If you can remember someone visiting your town wearing a leather hat with place-pins on it - then that was probably me.<br>I like - riding on a merry-go-round in Dijon; sailing a model boat in Paris;<br>climbing Mt.Etna;<br>visiting Moscow;Tallinn,Estonia;being pinched on the backside in Amsterdam; being lost in Venice, Ireland, Brasov then <br>eating delicious "gogoshi" in Bazou and Galati, Romania; seeing Valencia moto-X ibullring; eating delicious crepes in farmhouse near Merrekesch; seeing Plovid rail station;<br>drinking "Limca" and "Thums Up" in India; and just sharing time with my wonderful, amusing, stimulating and more worldly fellow travellers and the helpful people who provided me with the directions ... ...<br>

Seeking penpals from any country.<br>I have travelled throughout Europe and some parts of America and recently in parts of India and Africa(Kenya -Tanzania, and in Johannesburg SA.

Albero Wantaraina - cuban olympic athlete 1976 - now economics gov. minister ; Hainsley Crawford - trinadad cmwth games athlete ; Don Quarry - jamican olympic athlete ;

Martin Chivers - everton ; Martin Peters ; Justin Fashonou ; Charlie George ; Alan Ball - UKFA - seen in Belguim 2007; KIP KIHNO - Olympian - KENYA ; LASSE VERAN -olympian - FINLAND ;

Mahamoud Ali (saw him Dec.1991 - Hilton Hotel -Washington); Vivian Richards(cricket); Ian "bunny" Pearce (Redcliffe RL); Lester Young (Wynnum-manly RL);  Alan Curry (Easts RL);

Jeff Fyfe (Easts RL - fg in 1972 gf); Mark "handstand"Jackson (AFL); Dr J P R Williams - wing for Wales; Walter Spanghero (Toulouse/French RU); "Skull" Murphy - wrestler;

"Brute" Barnard -  wrestler; "contract" football (Souths RL 1975); Paul McLean - Brothers RU; Tony "egghead" Shaw - Brothers RU;

Greg Cornelson (ARU - 4 tries against the All Blacks1984); John Walker (NZ runner); Hans Rummanegger (GDR soccer); Ron Coote (RL - lof. tackle at Lang Park 1975, v.France);

Eric Cantona (Man Utd); Dave Wattel (US Olympic Steeplechaser); Manfred Schaffer - Man U.; George Best - Man U.;  Archie Gammel (Man Utd);

Alan Curry - Easts RL; Jeff Fyfe - East RL(fg -gf 1972); Boris Crusini - Easts RL; Ron Coote - Easts RL (lof tackle v. France 1975); Steve Rogers (Cronulla RL)


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Appo Bros. (RL Mt.Isa); Col Weiss - Brothers RL; Joe Kilroy - Norths RL; Ern Wonker - Norths RL; Otti Abonyi - soccer; Ray Baartz - soccer; Geoff Starling - Balmain RL;

Osla Volavola -Souths/Fiji RL; Gauten Gautawai - Souths/Fiji RL; Tony Scott - Souths RL; Greame Atherton - Souths RL;

singers/musicians

Michael Sardaby - musician, Martinque & Paris - LP vinyl record heard at Crocodile Records, Rue des Ecoles Paris 2004

trival pursuit game box

dyi timber decks; 7 men from now; the bostonians; 4000 works of literature/ yellow rolls-royce; beware greeks bearing guns; gypsy;

chain of command; railway adventures across canada; in search of the past; great railway jorneys of germany; the blue train; slapstick of another kind;

Game: trival pursuit game box ;DVD: dyi timber decks;7 men from now;the bostonians;4000 works of literature;yellow rolls-royce;

beware greeks bearing guns;gypsy;chain of command;railway adventures across canada;in search of the past;great railway jorneys of germany;

the blue train;slapstick of another kind;witness;moulin rouge;midnight in st petersburg;reindeer games;sleep disorders;15 min workout for dummies;

super motocross kings;shane warne: king of spin;1000 full version games;100 golden moments of the premier league football;

cantona;let's learn italian;let's learn french;world of languages;cracking the da vinci code;ext.ed. da vinci code;da vinci code;

hannibal & red dragon:: movies of anthony hopkins;carry on cabbie;eldarado;great guy: james cagney;soft beds, hard battles;trivia challenge;

morvern callar;international tramways;withnail & i;australian iconic towns V1 & 3;the movies game cd

