User:G2bambino

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Note: I used to go by the name Gbambino (big difference, I know...)

This user is a Wikipedian in Canada. This user is a citizen of Canada. This user is a proud Canadian.

This user comes from Ontario. This user's Canada includes Québec. This user is a Wikipedian who supports the Canadian Crown.

This user is an advocate of democracy. en This user is a native speaker of English. fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.

eh This user is a Canuck, and speaks Canadian English. MAGAZINE This user has had his/her work published in a magazine. This user remembers using a rotary dial telephone.

TOR This user is a proud citizen of the Leafs Nation. This user drinks. Period. This user drinks beer.

This user eats poutine. This user enjoys contributing to Wikipedia without wearing clothes. This user is a former member of the worldwide family of Scouting.

d'oh! This user thinks The Simpsons is simply...excellent. This user is not the Messiah! He is a very naughty boy! This user wants to believe. And plans to on July 25th 2008. Verifiability is policy.

This user loves using Google Earth. Clerks. This user isn't supposed to be here today! This user farts in your general direction!

This user does not like getting Philiminated from the Race. This user knows that bears are Godless killing machines. Good news, everyone! This user is a fan of Futurama!

FC This user DOES NOT talk about Fight Club JAY Snootchie-Bootchies! This user accepts the alias Pink.

This user is evil, and frequently says mwhahaha! This user is straight but not narrow. This user spends far too much time editing his/her user page.

This user uses public transit. This user enjoys llama racing.

Contents 1 Awards 2 Countries/areas visited 3 World Heritage sites 4 Transit systems

[edit] Awards

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I'm awarding you this barnstar for relentlessly defending Wikipedia against vandalism and sock puppetry. I greatly appreciate your service to this. Thank you. Roguegeek (talk) 20:20, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your exceptional work on the Monarchy in Canada article! Cahk 07:50, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

		The Royalty and Nobility Barnstar
		For your work in the article pertaining to HM the Queen Elizabeth II. I, BolinhasFofas, hereby award you The Barnstar of Royalty and Nobility.

[edit] Countries/areas visited

Seen 31 countries and over 210 cities or towns through travelling over 339,000 km (or, about 8.5 times around the Earth) in my lifetime.

M = Where sampled local McDonalds fare (currently 57 cities - it's kind of a running joke now)

Isn't it sad I've been to more McDonalds than World Heritage Sites?

