Unutterably Silly Let's Go Places!

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Caen, France

Caen is known for its historical buildings built during the reign of William Burnett, who was buried there, and for the Battle for Caen—heavy fighting that took place in and around Caen during the Battle of Normandy in 1944, destroying much of the city. The city has now preserved the memory by erecting a memorial and a museum dedicated to peace, the Memorial de Caen.

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Namur - Belgium

Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium.

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Reading, United Kingdom

Reading may date back to the Roman occupation of Britain, possibly as a trading port for Calleva Atrebatum. However the first clear evidence for Reading as a settlement dates from the 8th century, when the town came to be known as Readingum. The name probably comes from the Readingas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe whose name means Reada's People in Old English, or less probably the Celtic Rhydd-Inge, meaning Ford over the River.

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Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA

Gatlinburg, a mountain town in eastern Tennessee, is known as a gateway to the roughly 520,000-acre Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Many of its key attractions offer sweeping views of the neighboring park, including the 407-ft. Space Needle observation tower and the Sky Lift, a 2.1-mile aerial cable car that journeys from Downtown to the popular amusement park and ski resort Ober Gatlinburg.
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Great Falls, NJ, USA

Great Falls (The Great Falls of the Passaic River) is one of the largest waterfalls in the United States. It served as the site (and power behind) a planned industrial city, now part of the city of Paterson. Alexander Hamilton played a major role in its development.

These days the area is a National Historical Park, and the area around it is being set aside for a state park. Some of the natural beauty has been restored.

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São Paulo, Brazil

The city has a nightlife that is considered one of the best in the country. There are cinemas, theaters, museums and cultural centers. The Rua Oscar Freire was named one of the eight most luxurious streets in the world, according to the Mystery Shopping International, and São Paulo the 25th "most expensive city" of the planet.


2007 Virada Cultural, in Downtown São Paulo

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Olsztyn - Poland

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Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. It is famous for having the Nairobi National Park, the world's only game reserve found within a major city.

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Iqaluit, Nunavut (Canada)
Capital city of the territory of Nunavut.

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Tahiti

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Inglewood - United States

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Dudley, United Kingdom

Originally a market town, Dudley was one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution and grew into an industrial centre in the 19th century with its iron, coal, and limestone industries before their decline and the relocation of its commercial centre to the nearby Merry Hill Shopping Centre in the 1980s. Tourist attractions include Dudley Zoo, Dudley Castle, the Black Country Living Museum and the historic marketplace.

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Yellowknife, NWT (Canada)

Capital of that territory. They swing between 19 hours of daylight in the summer to 6 in the winter.

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Haifa - Israel