addict; hooked from a very early age (7) when my > > teacher used to read us letters from her brother > > who was a rubber planter on Ceylon as it was then, Sri Lanka now; and > > then by Gerald Durrells books about his childhood on Corfu. > > I've been to both a couple of times and they are wonderful. Others we > > love are the very small Channel Islands; the Scillies, Madeira, > > and of course spoilt for choice at home. Scotland has around 800 > > islands, 92 inhabited, and I live on one of them.
> My favourite island is Tasmania. Lovely little towns an old world feeling, > heaps and heaps of brilliant unfaffed about Georgian domestic architecture > (probably better than the UK now) and lots of lovely sea food and to top > that list off, it's close and it doesn't involve going through Customs and > obnoxious Immigration officials.
I'm glad to hear that, I hope to be going there next October.
> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. > Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed > for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense > doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and > we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy > night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay > there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the > hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The > Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a > wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days > when it was a leper colony. > So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are > Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific > nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want > to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. > -- > Sacha
Corsica was a favourite and an uninhabited small island in the Maldives, near Bandos Island. Achill Island in Co.Mayo and a very small island just off the coast of Martinique, with a huge rock formation, I forget the name but the beauty of it remains with me. Guernsey and Sark holds tender memories for me and will always remain close to my heart. There are countless other islands that we have visited but only these stand out in my memory.
> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. > Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed > for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense > doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and > we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy > night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay > there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the > hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The > Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a > wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days > when it was a leper colony. > So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are > Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific > nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want > to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. > -- > Sacha
Corsica was a favourite and an uninhabited small island in the Maldives, near Bandos Island. Achill Island in Co.Mayo and a very small island just off the coast of Martinique, with a huge rock formation, I forget the name but the beauty of it remains with me. Guernsey and Sark holds tender memories for me and will always remain close to my heart. There are countless other islands that we have visited but only these stand out in my memory.
Judith ------------------
I just remembered a few more islands I've visited. I don't remember their names, but they were among the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington state. My grandson lived on one of them until just lately. Sweet Wife and I went sea-kayaking off another of them.
> > My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. > > Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed > > for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense > > doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and > > we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy > > night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay > > there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the > > hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The > > Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a > > wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days > > when it was a leper colony. > > So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are > > Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific > > nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want > > to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. > > -- > > Sacha
> Corsica was a favourite and an uninhabited small island in the > Maldives, near Bandos Island. Achill Island in Co.Mayo and a very > small island just off the coast of Martinique, with a huge rock > formation, I forget the name but the beauty of it remains with me. > Guernsey and Sark holds tender memories for me and will always remain > close to my heart. There are countless other islands that we have > visited but only these stand out in my memory.
> Judith > ------------------
> I just remembered a few more islands I've visited. I don't remember their > names, but they were among the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington > state. My grandson lived on one of them until just lately. Sweet Wife and > I went sea-kayaking off another of them.
I have to show my ignorance Seth, I don't know of the San Juan islands, time to take a Google tour I think.
> On 2009-11-05 16:29:26 +0000, "Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> said:
>> "Judith in France" <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote in message >> news:26c86a44-e046-4799-ba27-da3b3f2023ca@j4g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... >> On Nov 4, 5:56 pm, Sacha <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote: >>> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. >>> Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed >>> for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense >>> doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and >>> we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy >>> night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay >>> there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the >>> hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The >>> Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a >>> wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days >>> when it was a leper colony. >>> So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are >>> Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific >>> nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want >>> to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. >>> -- >>> Sacha
>> Corsica was a favourite and an uninhabited small island in the >> Maldives, near Bandos Island. Achill Island in Co.Mayo and a very >> small island just off the coast of Martinique, with a huge rock >> formation, I forget the name but the beauty of it remains with me. >> Guernsey and Sark holds tender memories for me and will always remain >> close to my heart. There are countless other islands that we have >> visited but only these stand out in my memory.
>> Judith >> ------------------
>> I just remembered a few more islands I've visited. I don't remember >> their >> names, but they were among the San Juan Islands off the coast of >> Washington >> state. My grandson lived on one of them until just lately. Sweet Wife >> and >> I went sea-kayaking off another of them.
> I had to look those up - they look gorgeous. I see one is called Orcas > island and a friend of mine living at Point Roberts used to see those > whales going past his house regularly. I was very envious. What a > beautiful place to live.
> -- > Sacha
We paddled our rented kayaks among those whales. Sometimes they can be touched, but we didn't get to.
The San Juans are in the Japanese Current, so they never get terribly cold as it does does further inland in Washington.
