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Rhiannon12866

(228,570 posts)

5. I'm somewhat prepared

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 12, 2017, 05:38 AM

Feb 2017

I took French in school rather than Spanish or Latin, made the most sense because we hear it a lot around here during the tourist season. My Dad was a great traveler, visited more countries than I can think of right now, but one of his favorite destinations was Ottawa, relatively to get to by car. And it is a fairly international city.

But of course you're much closer to Mexico. As others have said here, if Trump goes on as he has, he's going to have to build a wall on both borders - to keep the Americans in...