Nationality of Posters

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I'm Canadian

In the past, we have had posters from all over. Some from Australia, Singapore, India, and other nations besides those of Europe. I recall having exchanged ideas with a gentleman from Brazil.
The internet truly transcends national boundaries in many cases.

As I read between the lines, most are Ametricans from the USA, followed by Canadians, Britons, and the people from Jaspan and west Europe.

ben.haines@btinternet.com

From France as well...

donnabee you better watch out, the poster police is patroling. I think this post has been done before (oh my!!) Anyway, I am American.

LOL - please forgive me for not searching first.

I'm an Earthling.

I'm a Montanan

Yes but are you male or female? Or should I use the search?

L.A. Baby! Where the smog is haze, traffic jams are valuable alone time, the wrinkles are botoxed and earthquakes are Mother Nature's alarm clock.

Norwegian

NYC and i'm sure there a bunch of us.

No?

I'm in NYC too.

Another poster from the USA. I live in Michigan.

New Yorker as well.

I'm an American, but Canada recognizes me as a dual national because my parents were Canadian citizens living in America at the time of my birth.

BC

USA

I am citizen of the world who travels a lot

Oregonian

ex-Kenyan, now Canadian who has travelled a lot.

Born and raised in Europe.....Lived in many countries around the world...The USA is my home now..

I am Australian, and travel as much as I can. Take very long trips because it takes so long to get anywhere that I have to make it worthwhile. Retirement gives me the time but unfortunately now I have to watch the money. Swings and roundabouts.

French Caribbean...via Africa with lots of summers in Belgium because of Belgian stepfather...now American living in NJ.

A Druid!

Born and brought up in beautiful India. Hong Kong has been home for the past 7 years.

American with EU passport (Ireland), so I guess I qualify as a dual citizen or maybe none at all.

USA...USA...USA!

US

USA

USA--from beautiful Seattle which I love except for the fact that the flight to Europe is SO LONG!

I live in the Kingdom of Fife, but am a native of the Highlands of Scotland!

Message artlover: You have it better than me...two plane changes in Alaska to get to Seattle to START the European leg. And I think the Aussies still beat that.

Guess!!

I'm an American living in Europe, married to a Canadian who is actually half British and half German (East Prussian to be exact).

Another from the USA

Another from Michigan, born and raised here, but lived in the Los Angeles area for over 20 years before returning back to my roots.

Connecticut here.
Cigalechanta, funny you don't look Druish?? ;-D

US citizen but was born and lived first 30 years of my life in Moscow,Russia

Proud to be born and living in the beautiful Midwest! The heart of America. Travel is my hobby and I love experiencing other cultures.

I am German living in a place where a bunch of idiots flew a jet into our two most famous landmarks.

Another Canuck, eh?

Belgium !

Californian (but European at heart)

Anishinabe,(Lac du Flambeau Band) who lives in Minnesota, USA

Israeli, traveling Europe a lot, living in the Midwest USA.

I am a Maid of Kent (or is it a Kentish Maid?) Never quite sure - it depends which side of the River Medway you were born!

PS Kent in England - Just returned from USA, when I was asked where I was from and I replied 'Kent, England' - the look from the enquirer was puzzlement then the stock question 'how many miles from London is that?'

Lewis, I'm in Cambridge. Are you the one at the Auberge?

Texas

I'm from Southern California. Grew up in Pennsylvania but came here for the climate. Flights to Europe would have been interminable if I'd stayed there!

Another Aussie! Takes a good 24 hours to get to Europe and our dollar is worth peanuts!

A rather un-German looking German who has lived in the US for a year (10 years ago) and wo will probably have to move to Britain or Australia next winter.

Noerthern California here. Born and raised, but I like England better in the summertime. Too bad it snows there otherwise it would be perfect....lol

Canadian. In Alberta, to be more exact.

American from central New York state. I grew up about an hour from Canada. You could easily mistake us for Ontario natives.

Which reminds me. . . with current events, have any Americans on here experienced harassment while in France or Britain of late? I ask because my brother told me to pretend to be Canadian while over there. He says he ran into people who harassed or argued with him when he went to Germany, Italy, and France last year.

I was wondering if I should do such a thing.

Please don't turn this country into a bunch of whimps. Even if we don't agree with Bush, go as an American, a good ambassador of our country. The French love us, not our goverment as well as missing our dollars. There are a******* in every country you might encounter but don't worry, all is well for us tourists.

Only a fool would pretend to be Canadian who is really American. Don't do it.

I didn't think it would be necessary. It's probably just more of my brother's hyperbole. He even convinced my mother to buy me Canada tee-shirts!

yet another Aussie!

