All expenses paid for. If you could spend the summer anywhere in the world, where would you go? Me--Ireland. And you?

[debm55]

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Back to Paris.

[debm55]

4. Thank you very much, for sharing, sinkingfeeling.

[anciano]

2. England

[debm55]

5. Ah, beautiful place for the summer. Thank you anciano.

[Haggard Celine]

3. I'd like to go to Scotland.

They have a lot of cool weather, which I love. And I've liked every Scottish person I've met so far, even if I have some difficulty understanding what they're saying.

[debm55]

6. HAHHAHHAHh. thank you very much, Haggard Celine. Scotland was my second choice.

[DURHAM D]

31. I vote for Scotland also.

Will spend a lot of time on the Isle of Skye. Also, other places in the Outer Hebrides.

[debm55]

38. Thank you DURHAM D. That sounds wonderful.

[sop]

7. The town of Cairns, in Queensland, Australia, to fish for giant black marlin along the Great Barrier Reef.

"All expenses paid" would cover chartering a boat, right?

[debm55]

39. Yes, it would. Thank you so much for sharing with us, sop

[multigraincracker]

8. Had a great time the week I spent in Dublin.

I’d make it Ireland.

[debm55]

40. Same here. I have been to Ireland before. Loved Dublin. Thank you very much, multigraincracker.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

9. Scotland

… and if I ever get there, I’m not coming back.

Still pissed that my GGF left Scotland for the US by way of Canada—which would be my second choice, if only my kids would agree to learn to love winter… His 11 brothers also left Alba and wound up in Oz, which probably would’ve been better than we got stuck with. (Wish I knew the story behind the weird split in the family; probably a good story.)

[debm55]

41. Thank you for sharing with us, buzzycrumbhunger. Oz seems like a great place too.

[Srkdqltr]

10. Northern Italy.

[debm55]

42. Excellent area, Srkdqtir. Thank you for sharing with us.

[lpbk2713]

11. Southern Spain.

I've been there before. I'd like to go back.

[debm55]

43. Excellent are near the Mediterranean, Thank you , lpbk2713.

[MIButterfly]

12. That's a tough one for me

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I would love to go back to Paris but I also want to go to Amsterdam. I want to see Anne Frank's house. Maybe I could take the all expenses summer in Paris and then take a side trip to Amsterdam on my own dime. Why not? Then I could do another side trip to Belgium. I think l may be onto something here!

[debm55]

44. Thank sounds wonderful and so meaningful. Thank you very much, MlButterfly.

[Emile]

13. Any number of remote fly in fishing camps in Northern Canada.

[debm55]

45. Thank you very much, Emile. That sounds so relaxing .

[pansypoo53219]

14. denmark, europe, or n wisconsin. for the bread, bread, forest.

[debm55]

46. HAHAHAHAHHA. Love it!!!! Thank you, pansypoo53219. Great selections.

[Endlessmike56]

15. Norway

[LoisB]

16. Jamaica.

[love_katz]

17. Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada

I would love to move there.

[LogDog75]

18. Great Britain or Germany

I was stationed twice in England and twice in Germany and I'd love to spend a couple of months in either one just exploring and taking in their cultures.

I'd like to travel the countryside in England, Scotland, and Wales and visit the small towns and learn some of their histories. I've been to many of the tourist spots in England and toured Edinburgh so visiting the non-tourist areas would be great.

Same goes for Germany but I'd include some of its cities like Heidelberg, Munich, and Cologne. I'd take boat rides down the Rhine and Mosel Rivers and visit the the smaller castles and cities. One thing Germany has over England is the food is much better, especially their pastries.

[Morbius]

19. Italy.

I look forward to the food, especially in Rome.

[eppur_se_muova]

20. Any place where they've never, ever heard of Trmp.

And I'm not excluding backwoods Papua New Guinea.

[Phoenix61]

21. Japan. It's next on the list. I want to see the gardens. nt

[Aristus]

22. Switzerland.

I have two monitors for my work computer. One is for working, the other I use to play soothing piano music videos with images of Switzerland on a twelve hour loop. Long enough for a long workday.

I need a getaway in a place like Switzerland for a while. Mainly to lose my desire to throttle whoever it was who told Trump to keep the country on all-chaos, all-the-time mode; it’s exhausting.

[Lilgirl44]

23. Me,

I would travel, to the north pole,simply to, experience, history, and cold, on a physical basis,,no nothing more

I, live with, AC, and heat
I often wonder, how did people survive, there? Without Our phones, our websites, our comforts?
I would like to experience, extremes, without comfort. B
But then again,
I'm just a Democrat

[Tikki]

24. Deb...more than anything like that..I would love to go to..

Australia to see a live (AFL) Australian Rules Football Game. This would mean I
would need to go to one of the larger cities where the stadiums are located.
I would chose Perth AU that sits on the beautiful Western AU Coast right there
along the Indian Ocean.
While in the Perth area I would hope to see some of the AU bands whose
music I have discovered.
I would love to cruise through the Coastal towns like Cervantes and Jurien Bay, etc,
and hopefully make the trip to the Shire of Tooyay.

