Name a City Game......... Geography anyone

Halifax, Nova Scotia Steeped in history and culture, life in Halifax revolves around the sea. But there’s so much more!

From bustling city streets to leisurely strolls along the magnificent Halifax harbour, to exploring the historic Pier 21 or the Halifax Citadel Hill.

Explore everything that Halifax and surrounding region has to offer with close proximity to other famous Nova Scotia destinations including; Peggy’s Cove, the Bay of Fundy, and Cape Breton Island.

I haven't been to Halifax in 49 years so it has changed a lot. I have a lot of fond
memories from that area.

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Xi'an, China (pinyin spelling)

Capital of the Shaanxi province and home of the famous terra cotta soldiers.

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I can't pass this one up!

New York, New York --
A wonderful town,
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down.
The people ride in a hole in the ground.
New York, New York --
It's a wonderful town.

--- "On the Town", 1949, Comden and Green/Sinatra, Kelly, Munshin

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Key West Florida is an island in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent at the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys.

In Pre-Columbian times Key West was inhabited by the Calusa people. The first European to visit was Juan Ponce de León in 1521. As Florida became a Spanish colony, a fishing and salvage village with a small garrison was established here.

During World War 2 my mother, a Navy WAVE, was stationed here at The Naval Air Station, while my father was stationed at NAS Pensacola.

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Tadcaster in Yorkshire , England is one of my husband's favorite places. Home to three breweries, Tower Brewery (Coors, formerly Bass), John Smith's and Samuel Smith's Old Brewery, which is also the oldest brewery in Yorkshire and the only remaining independent brewery in Tadcaster. The dray horses from Sam Smiths are a familiar sight around the town.

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Rabat - 3 different cities around the world!!!!

Rabat - Malta is a village just outside Mdina, Malta. The name of the village is derived from the Semitic word for 'suburb', as it was the suburb of the old capital Mdina. Half of the present-day village core also formed part of the Roman city of Melita, before the latter was resized during the Fatimid occupation. The population of Rabat is 11,462 (Nov 2005).

Rabat - Gozo
Victoria or Città Vittoria is the capital of Gozo, an island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The town has a total population of 6,414 (November 2005), and by population is the largest locality in Gozo.
Victoria is the name given in 1887 by the British government on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, at the request of the Bishop of Malta, Mons. Sir Pietro Pace. However Gozitans still often refer to it by its old name, Rabat. The area around Victoria, situated on a hill near the centre of the island, has been settled since Neolithic times.


Rabat - Morrocco
Rabat (Arabic الرباط, transliterated ar-Rabāṭ or ar-Ribāṭ), population 2 million (2007 estimate), is the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer region.
The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg. On the facing shore of the river lies Salé, Rabat's bedroom community. Together the two cities with Témara account for a population of 2 million. Unfortunately, silting problems have diminished the city's role as a port; however, Rabat and Salé still maintain relatively important textile, food processing and construction industries; some are from sweatshop labor by major multinational corporations (see Salé).
In addition, tourism and the presence of all foreign embassies in Morocco serve to make Rabat the second most important city in the country after the larger and more economically significant Casablanca.

Info from Wikipedia

Tarsus (Greek: Ταρσός, Armenian: Տարսոն, Darson) is a historical city in south-central Turkey, 20 km inland from Mediterrenean Sea. It is part of Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area, fourth largest metropolitan area in Turkey with a population of 2.75 million. Tarsus is an administrative district in Mersin Province and lies in the core of Çukurova, a geographical, economical and cultural region.

With a history going back over 9,000 years Tarsus has long been an important stop for traders, a focal point of many civilisations including the Ancient Romans when Tarsus was capital of the province of Cilicia, scene of the first meeting between Mark Antony and Cleopatra and birthplace of Saint Paul.

s is next! :)

Saarbrücken- that's where I am born 5 km from the French border in the not-so-wild West of Germany.
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Nags Head North Carolina
Early maps of the area show Nags Head as a promontory of land characterized by high sand dunes visible from miles at sea. Tales of land pirates who used mules, nags, with lanterns tied to their necks to lure ships ashore in stormy weather may be the possible origin of the town's name. Or it may have been carried across the sea by English explorers who were reminded of a similar location of the English coast, a high point on the Isles of Scilly, the last sight of old England that the earlier explorers were to see on their voyage to the New World.

