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pink-o

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21. Put me in the France Camp.

Sat Jul 7, 2012, 08:05 PM

Jul 2012

I lived in England in the 70s, it was cheap, livable, communal and almost socialist. IOW, a great place to be. Not so much now: all of Europe is expensive, but no place as much as London. The crowds are outta control, the Americans are even stupider over there than they are in the rest of Europe (prolly cuz they figure they don't have to learn another language...little do they know!) and mostly: just about everything you can find in London nowadays is also in New York or Boston. Paris and Rome are far more Euro cultural and everyone speaks English in Europe now.

I love the Med, spent a lot of time in Cannes, Nice and St Tropez area. Believe me, Cornwall is great, but there is NO place in England that looks like the South of France.

The other solution is to just go to my favorite place in the world--Italy--and you'll be in heaven. Che Bella!

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Lived in England during jr. year of college, elleng Jul 2012 #2

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Over-ferried Skye, elleng Jul 2012 #18

Thanks romantico Jul 2012 #20

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I romantico Jul 2012 #11

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Not sure romantico Jul 2012 #10

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France! HappyMe Jul 2012 #15

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if you wish to tour either as a drunken sailor would, I could offer some advice. Kaleva Jul 2012 #19

Put me in the France Camp. pink-o Jul 2012 #21

Buy a guidebook for both countries and/or get the Rick Steves DVDs Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #22