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1. Starts with "U"
2. A Favorite
3. UNDER - Chosen by Tom

Starts with U

FAVOURITE

UBE Starbucks coconut UBE macchiato

UNDER

UNDER the lights on the bridge

Bangkok Thailand

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 WE ARE TRAVLLING UNTIL DEC 22, I WILL LINK UP IF POSSIBLE. BUT I EXPECT LIMITED INTERNET/WI-FI.

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1. Starts with "U"
2. A Favorite
3.  UP- Chosen by Tom

Starts with U (BIGGEST/SMALLEST/LONGEST/SHORTEST/OLDEST)

YOU U UP

FAVOURITE

Note the U in flavour vs flavor. No honour before valour.

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1. Starts with "U"
2. A Favorite
3. UNIQUE - Chosen by Tom

Starts with U (BIGGEST/SMALLEST/LONGEST/SHORTEST/OLDEST)

USED oldest 

FAVOURITE

UMBRELLAS Lisbon Portugal

UNIQUE

UNKNOWN Soldier Ottawa ON

On Remembrance Day, at precisely 11 a.m., weather permitting, sunlight shines through a single window in Memorial Hall at the Canadian War Museum to frame the headstone representing Canada’s Unknown Soldier. This dramatic moment happens only once a year at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month.

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1. Starts with "U"
2. A Favorite
3. UNDER - Chosen by Tom

Starts with U (BIGGEST/SMALLEST/LONGEST/SHORTEST/OLDEST)

UTENSILS

FAVOURITE

UPSIDE down table at the Watering Can 

UNDER

Speer River Berlin Germany

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UPSIDE down U Las Vegas NV

FAVOURITE

UPSTAIRS Las Vegas NV

UNIQUE

Las Vegas NV

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1. Starts with "U"
2. A Favorite
3. UTILITY - chosen by Tom

STARTS WITH U

UNIFORM

Las Vegas NV

FAVOURITE

UMBRELLA Toronto ON

UTILITY

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1. Starts with "U"
2. A Favorite
3.  UGLY - chosen by Tom

Starts with "U"

Thumbs UP

UPSIDE down bonus U

UGLY

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2. A Favorite
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STARTS WITH U

UPROOTED Antigonish Nova Scotia Hurricane Fiona

FAVOURITE

UP

New York City

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Starts with "U"

UNICORN

FAVOURITE

UGLIES 

UNDER

Rialto Bridge Venice Italy

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1. Starts with "U"
2. A Favorite
3.UNUSUAL - chosen by Tom

Starts with "U"

URBANA Ohio
Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Ohio. Established in 1805, the town became the county seat with Champaign County’s creation in 1805. The town’s founder, William Ward, named Urbana after the word urbanity.

FAVOURITE

UMBRELLA

UNUSUAL

UNUSUAL UNITING Church Myponga, Kangaroo Island Australia

We USUALLY see it called the UNITED Church.

Déjà Brew

A catchall for leftover beer, coffee, food, motels and whatever catches my fancy!

Kangaroo Island Australia

UNIQUE

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We'll take a road trip this round.

Ute Lake derives its name from the Ute Indians. The Ute Indians called themselves Nunt'z, "the people," and were originally a Plains tribe that was driven into the Rocky Mountains by other Native Americans. They originally hunted as far west as the Great Salt Lake in Utah and as far east as northeastern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, and southeastern Colorado. The Shoshoni and Comanche Indians called them Ute Indians. 

Photo 2017 New Mexico

FAVOURITE

UNICORNS Thornhill Scotland

UNDER

UNDER the counter in the market Mazatlan Mexico

Déjà Brew
A catchall for leftover beer, coffee, food and whatever catches my fancy!

Milwaukee WI Riverwalk

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My last rounds were coffee and beer. So it's time for some food and sleep!

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Starts with "U"

UMOONA Coober Pedy Australia

FAVOURITE

Crazy UNCLE cider

UNDER

Hotel accommodation UNDERGROUND Coober Pedy Australia

Déjà Brew
A catchall for leftover beer, coffee, food and whatever catches my fancy!

UGLIES 

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Starts with "U"
UPSCALE or UPMARKET cafe somewhere in Wyoming

Favourite
A horseshoe is shaped like a U Wickensburg AZ

UNDER

Wake UP down UNDER in Sydney Australia 

Déjà Brew
UPGRADE who can resist coffee with breakfast at Cracker Barrel??? Ohio.

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1. Starts with "U"
2. A Favorite
3. UNIFORM  - chosen by Tom

Starts with "U"

Beers UNDER an UMBRELLA on the beach in Mazatlan Mexico.

FAVOURITE

USUAL order in Dublin.

UNIFORM

The UNIFORM worn at the Star Dust Diner in NYC. The servers are wanna be performers who entertain as they work with Broadway songs.

LAST CALL

For a while a part of the family ran a pub called the UNDERDOWN.

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1. Starts with "U."
2. A Favorite
3. UNUSUAL

Starts with "U"

Everyone loves a man in a uniform!

Copenhagen Denmark royal guards

FAVOURITE

Underwear window display in Copenhagen department store.

UNUSUAL

Sitting in the Parque Retiro in Madrid November 2018.

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For the letter of the week for this round I am going to go with all things TTC, Toronto Transit Corporation.

Starts with "U"

The iconic Union Station opened in 1954 as one of twelve original stations on the first phase of the Yonge line, the first rapid transit line in Canada.

 It was the southern terminus of the line until the opening of the University line in 1963, and is today the inflection point of the U-shaped line.

Along with Spadina station, it is one of two stations open overnight.

Union station is located on Front Street between the Yonge Street and University Avenue sections of the line. It is named for and directly connects to the railway station and regional bus terminal of the same name, serving all GO Transit train lines and train-bus services as well as Via Rail intercity routes (including Amtrak's Maple Leaf service to New York City). It connects to the Union Pearson Express (UPX), a dedicated rail link to Toronto Pearson International Airport. It is the only subway station with a direct connection to Via services.

In 2003, planning began on a station expansion to address overcrowding in the station. Despite being one of the busiest stations in the system, the station had only one narrow island platform serving both the University and Yonge lines, and a small concourse area.



The resulting plan was to build a new subway platform on the south side of the tracks to serve the Yonge line, leaving the existing island platform to serve only the University line. This new platform would feature a level connection to the streetcar platform. The project also included significantly expanding the concourse level and replacing all finishes.

Preparatory work began in 2006, and construction began in February 2011.The new second platform opened on August 18, 2014.

FAVOURITE

As part of the second platform project, a glass wall was built to block off the southern side of the old platform, since it now only serves the University line. 

It features the art piece "Zones of Immersion" by Stuart Reid, a professor at the OCAD University, The work comprises 166 large glass panels, each measuring more than one by two metres, extending 170-metre (560 ft) along the length of the platform. 

Mostly transparent, it is visible from both the Yonge and University platforms. Each panel contains images or words, many based on sketches that Reid drew while riding the subway.

Up

November 2018 - Toledo Spain