Back in the 70's I accidently found the Lookout Mountain hang gliding launch site. I tried without success to get them to let me take wing. They suggested I go to Nags Head and learn off the Dunes there before attempting anything like Lookout Mountain. My first and only hang gliding session took place off of those dunes on one windy day in September. After a flight that seem like forever I crash landed into another dune. You know what they make sand paper out of? Well I was well sanded from head to toe. It took months for all the scabs to heal. Well so much for hang gliding.

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Dublin, CA - a town very close to where I work.
Dublin (formerly, Amador and Dougherty's Station) is a suburban city of the East (San Francisco) Bay region of Alameda County, California, United States. It is located along the north side of Interstate 580 at the intersection with Interstate 680, roughly 10 miles (16 km) east of Hayward, 6 miles west of Livermore and 25 miles (40 km) north of San Jose. The nearest major metropolitan area is that of Oakland, approximately 25 miles (40 km) to the west-northwest on Interstate 580. Because of this, Dublin is known as a "crossroads" of the Bay Area. The population was more than 46,000 according to the state of California's 2008 estimates. Dublin is home to the headquarters of Sybase, Inc and Arlen Ness, and is home to major financial services, Washington Mutual Bank and Franklin Resources.

It was named after the city of Dublin in Ireland.


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Naples (Italian: Napoli IPA: /ˈna(ː)poli/, in Italy, is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture, architecture, music and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old. Naples is located halfway between two volcanic areas, the volcano Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, sitting on the coast by the Gulf of Naples.

Naples is one of the oldest cities of the western world, whose current urban structure retains elements of its long and eventful history. Founded by the Ancient Greeks as "Νεάπολις", Neápolis (New City), it held an important role in Magna Graecia and then as part of the Roman Republic in the central province of the Empire. The city has seen a multitude of civilizations come and go, each leaving their mark and now the historic city centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Naples was the capital city of a kingdom which bore its name from 1282 until 1816 in the form of the Kingdom of Naples, then in union with Sicily it was the capital of the Two Sicilies until the Italian unification. Naples has profoundly influenced many areas of Europe and beyond

Wikipedia

Although it has been many years since being in Naples the Memories are vivid
because Naples and the surrounding area are a must see.

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Shanghai.... the largest city in China, has more than 20,000,000 inhabitants. it is a fascinating mixture of ancient and modern with something to interest everyone!

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Indianapolis!

Indianapolis, Indiana is the only U.S. state capital to be in the exact center of its state (Wikipedia).

Home of the Indy 500!

When I was in college at Valparaiso, one of the other schools in our league was Butler University, which is a beautiful campus in a lovely section of Indy with huge, historic homes nearby. 3 of my 4 years our band got to go down to Butler and do a halftime show with them. Butler is a strong arts school so their band was (still is) awesome. We always had a really good time with their band.

Here is a picture of Monument Circle "spiffed out" for Christmas.
http://visitindy.com/files/events/ci...ghts.jpg?slide


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Sweetwater, Texas.....town in West Texas famous for all of it's rattlesnakes!!!

needless to say, I haven't been there...:)

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Roswell ,,,,is a city in and the county seat of Chaves County in the southeastern quarter of the state of New Mexico, United States. The population is around 45,293.

Roswell is most popularly known for having its name attached to what is now called the 1947 Roswell UFO incident, even though the crash site of the alleged UFO was some seventy-five miles from Roswell and closer to Corona. The investigation and debris recovery was handled by the local Roswell Army Air Field. (wikipedia)
Roswell has a UFO festival on July 4th 2010

http://www.roswellufofestival.com/

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Livonia, Michigan is a suburb of Detroit. I have a friend from high school who lives up there. It is named for a region of Europe that is now part of Latvia. The last time I visited my friend we went to an outdoor concert of big band music ... a nice evening.

