Where in the world are you?

Wow! Thank you for all the replies. What a wonderful mixture of places we all come from? Annepl, I'm in Exeter, Devon. Originally from the Borough in London and over the years moved around all over South London finally ending up in Caterham in Surrey. Moved down to Devon 8 years ago and love it. Bustling city if that's what you want or 5 min drive to the countryside, 20 min drive to the seaside. So interesting to see how cosmopolitan we all are, but have so much in common. Lovely

I’m a Brummie too. Great place, but sssh! we don’t want everyone coming here.

Esspee, Scottish by birth and upbringing, I too love Scotland, I am hosting one of the many Burns Suppers being held here this Saturday. I will be doing things like a Scottish Quiz (Spanish lady won last year !!!) Burns poetry, very relevant to today and have 11 nationalities coming including a German and a Dutchman in kilts.
Will have flags hanging outside the house and all things Scottish.

At this moment I am on a (relatively) unspoiled island in the Caribbean but all too soon I will be heading back to Scotland to face a couple of months of winter.
Love Scotland with a passion.

Born in Dorset, lived in Wiltshire, Hampshire, Shropshire, Yorkshire, Berlin, Detmold, Soest, Somerset, Malaysia, Singapore and now South Wales.

Brussels, a beautiful historic, energetic, cultural city. NOT an institution

Scotland

I’m not telling you in case you are collating information on GN users and will then use the details you gather on me to hack into my overdraft!
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Not far from Dartmoor, Devon. It's beautiful.

There is a dot on the map where I live so I must have put it there at some time.

South Wales ???????

I was born in North London, grew up in Suffolk and came to Germany when I left school. Apart from a year in Cambridge as a legal secretary, I have lived in Germany ever since.

After over 40 years here, it's impossible to say what it's like living here. What exactly do you want to know?

Weather? Very similar to the UK, but more extreme heat in the summer and cold in the winter. (I am quite a long way down South)

Cost of living? Much the same as the UK, I think. Some things are cheaper, some are dearer.

Housing? People don't move house much. They rent till they're about 40 then they build a house and live in it till they die, leaving the next generation with a lot of hassle. Houses are about the same price as in the UK, if they ever do get sold, but they will have a cellar and be somewhat more solid and larger but with smaller gardens. Discussing and comparing house prices is just not of interest in everyday conversation.

Health care? It's getting worse as doctors are now retiring in their droves and life is being made impossible for young ones to set themselves up, or, if they are in hospitals, they are treated badly.

Unemployment is generally low but
criminality is on the increase.
The far right nationalists are gaining popularity.
Trains reputedly run on time, but huge numbers are cancelled, held up or run late. I would not risk going to an airport to catch a flight by train.

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I knew I had it somewhere- its editable if you wanted to add your marker.

West Oxfordshire.
Family from the Channel Islands ...would love to live there really!

Sunny Essex - the place to be.

North Oxfordshire in a sleepy little village.

Where are you Evie64?

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Currently Switzerland, way up in the mountains. Very pretty with wonderful air.

A Home Counties girl but been living in Central Italy fifty years now. Came to learn the language originally...

I am in South East Queensland, Australia, although I wish I was somewhere a bit cooler today!

I was born on the East Sussex coast, moved to Kent when we married, then moved several times around Kent and London but now on the edge of Wolverhampton and could walk to the south staffs countryside if I ever felt so inclined. I would like to be near the sea again but we are undecided.m

My younger brother started a family tree before he died two years ago and we realised we have always thought we were English (but not the least bit ashamed as we are all supposed to be for some odd reason) but now realise this was unlikely to be true at all.

My Dad’s parents were both Welsh and my Mother’s family are Irish though there is a story of a Spanish sailor who was shipwrecked off the coast during the Spanish Armada and married an ancestor. We bought the DNA testing kit a while back but haven’t got round to it yet! If I take up flamenco dancing we will know the answer! Ole! ?? ??????? ?? ???????

Think I’ll give the bullfighting a miss though. ????‍♀️

The outskirts of Sydney, Australia. Originally from Glasgow.

Scottish Borders south of Edinburgh. Easy reach of city, countyside and sea. My DH's home but I made it mine 45 years ago. I actually hail from New Zealand.
I am very fond of Scotland but I know there are plenty of wonderful places to live. I had my DNA tested recently and found I am almost 70% Irish and Scottish so there you go!

Tasmania - little island just under mainland Australia.