Ever visit CAJUN COUNTRY??

[southern yankee]

Originally Posted by AussiePam

No, Melbourne's a nice city. It was founded a bit differently from Sydney. Melbournians reckon they're descended from good English stock - serious people, with money and class. Sydney's original settlers were mostly Irish and London Cockney convicts - who'd done wicked things like stealing bread to prevent their kids from starving etc. They were evil, creative, bolshie (contrary), loud, brash, fun and had bad attitood. Both cities are big metropolises now, and international, but both have retained in their psyches traces of their beginnings. I'm a Sydney girl through and through and proud of it.

You said you were originally from Illinois, I think. Where abouts?

close to Chicago(Indiana) born in Gary, grew up in Hammond. Northwest Indiana. i am a mill rat. grew up in steel mill country. but my dad worked in a chemical plant. My mother worked for Sears. Have you heard of the store??

[AussiePam]

Originally Posted by southern yankee

close to Chicago(Indiana) born in Gary, grew up in Hammond. Northwest Indiana. i am a mill rat. grew up in steel mill country. but my dad worked in a chemical plant. My mother worked for Sears. Have you heard of the store??

Yep, I know Sears. And I've been in both Gary and Hammond. But don't remember them much, sorry. For many years I had very close friends in central Illinois, and we would often drive over to the East coast to visit other friends - usually stopped at Terre Haute or somewhere round there on the way.

[southern yankee]

Originally Posted by AussiePam

Yep, I know Sears. And I've been in both Gary and Hammond. But don't remember them much, sorry. For many years I had very close friends in central Illinois, and we would often drive over to the East coast to visit other friends - usually stopped at Terre Haute or somewhere round there on the way.

If ya ever make it here. we'll have to go get LOST. QUESTION, is you gas as high as Europe? I heard it ia around $10 a gallon. OMG!!

[AussiePam]

No, but more than in the States. About $A6 per gallon.