tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33064416.post2732058565206132172..comments2010-05-12T13:22:13.769-07:00Comments on Barbarossa: New CaldeoniaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33064416.post-81445835477489963042007-11-05T18:04:00.000-08:002007-11-05T18:04:00.000-08:00It's a good point. Though I am aware of my Irish ...It's a good point. Though I am aware of my Irish heritage, I have no real passion to live in Ireland or learn Gaelic. I love Italian food, culture, and people, but it doesn't really drive me (same goes for the Swiss).<BR/><BR/>Ukraine is a bit different for me, though it is really Russia that got me into the Slavic stuff. And then of course there is the German speaking world, where I feel most at home in Europe.<BR/><BR/>New Caledonia is a bit of an exception for me though, I don't usually get excited about islands, especially small ones, but the cool cultural mixture, the French, and just the sheer beauty really does it for me.<BR/><BR/>You are right though, the exotic is always alluring.<BR/><BR/>Will continue obsessing.Barbarossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468132792882086476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33064416.post-89721716304905119982007-11-05T14:31:00.000-08:002007-11-05T14:31:00.000-08:00I find it very funny that we both obsess over what...I find it very funny that we both obsess over what we don't have "claims" to geographically . You, Swiss/Italian/Irish (All-American), and this tropical Paradise, New Caldeonia (which sounds really cool by the way... you should obsess over it more often). Me, "100% mestizo" Jamaican, and a snowy mountainous ex-war zone, Ladinia.<BR/>Geti, geti no want it, an' wani, wani no get it!<BR/>See! I can be a good stalker...uh, interested friend... as well :DAlexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627811482086335419noreply@blogger.com