I Was Raised In Wales

This is where I grew up: a small village on the North Wales coast called Penmaenmawr.

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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.

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@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 :(

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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?