"The sites you appreciate the least are the ones on your own doorstep, I only appreciated the beauty of where I live when some friends from finland came to stay"
On my father's side, all of my relatives live in England, with my closest relations in Faversham. My parents and sisters live in the Los Angeles area where I grew up. My relatives seemed to all want to move to L.A. when they visited, and I could not understand why. To me, the UK was such a nicer place overall, and the bonus was the rain and cool weather (yes, really, and no, I am not crazy!). My younger sister lived in London for a couple of years trying to settle in, but she ended up moving back to L.A. when things did not work out for her. I will have to stick with my "localized" plan for a while of long day trips/weekend rides due to my young children (18 mos and 6 years old)and non-riding wife. But I will make the best of those rides, as opposed to trying to work up to one long trip around the world. (I would still like to make a trip to the UK again, but go this time with my family to visit my relatives. I would also like to tour by motorcycle there, but I am not going to hold my breath, lol).
[This message has been edited by yuma simon (edited 27 January 2006).]
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