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[runthegauntlet]

On a yacht sailing around the world. Possibly visiting all the places previously mentioned in this thread.

[robertokun]

Andaluc�a.

[ESL Hobo]

[b]Barcelona[/b]
Great food(st. josep's mercado)
great weather
great people
great art music and dance scene
great Cava
lots nearby places of interest
on the med
Instead of convenient stores and fast food joints on every street corner there are Tapas Bars!
wonderful lifestyle(2 hour lunches, late night dinners with friends)
La Ramblas(cafe's and ....)
Gothic Quarter
Bohemian quarter
Gaudi Architecture

[johnslat]

Santa Fe, New Mexico

There's no place like home!!!!!!

http://santafe.org/

Regards,
John of Holy Faith

[waxwing]

Some beautiful and/or interesting places I've spent time in, and might want to live in:

Florianopolis, southern Brazil.
(Brazil has other beautiful, beautiful places of course).

Dali, Yunnan Province, China. (Wonderfully laid back. Not right up in the mountains, but some very pleasant hiking and cycling around the local villages, lakes, mountain scenery. The tourist hordes are growing all around this region (see: Lijiang), so I can't put this so high on my list).

Valparaiso, Chile (a beautiful little coastal town but a bit rundown if you're looking for the finer things in life. Great if you like avocadoes and Chilean wine. On the pacific coast, an hour or two's drive from Tres Puntas, spectacular skiing in the middle of the Andes. Short drive to Santiago which isn't the best city in the world but has some cool nightlife).

Pokhara, Nepal. Is it still as fanastic as it was in 1992? I know Nepal has a turbulent recent history

If you have an aesthetic sense at all, it's very difficult not to mention some of the great European cities, whether it be Rome, Paris, London etc. You could have a great quality of life in any of them if you were seriously wealthy. But we are not bankers so let's forget about that

I was surprised that the south of France had not yet been mentioned. To misquote Johnson, he who is tired of French culture ... (and we will just have to ignore the peanut gallery of Anglophone francophobes...)


Is anyone a fan of Australia? I only visited fleetingly but I felt that Sydney was like a slightly better version of London. And similarly expensive

If money were no object I would probably live somewhere in the France-Spain-Italy region. A more teacherly way of thinking - somewhere in Eastern Europe, with some of the same elements of lifestyle but lower cost. The biggest issue is the red tape that a country has, if you want to be there not as a worker, and for a longer period of time.

[Trebek]

Obviously none of you fools have been to Texas.

[deessell2]

I'm still looking for it!

I have been an expat for twenty two years and lived in eight different countries but I think Australia may be the 'perfect' place, for me.

[ITTP]

Potosi, Bolivia.
(wouldn't fancy living in Pokhara - the boating would become a bore very quickly).

Neville

ITTP TEFL Prague
Narodni 21
Prague 1 - bang in the center of the city

[Hadit]

[bulgogiboy]

Something about Malta appeals to me as a place to live. Mediterranean climate, they speak English, and one of the best healthcare systems in the world. I really should go there sometime...

In terms of places I've been, somewhere nice and quiet next to the beach in Thailand would be a definite option, although only if I had a considerably solid chunk of cash in the bank, as eeking out a living on a farang's ESL wage does not appeal at all.

The Dordogne region in France would be nice too, all that lovely food and wine...

[idiggs]

Italy

[AjarnIam]

Somewhere were I can have 4 seasons again, without the cold winters.
Thailand is either hot or hotter or wet or wetter.

[johnslat]

Ah, there's no place like home - which, come to think on it, is probably one of the big reasons most of us became EFLers in the first place.

Regards,
John

[gaijinalways]

waxwing posted

[fat_chris]

Wherever I go, there I am.