England. Most of my family is from there and there is a historical estate with my surname that I would love to see. Maybe I could even get a job there.
I’ve already willingly left my country (South Africa), so I’ll interpret this to mean leaving my current country (United States). I think I’d like to try Sweden. I really enjoyed it, and I really liked the work environment I saw around me.
Realistically: Canada. Probably the British Columbia area–I was there as a child, and it’s pretty.
Less realistically: England. Visited there about 10 years ago, and loved it. If I could be assured of getting a solid broadband internet connection, I’d be happy to live there for two years. Wales would be nice too–the Aberystwyth area.
Salzburg Austria since I can speak German. Probably Paris if my French were better.
New Zealand. I’ve lived there before and it’s a great place.
Australia. While there are things I love about Canada and the UK, I’d need a hot climate. I’d also consider Spain.
Canada. My eldest daughter is there already, her mom and I could go and bug her.
Two years isn’t much to me. I’ve lived in Germany, and could easily spend a couple years there. Toss up between there and…
Never been to Australia, but would love to try it for a couple years.
I have a Samoan friend whose family has land on Samoa. If I could somehow get high speed internet, two years of banana farming on a Pacific island would be no problem. I’m not sure if American Samoa would count as another country though.
Puerto Rico and Costa Rica would be next up.
The best my Cantonese ever got was fluid (not fluent) light conversation; for the most part “horrendous broken” is a good descriptor. Apart from an unpleasant few months in the hellhole that is To Kwa Wan, up by the then-operational Kai Tak, the rest of my time was spent blissfully on Lamma. I think if I’d have been in the other places you were, my feelings might be different.
The city, I agree, but I used to go to drive rented mini-mokes at great speed, buy cheap fireworks, chill out in Taipa village and eat African chicken at Fernando’s at Hac Sa on Coloane. Those things made the journey worth it! Also I found the Macanese to be friendlier than the Honkies, and since I could communicate with them to an extent, it made my forays there rather charming.
France.
Definitely France.
I doubt that even two years would give me enough time to see and do all the things I’d like to see and do there.
Ireland because I have a mad thing for Irish guys.
I want to get back to Africa- I’d really like to find work in Ethiopia.
I didn’t find Taipa all that interesting, I wanted too mind you, I went to Macau looking for old colonial Portuguese influence and culture but I just didn’t find much and what was left was a rotting token memory. Not that I blame the Chinese for letting it die, I just didn’t care for Las Vegas the original, so I didn’t really care for the Macau remake.
If you have Portuguese ancestry then I fully understand.
I’d move to Scotland.
I think it would be cool to see all of the places that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about in the book Kidnapped.
Also, I think the terrain is neat and the Scottish people I have met so far in my life are very nice. The only problem is I hate being cold but I’m thinking that loads of good local booze could fix that!
I’m thinking Cambodia. It’s an up-and-comer, I know someone in Phnom Penh, and I assume I would have to flee quickly, so it’s close by. In some ways, Cambodia reminds me of Thailand when I first arrived here.
Probably Turkey, Antalya. It is one of the most beatiful cities of the world i have ever seen.
Just look at this Antalya picture.
Australia or Canada, depending on the money situation. The more loaded I am, the more likely I’d go to Oz. Other places are nice to visit, but I think cultural differences would make it hard for them to feel like home for two years.
I’d move about fifty miles to the northwest, and move in with my daughter in Montreal.
Currently live in Northwest California.
I’d consider moving to Vancouver/Victoria, British Columbia.
If they’d take me.
England, Ireland & Scotland top my list. Canada would also work very well. I like the climate and cultures of the first three. Canada is cold but is the most like the US so the adjustment would be easiest.