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Aden, is a city in Yemen

Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a low isthmus. This harbour, Front Bay, was first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 5th and 7th centuries BC. The modern harbour is on the other side of the peninsula. Aden now has a population of about 800,000 people.

Back in the early 60's I was aboard the USS Essex Aircraft Carrier. During that time I flew in and out of Aden for mail and cargo, aboard the ships cargo plane. During this period Aden was still under British Rule, known then as Aden BCC.

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Naseby, England......The Battle of Naseby was the key battle of the first English Civil War. On 14 June 1645, the main army of King Charles I was destroyed by the Parliamentarian New Model Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.

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Yakutat in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population is around 808. The name is Tlingit, Yaakwdáat, meaning "the place where canoes rest," but it may originally derive from an Eyak name which has been lost.

Yakutat has recently risen up as the surfing capital of Alaska. Warm Pacific currents keep water temperatures in the area mild, although wetsuits are still a must for most of the year. Several surfers reside in the town year-round, while others are beginning to creep in from surrounding areas and the Lower 48.

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto is the most populated city in Canada and is the capital city of the province of Ontario. It has a similar city motto to Chicago. Toronto's is "City in a Park" and Chicago's is "City in a Garden" (Urbs in horto). Toronto is home to the CN Tower, the ARt Gallery of Ontario, the very cool SkyDome where the Toronto Blue Jays play baseball and the Hospital for Sick Children, which is one of the world's leading pediatric research centers. Toronto is on Lake Ontario so you can go for a boat ride or take a walk along the waterfront. My sister's former next-door neighbor was born and raised there, so when we went there for a vacation she gave us a very long list of things to see and do and we had a terrific time. I would love to go to Toronto again some time. It is a beautiful city.

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I don't think this is a repeat....

Osaka, Japan
It is located at the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.

It is believed Osaka was formed in 5-6 century BC.

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Auburn Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2008 population
of 56,088

Auburn is a college town and is the home of Auburn University. Auburn has been marked in recent years by rapid growth, and is currently the fastest growing metropolitan area in Alabama and the nineteenth-fastest growing metro area in the United States since 1990. U.S.News has ranked Auburn in the top ten in its 2009 list of best places to live in United States[. The city's unofficial nickname is “The Loveliest Village On The Plains,” taken from a line in the poem “The Deserted Village” by Oliver Goldsmith: “Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain..."

More Olympic swimmers have come from Auburn's swimming program than any other university swimming program.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 19 medals were won by current, former or incoming Auburn students, ranking it higher than Spain, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Kenya, Poland, Hungary and Norway.

WAR EAGLE

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N is for New Orleans, Louisiana...

The largest city in Louisiana
Home of Tulane University
The French Quarter
Important musical city
Beignets, coffee with chicory, po'boy sandwiches
Recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita


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Salem Is one of the most popular names world wide

Salem, Massachusetts, a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts
Salem, Oregon, the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon
Salem, Tamil Nadu, a city in India
Salem, Ontario
Salem, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Salem, a place mentioned in Genesis 14:18, sometimes identified as a ......name for Jerusalem Israel
Salem, Valencia Spain
Salem, Sweden
Salem, Greater Manchester, within Oldham, England
Salem, village near Llandeilo, Wales
Salem, above Penrhyn-coch, Wales
Salem, Montserrat
Salem, Alabama
Salem , Arkansas
Salem, Connecticut
Salem, Florida
Salem, Georgia
Salem, Illinois
Salem, Indiana, in Washington County
Salem, Iowa
Salem, Kentucky
Salem, Maine
Salem, Maryland
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem, Michigan
Salem, Mississippi
Salem, Missouri
Salem, Montana
Salem, Nebraska
Salem, New Hampshire
Salem, New Jersey
Salem, New Mexico
Salem (village), New York
Salem (town), New York
Salem, an earlier name of Brocton, New York
Salem, North Carolina
Salem, Ohio
Salem, Oklahoma
Salem, Oregon, the state capital
Salem, Pennsylvania
Salem, South Carolina
Salem, South Dakota
Salem, Texas, in Newton County
Salem, Utah
Salem, Virginia
Salem, West Virginia
Salem, Wisconsin

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(accent on the second syllable)

Macomb is the home of Western Illinois University, which got its start as a teachers' college. John Mahoney taught English there before he got started in his acting career. WIU also hosted the St. Louis Rams training camp in the late '90s. It is named for War of 1812 General Alexander Macomb. Pella Windows has a plant there and is one of the largest employers in Macomb after WIU and the local hospital.

