Places to visit

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:22 pm

US: Pacific Northwest
Outside US: Poland (hey, I'm Polish, so why not)

tubafatness · Post by **tubafatness** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:51 pm

In the U.S.--Either a nice little place in one of the Northwestern states, or out to the San Francisco Bay area.

Outside the U.S.--Tie between the U.K., Germany, France, Italy and Japan. To get specific, I'd love to some day attend the Internationale Ferienkurse fÃ¼r Neue Musik in Darmstadt, Germany.

bearphonium · Post by **bearphonium** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:57 pm

USA: Maine coast
Outside USA: Austraila

Lucky to have family in Alaska and live in the Pacific Northwest!

pierre · Post by **pierre** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:28 pm

US: North Dakota*

World: Sub-Saharan Africa

*It's the one state I haven't been to yet.

finnbogi · Post by **finnbogi** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:37 pm

In the USA: Alaska.
Elsewhere: I would like to follow the old Silk route.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:46 pm

U.S.: Wherever #3 is
Outside: Antarctica

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:51 pm

windshieldbug wrote:U.S.: Wherever #3 is
Outside: Antarctica

There's a fellow on another list that I frequent that spends about half the year in Antarctica. He's quite happy doing it--he doesn't mind the isolation and has lots of toys to keep himself amused.

I always had a hankering to visit South Georgia Island myself. Less traffic there.

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:59 pm

Alaska and Jerusalem.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:10 am

Check out my new signature. It's in the Philippines.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:10 pm

I would like to say that I have, at least, set foot on every continent by the time I die. I have lived on four continents (North America, Europe, South America, Asia). When I lived in Indonesia, I could go to my in-laws' place in Yogyakarta and see Australia from the beach there. I only saw it. I have also yet to set foot on Africa or Antarctica. I intend to do both.

As far as states, I have been to 40. Thanks to a blizzard in New Jersey when I was in the Army, an American Airlines agent at Ontario International Airport (in California) wouldn't let me leave the airport, unless it was on an airplane going ANYWHERE! I was coming back from leave to see my parents at Christmastime. I had two days left of my leave and didn't plan to fly back to Fort Dix (I actually flew to Newark) for a couple of days. My parents were concerned and we were in the vicinity of the airport, so we talked to an agent at the airport about the bad weather. Luckily, my suitcase was packed--my dad had to drive back home and get it. That agent wouldn't let me move!

It went like this: The agent gave me a ticket (originally, I purchased a ticket for a flight from Ontario to Newark that changed in Chicago). The first ticket was to San Francisco. When I got to San Francisco I went to the agent there who gave me a ticket to Reno. From there I went to about eight other places on my way to Chicago. No flight was over 45 minutes. I spent a whole day at two of the airports and I was able to get out and see the sights. The funny thing about this was that, when I got to Chicago I was able to take the original flight onto which I was booked. When I got to New Jersey, the snow had all melted. It was warm and cloudy. The agent at Ontario gave me a free air tour of of parts of the United States I would have never otherwise visited!

When I was with the 298th Army Band in Berlin, Germany, we took a few trips to Tournai, Belgium. We stayed in a Belgian Army barracks--an ancient citadel. We ate the same food the Belgian Army ate--QUICHE for every meal. (This was at the time people were saying, "Real men don't eat quiche.")

In the early 1980s, Belgium had many things which made it seem more like America than Europe (to us). JC Penney, Radio Shack, and other American businesses were there then. There were many American cars.

For Wade, Belgium seemed to respect its past. Maybe too much. But sleeping in that old citadel was a lot of fun.

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:17 pm

I'd like to check out the Maritime Provinces. It would be great to see the tides at the Bay of Fundy and to try to fish for cod from a St. Pierre dory.

In the US, I'd like to visit NYC and DC. I would love to spend time going through the Smithsonian- as long as they would let me stay! I'd love to go to an opera at The Met and see a Broadway show.

I don't know how long I'd like to do it but I'd enjoy seeing all of the airplanes out in the desert in Arizona- both military and commercial.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:24 pm

For military airplanes, check out the Commemorative Air Force (former Confederate Air Force) in Midland, Texas:

http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/

tubatom91 · Post by **tubatom91** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:47 pm

US: Newburgh Indiana to try some horns
Outside world: Germany Home of TUBAS!

trseaman · Post by **trseaman** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:20 am

EuphManRob wrote:
LoyalTubist wrote:When I lived in Indonesia, I could go to my in-laws' place in Yogyakarta and see Australia from the beach there.
You could see 980 miles across the Indian Ocean??

Must be using that new bionic eye implant!!!

Hmm... How do I quote in writing the ole' bionic sound???

Tim

finnbogi · Post by **finnbogi** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:01 am

schlepporello wrote:On a clear day you can see forever.

Quite right, and the earth is flat anyway.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:03 am

Rule, Brittania! Britannia rules the waves....

When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Life of Samuel Johnson (Boswell).Â 6 Vol. vi. Chap. ix. 1777.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:12 am

It's 980 miles if you go straight across. Yogyakarta (and the entire south side of Java) is practically smog-free, unlike Jakarta (which confuses some people because the other city is pronounced Jogue-Jakarta--they are also far apart). At an angle it's a little closer. It seems impossible but you can see some of the shadows of the Northern Territory.

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:59 am

U.S., I would love to sail the San Juan Islands off the Washington state coast.
Overseas, all of Southern Europe. (I'll bet they got yankees up North like we do.)

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:17 pm

tubatooter1940 wrote:U.S., I would love to sail the San Juan Islands off the Washington state coast.

The San Juans are close to the coast but not off the coast. They are stuck between Vancouver Island in BC and Puget Sound to the south. They are protected and that makes them very, very nice!

There are sailboat charters at reasonable prices and you could make this one happen fairly easily.

If you do, bring yer tuba and we'll rock out. I'm just across the water from there.

Jeff

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:35 pm

Allthumbs wrote:
The Big Ben wrote:I'd like to check out the Maritime Provinces. It would be great to see the tides at the Bay of Fundy and to try to fish for cod from a St. Pierre dory.

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That's funny, I thought with a Forum name like "Big Ben" that London would be the obvious choice.

England would be OK, too! I'm "The Big Ben" because I'm big and, when I was growing up, there were five Jeffreys living on my street so, with a last name of Benedict, I became "The Big Ben"

Jeff "I'd play in a brass band while there, I would" Benedict