Tell Me a Little Bit About Your Country, County, City, Culture and Community

[Digital Jedi]

Just for the sake of discussion, and because I'm curious by nature, tell me a little bit about your country of origin, your home state/county/town and about your culture in general. Don't assume that I already know, and just pretend that the flag in the bottom corner of my profile is from Kethenecia and I that I wouldn't know about your homeland otherwise. Or just let the other members of your forum what it's really like in your home and community, as opposed to what the world at large assumes.

 

[Digital Jedi]

Garshq! Anyone?

 

[sirch1964]

Hi DJ, guess I'll start it off for you. I am From the U.S. I live in Dubuque, Iowa. It's a nice community but i have not lived here that long.

From what i am gathering here in town is that there are not many gamers, that's okay, I can survive.

I am of Irish/German origin. It's a great town for both of those backgrounds.

I am a disabled Veteran who computer surfs most of the day. Still trying to find all of my yugi cards from the move.

I hope this helps DJ, talk to ya later! Peace out!eace:

 

[Dasher]

I'm from Czech Republic (Middle Europe) and I live in Louny. Louny is a small city (about 20 000 inhabitants), but there are all the things you need (except card games shop). I love Louny a lot, because I like to walk around and without crowds.

The town was founded in the first half of 13th century, so there are a lot of places of interest like church of st. Nicholas (Kostel svatého Mikuláše), Žatec Gate (Žatecká Brána), Baroque Hospital (Barokní Špitál). There are also ramparts around the center of town.

Here are some photos: http://www.ilouny.cz/foto.aspx?show=gal&id=11
And here is more about history in english: http://www.muzeumlouny.cz/louny.php?ln=en

Nowdays I'm mostly in Pilsen(Plzeň), because I study University here. I don't like Pilsen much (although it is birthplace of my father), so I don't know much about it. Only thing I know is that a very good beer is made here

Here's some info about Pilsen(in English aqain): http://info.plzen-city.cz/Default.asp?lang=1033

I'm not to sure what to say about culture, as it is changing constantly, but we are definitely close to western style of life now as opposed to years 1968-1989 when we were occupied by Russia and lived in totalitarian state. I heard many dangerous and scary stories about it from my parents and grandparents, so I am quite glad that it is over.

As for me, I'm 21 years old, I study IT technologies at Western Bohemia University.

 

[Necromancer]

I live in a small town called Bowral in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia (Population: 10402).
For anybody who is familiar with Cricket, this was the home & birthplace of Sir Donald Bradman.
Suffice to say, we all take our Cricket very seriously.
My town is also well known for it's tulips & we believe we can rival the Dutch in that regard.
Most of the inhabitants of Bowral are from Scottish descent (including myself), so we have a yearly festival full of Bagpipes, Kilts, Haggis etc.

Bowral is approximately 120 kms away from Sydney (& my nearest tournament).
This may not seem far away, however there's no public transit available in this town of a weekend & petrol (gas) down here is on $1-50 AUD a litre now. This means, that a return trip into Sydney, costs me about $60 (has a 6 cylinder "gas guzzler").

The weather over here (even in mountainous areas) is "sub tropical" in Summer, for example, by 10am it reaches about 34 Degrees C & by 3pm, we get heavy thunderstorms & flash flooding, often dropping the temperature down to about 14-16 Degrees C.
In Winter, it hovers around the -6 to 10 Degrees C mark & ocassionally snows, but not that often.
We often get very fierce winds during this time, which feels like they are cutting you to pieces.

The market in my area comprises: Organic Beef, Potatoes & Cut flowers for the Sydney market.
Bowral is also home to those seeking an "alternative" lifestyle & we have tons of "New Age" bookshops & Antique shops. We also boast to have the deepest gorged railway in the Southern Hemisphere.

Welcome to Bowral.