> On 2009-11-05 16:45:32 +0000, Judith in France > <judith.le...@googlemail.com> said:
>> On Nov 5, 4:29 pm, "Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> "Judith in France" <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote in >>> messagenews:26c >> 86a44-e046-4799-ba27-da3b3f202...@j4g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... >>> On Nov 4, 5:56 pm, Sacha <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. >>>> Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed >>>> for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense >>>> doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and >>>> we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy >>>> night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay >>>> there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the >>>> hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The >>>> Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a >>>> wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days >>>> when it was a leper colony. >>>> So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are >>>> Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific >>>> nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want >>>> to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. >>>> -- >>>> Sacha
>>> Corsica was a favourite and an uninhabited small island in the >>> Maldives, near Bandos Island. Achill Island in Co.Mayo and a very >>> small island just off the coast of Martinique, with a huge rock >>> formation, I forget the name but the beauty of it remains with me. >>> Guernsey and Sark holds tender memories for me and will always remain >>> close to my heart. There are countless other islands that we have >>> visited but only these stand out in my memory.
>>> Judith >>> ------------------
>>> I just remembered a few more islands I've visited. I don't remember th >> eir >>> names, but they were among the San Juan Islands off the coast of >>> Washingt >> on >>> state. My grandson lived on one of them until just lately. Sweet Wi >> fe and >>> I went sea-kayaking off another of them.
>> I have to show my ignorance Seth, I don't know of the San Juan >> islands, time to take a Google tour I think.
>> Judith
> I certainly had to. They're off the border between Canada and USA and not > far from Vancouver - a very beautiful city. > -- > Sacha
You foreigners don't know much of the New World, do you? You seem locked in antiquity.
FarmI wrote: > "Janet Baraclough" <janet.and.j...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> I'm an island addict; hooked from a very early age (7) when my >> teacher used to read us letters from her brother >> who was a rubber planter on Ceylon as it was then, Sri Lanka now; and >> then by Gerald Durrells books about his childhood on Corfu. >> I've been to both a couple of times and they are wonderful. Others we >> love are the very small Channel Islands; the Scillies, Madeira, >> and of course spoilt for choice at home. Scotland has around 800 >> islands, 92 inhabited, and I live on one of them.
> My favourite island is Tasmania. Lovely little towns an old world feeling, > heaps and heaps of brilliant unfaffed about Georgian domestic architecture > (probably better than the UK now) and lots of lovely sea food and to top > that list off, it's close and it doesn't involve going through Customs and > obnoxious Immigration officials.
>>>> "Judith in France" <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:26c86a44-e046-4799-ba27-da3b3f2023ca@j4g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... >>>> On Nov 4, 5:56 pm, Sacha <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>>> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. >>>>> Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed >>>>> for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense >>>>> doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and >>>>> we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy >>>>> night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay >>>>> there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in >>>>> the >>>>> hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The >>>>> Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a >>>>> wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days >>>>> when it was a leper colony. >>>>> So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are >>>>> Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a >>>>> terrific >>>>> nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want >>>>> to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. >>>>> -- >>>>> Sacha
>>>> Corsica was a favourite and an uninhabited small island in the >>>> Maldives, near Bandos Island. Achill Island in Co.Mayo and a very >>>> small island just off the coast of Martinique, with a huge rock >>>> formation, I forget the name but the beauty of it remains with me. >>>> Guernsey and Sark holds tender memories for me and will always remain >>>> close to my heart. There are countless other islands that we have >>>> visited but only these stand out in my memory.
>>>> Judith >>>> ------------------
>>>> I just remembered a few more islands I've visited. I don't remember >>>> their >>>> names, but they were among the San Juan Islands off the coast of >>>> Washington >>>> state. My grandson lived on one of them until just lately. Sweet Wife >>>> and >>>> I went sea-kayaking off another of them.
>>> I had to look those up - they look gorgeous. I see one is called Orcas >>> island and a friend of mine living at Point Roberts used to see those >>> whales going past his house regularly. I was very envious. What a >>> beautiful place to live.
>>> -- >>> Sacha
>> We paddled our rented kayaks among those whales. Sometimes they can be >> touched, but we didn't get to.
>> The San Juans are in the Japanese Current, so they never get terribly >> cold >> as it does does further inland in Washington.
> More stuff that's new to me - the Japanese Current. Is that warm enough > to swim in, or just not actually freezing?! > -- > Sacha
Both, depending on the time of year. Winters are relatively mild where the Japanese Current touches land. It seldom snows in Seattle or Portand.