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Birmingham is the largest city in the state of Alabama in the United States. The Birmingham Metropolitan Area, made up by 33 municipalities, has a population of about 1,198,932. Greater Birmingham contains roughly one quarter of the population of Alabama.

Birmingham was founded in 1871, just after the American Civil War, as an industrial enterprise. It was named after Birmingham, one of the UK's major industrial cities. While The Iron and Steel industry that Birmingham was founded on are still Viable, during the 70's, it diversified to include other industries such as banking, insurance, medicine, publishing, and biotechnology. UAB Medical Center is Birmingham's largest employer employing around 50,000 people.

Birmingham is where I was born and raised. I now live about 30 miles from the city near the small town of Chelsea.

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Marsaxlokk - Malta (The next village to where I live)

Marsaxlokk is a traditional fishing village located in the south-eastern part of Malta, with a population of 3,205 people (Nov 2005). The village’s name comes from marsa, which means "port" and xlokk, which is the local name for south east. The word is related to the name for the dry sirocco wind that blows from the Sahara, comparable to the equivalent Catalan word, "xaloc".
It was in the "bay of the sirocco" (Xlokk) that the first Phoenicians landed and set up trading posts on Malta, during the ninth century BC. During the Great Siege, Marsaxlokk harbor was also used as an anchorage by the Turkish fleet.
Overlooking the northern arm of Marsaxlokk Bay is the hill of Tas-Silġ which contains remains of megalithic temples of the Tarxien phase, with later alterations resembling the Ħaġar Qim model. Bronze Age material has also been found scattered around the area.From the end of the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD, the hill was used as a religious site, this time as a temple dedicated to Astarte/Hera. A number of dedications to both goddesses, or to the one goddess, under both the Phoenician and Greek names, have been found. The Tas-Silġ site was used again for religious purposes sometime in the 4th century AD, when it was adapted to a new religion, Christianity, and possibly used as a monastery.
In recent decades, the village has been the site for wet bulk operations. Malta's new main power station is here. Discharge of petroleum products takes place mainly at the Enemalta discharge installation point at Birżebbuġa. Apart from this, Oil Tanking (Malta) Ltd. operates an independent oil terminal at Marsaxlokk, which has discharge and loading points along the breakwater pier and offers storage, blending, and bunkering facilities.
The contemporary population of Marsaxlokk is around 4,000. In the past, a great percentage of the population worked as full-time fishermen. The number of working fishermen has decreased, in part because people from other localities have moved to the village.

The famous Luzzu:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=1816

The Sunday market
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=1817

View of Marsaxlokk:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=1818

Köln- that's the German name for Cologne.

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Natchez , Mississippi, United States. The city has a total population of around 18,464. One of Mississippi's oldest cities, it was founded by French colonists in 1716, antedating the current capital city, Jackson, by more than a century. Located along the Mississippi River, Natchez is the southern terminus of the Natchez Trace Parkway. The city is famous in American history for its role in the development of the Old Southwest, particularly with respect to its location on the Mississippi River.


Pre-European settlement (to 1716)
Natchez people

The original site of Natchez was the main ceremonial village of the Natchez (pronounced "Nochi") Indian tribe, who occupied the area for countless generations (and whose culture was unbroken since the 8th-century, according to archaeological findings). Many early explorers, including Hernando De Soto, La Salle and Bienville, made contact with the Natchez, some of whom left detailed records of their encounters. The Natchez's society was divided into nobles and commoners according to matrilineal descent. The supreme Natchez chief, the "Great Sun", owed his position to the rank of his mother.

