1. Denmark.
Gary works by a lovely cafe called Pastries of Denmark. They do not sell danish. However, almost everything there IS a Danish pastry.
2. Maine.
One place I've always wanted to visit is the rocky coast of Maine.
Look at Maine there, up in the upper right. Compare it to Florida.
It's only about half the size of Florida, but look at all the coastline. There's the East Coast of Maine, and the North Coast (very cold), and the West Coast. Of course the West Coast doesn't have the Atlantic bursting against its shores. Just the Gulf of Canada, which is very peaceful. The Canadian Gulf feeds Lake Ontario.
I live in the Midwest, so imagine my shock when I looked at a North American map and found that there is a Canadian growth almost surrounding Maine!
Look! Look at the beige French-speaking Quebec touching America! And look, New Brunswick, where they make the bowling shoes.
I can't be the only adult who didn't know there was only one coast.
Well, it is a big country. There's a lot to keep track of. I have trouble even here, distinguishing the Bay of Plenty from Poverty Bay, which on the face of it you'd think would be obvious; plus I've even been to both places.
I would love to go up to that bit of North America, though I was thinking Nova Scotia, or even Newfoundland. (I do realise they're in Canada. Land of my father!)
Posted by: Big Dot | October 04, 2011 at 11:32 PM
I gave up a long time ago with having any expectations about Americans knowing anything about geography.
Posted by: Zayrina | October 05, 2011 at 05:51 AM
Acadia National Park in Maine is gorgeous and well worth the trip, by the way! And Maine looks sort of the same as Florida to me, only Florida is surrounded on 3 sides by water instead of by Canada.
Posted by: suburbancorrespondent | October 05, 2011 at 06:49 AM
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I started off this post thinking, "Hah! Danish! Pastries!"
Then I was like, all *what* coastline? WTF, west coast? North Coast? Where's this joke going? Gulf of *whom*?
And then I thought about it, and you know, I used to think that California was the *entire* western US coastline until I was 12, so maybe it's not that big a deal.
No, I can't get past it. I'm shocked.
Posted by: Tami | October 05, 2011 at 08:57 AM
I had to read that coastline of Maine business more times than I care to admit.
Posted by: magpie | October 05, 2011 at 09:11 AM
Food for thought, indeed.
Posted by: Hattie | October 05, 2011 at 03:13 PM
The people in Maine are creepy. Stephen King. Say no more.
Posted by: Becs | October 05, 2011 at 04:29 PM
Lobsters. Say no more.
Posted by: Benchmark | October 05, 2011 at 10:06 PM
Alright I take that back.
Lobsters, Lobsters, Lobsters. Yum.
Posted by: Benchmark | October 05, 2011 at 10:08 PM
Big Dot - Cape of Good Hope vs Cape Horn. Which is which? I always have to look that up too.
Zayrina - Sigh. I know. I checked out our other border and was happy to see Mexico is where I thought it was.
Suburbancorrepondent - I think Maine looks like a tumescent Florida.
Tami - I think I was 25 before I could recognize west coast states other than California.
Magpie - It is hard to let go of lifelong beliefs.
Hattie - Danish food for thought.
Becs - Or, say lobsters.
Benchamark- The lobsters from the Gulf of Canada are the best.
Posted by: TheQueen | October 06, 2011 at 12:09 AM
Hey, we're not ALL creepy.
...I mean, I am, sure. But not everyone.
Posted by: Elsa | October 06, 2011 at 04:13 PM
Elsa - Becs lives in New Jersey. She might be dishing some back.
Posted by: TheQueen | October 08, 2011 at 12:38 AM