[Sommarsverige]

I already thought a longer time about opening such a thread, because we have it in the Swedes forum (ok, not very active atm ) and in some others as well, but as we are such a great community here in the Nando forum (from my point of view the best on whole MTF) it would be great to get to know how it looks like where you all live And when Nathy posted about the languages in Switzerland, I was thinking again how nice it would be to see pics where everyone lives and I decided to create this thread directly

Of course you can also post pics of fave holiday destinations or whatever places you like

So I will start .... here are some pics from my hometown Hamburg including the lake Alster, the harbour, Speicherstadt and the famous church "Michel"

 

[freesbee]

Birte, mucho good idea!

I doubt there are pics of the place where I live (the flemish country ) so I will post some pics of Bruges, the biggest city near my home, and Ghent, where I spend most of my time during the academic year.

This is the "Markt" in Bruges, kind of the centre:

These are scenes in Ghent:

This is "gravensteen", a medieval castle in Ghent:

Is that enough?lol

 

[Carlita]

Good idea Birte! Freya, what is the name of the city where you live? You told me near Brugge but....there's lots near Brugge! :lol:

Well, I live in Vlaardingen, not far From Rotterdam. Here are some boring pics :lol:

This is our flag

our symbol is the herring (don't ask me why...:lol: ) Maybe we could start making sürströming here Birte

City hall (old one, people only get married here now)

the harbour:

I think this is the highest building in our city centre:

it's all pretty boring...I was born here... (not in that building of course....)

 

[freesbee]

Good idea Birte! Freya, what is the name of the city where you live? You told me near Brugge but....there's lots near Brugge! :lol:

yeah the place where I live is called Wingene but it is berrrrrry complicated, so if you want to drop by, call me first :lol:

our symbol is the herring (don't ask me why...:lol: ) Maybe we could start making sürströming here Birte

surströmming :haha:

 

[Carlita]

surströmming :haha:

have you ever tried it???

 

[freesbee]

no, but I heard stories... it's forbidding to open it in flats :lol: and you should never open the can in your kitchen. it's advised to do it outside. my parents tried it once and they said it was horrible, absolutely yuck. they brought another can home from Sweden again

I have tried something which is a bit less , but it's still yuck. it's called hakarl or something. it's Icelandic rotten shark bits which are soaked in ammonia... you can imagine.

back to topic?lol

 

[Carlita]

okay favourite holiday destination... a lot but I'll start off with the best one!

Mallorca, by far!!

Palma de Mallorca

We stayed here in this apartmentcomplex, first balcony bottom row left.
In Paguera. They had a WONDERFUL pool chico!!! Just lovely :lol:

We made a jeepsafari, starting in Playa de Palma going up to Inca, then to Petra, drove by Manacor and back to Playa de Palma again.

OOOH me wants to go back!!! Palma is such a beautiful city!!! I loved it there!! Great club too called: Tito's You go up in a glass elevator and have an amazing view over Palma's harbour!!

 

[Carlita]

back to topic?lol

well we could share our home/holiday findings here :lol: I've got a book here, and just reading about it made me sick.... :haha: eeeeeeeeeeeeew

 

[freesbee]

of course I have never been anywhere else :lol: but my life is still young

typical swedish village at the coast:

scenery in Glaskogen, near Arvika:

I can't seem to find any good city pics, but I have been like everywhere :lol: except the big cities, I really want to visit stockholm.

 

[Sommarsverige]

Oh Freya, I guess I don´t have to say I share the favourite holiday destination with you
So you always go to Arvika in Sweden?

I will post some pics this eve...

 

[Guti]

Hi Sorta of newish person posting here, well i'm from England a little market town called Boston - very boring !!

So here are some pictures
This is Lincolnshire the county in England where Boston is !!