> On 2009-11-05 20:19:26 +0000, "Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> said:
>> "Sacha" <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote in message >> news:7lgjqaF3dtqufU3@mid.individual.net... >>> On 2009-11-05 16:45:32 +0000, Judith in France >>> <judith.le...@googlemail.com> said:
>>>> On Nov 5, 4:29 pm, "Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>> "Judith in France" <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote in >>>>> messagenews:26c >>>> 86a44-e046-4799-ba27-da3b3f202...@j4g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... >>>>> On Nov 4, 5:56 pm, Sacha <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a >>>>>> favourite. >>>>>> Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed >>>>>> for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense >>>>>> doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and >>>>>> we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the >>>>>> noisy >>>>>> night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay >>>>>> there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in >>>>>> the >>>>>> hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The >>>>>> Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a >>>>>> wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the >>>>>> days >>>>>> when it was a leper colony. >>>>>> So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are >>>>>> Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a >>>>>> terrific >>>>>> nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want >>>>>> to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Sacha
>>>>> Corsica was a favourite and an uninhabited small island in the >>>>> Maldives, near Bandos Island. Achill Island in Co.Mayo and a very >>>>> small island just off the coast of Martinique, with a huge rock >>>>> formation, I forget the name but the beauty of it remains with me. >>>>> Guernsey and Sark holds tender memories for me and will always remain >>>>> close to my heart. There are countless other islands that we have >>>>> visited but only these stand out in my memory.
>>>>> Judith >>>>> ------------------
>>>>> I just remembered a few more islands I've visited. I don't remember th >>>> eir >>>>> names, but they were among the San Juan Islands off the coast of >>>>> Washingt >>>> on >>>>> state. My grandson lived on one of them until just lately. Sweet Wi >>>> fe and >>>>> I went sea-kayaking off another of them.
>>>> I have to show my ignorance Seth, I don't know of the San Juan >>>> islands, time to take a Google tour I think.
>>>> Judith
>>> I certainly had to. They're off the border between Canada and USA and >>> not >>> far from Vancouver - a very beautiful city. >>> -- >>> Sacha
>> You foreigners don't know much of the New World, do you? You seem locked >> in >> antiquity.
> Okaaaaaay......so locked in antiquity that we've visited these places but > have houses older than they are - or some of us do. I'd call that > 'balance' and 'learning' or even 'observation', not 'locked'. Some of you > New World types never leave it....... (strolls off, whistling....) > -- > Sacha
You don't have to whistle in the dark. I sympathize with your embarrassment. Hell, I had to live in an old house or two when I first got married. I even had to get by with old furniture. Don't feel bad. I'm sure you'll do better as time goes on.
"Judith in France" <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote in message On Nov 5, 6:58 am, "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote:
> "Janet Baraclough" <janet.and.j...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message > > I'm an island addict; hooked from a very early age (7) when my > > teacher used to read us letters from her brother > > who was a rubber planter on Ceylon as it was then, Sri Lanka now; and > > then by Gerald Durrells books about his childhood on Corfu. > > I've been to both a couple of times and they are wonderful. Others we > > love are the very small Channel Islands; the Scillies, Madeira, > > and of course spoilt for choice at home. Scotland has around 800 > > islands, 92 inhabited, and I live on one of them.
> My favourite island is Tasmania. Lovely little towns an old world feeling, > heaps and heaps of brilliant unfaffed about Georgian domestic architecture > (probably better than the UK now) and lots of lovely sea food and to top > that list off, it's close and it doesn't involve going through Customs and > obnoxious Immigration officials.
J: I'm glad to hear that, I hope to be going there next October. ___________________________________ But you'll have to go through Customs and obnoxious Immigration officials.
"jingles" <mommab...@mail.com> wrote in message > FarmI wrote: >> "Janet Baraclough" <janet.and.j...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> I'm an island addict; hooked from a very early age (7) when my >>> teacher used to read us letters from her brother >>> who was a rubber planter on Ceylon as it was then, Sri Lanka now; and >>> then by Gerald Durrells books about his childhood on Corfu. >>> I've been to both a couple of times and they are wonderful. Others we >>> love are the very small Channel Islands; the Scillies, Madeira, >>> and of course spoilt for choice at home. Scotland has around 800 >>> islands, 92 inhabited, and I live on one of them.
>> My favourite island is Tasmania. Lovely little towns an old world >> feeling, heaps and heaps of brilliant unfaffed about Georgian domestic >> architecture (probably better than the UK now) and lots of lovely sea >> food and to top that list off, it's close and it doesn't involve going >> through Customs and obnoxious Immigration officials. > And it has quite a history.
> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite. > Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed > for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense > doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty and > we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy > night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay > there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the > hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The > Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a > wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days > when it was a leper colony. > So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are > Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific > nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't want > to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. > -- > Sacha
Corsica was a favourite and an uninhabited small island in the Maldives, near Bandos Island. Achill Island in Co.Mayo and a very small island just off the coast of Martinique, with a huge rock formation, I forget the name but the beauty of it remains with me. Guernsey and Sark holds tender memories for me and will always remain close to my heart. There are countless other islands that we have visited but only these stand out in my memory.
Judith
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Catalina, Frazier Island, Kangaroo Island and Tasmania all have their charms. I think that's all the islands I've visited - unless you count England. ;-)
>> Catalina, Frazier Island, Kangaroo Island and Tasmania all have their >> charms. I think that's all the islands I've visited - unless you count >> England. ;-)
>> Joy
> I think England's a bit big for my personal category! ;-)
It must be pointed out that England is not an island. Not in the true meaning of the word. England is only a part of the British Isles. /quote/ The British Isles is a group of Islands off the North West Coast of Europe.
There are two large islands, and over 1000 small islands.
The largest of the two main islands is called Great Britain, and contains England, Scotland to the north and Wales to the West.
The other large island is called Ireland and contains The Republic of Ireland and the province of Northern Ireland in the north east.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and most of the small islands, and The Republic of Ireland is a separate, sovereign country made up of the larger, southern part of Ireland.
Some Irish people dislike the term "British Isles" as it implies that The Republic belongs to Great Britain, which it does not.
>>>> "Sacha" <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote in message >>>> news:7lgdlpF3dlg68U1@mid.individual.net... >>>>> On 2009-11-05 16:29:26 +0000, "Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> >>>>> said:
>>>>>> "Judith in France" <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:26c86a44-e046-4799-ba27-da3b3f2023ca@j4g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... >>>>>> On Nov 4, 5:56 pm, Sacha <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>>>>> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a >>>>>>> favourite. >>>>>>> Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed >>>>>>> for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a >>>>>>> sense >>>>>>> doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the >>>>>>> noisy >>>>>>> night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay >>>>>>> there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The >>>>>>> Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually a >>>>>>> wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the >>>>>>> days >>>>>>> when it was a leper colony. >>>>>>> So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are >>>>>>> Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a >>>>>>> terrific >>>>>>> nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't >>>>>>> want >>>>>>> to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Sacha
>>>>>> Corsica was a favourite and an uninhabited small island in the >>>>>> Maldives, near Bandos Island. Achill Island in Co.Mayo and a very >>>>>> small island just off the coast of Martinique, with a huge rock >>>>>> formation, I forget the name but the beauty of it remains with me. >>>>>> Guernsey and Sark holds tender memories for me and will always remain >>>>>> close to my heart. There are countless other islands that we have >>>>>> visited but only these stand out in my memory.
>>>>>> Judith >>>>>> ------------------
>>>>>> I just remembered a few more islands I've visited. I don't remember >>>>>> their >>>>>> names, but they were among the San Juan Islands off the coast of >>>>>> Washington >>>>>> state. My grandson lived on one of them until just lately. Sweet >>>>>> Wife >>>>>> and >>>>>> I went sea-kayaking off another of them.
>>>>> I had to look those up - they look gorgeous. I see one is called >>>>> Orcas >>>>> island and a friend of mine living at Point Roberts used to see those >>>>> whales going past his house regularly. I was very envious. What a >>>>> beautiful place to live.
>>>>> -- >>>>> Sacha
>>>> We paddled our rented kayaks among those whales. Sometimes they can be >>>> touched, but we didn't get to.
>>>> The San Juans are in the Japanese Current, so they never get terribly >>>> cold >>>> as it does does further inland in Washington.
>>> More stuff that's new to me - the Japanese Current. Is that warm enough >>> to swim in, or just not actually freezing?! >>> -- >>> Sacha
>> Both, depending on the time of year. Winters are relatively mild where >> the >> Japanese Current touches land. It seldom snows in Seattle or Portand.
> And yet in Vancouver there's the sea at your feet and wonderful skiing an > hour or so up the road - amazing place. > -- > Sacha
That's a matter of elevation. It's the same here. Most people think of Arizona as a desert state. It is, but we also have elevations up to 13,000', so it's a mountain state as well. We have several ski resorts.