= Commonwealth Realm

Country	Province/State/Territory	Year	City
Canada (home country has to come first, right?)	Alberta	1977	Banff, Calgary
	British Columbia (x2)	1991, 2002	Vancouver (x2) M, Victoria, Whistler (& Whistler-Blackcomb)
	New Brunswick	1992	Blacks Harbour, Grand Manan Island
	Ontario		Barrie (x4), Belleville (x8) M, Brighton (x65), Collingwood (x6), Fort Erie (x5), Hamilton, Kenora, Kingston (x6) M, Kitchener (x4) M, London (x5), Minaki, Niagara Falls M, Niagara-on-the-Lake (x4), Orillia, Oshawa, Ottawa (x6) M, :Scepia/Owen Sound, Parry Sound (x16), Peterborough, South Baymouth, Stratford (x3), Sudbury M, Thunder Bay, Tobermory (x4), Toronto M, Wiarton, Windsor
	Québec (x5)	1987, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002	Gatineau (x3), Montebello, Montreal (x5) M, Quebec City (x2) M
Antigua		1989	St. John's
Australia (lived 1 yr.)	Australian Capital Territory	2001	Canberra M
	Jervis Bay Territory	2001	Jervis Bay
	New South Wales	2001	Blue Mountains, Bombaderry, Condobolin, Sydney M, Griffith, Katoomba, Nowra M, Parkes M, Wollongong
	Northern Territory	2001	Alice Springs
	Queensland	2001	Brisbane M, Fraser Island, Noosa M, North Stradbroke Island
	Western Australia	2001	Broome M, Kalgoorlie, Karijini National Park, Marble Bar, Newman, Perth M, Port Hedland M, Rottnest Island, Tom Price, Wittenoom
	South Australia	2001	Adelaide M, Cook
	Tasmania	2001	Devonport, Hobart, Port Arthur
	Victoria	2001	Geelong, Loch Ard Gorge, Lorne, Melbourne M, The Twelve Apostles
Austria		1997	Innsbruck M
Barbados		1989	Bridgetown
Belgium		1997	Brussels
Belize		2004	Belize Barrier Reef, Belize City, Ambergris Caye (San Pedro Town), Caye Caulker, San Ignacio Cayo
Chile		2003	Arica M, Iquique, Lago Chungara, Putre, Santiago M, Valparaíso M
China	Hong Kong S.A.R. (x2)	2000, 2001	Hong Kong M
	Macau S.A.R.	2001	Macau M
Egypt		2006	Abu Simbel, Aswan, Cairo M, Hurghada M, Luxor M
France		1997	Avignon M, Nice M, Paris M, Versailles M
	Guadeloupe	1990	Basse-Terre, Sainte-Anne
	Saint-Barthélemy	1990	Gustavia
	Martinique	1989	Fort-de-France
Germany (x2)		1997, 2005	Cologne, Frankfurt M
Grenada		2000	St. George's
Guatemala		2004	Antigua M (climbing Pacaya), Flores, Guatemala City, Tikal
Haiti		1976	Port-au-Prince
Honduras		2004	Copán, Copan Ruinas, San Pedro Sula
Italy (lived 6 mo.)		1997	Bologna, Florence M, Naples, Pienza, Pisa, Pompei M, Pompeii, Rome (x2) M, San Gimignano, Siena, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa), Venice M, Verona M, Vicenza
Ireland		1981	Cork, Dublin, Galway, Waterford
Jamaica (x2)		1976, 1980	Kingston (x2), Half Moon Bay, Ocho Rios (Dunn's River Falls)
Japan	Hiroshima Prefecture	2007	Hiroshima M
	Kyoto Prefecture	2007	Kyoto M
	Nara Prefecture	2007	Nara
	Okinawa Prefecture	2007	Hateruma, Ishigaki, Taketomi
	Osaka Prefecture (x2)	1999, 2007	Osaka (x2)
	Tokyo Prefecture	2007	Tokyo M
Netherlands		1997	Amsterdam M, Rotterdam M
	Aruba	1990	Oranjestad
	Saint Martin (x3)	1976, 1989, 1991	Marigot (x3)
Spain		1997	Barcelona M
Saint Kitts and Nevis (x2)		1989, 1991	Basseterre, Charlestown (x2)
Saint Lucia (x2)		1976, 1990	Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		1990	Georgetown, Kingstown
Switzerland		1997	Lucerne, Zurich M
Taiwan		2000	Taipei
Thailand		2000	Ayutthaya, Bangkok M, Ko Pha Ngan, Ko Samui, Surat Thani
United Kingdom (x5)	England (x3)	1988, 1997, 2004	Birmingham, Carlisle, London (x2) M
	Scotland (x5)	1981, 1986, 1988, 1997, 2005	Aberdeen, Ayr (x3), Dumbarton, Dumfries, Edinburgh (x2) M, Elgin, Falkirk, Glasgow (x5) M, Glencoe, Inverness, Kilmarnock (x5), Oban, Stirling, Troon
	British Virgin Islands	1990	Road Town
	Montserrat	1989	Plymouth
United Nations		1993	United Nations headquarters
United States (x23)	Florida (x5)	1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002	Clearwater, Miami (x4) M, Tampa
	Illinois	1996	Chicago M
	Louisiana	1989	Baton Rouge, New Orleans M
	Maine	1992	Bangor
	Maryland	1976	Baltimore
	Michigan	1985	Detroit, Mackinac Island, Mackinaw City, St. Ignace, Vanderbilt
	New Hampshire	1992	Drove through
	New Jersey (x3)	1993, 1995, 2004	Newark (x3)
	New York (x6)	1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004	Buffalo (x4) M, New York (x4) M
	Ohio	2000	Cleveland M
	Pennsylvania	1993	Scranton
	Texas	2003	Houston
	Vermont	1992	Drove through
	Washington	1991	Bellingham
	Puerto Rico	1991	San Juan
	U.S. Virgin Islands (x2)	1990, 1991	Charlotte Amalie M
Vatican City 286		1997

[edit] World Heritage sites

World Heritage Sites visited (currently 44)

• 64 Tikal National Park
• 65 Antigua Guatemala
• 76 Florida Everglades
• 83 Palace and Park of Versailles
• 86 Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
• 87 Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
• 88 Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
• 89 Islamic Cairo
• 91 Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
• 129 Maya Site of Copan
• 174 Historic Centre of Florence
• 228 Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
• 266 La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
• 286 Cologne Cathedral
• 292 Vatican City
• 300 Hstoric District of Old Quebec
• 304 Canadian Rocky Mountain parks
• 307 Statue of Liberty
• 320 Works of Antoni Gaudí
• 394 Venice and its Lagoon
• 395 Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
• 488 Tower of London
• 550 Historic Centre of San Gimignano
• 576 Historic City of Ayutthaya
• 600 Paris Banks of the Seine
• 630 Fraser Island
• 688 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
• 712 City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
• 717 Historic Centre of Siena
• 728 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
• 764 Belize Barrier Reef
• 775 Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
• 789 Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
• 797 City of Verona
• 829 Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
• 870 Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
• 910 Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
• 917 Greater Blue Mountains Area
• 959 Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
• 1110 Historic Centre of Macau
• 1025 Villa d'Este, Tivoli
• 1026 Val d'Orcia
• 1161 Pitons Management Area
• 1221 Rideau Canal

[edit] Transit systems

Public transit train and ferry systems I've ridden on:

Country	City	System	Image
Australia	Brisbane	CityTrain
		CityCat
	Perth	Transperth
	Sydney	CityRail
		Sydney Ferries
Canada	Montreal	Montreal Metro
	Toronto	Toronto Transit Commission
		Island Ferry Services
Chile	Santiago	Santiago Metro
	Valparaíso	Valparaíso Metro
China	Hong Kong	MTR
		Star Ferry
Egypt	Cairo	Cairo Metro
France	Paris	Paris Métro
Germany	Frankfurt	U-Bahn
Italy	Venice	Vaporetti
Japan	Kyoto	Kyoto Municipal Subway
	Tokyo	JR Rail
		Tokyo Subway
Thailand	Bangkok	Skytrain
United Kingdom	London	London Underground
United States	New York	New York City Subway
	Chicago	Chicago 'L'
Vatican City		Popemobile