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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Foreign Feel Towns In America and Worldwide

Fodor has found a plethora of places in the USA which give you the nostalgia of grandparents or parents' home countries.

USA



UK nostalgia within the USA
London Bridge in the USA. Photo by Alan Johnson in Wikipedia under London Bridge.

The London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. USA.
The ship at LA.
The USA features:

Denmark,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Norway,
Spain and
Greece.

Many countries have pockets of foreign culture, or pockets of the past. Chinatowns are everywhere. For example:

CANADA
Chinatown
Vancouver
Canada.

All French language in
Montreal, Canada.
https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/a-visit-to-one-of-these-12-u-s-towns-will-transport-you-to-another-country

INDONESIA
Jakarta has a Chinatown.

Chinatown
Surabaya
Java
Indonesia.


Singapore flag.

SINGAPORE
Chinatown
For Chinese shops, temples, museum.

Little India
Museum.
Restaurants serving Indian sweets, fish head curry with rice served on green banana leaf.
 24 hour department store Mohammed Mustafa.


THAILAND
Chinatown down by the river with the old godowns.

UK
Chinatown, London, England. For Chinese restaurants and supermarkets and celebrations at Chinese New Year.
Southall is 55% Indian/Punjabi.  When I walked into the library everybody stared because I was conspicuously the only white skinned blonde. The local shops have ethnic foods and goods. This is the place to buy a saree.

Useful Websites
https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/a-visit-to-one-of-these-12-u-s-towns-will-transport-you-to-another-country

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

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