1. What are some of the “things” or activities that Pismo Beach residents do for fun?

ANSWER: Many Pismo Beach residents enjoy wine tasting at our 4 local tasting rooms. There are many wineries within a 10-minute drive to savor as well. Shopping at the Premium Outlets is popular with residents – 40 top-brand stores with great “outlet prices.” Beachfront volleyball courts offer a view of the pier, cool ocean breezes, and great exercise for residents and visitors. Our 1,200 foot pier is the perfect spot to view colorful sunsets and whale migration.

2. What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Pismo Beach?

ANSWER: For many years, Pismo Beach was known as the “Clam Capital of the World”. However, when the sea otter was introduced to the area, sizeable clams were reduced drastically. Today, clam digging has been replaced by the famous “clam chowder bread bowls,” offered at many restaurants. The 1900s were wild times in Pismo Beach. Pismo Beach was also known to be a place to find booze during the Prohibition Era. Pismo was also noted for having many saloons, along with several notorious brothels.

3. What has Pismo Beach contributed to the world?

ANSWER: Pismo Beach has the largest populated Monarch Butterfly grove in the Western United States. Annually, docents and volunteers are available for FREE tours and presentations. The grove is open daily from November 1 – February 28. Visitors from all over the world visit this incredible migration site each year.

For further information about Pismo Beach, click-on: www.ClassicCalifornia.com

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QUESTION 1: What are some of the “things” or activities that the people of Monaco do for fun?

ANSWER: Sea rowing and a meal at the Monaco Yacht Club – even if you are not a member – by eating at the rowing club’s café, which is in the same building. Observatory Cave – in the Exotic Garden, 100 m above sea-level, at the foot of the cliff, there is an underground cavity adapted for visits. And Condamine Market – a daily morning market, located at Place d’Armes near the Port Hercule. It’s a colorful Provençal market and center of Monégasque life with local specialties to sample or buy such as barbajuans. The open-air market features fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers, and the covered market offers butchery, fishmonger, bakery, etc.

QUESTION 2: What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Monaco?

ANSWER: Ecole Bleue – diving school for children by free diving world’s champion Pierre Frolla. Considered as an international reference in the field of children’s diving, the Ecole Bleue offers a full range of courses and training sessions, dedicated to exploration, respect and protection of the underwater world.

QUESTION 3: Share some aspect of Monaco as regards to what it has contributed to the world.

Crepe Suzette at Le Café de Paris. Fifteen year old Henri Charpentier, an assistant waiter, was called upon to serve crepes (a French invention) for a special dinner party, hosted by the Prince of Monaco. The crepes were precooked in the kitchen with the dish completed by heating them in a sauce made from orange peel, sugar, and a combination of liqueurs in a chaffing dish in front of the guests. Unexpectedly, the alcohol caught fire, thus flambéing the sauce and serendipitously creating a new taste sensation. The guests were delighted. The Prince of Monaco asked Charpentier what he planned to call his new creation. Charpentier offered “Crepes Princesse.” But the Prince, in honor of his guests’ young daughter, asked if he would name them Crepes Suzette, and hence, a classic was born.

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ANSWER: Home to Washington State University, residents and visitors alike enjoy a ‘room to breathe’ lifestyle with plenty of athletics, arts and culture that a university provides. Top name concert, theater, and PAC 12 athletics set a sophisticated atmosphere in an otherwise small town. Brilliant blue skies and rolling Palouse hills beckon you to experience the outdoors with golf, hiking and biking over 35 miles of paved trails, rock climbing basalt formations, and photographing the unique topography. Fabulous eateries, farm grown products and a love for good local beer and wine make dining out a pleasure and provide the basis for The National Lentil Festival and other events.

QUESTION 2: What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Pullman?

ANSWER: Why is this town laid out so funny? Downtown Pullman has the unique distinction of being surrounded by four hills, three rivers and two railroads. The present Grand Avenue was originally a wagon road north to Palouse. The common grid pattern was not an option due to the topography of Pullman. A rock bluff prevented east-west streets from continuing eastward, the river prohibited north-south streets from continuing northward and a steep hill discouraged streets from continuing westward. This organic layout resembles a four-leaf clover and confuses many who try to navigate Pullman.

QUESTION 3: What has Pullman contributed to the world?

ANSWER: A community blessed with an abundance of intellectual capital from the researchers at WSU and access to a highly educated workforce, Pullman has created a high tech industry in the center of the wheat fields. There are nearly 40 businesses making names for themselves in the global marketplace. One of these is Decagon Devices, recruited to design the soil probe and environmental sensors that were on NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft, which landed on Mars on May 25, 2008.

For further information about Pullman, click-on: http://www.pullmanchamber.com/

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1. What are some of the “things” or activities that people do for fun in Wales?

ANSWER: Try ‘coasteering’– it’s great – dressed in wet suites you jump of a cliff (around 30 ft.) into the sea, swim a little, then climb up the cliff to do it all again.

Walking is also great in Wales – with the 870 mile Wales Coast Park, making Wales the only country in the world you can walk around its entire coast.

2. What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Wales?

ANSWER: Did you know that Wales has 641 castles – some of which you can stay in!

© Crown copyright (2013) Visit Wales

3. What has Wales contributed to the world?

ANSWER: Slate – at the end of the 19th century almost all of the slate used for housing came from Wales. The history of slate mining is kept alive by the National Slate Museum in Llanberis. Also, famous poets, entertainers and actors like Dylan Thomas, Dame Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Sir. Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Burton and more!