The later history of Natchez is rich and involves many
nations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchez,_Mississippi

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Ha ha! Zejtun - Malta, the village where I live!!

Zejtun (also called Iz-Zejtun) is a medium sized town in the south of Malta. Zejtun holds the title of Città Beland, which was bestowed by Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, Grandmaster of Knights of Malta in 1797, Beland being his mother’s surname.

Zejtun takes its name from the Sicilian Arabic for “olive”- zaytun (comparable to the Spanish and Portuguese, "aceituna" and "azeituna" respectively), which was one of the main productive industries in Malta. It is also known as Hal-Bisbut, or Casal Bisbut

In Medieval times the whole district around Żejtun, that is the southern end of Malta, was known as le Terre di Santa Caterina, ( Italian for 'the lands of Saint Catherine', Italian being the official language in the period). During this period a number of new villages such as Ghaxaq and Marsaxlokk emerged from parts of the Parish of Żejtun. most of these are today separate parishes. The local militia regiment of Żejtun was one of the first to engage the Ottoman forces in the initial stages of the Great Siege of 1565, but the town continued to suffer attacks by Turkish pirates up to 1614, when an attack by the Turks was repulsed without aid from other militias.<SUP> </SUP>The town served a minor role in the French Blockade of 1799/1801 as a depot for soldiers. It was one of the first towns in Malta, outside the main fortified areas of Malta, to boast a Public Garden. This garden, the Luqa Briffa Garden, still stands today. It is named after a famous cavalryman during the Great Siege of Malta.

http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=1819

NIEUWPOORT = a city at the Belgian coast
Nieuwpoort is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Nieuwpoort proper and the towns of Ramskapelle and Sint-Joris. On January 1, 2008 Nieuwpoort had a total population of 11,062. The total area is 31.00 km² which gives a population density of 350 inhabitants per km².

In Nieuwpoort, the Yser flows into the North Sea.

http://petoftheday.com/talk/image.ph...ine=1258454148

Trier- one of Germany's oldest cities with plenty of Roman ruins.
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Rockford, Illinois

Rockford is the second-largest city in Illinois, after Chicago. There is a beautiful Japanese garden there (Anderson Japanese Garden) and a lovely botanic garden. It's also got a nice museum campus - art museum/children's museum. You might remember the Rockford Peaches from the movie "A League Of Their Own" - that was a real team. Famous people from Rockford: Aidan Quinn, Jodi Benson, the band Cheap Trick, and DCI Division I champs the Phantom Regiment drum and bugle corps.

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Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world and its current population is estimated at about 1,669,000 The city is a governorate by itself, and the capital of the governorate of Rif Dimashq ("Rural Damascus").

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Damascus, Virginia, Trail Town USA, is a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is the gateway to the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area.

It is traversed by the Appalachian Trail, the Virginia Creeper Trail, the Trans-America National Bicycle Trail, the Iron Mountain Trail, the Daniel Boone Trail, the Crooked Road Musical Heritage Trail, Virginia's Birding and Wildlife Trail, and lies within a short distance of hundreds of miles of other hiking, horse, and biking trails.

This was one of my favorite vacation spots for Mtn Biking.

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S is for Saint-Petersburg, Russia and I have been there!

Saint-Petersburg was founded by Peter the Great. It was during a war with Sweden in 1703 that he chose the city as a vantage point to keep an eye on activity from the west. You can visit his fort, the Peter and Paul Fortress which is on the River Neva.

Here is a picture of the beautiful State Hermitage Museum.
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/imag...age-museum.jpg

Saint-Petersburg is built on hundreds of islands so there are many bridges in the city, each different from one another.

One more. Here is a picture of the Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood. This beautiful church is set along a canal about a block off of Nevsky Prospekt (which is a busy street like North Michigan Avenue in Chicago). You turn the corner off of Nevsky and this is what you see. Just gorgeous. I was there with a church work team in '98 and it was being restored, so we didn't see the inside, but the exterior (from every possible vantage point) is just breathtaking.
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/imag...n-church-1.jpg

Saint-Petersburg has the "white nights" when it never gets really good and dark. We were there in mid-July, so it would be 9 PM or later, we'd be winding down for the evening or drinking coffee outside and it would be more like dusk than dark. It is a beautiful city and I would love to go there again.

source: http://www.saint-petersburg.com/

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Gulf Shores is a coastal city in , Alabama, United States.

