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| Meeting Don Quixote and Sancho Panza where they were created in Alcala near Madrid |
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| Victor Hugo slept here! San Juan, near San Sebastian Spain |
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| Here's the front of Victor Hugo's retreat, I think. |
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| This gargoyle was Quasimodo's constant friend! |
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| A view of Notre Dame's bell towers, something Quasimodo knew well! |
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| The English bookstore in the middle of Paris where many famous authors hung out. |
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| The glass pyramid at the Louvre, which was featured prominently in The Da Vinci Code. (I think I posted this one already, but it's worth a repeat, right?) |
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| I'm convinced this was the clock in the train station (now the Musee d'Orsay) from The Adventures of Hugo Cabret! |
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| Place de la Concord! This is where the guillotine stood that chopped off so many heads, including Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities. |
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| The sewers of Paris where none other than Jean Valjean carried an unconscious Marius only to meet Javert at the end! |
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| Sunset in Paris, something that I'm sure many literary characters have experienced! |
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| Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station! |
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| Westminster Abbey where Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer and many others, are buried. |
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| This is Sir Issac Newton, in the flesh! He wrote something, right? |
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| The Tower of London, where so many many things took place, but most famously where Anne Boleyn lost her head! |
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| In front of the British Library where many original documents are housed, including many things by Jane Austen. |
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| This ice cream store's name reminded me of Harry Potter and all the snogging that happened there! |
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| Our very own Secret Garden! |
Lovely pictures.
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Ann: Thanks!
DeleteSo cool. I've always thought that if I travel, I'd want to visit places like this, or places my favorite artists had found inspiring (like Monet's garden). To see them in the flesh. Did you really go inside the sewer?
ReplyDeleteJeane: YES! We really went in the sewer! There's a tour! It was stinky....
DeleteWhat a great experience for you. thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteKelley: Thanks for enjoying!
DeleteNewton wrote Calculus!!! And the Snog ice cream reminds me of Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging! Such a funny movie! This looks like so much fun! I am utterly jealous!
ReplyDeleteMegs: Ah, right!
DeleteLove the pictures! It looks like you guys had great fun! And, I love living these literary experience vicariously through you! :)
ReplyDeleteJenni: Glad you enjoyed.
DeleteAwesome! I'm so jealous! Newton was the apple guy. I'm sure he wrote many thing, but nothing I would read.
ReplyDeleteKami: This dude was eating an apple the whole time he did his little shtick.
DeleteI love your pictures! That's so nice that you could go all over Europe with your family. That clock definitely made me think of Hugo, even before I'd even read your caption. :)
ReplyDeleteKathy: It was a pretty cool clock!
DeleteThe British library! I used to study there all the time when I was getting my Masters.
ReplyDeleteHolly: That is so awesome! I wish we had explored more than just the treasures room.
DeleteI love all those, but the picture of the Lourve is spectacular.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! You foudn so many fantastic literary spots! Shakespeare and Co is one of my favorite bookstores and I loved visiting the British museum!
ReplyDeleteOMG!! I love these!!!!! Definitely had to giggle at the snogging one!
ReplyDeleteI love that you got to experience this (and me through your pictures). I want to go to Europe so bad!
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Fantastic photos! It looks like a ton of fun. I had a great time at the Tower of London, which may be because I'm fairly morbid.... But either way, it was educational and exciting!
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