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VHS: world's greatest RU tries;battle of the river plate;hellfighters;hips hips hooray;4 weddings and a funeral;

scenic cruises of norway, the rhine & mediterrean;rio bravo;the ten commandments;as good as it gets;the omega man;titanic;

showboat;scenic cruises of the carribean, gautamala, panama canal;star wars;return of the jedi;mary poppins;towering inferno;

thunderball;pelican brief;confidential report;1977 grand final nswrl;the bourne supremacy;sleepers;reilly: ace of spies;the burma railway;

the glass-bottom boat;foreign intrigue;quo vadis;annie get your gun;the avengers;die another day;great wonders of the world

name these film locos:
Miss. Imposs... pRAGUE
Schind. List... KRACOW
Funeral in ... BERLIN
The Prize, Reluctant Spy... STOCKHOLM
Hans C Andersen... COPENHAGEN
Riddle of the Sands... (TOO DIFFICULT)
An Amer in ..., Bourne Identity( bridge scene) PARIS
The It. Job, Gidget Goes to ... ROME
Night Train to ... TRIESTE
Our Man in ... (several options) ISTANBUL / HAVANA

send me some answers

007

Bought books: Fodor's Guide to the Da Vinci Code; The King of Vodka - Pyotr Smirnov; Complete Sailing Handbook; Big book of Filth; Blood on the Table - greatest cases from NYC Medical Examiner; Mysteries of History; how big is big - Mysteries of sex explained.(bought only for the drawings) only cost $1 - so must be a short history; Flirting with Disaster - Why Accidents are rarely accidental; Classic Railway journeys of the West;
Labels for Locals - What to call people from Abilene to Zimbabwe; Turning the Tide - decisive battles of WWII;
Over the Top - great battles of WWI;

ADAPT- OVERCOME - FROM HEARTBREAK RIDGE

MAN'S GOT TO KNOW HIS LIMITATIONS - DIRTY HARRY

GOT TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MADNESS IN YOUR LIFE - ZORBA: THE GREEK

RECIPE FOR PINK LIGHTENING DRINK - CURE FOR VODKA OVERDOSE

FROM MOVIE - INNOCENTS IN PARIS - CIRCA 1960 -
A COLLECTIONS OF VINGETTES - SHORT STORIES - SEVERAL STORIES ABOUT TRAVELLERS TO PARIS -
JIMMY EDWARDS, THE KNOW-IT-ALL TRAVELLER EXTRAORDINARE DOESN'T MIX IT WITH THE LOCALS BUT ONLY STAYS IN AN ENGLISH OWNED PUB FOR THE WHOLE STAY;

A SCOTSMAN MEETS A PARIS GIRL BUT MISUNDERSTANDS HER MEANINGS;
A GIRL MEETS AN OLDER PARIS MAN AND HE MISUNDERSTANDS HER;
A GROUP OF BANDSMEN SOLDIERS MEET THE LOCALS;
DOTTY MARGARET RUTHERFORD GOES ARTISTIC AND SELLS A PAINTING DONE IN PARIS AFTER MEETING A VETERAN ENGLISH ARTIST
(MR STRINGER, MISS MARPLES ASSISTANT IN THE MISS MARPLES FILMS) WHO HAD PAINTED THE MONA LISA 135 TIMES IN THE SAME GALLERY
AND HADN'T SOLD ANY , IN A 30 YEAR STAY IN PARIS.

RECIPE ORIGINATES FROM THE ENCOUNTER AT THE BAR OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS BUILDING IN PARIS -
THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR HELPS OUT THE UK DELEGATE (ALAISTER SIM) AFTER HE BECOMES OVERCOME BY DRINKING VODKA HE THINKS IS WATER -
BY TAKING HIM TO THE NIGHTCLUB, CASANOVA, AND IS ASKED FOR THE INGREDIENTS TO THE DRINK "PINK LIGHTENING" :

PARTS OF THE DRINK CONTAIN: CRIMEAN BEETLE-JUICE - UKRAINIAN GIN - SUMMERKAN?(SIC) BRANDY - AND CORSICAN CHAMPAGNE

NO % LEVELS EXPLAINED NOR HAVE THE INGREDIENTS BEEN AUTHENTICATED AS BEING IN EXISTENCE.

AS A CONSEQUENCE OF IMBIBING THE DRINK, THE UK DELEGATE LOOSENES HIS STRAIGHT-LACED PERSONA AND BECOMES THE 'LIFE OF THE PARTY' AND PROMOTES FREINDSHIP BETWEEN PREVIOUS RIVALS OF THEIR TWO COUNTRIES.

THE OTHER TRAVELLERS ENCOUNTER MIXED INTERACTIONS AND LEAVE CONFIRMING THEIR IDEAS ABOUT "FOREIGNERS" OR HAVE ENJOYED THEIR EXPERIENCES AND PLAN A RETURN VISIT.