Gulf Shores is a seaside resorts in the state of Alabama. Most of the city is therefore devoted to beachfront hotels, condominiums, vacation houses and a tourism/real estate based economy. Because the Mississippi Gulf Coast is protected by barrier islands, Gulf Shores is one of only two resort cities with a large beach, fronting the Gulf of Mexico between New Orleans, Louisiana and Florida. The adjacent resort city of Orange Beach offers direct access to the Gulf of Mexico for vessels, via Perdido Pass.

Unincorporated Ft. Morgan, the City of Gulf Shores and the City of Orange Beach are contiguous from west to east. The Intracoastal Waterway forms a canal starting at Mobile Bay to the west, and cuts through to the east, into Wolf Bay, forming an island. The beach from Ft. Morgan to Perdido Pass is about 30 miles (48 km) long. From there, a bridge connects Orange Beach to Perdido Key, Alabama which continues to the Florida state line.

The Alabama Gulf Coast beach is known for its bright, "sugar white" quartz sand. Although quite abrasive to CDs, sunglasses etc., it is powdery, soft and comfortable to the feet. The Gulf of Mexico waters along the beachfront tend to have an emerald green tint due to the close proximity of the Mobile Bay estuary to the west, where the Mobile river meets the Gulf of Mexico.

This is one of my favorite summer vacation spots, because during the winter months it is taken over by SNOW BIRDs, Mostly Canadian, that flock there in ever growing numbers.

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Springfield ... is the capital of Illinois. President Lincoln lived there for 6 years and President Obama announced his candidacy there. If ever you get the chance to visit, please do. The new Lincoln museum and library opened in 2005 and it's really impressive. Lincoln's home is a national historic site run through the National Park Service. The Dana-Thomas House has one of the best collections of Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture designs. Then go to the cemetery, rub the nose on the bust of Lincoln outside his tomb, and have a horseshoe sandwich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_sandwich. I like Springfield a lot!

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Dakar is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cape Verde Peninsula, on the country's Atlantic coast. It is Senegal's largest city. Its position, on the western edge of Africa (it is the westernmost African city), is an advantageous departure point for trans-Atlantic and European trade; this fact aided its growth into a major regional port.

Dakar used to be the end point to "The Paris-Dakar" off road race. The race was forced to move to South America because of Political Instability in Africa. The race Will continue in South America in 2010 now called just "The Dakar".

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Reykjavik - a city in Iceland, and a good place to flee to in case of nuclear holocaust, as it is largely powered by geothermal energy, so could run greenhouses to grow food anyway, even if the outside world was locked in nuclear winter. See, my science fiction reading HAS taught me important things! Iceland is also such an isolated place that it is a interesting place for genetic studies, as there is a relatively small gene pool compared to "melting pots" like America, and Western Europe, and much of the geneology is written down since families arrived there. I have never been to Reykjavik, but my brudder, Lady's Human, has!

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Kitty Hawk is a town North Carolina, United States.

Kitty Hawk became famous after the Wright brothers from Dayton, Ohio selected a remote, barren nearby site upon which to make their first controlled powered airplane flights on December 17, 1903. The site, four miles (six kilometers) to the south near the sand dunes known as the Kill Devil Hills, was selected only because of the consistent, reliable winds and the privacy that the desolate area provided. With that small part done, the Wright Brothers returned once again to Dayton to resume their research and experiments.

The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber AV-19, the aircraft transport ship USS Kitty Hawk (AKV-1), and the Apollo 14 command module have been named for the town.

I can verify that the wind on these barrier Islands is relentless. I have tried bike riding and hang gliding and the wind made both impossible. All of the trees
on the island lean to the west looking somewhat like The Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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