This is St.Botolphs Church - known as Boston Stump

Maud Foster Windmill

The Market Place or Town Centre

This is the main fishing part of the town

hee hee told you it was boring :lol:

my favourite holiday destinations are well the first one is Mallorca, i have been there twice and enjoyed it very much, and Malta i have just recently been there, i have some picture of Malta and will post them later if thats ok ? and also i like Italy especially Florence, it is a very beautiful city

 

[freesbee]

Oh Freya, I guess I don´t have to say I share the favourite holiday destination with you
So you always go to Arvika in Sweden?

I will post some pics this eve...

yeah Arvika is one of the places we go every time I've also been a lot in Idre and Särna, Grebbestad, Mora, Borås and Halmstad

Hi Guti!

 

[Carlita]

HI Guti! Welcome in Nando Land :lol:

 

[~EMiLiTA~]

oooh nice idea!

when i have more time i will post some stuff here!

 

[ayena]

everyone!!
So I live in Poland in city called Rzeszów. First there's a litle map 'casue everybody are probably wondering where the hell is that?? Then there's a city hall, frag of city squere then frag of 3rd May street (the most popular and crowded street in city ), then our castle and the biggest monument in city which is very close to my school. And the last one is block in which i live
My fave place for holidays is so far Canada!! and i really wish to be back there someday but when i'll i want to spend more time at Niagara Falls

 

[Guti]

HI Guti! Welcome in Nando Land :lol:

Hi thanks for the welcome, but call me Becky !!

 

[Carlita]

Hi Becky, :lol: welcome to Nando Land

 

[Guti]

Hi Becky, :lol: welcome to Nando Land

:haha: :haha:

 

[siobhan]

Hi Becky! [Maybe this is the time to tell you all to call me Hanna. Why did I never think of that? ]

I live in Leverkusen, an industrial town in the West of Germany, best known for its football team (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) and the Bayer factory. It's not really a beautiful place but it has its moments. Probably the best thing is that it only takes 20 minutes to drive to Cologne which is a much more exciting town with ultimately better shops.

A map first ...

This is an overview of some part of the city, dominated by the factories.

The main precinct "Wiesdorfer Platz" - nothing there, not even people.

Our town hall, unfortunately not the ugliest building in town at all.

The Bayer main office building when it was dressed like a pack of Aspirin.

Our emblem and the main landmark, the Bayer cross.

And to come to the beautiful part of it: This is the street where I live. It's on the very outskirts of the town, when I look out of my window I see horses grazing, so ultimately I love living here.

It's all very "Bayer" here, we even have a "Bayer department store".

 

[Nathy]

Let me introduce you to my beautiful city: LAUSANNE

LAUSANNE IS IN THE FRENCH PART OF SWITZERLAND, THE 5TH BIGGEST CITY OF THE COUNTRY AND 60KM EASTERN FROM GENEVA

HERE YOU CAN LOCATE THE FOLLOWING PICS

1. THE FRONT WALL OF THE LAUSANNE-PALACE HOTEL

2. THE WONDERFUL CATHEDRAL

3. OUCHY, NAME OF LAUSANNE'S HARBOUR

4. THE BEAU-RIVAGE PALACE HOTEL (where the DC teams stayed in April 2004, when I met Roger for the first time)

5. THE BUILDINGS WHERE I LIVE (right behind the white ones)

More of my neighbourghood

1. My neighbourghood, viewd from the Tower

http://www.menstennisforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=55696&stc=1

2. The Olympic Stadium, viewed from the Tower

http://www.menstennisforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=55695&stc=1

3. Lausanne's Cathedral, viewd from the Tower

http://www.menstennisforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=55694&stc=1

4. Snowy view from my bedroom

http://www.menstennisforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=55693&stc=1

5. Sunset viewed from my living room

http://www.menstennisforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=55692&stc=1

6. The "Sauvabelin Tower": 150 steps and a view on the entire city! (10 mins from m flat by car)

http://www.menstennisforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=55697&stc=1

Next post with my fave holiday destinations