For further information about Wales, click-on: www.visitwales.com

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ANSWER: In the South of France, the French play petanque. In the winter in the alps, many families go on holiday, especially in March, to ski and snowshoe. And the French enjoy the “art de vivre” [art of living], relax, cook, eat, spend time with family and drink wonderful French wine!

Photos courtesy: ATOUT FRANCE – France Tourism Development Agency

Photos courtesy: ATOUT FRANCE – France Tourism Development Agency

2 What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about France?

ANSWER: That France is the size of Texas. France has 22 regions and 88 departments, and that a region could be compared to a state and a department to a county in our US system.

Photos courtesy: ATOUT FRANCE – France Tourism Development Agency

3 Share some aspect of France as regards to what it has contributed to the world.

ANSWER: The X- ray, the moving pictures, and hot air balloons were all invented in France by French citizens.

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What are some of the “things” or activities that the people of Kraków do for fun?

ANSWER: Tourists: sightseeing, shopping, clubbing, eating in restaurants, walking (source: the annual research of tourist traffic in Krakow).

Inhabitants: shopping, going to day spa, eating in restaurants, going to the zoo and boulevards of the Vistula river.

What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Kraków?

ANSWER: Lajkonik, Hejnal z Wiezy Mariackiej, Muzeum Bursztynu, Muzeum Witrazu, Muzeum Lotnictwa, Twierdza Kraków. Also The nuclear/air-raid shelters in Nowa Huta, Crèches, The Dragon Monument and The Dog Monument (called Dzok [Jock]), the symbol of fidelity.

What has Kraków contributed to the world?

ANSWER: Pope John Paul The II, The Jagiellonian University, Poet Wislawa Szymborska, Rynek Glówny – Main Market Square – the biggest medieval square in Europe.

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ANSWER: Austrians love to socialize, either at wine taverns or cafés where they hang out. Austrians love to ski, snowboard and even ice-climb in winter and hike/walk in the Austrian Alps and bicycle in Summer. They are also avid theater, concert and opera goers and even the small villages have bands, choirs, and folklore groups.

Photo courtesy: Austrian Tourist Office / Ascher

Photos courtesy: Österreich Werbung / J. Mallaun / Himsl

What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Austria?

ANSWER: Austria is over 1000 years old and up until the 20th Century was one of the world’s largest empires. Austria became a European power not by warfare, but by strategically marrying into the other royal families of Europe thereby neutralizing any enemies. A good example of this is Empress Maria Theresa’s daughter, the unfortunate Marie Antoinette, who married King Louis XIV and ended up losing her head.

Top Photo courtesy: Austrian Tourist Office / Trumler
Bottom Photos courtesy: Österreich Werbung / Trumler / Lammerhuber

Share some aspect of Austria as regards to what it has contributed to the world.

ANSWER: In the field of music alone, composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Strauss, Josef Haydn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Gustav Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg brought great joy to the world.

Photos courtesy: Österreich Werbung / Gruenert / Trumler

Photo courtesy: Austrian Tourist Office / Mayer

For further information about Austria, click-on: www.austria.info/us

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What are some of the “things” or activities that people in Norway do for fun?

ANSWER: Friluftsliv, directly translated as “open air living”, is the Norwegian way of outdoor recreation and an important part of the Norwegian cultural legacy.

What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Norway?

ANSWER: Norway has evolved from the poorest nation in Western Europe to the wealthiest – yet we don’t boast or show-off and still live a frugal lifestyle. Of course, we’re the only nation in the world who goes shopping in Sweden for bargains.

Share some aspect of Norway as regards to what it has contributed to the world.

ANSWER: I think the Trampe (Norwegian: Sykkelheisen Trampe) is the first and only bicycle lift and is absolutely more fun than anything else. The prototype was built in 1993 in Trondheim, and still in service today. Trampe is a Norwegian verb meaning “to stomp”. We also invented the Cheese slicer.

For further information about Norway, click on: www.visitnorway.com

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Question 1: What are some of the “things” or activities that the people of Kraków do for fun?

Answer:

Tourists: sightseeing, shopping, clubbing, eating in restaurants, walking (source: the annual research of tourist traffic in Kraków).

Inhabitants: shopping, going to day spa, eating in restaurants, going to the zoo and boulevards of the Vistula river.

Question 2: What is one thing the public probably does NOT know about Kraków?

Answer:

Lajkonik, Hejnal z Wiezy Mariackiej, Muzeum Bursztynu, Muzeum Witrazu, Muzeum Lotnictwa, Twierdza Kraków. Also The nuclear/air-raid shelters in Nowa Huta, Crèches, The Dragon Monument and The Dog Monument (called Dzok [Jock]), the symbol of fidelity.

Question 3: What has Kraków contributed to the world?

Answer:

Pope John Paul the II, The Jagiellonian University, Poet Wislawa Szymborska, Rynek Glówny – Main Market Square – the biggest medieval square in Europe.

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ANSWER: In the South of France, the French play petanque. In the winter in the alps, many families go on holiday, especially in March, to ski and snowshoe. And the French enjoy the “art de vivre” [art of living], relax, cook, eat, spend time with family and drink wonderful French wine!

Photos courtesy: ATOUT FRANCE – France Tourism Development Agency

Photos courtesy: ATOUT FRANCE – France Tourism Development Agency

2. What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about France?

ANSWER: That France is the size of Texas. France has 22 regions and 88 departments, and that a region could be compared to a state and a department to a county in our US system.

Photos courtesy: ATOUT FRANCE – France Tourism Development Agency

3. Share some aspect of France as regards to what it has contributed to the world.

ANSWER: The X- ray, the moving pictures, and hot air balloons were all invented in France by French citizens.

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