Tikki

[a kennedy]

25. Me too debm55!!!!! 🥰 ☘️ 🍀 🥰 ☘️ 🍀 🥰 ☘️ 🍀

[enid602]

26. Visit

Chongqing, China or La Paz, Bolivia. The most vertical cities on Earth. Fabulous views.

[brachism]

27. #1: New Zealand, #2 China/Taiwan, #3 Japan, #4 Egypt, #5 South Korea, #6 Australia, ...

As for my top choice, it comes down to nature and the Lord of the Rings movies. Israel used to rank #2 for me, but given current events, it’s no longer even in my top 15.

[gopiscrap]

28. My hometown Frankfurt am Main Germany

[bottomofthehill]

29. I'm with you, Ireland. A month in the north and a month in the South

Although pretty much most time spent in the Republic

First month ish North, around Malin Head, as far north as you can go. The Inishowen peninsula. Maybe some time in Moville Greencastle. Then a few days in Derry, walking the wall, checking out the murals thinking of John Hume and Phil Coulters the town I loved so well.
Then all the way to the opposite end, around Cork city for some golf, history and fishing. The town of Cobh has an amazing history. It is where many emigrated from. Some to America, some to a Australia, wherever the crown was sending them. Cobh is the home of the Irish Alcatraz, the last stop of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Taking a boat out of Cobh may not be a great idea but it is beautiful.

[jgo]

30. Norway also.

Ireland sounds good also. Brazil would be the next choice. In the United States, would pick Bar Harbor and surrounding areas in Maine, for a laid back summer.

[LastDemocratInSC]

32. Rappahannock County Virginia.

It has the most beautiful landscapes I've ever seen.

[Bristlecone]

33. I'm with you. Ireland.

Maybe the UK generally.

[vapor2]

34. Loved Ireland and New Zealand next

[debm55]

50. Me too, vapor2. We went to Ireland. I wish we had also gone to Scotland at the time. Japan has always been on my bucket

list.

[GP6971]

35. it's a toss up between S Korea and the Netherlands.

[debm55]

49. Wonderful selections, GP6971. That would be a hard decision.

[oberle]

36. To France

Paris to see the redone Notre Dame and hear the organ
Strasbourg to see the Cathedral and hear the organ
Cologne to see the Cathedral and hear the organ

I have cds of all these organs, now I want to hear them in person.

[debm55]

48. Oh thank you very much. oberle. That would be a very special vacation, indeed.

[beveeheart]

53. Don't forget St Chappelle near Notre Dame,

my favorite of all the ones you mentioned. And France would be my choice also.

[DFW]

37. Right where I/we am/are going: Truro, Massachusetts.

We discovered it on a recommendation over 40 years ago. We liked it so much then that we thought we could try it again the next year. Rinse and repeat. Our one year old daughter who was with us in 1984 now joins us every year for at least one week with her husband and two sons. Our younger daughter, who lives in Germany, will also be stopping by with her man and two daughters, since they will be attending some World Cip games in which Germany is playing.

We will rent a house that is a one minute walk from a bayside beach, or a ten minute drive from our favorite ocean side beach (Long Nook beach). We have been going for so long that some of the locals are now old friends, and I guest on the local community radio at least once a year. In next door Provincetown, you could run into almost anyone. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark or Rachel Maddow are just two examples. Singers Zoe Lewis and Patty Larkin, humorist David Sedaris, a lot of etc. Any of them might turn up sitting next to you at any of the outdoor cafés or restaurants. A street banjo player once invited me to join him on guitar. I did and his take jumped from $15 to $45 (he wanted to give me half, and I told him no way—I went ahead and made his day).

Truro is a 15 minute drive south of Provincetown. Fifteen minutes from relaxed hustle to tranquility. Provincetown in the summer is nearly impossible to park in for under $25 unless you are willing to make a long walk. The reasoning behind that is to keep it a largely pedestrian town and it works. Restaurants range from modest to expensive, but since I am married to a gourmet chef, we rarely eat out. We just buy our fish from one of the local shops, buy the spices and veggies where we can find them, and she works her magic. A local place makes their own ice cream, and their key lime cheesecake ice cream alone is worth the trip over to America.

It’s our place for needed yearly decompression.

We live in the German Rheinland. Every month for my job, I am in Paris, Brussels, Utrecht, Barcelona, Switzerland, etc. If we want a weekend or even a week in Scandinavia, Prague, Budapest, Croatia, Portugal, Italy, etc. it’s a spur of the moment decision we can make any time. They are all one to three hour flights at most. But to just chill out and let nature and lack of planning be our flag bearers, it’s back to the Outer Cape for us.

[debm55]

47. Thank you very much for sharing your delightful post. My husband is from Boston. When we visited, we would go to the

beach on the Cape and various others and get various foods--especially fried clams. I enjoyed walking around the beach towns and taking in the town shops. Have a wonderful visit with your family, DFW.

[DFW]

55. Thanks!

We have every intention (especially if I survive tomorrow!)

[ProfessorGAC]

51. Sicily

I can speak a bit of Italian. If I spent a whole summer there, I'd be fluent, even at my age.

[Ocelot II]

52. Kirkenes, Norway, above the Arctic Circle - where you can see Russia from your house.

[surfered]

54. The Pacific Northwest

[Luciferous]

56. New Zealand