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Ok New Question

What is the most memorable place you have ever been to and why?

Oh I loved ponta d'oura in Mozambique. The ocean and beaches are beautiful, the diving is excellent, dolphins everywhere, the people there are friendly,it's safe as can be and the culture is so rich and traditional. It can be a bit of a shock when you walk through the market and see how these people live and how they struggle but they never complain.

I would go again anytime

Paris :)

A certain hallway in Westminster Abbey in London. When I was walking there I found a grave that only said that it was the grave of several monks who died during the Great Plague. It was such a nice spot and for some reason this grave moved me. I don't know why even to this day but it still does. Somehow it made the tragedy of the Great Plague real to me. It wasn't the most beautiful place but it was the most memorable.

Iran!

I hope you guys don't mind some pics :)

Love the pics Lu.

I think mine would have to be my visit to Didyma in Turkey and also the Phosperous caves in Marmara, absolutely beautiful and when you dive into the water in the caves the water turns a luminescdnt pink.

That sounds awesome Emma!

Emma wrote: "Ok New Question

What is the most memorable place you have ever been to and why?"

When I was on the Greek island of Corfu a few years ago I had to stop in Kalami, where the Durrells lived, as I grew up on Gerald Durrell's books (My Family & Other Animls, and Birds, Beasts & relatives). Laurence Durrell's house has been converted into a taverna and it was magical sitting on the patio where he would have sat, overlooking the stunningly beautiful bay. It really is heaven on earth.

Romy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ok New Question

What is the most memorable place you have ever been to and why?"

When I was on the Greek island of Corfu a few years ago I had to stop in Kalami, where the Durrells l..."

I had that experience in the Tower in London. I know a lot about the Tudors and that time period and also about the Princes in the Tower and then to be at the place where the lives of several ended and where others were held captive. To be able to walk where they walked hundreds of years before. I don't know how to put it in words.

Question: Do you guys like the masthead photo that I made for the group? It is on the home page at the top for those who are confused :)

Yeah! I like it.

Yay :) I saw other groups had these masthead pics, so I decided we should probably get one too :)

I like it too!

Very nice!

Thanks guys :)

The new pic is very nice. I love beach and sand pics. I once spent a few hours taking snaps of footprints in various lights. The best was at sunset, when the sunlight glowed on some of the raised bits of sand around the toes. :)

Thank you :)

Your favorite color? :)

Green!

Green. :)

Blue!

Yellow

I like Purple :)

New question: What is your favourite series of books and why?

Harry Potter - Because it has enriched my life in SO many ways!

The hunger games.. Mainly because I fell in love with Katniss' character

Harry Potter because it made me want to read again after so many years of not picking up a book.

Claudia wrote: "Harry Potter because it made me want to read again after so many years of not picking up a book."

Can't imagine you not reading.

Discworld, because they're such funny, smart, enjoyable books.

Question: If you could only have 1 meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Sushi!

It would be a pretty short life, but it has to be pizza!

Hehehe

I would say Biltong or Pringles... I can't choose!

Lol, that's not a meal Lu! And you're probably have an even shorter life than Crusader.

Haha fine I choose cheesy potato bake with mushroom and bacon. And if that is till not a meal + some ribs :)

You're all making me hungry!!!
I like the Sushi idea Lauren... but too much raw fish might not be such a good idea after a while. Mmmmm I'd have to say soup. Veggie Soup... either that or a lovely pasta!

Question: If you could get one gift, anything you want, what would it be?

I assume it can't be money lol. A big wall art/poster of HP signed by JK Rowling :)

The biggest building in the world containing all the books in the world!

I like them both!!!!
I'd like a round the world trip to see all the things I've always wanted to see...

Question: What is your fav pizza?

Regina (I like the plain stuff lol)

Hawaiian - I like to keep it simple too :)

lol... not an adventurous bunch are we?

Lol

I love the Nacho's pizza, Tiri and Siciliana from Pizza Perfect :)

I like to try different pizza toppings. I had a butter chicken pizza that was wonderful. Also pizza with roasted walnuts, pears and blue cheese. But Hawaiian remains my favourite :)

OMG I had a tuna one once! So awesome!

Lauren F says her fav is just a plain mushroom one.

Not a big tuna fan, unless it's raw. And it reminds of this really, really horrible pizza I had the other day. Got invited to someone's house for pizza and a movie, and they'd made two deep-dish style pizzas and thrown everything onto it - peppers, bacon, shrimp, tuna, onions, tomato, olives, chutney... And from the taste, some extra salt. SO GROSS. Luckily we'd bought some normal pizzas as well; I couldn't eat more than one slice of that monstrosity.

OMG that is overkill pizza! Ewwww

My new fav is that Siciliana. It has this nice tomato base, with anchovies and olives. I recently started eating olives out of nowhere, so loving it!

I also got into olives like that - didn't want to eat them, then suddenly loved them, took tiny tupperwares of olives to work to snack on.

Yaseen loves that kind of pizza too, with chilli. A couple of restaurants here make it, but it's usually called Napolitana or something.

I haven't had authentic Italian pizza, but I've heard it's very simple. Their pasta is the same. They wouldn't like all the toppings we put on our Italian food in SA!