Hi Ward,


   Quoting: Ward Dossche to Shannon Talley
 Date/Time: 26-Sep-06 / 07:45:49
   Subject: Re: Age old debating rick...

 WD> were written it becomes a totally different ball-game  Indeed,
 WD> Hampton Roads and the broader area are very rich in history and
 WD> warrants a visit, something which I'll definitely do one day in
 WD> the near-future

I've been there several times (bussines and vacation). The lomgest stay was
about 4 weeks. Made many trips. Easy driving in VA. Nice places, nice
people. Naval base Norfolk is exellent. Virginia Beach a nice place to
live. Visiting Williamsburg is a must. Bushgarden (not GWB!) is very
exiting. Driving across/through the Chesapeake bridge/tunnel is fun.
Driving the Blue Ridge parkway is certainly a _must_. (watch out for Yogie
Bear;-)
The beaches near VirginiaBeach are beautuifull! Nice swimming and surfing
(sunbathing and bikini watching
too;-) Most time I did swim at the ViginiaBeach Officers Club.

Back home after the first vist, I had a bumper sticker on my car "Virginia
is for lovers" ;-)


 WD> Everybody is different though and while I
 WD> personally enjoy travels to the US quite a lot, many other people
 WD> are in for a different thing, different horizons, different mode
 WD> of travel. This should not be interpreted as "hating the US" or
 WD> vice-versa ..  You know, I don't understand why it's such a big
 WD> thing for Americans to visit Paris, Venice, Rome, ... when there's

Even Amsterdam:-) "Have to take pictures, my father would never believe me"

 WD> such a wealth of things to see/visit overthere that a lifetime
 WD> does not suffice. And it goes the other way around as well ....
 WD> now you can ask the obvious question  \%/{at}rd


Best Regards,
      Herman Neut

 e-mail: h.neutnospam{at}hccnet.nl

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