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September 5, 2007 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC/BETT R Passport Destination: Neighbors - City to City Packing Round 1. This largest enclosed theme park in the U.S. is in the twin cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. PARK AT MALL OF AMERICA 2. Sioux City, Iowa sits across the MISSOURI River from Sioux City, Nebraska. 3 "Live large. Think big." is the new slogan of the neighboring city of Fort Worth, Texas. DALLAS 4. Canada's capital city of Ottawa is across the river from this city in Quebec Province. GATINEAU 5. This city is surrounded on all side by, but is not a part of, the city of Los Angeles. BEVERLY HILLS 6. Rawalpindi is the twin city of this capital of Pakistan. ISLAMABAD Picture: castle with four towers Departure Round 1. Gray's Harbor and Aberdeen are neighbors along Washington's CRANBERRY Coast. 2. On August 1, 2007 the INTERSTATE 35W Bridge in Minneapolis/St. Paul twin city collapsed. 3. Kansas City, Missouri, next to Kansas City, Kansas, is home to the 18th and Vine historic JAZZ district. 4. Neighbors Reno and Sparks, Nevada, both lie on the TRUCKEE River. 5. Which of these pro sports teams from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area did we make up? MINNASOTA THRESHERS Picture: large white boat On Tour 1. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 50 miles northwest of Boston, was originally known as the TURKEY Hills. 2. Cicero, Oak Park and Forest View are all neighbors of this large city. CHICAGO 3. The combined harbors of Duluth, Minnesota, and SUPERIOR , Wisconsin, form the largest port on the Great Lakes. 4. Kitchener and Hamilton are near this Ontario town sung about by Stompin' Tom Connors. TILLSONBURG 5. The only Legoland theme park in the U.S. is in this city that is a neighbor of San Diego. CARLSBAD 6. Twin cities Townsville and Thuringowa are in the northern part of this Australian state. QUEENSLAND 7. These are all members of the Illinois-Iowa complex known as the "Quad Cities" except CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS . Picture: modern-looking building wider at top than at the bottom 8. Where are you if you're visiting the connected cities of Ramallah and Al-Birah? PALESTINE 9. This city is completely surrounded by Oakland, California. PIEDMONT 10. The Metropolitan Complex of Guelph, Cambridge and Waterloo is found in ONTARIO, CANADA . 11. The Central Illinois Regional Airport is by the neighboring cities of Bloomington and NORMAL . 12. The twin cities of ALBURY/WODONGA are on Australia's New South Wales-Victoria border. Bonus Question One The Chilean resort town of Vina Del Mar is by this city of colorful hillside houses. VALPARAISO Bonus Question Two Where on the map of Chili is Valparaiso found? Area 2 Picture: large building with onion domes and columns Slide Show 1. Fecunderabad, India is a neighbor of Hyderabad, famous for this landmark. CHARMINAR 2. You can tour FDR's yacht, the USS POTOMAC , in San Francisco`s neighboring city of Oakland. 3. Dallas's cantilevered CITY HALL is a landmark in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Complex. 4. This monarch's royal pavilion is a main attraction in Brighton, England. GEORGE IV Clues for next destination: Tuscany Uffizi Duomo Palazzo Vecchio |