Unusual/interesting place names !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_interesting_or_unusual_place_names

From Å (in Norway n Sweden) to Zzyzx (in California).. some sound real weird..
LOL !!

Most Expensive Cities

London among Top 3... : Financial Times news

Longest Rly Stn name in Britain & Longest Domain name

I stumbled upon this topic while in a bookshop in Bath, browsing a book of photos from Wales (mostly, pretty scenic).. It had a pic of the railway station with the longest name in Britain...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/602246.stm
http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/
It's the Longest official placename in UK and the third-longest in the world. .
>> Its meaning in Welsh language...

Basically, it's about making a fool of the public! :) - just a contrived tourist marketing plan !

[>>btw, a Guide to Welsh alphabets and pronunciation ]

Brits; Wild at Heart

There seems to be Hope for the Birds of Britain.

As that interesting dialogue from the movie The Shawshank Redemption, "Hope is a Good Thing" !

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1507544,00.html

RSPB, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, has more than 1 million members, "that's more members than belong to all thepolitical parties put together,"..And even this figure is an underestimate, since surveys suggest that up to three million Brits register birdwatching among their regular or occasional hobbies. At this rate it will overtake fishing. Or gardening. Or even football...

Paulo Coelho / Manual for climbing mountains

Fans of The Alchemist, esp, might like this...
Paulo Coelho / Warrior of the Light Online - Manual for climbing mountains

http://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/edi90_manu.shtml

Fascinating story of Bell and invention of Telephone

Fascinating story ! – yearning of a child to communicate with his deaf mother and the invention of Telephone

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/peopleevents/mabell.html