Beckar Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Post pictures of where you live. The beach, the town, your house, what ever Will be interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckar Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t186/Beckarheart/DSCF0292.jpg Theres Gorleston beach. And hes another one http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t186/Beckarheart/DSCF1150.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Great idea! I live near Porto, one of the most important cities of Portugal. And one of the most beautiful ones, too! (these pics I found on the web...I'll see if I can find some taken by me!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengafer Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 wow beautiful you lucky girls:thumb_yello: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckar Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 Great idea! I live near Porto, one of the mos important cities of Portugal. And one of the most beautiful ones, too! (these pics I found on the web...I'll see if I can find some taken by me!) Woow. Thats so cooool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcenciel Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I live in the city of lights, of fashion and of pains au chocolats. I live near the "arc de triomphe" : Beckar, the beach photo is .... simply WAHOO !! You lucky !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckar Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 Woow. Thats so cooool Did you know... Great Yarmouth originated in 1000AD as a fishing settlement. It went on to become the leading herring fishing port in the world. Yarmouth Town FC are known as "The Bloaters" (after a type of cured herring) Great Yarmouth has the one of the most complete Medieval Town Walls in England St Nicholas Church is probably the largest parish church in the country The death sentence on King Charles I was signed and sealed in Great Yarmouth. The worlds first fish finger was invented and produced by a frozen food company in Great Yarmouth. A food factory in Great Yarmouth makes and exports spaghetti to Italy. The many potato chip stalls on Great Yarmouth Market are prohibited by local byelaws to sell fried fish. Such specialization means that you are unlikely to come across a tastier bag of chips It was one of the first seaside resorts in the country. The first bathing machines were introduced in 1768. The first of the two piers was built in 1853 and the resort has been famous for its entertainment ever since. It is now the third largest resort in the country The wooden roller coaster at the Pleasure Beach is one of the world's oldest and historic amusement structures The Windmill Theatre, formally known as the Gem was the first electric cinema in the country The Hippodrome Circus, Britain lonely surviving total circus building, is one of only three circuses in the World to have a sunken ring, allowing spectacular water shows The Millennium Beacon and the Queens Jubilee Beacon were made in Great Yarmouth The Uk's largest windfarm is just off the Great Yarmouth coast Some of the famous people born in the Great Yarmouth area Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty Jack Cardiff, cinematographer Sir John Mills, actor Hannah Spearritt of S CLUB 7 Mylene Klass of HEARSAY Some of the famous people connected with Great Yarmouth Admiral Nelson – The greatest naval hero was a Norfolk man and frequently embarked and landed at Great Yarmouth. He was granted the freedom of the Borough in 1800. The Nelson Monument was erected in 1817, 20 years earlier than the more famous column in Trafalgar square. At 144 feet, its only slightly shorter than the column in London. Click here for more information on Nelson and his links with Great Yarmouth. Charles Dickens lived in Great Yarmouth in 1848, using many of the town's characters and landmarks as inspiration for his classic novel David Copperfield Comedian Jim Davidson is an honorary lifeboatman at Caister Quotes about Great Yarmouth Upon the whole the finest place in the universe" Charles Dickens, in David Copperfield It is as pratye a towne as I knowe anywhere on the sea costes; and as thiftie and honest people in the same; and right well buylded" Duke of Norfolk, 16th Century Great Yarmouth has the finest quay in England, if not Europe" Daniel Defoe, 1724 (His most famous book Robinson Crusoe, begins with a storm off Great Yarmouth) (I didnt even know some of this stuff!!!! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckar Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 Thank you!! Took it myself ^__^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BexxY Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 taken out of the top floor window in the woods with the dog my garden Thats about all there is where i live just lots of green stuff and fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cath85 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 you guys are so lucky I'm not gonna post a picture of my village it looks like nothing compared to yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcenciel Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 you guys are so lucky I'm not gonna post a picture of my village it looks like nothing compared to yours i'm sure it's great ^____^ !! post a pic pliz !! living in a village must be real fun !! you know everybody around you, that's great !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyMiranda Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Wow some of the places you guys live is very pretty!! I actually dont think i have ANY pics of my city its so weird cause I have lived here for like 10 years! But heres a pic of our backyard after it snowed like back in February. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/AshleyMiranda/LindsaysDigitalCamera180.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/AshleyMiranda/LindsaysDigitalCamera179.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BexxY Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Wow some of the places you guys live is very pretty!! I actually dont think i have ANY pics of my city its so weird cause I have lived here for like 10 years! But heres a pic of our backyard after it snowed like back in February. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/AshleyMiranda/LindsaysDigitalCamera180.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/AshleyMiranda/LindsaysDigitalCamera179.jpg haha now thats what i call Snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Who said Holland is flat? Picture taken 5 km from my house, 60 whole meters above sea level: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyMiranda Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 aww are those horses yours Blue? they look too cute!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cath85 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Wow some of the places you guys live is very pretty!! I actually dont think i have ANY pics of my city its so weird cause I have lived here for like 10 years! But heres a pic of our backyard after it snowed like back in February. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/AshleyMiranda/LindsaysDigitalCamera180.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/AshleyMiranda/LindsaysDigitalCamera179.jpg oh god! did you hava that much snow this year? we almost got none! which doesn't bother me coz I don't like it that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyMiranda Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 oh god! did you hava that much snow this year? we almost got none! which doesn't bother me coz I don't like it that much ahah actually we were spoiled for a couple years.. we only got like maybe 2 inches one year.. but then this feb I think it made up!! seriously like more then 50 centimeters fell!! so glad I didnt hafta shovel it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubble00 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 taken out of the top floor window Omgsh, i...i love it. It's like...taken out of a fairytale lucky you:wink2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cath85 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 if you really must see pictures of my village here you go: and that's the whole view of it: really nothing special... edit: I don't know why the first one only shows up as a link... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 aww are those horses yours Blue? they look too cute!! Only the left one. Horse on the right is a friend's and it's huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cath85 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 ahah actually we were spoiled for a couple years.. we only got like maybe 2 inches one year.. but then this feb I think it made up!! seriously like more then 50 centimeters fell!! so glad I didnt hafta shovel it though! the temperature rarely fell under 0 C this winter so there couldn't have been any snow haha how cold was it this winter in canada on average? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 you guys are so lucky I'm not gonna post a picture of my village it looks like nothing compared to yours Think yourself lucky i live next to a building site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyMiranda Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 the temperature rarely fell under 0 C this winter so there couldn't have been any snow hahahow cold was it this winter in canada on average? umm on average.. about -12C.. it went down to like -25C here a couple times but with the wind chill it was FREEZING..stayed inside on days where its minus something well I try to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kata Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 the view from my window isn't it idyllic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcenciel Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 if you really must see pictures of my village here you go: and that's the whole view of it: really nothing special... edit: I don't know why the first one only shows up as a link... i think it's great ^\___^ ! i wish i lived in a very small town like this !! everybody must be so friendly !! and there's no noises !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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