I Was Raised In Wales

So was the Queen, by all accounts. If you look closely, she has scars around her ankles from when she was naughty as a young girl.

Seriously I need to go to Wales I loved Ireland. So I think I'd be happy on the isles of Britain ? Or England ? (unsure American)

@Curiosity: They do nip a bit most of ours had personality too. I can't think of a better dog when I was a child my Rosey didn't mind me arranging her ears even :) but my folks have two ATM and one likes to nip and heard people lol :) I love that they always seem to be smiling. Happy dogs. And I knew the Queen had plenty of great looking corgis I didn't know she was raised with them I guess I figured it was her nod to Wales as it seems to be forgotten often. I love your flag too :)

Gosh, you have to be careful here; it's quite complicated! Britain is made up of 4 countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Ireland (where you probably visited?) is a country in its own right and is not part of Britain. Hope you're still with me!

The 'draig coch' or red dragon!

@Curiosity: Yes I am and yes I visited Dublin in the republic of Ireland I believe ? Again unsure and I even trained for months to run their marathon.
But yes I understand the terms so far :) not lost yet ;)

Dublin is a great city and there is a quick ferry from North Wales to the Republic. Hope you had plenty of Guinness for sustenance!

@Curiosity: Pints of it at the factory tour which we got lost on the way to St. James Gate and I spotted a Guiness and Harp delivery van and decided to follow it and like a bee to the hive it brought us to our destination. I also enjoyed the Jameson's distillery tour too as its my favorite. :) I was sore from the race I needed that sustenance and a tad bit of Jameson's for the pain :)

@Curiosity: I really Want to go up north in Ireland to a spot called Ailenes to surf. I met some fun people in Dingle and Galaway. I wanted to live north of Galaway after visiting. So gorgeous. To imagine it when it had timber forrests is what I wish I could've seen but that was a while ago. Dublin has ties to a place I know well called silicon valley so parts of it felt familiar almost lots of dot com people out at night living it up. We had great accomodations and a friend from Scotland dipped over to visit her sister and be our guide for a few days but I loved the sketchy roads I was in the minority but I kept the car on the correct side of the road. Something our designated trip driver could not do to the extent at breakfast one morning he was voted out and I was in :)

I've been to both! My friends and I go to Dublin to watch the Ireland V Wales rugby matches so we like to visit as many 'cultural' areas as possible. I love Jameson's whisky (and the Welsh make a good one too!). The funniest thing about the Guinness visit was getting up on the top floor and having a pint with all the other visitors. There was a large party of Japanese students; they all got their drinks and took a sip in unison. Then, they all pulled a face in unison left their virtually full pints on the table and headed off for the gift shop. Had to laugh...

I don't really know Northern Ireland too well. Many people have avoided it in recent history because of the IRA troubles. I have a colleague at work from there and she tells me that things are a lot quieter now. Maybe one day...

@Curiosity: That's funny. I was there just after 9/11 so it was a ghost town in Dublin airport. And people found out we were Americans "yanks" and they said thank you for coming and much condolences to those lost. Really fun and kind people grand sense of humor but one night we met some NEDs or not sure the Irish term but I played it well and we ended up joking around and drinking a pint together to make sure all was well. Loved the late night fish and chips or curry and chips we just don't have that available at the avg late night place in Ireland we had what we'd need to visit a restaurant for in the US. Can't eat it all the time but I was younger so I got away with it more ;)

@Curiosity: I'd like to visit the isle of Mann and the isle of Wight those are the isles I'm assuming are considered England ?

Yeah, we have some good eateries in the UK. Curry and chips, fish and chips (with mushy peas) or doner kebabs tend to be the late night 'walking home from the pub' food over here. You're right, though: you can only eat it in moderation. It's far too greasy and full of calories. Oh but it tastes good though!

The Isle of Man is beautiful and is famous for its Manx cats: they have no tails. The Isle of Wight, off the south coast, is a lovely ferry ride from Southampton and is famous for yachting. It is also quite strange in that it seems to be about 30 years behind the mainland. No bad thing.

@Curiosity: Right I look for places that are a throw back to a bygone era. I love Chilé because it's like the western US before it was over developed. I'm always hunting for spots that are not trying to be fast paced copies of larger cities. Dingle and the ring of Kerry and Cork all seemed to move at a nice easy pace people said hi. I like that best :). I know the isles for other reasons like Mann has the TT race which looks insane and fun at the same time I don't see myself racing around it though :) maybe on a sidecar those guys are moving not just a passenger. And Wight of course for the music festival. So it's nice to get the actual personalities of the places. I'm itching to travel soon better start saving my pennies. We also made it just before the euro. Kept all our coins and a few notes too. I was so sad to hear it was going to take away the individual indenty of each countries currency :( I'm more of a romantic and I don't always like change. It was obvious to me why a euro system is easier but I miss the old ways :).
So do they have pikers in other parts of Britain ? I was amazed my them in Ireland.
I was also shocked to talk to two very friendly Dublin Police officers and they had such a grudge against the English who come to Ireland and drink too much. They seemed almost racist in their generalizations and remarks and in the states it's just more ethnicity based where as to us we looked at it like you guys have had history with the "troubles" but now it seems ok though the Catholic and Protistent churches right across from each other was intersting. The sad parts were hearing how many friends our can driver once lost to heroin :(

All the countries of the UK are, to some extent, nationalistic but the celtic countries all seem to have a dislike for the English although the word 'dislike' is a little too strong. A lot of young lads choose Dublin as a stag weekend venue and, yes, they go too far sometimes. Parts of Dublin are just like any other inner city; there are poor areas where drug taking and alcohol abuse colour one's perception.
Partly because of my more advanced years, I, too, have a yearning for things of the past, and I live in a nice, rural part of England. It is an old market town that is minutes away from vast agricultural fields - though not as vast as your fields in the USA.
Chile sounds good but I guess I'll never go anywhere like that. Maybe someday when I retire.
I noticed that you like Johnny Cash and all things music. My favourite singer/songwriter is an American called Jim White. i discovered him 13 years ago and saw him live in the UK when he toured here. Have you heard of him?