Stillwater, Minnesota, a quaint little town on the St. Croix river
"I suppose the sewing machine's too heavy to bring?. . . I can't abide the thought of that Witch fiddling with it. . ."
Tibooburra, New South Wales. This desert town in the remotest North Western Corner of New South Wales is routinely the hottest place in the state to live in, until the last few summers, when it was hotter in Greater Western Sydney.
Urbandale, Iowa (suburb of Des Moines)
"I suppose the sewing machine's too heavy to bring?. . . I can't abide the thought of that Witch fiddling with it. . ."
Varniţa, Anenii Noi, Moldova
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.
Wilberforce, New South Wales. One of the historical five towns established by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.
Xalapa, which is the capital city in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
(I had to google it as I could not come up with any places that start with x)
"I suppose the sewing machine's too heavy to bring?. . . I can't abide the thought of that Witch fiddling with it. . ."
Yukon, Oklahoma, USA
(Googling or referring to maps is perfectly acceptable, Grandmama. )
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.
Zaire, an old name for one of the two African nations associated with "Congo". I'd definitely need Google or Wikipedia to know the current name of what in my young days was called Belgian Congo, and what is its exact current name.
Ames, Iowa, home to Iowa State University (my alma mater). Go, Cyclones!
"I suppose the sewing machine's too heavy to bring?. . . I can't abide the thought of that Witch fiddling with it. . ."
Brunei. Independent sultanate on the island of Borneo.
Columbia Heights, Minnesota
First ring suburb of Minneapolis where we bought our first house as a married couple back in 1985. It was quite small, but we have a lot of good memories from the 10 years that we lived there.
"I suppose the sewing machine's too heavy to bring?. . . I can't abide the thought of that Witch fiddling with it. . ."
Daegu, South Korea
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.
Épernay, France. Where a visitor may learn all about the production of fine champagne, in the region of France which is also called Champagne.
Finchley, a suburb of north London where the Pevensies in the LWW movie were said to live.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Green Bay, Wisconsin