Lubertri - don't understand your statement: here it is:

"my brother told me to pretend to be Canadian while over there (France and Britain). He says he ran into people who harassed or argued with him when he went to Germany, Italy, and France last year."

So what has that to do with Britain? We were on your side, or do you forget. Its sad and upsetting if you do.

Sounds to me like your brother has trouble whever he goes.
You are not your brother.

Don't worry, Englishone, I mentioned France and Britain because I'm only going to these two places. My brother told me to worry about Britain too, because like in Italy the government supports the US but a majority of the people were against the war.

However, I love Britain and the British and never had any concerns about being an American in Britain. It was in France that I had questions.

I will be in Britain for almost two months this summer (five weeks studying at Cambridge University), and I'm sure I will be treated wonderfully. Every British tourist I've met here in America has been delightful company.

And considering that I speak French, know a lot of French history, can be well-mannered when I want to be, and understand the French criticism of US policy, I hardly think that I will run into any trouble there (outside of a handful of kooks and loons). Most people are reasonable like you and me and know to separate government policy with people in general.

lubeltri - thank you for replying to my post so graciously.

Filipino-American living in New York

Sunny Arizona

A proud Canadian!

Northern Ireland!

Hi-discovered this post- needs refreshing I think as there are many people not mentioned.

Me- I'm an ex-New Zealander living in Israel.

Canadian--

I live in Palau

Sydney, Australia with European citizenship now touring in France

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Living for the past 20 years on a small island outside of Vancouver, Canada.

At a guess most are north americans. You can almost always tell if english is not the poster's first language - or they are from the UK/Aust (due to both spellings and turns of phrase) - even if they don;t mention it in the post.

Canadian

I'm from the heart of USA farming country, western Illinois.

Canadian

Half French-Canadian, Half Acadian, living in Montreal, Canada.

One more Australian. Melbourne to be exact.

USA South Carolina

French Canadian, born and raised in Quebec City, now living in Montrea.

Brazilian, living in Salvador, Bahia (but I lived in the US before for almost 14 years).

Canadian

I am an American and have lived in the United States all of my life. I am technically half German and Half Irish thanks to my parents. However, I have never been to either Germany nor Ireland. Hopefully someday soon I will go there. I do not have any living relatives that I could learn any information about my family from either country. My maiden last name is actually a city in Germany.

Downtown NYC

Toronto, Canada but leaving for France on Tuesday and wishing I could live there for 6 months at a time.

Interesting to see the following comment from another Australian almost excatly 5 years ago:

"...our dollar is worth peanuts!"

In 2001 we decided on a low-cost destination (Vietnam) when the rate was somewhere in the US$0.50-0.60 range. (Mind you, Vietnam turned out to have many other charms.)

How times change - the AU$ is now around US$0.96.

Germany

ex-Aussie. Been living in Israel for 34 years.

English, living in Hampshire England. Lived abroad a lot as a child as my father was in the Royal Marines.

Another Australian bemused at references to 'horror 8 hour flights' to get to Europe.

Welsh.....

Australian citizen Polish citizen lived in Switzerland and Africa

Australian, living in Sydney, but spent 17 years in Canada (Windsor & Toronto).

LOL farrermog re - "Another Australian bemused at references to 'horror 8 hour flights' to get to Europe." - I so empathise!

8 hours is like a business trip Sydney to Perth in Oz.

I hate the 24 hours plus non stop Sydney to London (or anywhere else in Europe)and that is why I always stop over in BKK or HK.

"English, living in Hampshire England. "

Another one - there is a definite colony of ex Hampshire Fodorites, (Cholmondly Warner and J R Hartley both ex Winchester)

I still live here , with an SO postcode.

American--New Englander all my life except for a few years teaching abroad.

I travel less than the average poster on this board, I think, and certainly less than I would like. However, I have traveled more than most of my peers in this small town, so I can't complain.

Canadian (born in Europe).

Canadian eh?

Live where the 2010 Winter Olympics will be held - any guesses?

Canadian, born in Europe.

Andersen

Born and raised in Louisiana, now an ex-pat living in Northern Virginia.....

Lots of Canucks - another one here!

Kentucky, USA - Home of fast women and beautiful horses!!

Another Kentuckian, but I'm of an age to have slowed down.

Not sure if I have answered before but anyway...born and raised and have lived all of my life in the SF/Bay Area in N Calfornia. Now I am in the most southern end of the Sacramento Valley. The Bay Area is considered starting just a few miles S/W of where I now live.

I note that dear Ben Haines posted on the 5th post. I so miss him. He was a fine gentleman.

Floridian

US-Pennsylvania

carolyn from Kentucky - Louisville, by any chance?

Yes, do I know you?