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Where Do Europeans Go for WInter Holidays?

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Old Feb 23rd 2003, 4:54 am
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Hobart Xaxinojo
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hatunen wrote in an all encompassing negative response to gregory morrow's
humorous response:

"Hatunen" wrote in message
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    > On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:08:44 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
    > wrote:
    > >
    > >EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    > >
    > >> I've not been there, but I'd suspect they're no warmer than Southern
    > >> California or Florida, this time of year. Of course, all things are
    > >> relative - when I first moved to California from Minnesota (in
February)
    > >> I was walking about outdoors in cotton dresses, enjoying the warm
    > >> weather, while most of the "natives" were all bundled up in sweaters
and
    > >> coats!
    > >
    > >Was that back "in the day" when the "natives" were living in "hogans" and
    > >"tipis", Evelyn.....?????
    > None of the Native-Americans, AKA Indians, of California used hogans
    > or tipis.
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i believe the wigwams and longhouses of the california iroquois (and
probably other tribes as well) were not all that different from the hogans
of say the navajo.
 
Old Feb 23rd 2003, 6:02 am
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hobart xaxinojo wrote:
    >
    > hatunen wrote in an all encompassing negative response to gregory morrow's
    > humorous response:
    >
    > "Hatunen" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:08:44 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
    > > wrote:
    > >
    > > >
    > > >EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    > > >
    > > >> I've not been there, but I'd suspect they're no warmer than Southern
    > > >> California or Florida, this time of year. Of course, all things are
    > > >> relative - when I first moved to California from Minnesota (in
    > February)
    > > >> I was walking about outdoors in cotton dresses, enjoying the warm
    > > >> weather, while most of the "natives" were all bundled up in sweaters
    > and
    > > >> coats!
    > > >
    > > >Was that back "in the day" when the "natives" were living in "hogans" and
    > > >"tipis", Evelyn.....?????
    > >
    > > None of the Native-Americans, AKA Indians, of California used hogans
    > > or tipis.

    > i believe the wigwams and longhouses of the california iroquois (and
    > probably other tribes as well) were not all that different from the hogans
    > of say the navajo.

You're on the wrong coast.

Barbara
 
Old Feb 23rd 2003, 6:32 am
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Hobart Xaxinojo
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barbara vaughan wrote from her west coast shelter:

"Barbara Vaughan" wrote in message
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    > hobart xaxinojo wrote:
    > >
    > > hatunen wrote in an all encompassing negative response to gregory
morrow's
    > > humorous response:
    > >
    > > "Hatunen" wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]...
    > > > On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:08:44 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
    > > > wrote:
    > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    > > > >
    > > > >> I've not been there, but I'd suspect they're no warmer than
Southern
    > > > >> California or Florida, this time of year. Of course, all things
are
    > > > >> relative - when I first moved to California from Minnesota (in
    > > February)
    > > > >> I was walking about outdoors in cotton dresses, enjoying the warm
    > > > >> weather, while most of the "natives" were all bundled up in
sweaters
    > > and
    > > > >> coats!
    > > > >
    > > > >Was that back "in the day" when the "natives" were living in "hogans"
and
    > > > >"tipis", Evelyn.....?????
    > > >
    > > > None of the Native-Americans, AKA Indians, of California used hogans
    > > > or tipis.
    > > i believe the wigwams and longhouses of the california iroquois (and
    > > probably other tribes as well) were not all that different from the
hogans
    > > of say the navajo.
    > You're on the wrong coast.
    > Barbara

hobart replies while blushing a shade of west coast flower:

right. my mistake. anyway the shelters used on the west coast were similar.
tipis and mogollon pit houses which were similar in construction to the
hogans and longhouses.
 
Old Feb 23rd 2003, 9:31 am
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Helen A. wrote in message
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Exchange rate is very good for northern
    > Europeans travelling to Australia, and it's hot then, so why not?

Because the cheapest air fare is still more than a 2-week 5-star stay in
Egypt.

Surreyman
 
Old Feb 23rd 2003, 3:49 pm
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In article , ellie clemens
writes
    >If you live in northern Europe and you decide, along about January,
    >that you'd really like to get to some warm sun and sand where do you
    >go? Here in the eastern US, we go to the Caribbean - when we've saved
    >up enough to be able to afford it. And some go to Disneyland I guess.
    >But that would not be tropical enough for me - besides the fact that I
    >would never dream of going to Disneyland (or is it Disney World?) So
    >what are the tropical destinations for Europeans?

People I know who aren't going on skiing holidays to France or
Switzerland, are going to Australia. That's where I went for my last
winter holiday in the sun.
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Old Feb 23rd 2003, 5:05 pm
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In article , ellie clemens
writes
    >If you live in northern Europe and you decide, along about January,
    >that you'd really like to get to some warm sun and sand where do you
    >go? Here in the eastern US, we go to the Caribbean - when we've saved
    >up enough to be able to afford it. And some go to Disneyland I guess.
    >But that would not be tropical enough for me - besides the fact that I
    >would never dream of going to Disneyland (or is it Disney World?) So
    >what are the tropical destinations for Europeans?
Dubai is getting very popular and cheap,
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Marie Lewis
 
Old Feb 24th 2003, 7:46 am
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Following up to EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)

    > (What really amuses me is all
    >the Americans who travel to Europe to visit "Eurodisney" - as though
    >there weren't far more interesting places to visit, there!)

I didnt realise people did that! Its bad enough going from UK :-).
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Old Mar 1st 2003, 4:02 pm
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On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:32:15 +0100, hobart xaxinojo wrote:

    > barbara vaughan wrote from her west coast shelter:

Actually, I believe Barbara lives on the east coast.

Of Italy.
 

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