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Old 04-19-2009, 09:35 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Stranger still is the fact that there is still a big Welsh influence in of all places "Patagonia".
Years ago in the great depression, scores of Welsh miners emigrated to Argentina/Chile to find work in the mines.
The Welsh language was spoken almost everywhere in that area, as the Welsh miners spoke no English.
There are still buildings including a typical Welsh church, and terraced houses still used, and even the modern buildings have a Welsh influence.
So to travel there, for me it would practically look like home, "Very Strange"
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