>>>> "Sacha" <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote in message >>>> news:7lgjqaF3dtqufU3@mid.individual.net... >>>>> On 2009-11-05 16:45:32 +0000, Judith in France >>>>> <judith.le...@googlemail.com> said:
>>>>>> On Nov 5, 4:29 pm, "Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>>> "Judith in France" <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote in >>>>>>> messagenews:26c >>>>>> 86a44-e046-4799-ba27-da3b3f202...@j4g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... >>>>>>> On Nov 4, 5:56 pm, Sacha <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a >>>>>>>> favourite. >>>>>>>> Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano >>>>>>>> performed >>>>>>>> for us. Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a >>>>>>>> sense >>>>>>>> doesn't count because you can't stay there. Samos was very pretty >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> we really liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the >>>>>>>> noisy >>>>>>>> night life. Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't >>>>>>>> stay >>>>>>>> there long and the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> hills behind Elounda. And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The >>>>>>>> Island by Victoria Hislop? It sounds very morbid but it's actually >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> wonderful story about the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the >>>>>>>> days >>>>>>>> when it was a leper colony. >>>>>>>> So - favourite island anyone? I was interested to learn there are >>>>>>>> Channel Islands off the coast of California and that they're a >>>>>>>> terrific >>>>>>>> nature reserve, I believe. I do love small islands. But I didn't >>>>>>>> want >>>>>>>> to land on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat. >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Sacha
>>>>>>> Corsica was a favourite and an uninhabited small island in the >>>>>>> Maldives, near Bandos Island. Achill Island in Co.Mayo and a very >>>>>>> small island just off the coast of Martinique, with a huge rock >>>>>>> formation, I forget the name but the beauty of it remains with me. >>>>>>> Guernsey and Sark holds tender memories for me and will always >>>>>>> remain >>>>>>> close to my heart. There are countless other islands that we have >>>>>>> visited but only these stand out in my memory.
>>>>>>> Judith >>>>>>> ------------------
>>>>>>> I just remembered a few more islands I've visited. I don't remember >>>>>>> th >>>>>> eir >>>>>>> names, but they were among the San Juan Islands off the coast of >>>>>>> Washingt >>>>>> on >>>>>>> state. My grandson lived on one of them until just lately. Sweet Wi >>>>>> fe and >>>>>>> I went sea-kayaking off another of them.
>>>>>> I have to show my ignorance Seth, I don't know of the San Juan >>>>>> islands, time to take a Google tour I think.
>>>>>> Judith
>>>>> I certainly had to. They're off the border between Canada and USA and >>>>> not >>>>> far from Vancouver - a very beautiful city. >>>>> -- >>>>> Sacha
>>>> You foreigners don't know much of the New World, do you? You seem >>>> locked >>>> in >>>> antiquity.
>>> Okaaaaaay......so locked in antiquity that we've visited these places >>> but >>> have houses older than they are - or some of us do. I'd call that >>> 'balance' and 'learning' or even 'observation', not 'locked'. Some of >>> you >>> New World types never leave it....... (strolls off, whistling....) >>> -- >>> Sacha
>> You don't have to whistle in the dark. I sympathize with your >> embarrassment. Hell, I had to live in an old house or two when I first >> got >> married. I even had to get by with old furniture. Don't feel bad. I'm >> sure you'll do better as time goes on.
> It's true we live with a lot of old stuff in an old house but there is - I > knows me place. > -- > Sacha
Perhaps the time payment plan will someday get there. Don't despair.
"Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Hell, I had to live in an old house or two when I first got
> married. I even had to get by with old furniture. Don't feel bad. I'm > sure you'll do better as time goes on.
Snort! I'm stuck in a modern house and I'd give my eye teeth to live in an old house again. I also loathe new furniture. It's badly made (even the expensive stuff). It dates too quickly and scratches and damages too easily. Give me a piece of furniture made of solid wood that can be steamed to remove the dents and that develops a patina with time and care rather than just ending up looking tatty and suffering from flaking, chipping, cracking, separating or sagging irreparably.
> "Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> Hell, I had to live in an old house or two when I first got >> married. I even had to get by with old furniture. Don't feel bad. I'm >> sure you'll do better as time goes on.
> Snort! I'm stuck in a modern house and I'd give my eye teeth to live in > an old house again. I also loathe new furniture. It's badly made (even > the expensive stuff). It dates too quickly and scratches and damages too > easily. Give me a piece of furniture made of solid wood that can be > steamed to remove the dents and that develops a patina with time and care > rather than just ending up looking tatty and suffering from flaking, > chipping, cracking, separating or sagging irreparably.
Woolworths never did make what you could call really good furniture. Try Ethan Allen:
In message <7lihsdF3ebit...@mid.individual.net>, Phxbrd <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> writes
>That's a matter of elevation. It's the same here. Most people think of >Arizona as a desert state. It is, but we also have elevations up to >13,000', so it's a mountain state as well. We have several ski resorts.
Many years ago a ski-jump was constructed within walking distance of where I live. Of course they had to make artificial snow... -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply
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