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[Karen]

Fun pictures, Hambel and Kari. I also enjoy hearing about everyone's travels. This page was a really good idea.

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Hambel wrote: "Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "I would love to see Will and Taylor in Gibraltar. I went there last year and it's crazy. Parts of it resemble a regular English town, parts of it are like the old Ne..."

If you drive there, there's a parking building on the left before entering Gibraltar, so you walk into Gibraltar, buy your ticket to go up to the Rock and take the bus to the city center. I wouldn't advise driving into Gibraltar.

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Anne wrote: "The Northern countries are expensive that is true, but what a setting if you want a taste of Nordic Noir :)"

True! :) I can only travel at the end of summer unfortunately, I would love to experience the Northern countries in colder months, long nights, snow, etc.

[Anne]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "Anne wrote: "The Northern countries are expensive that is true, but what a setting if you want a taste of Nordic Noir :)"

True! :) I can only travel at the end of summer unfortunately, I would lov..."

Usually I am not a fan of the colder months, but I have to admit I would like to show you a cold clear winters night on the mountain, with the Northern lights playing across the midnight sky and the stars so big and clear as you never see them anywhere else. And when we walk across the snow our footsteps make that special sound you can't hear at any other time. And then inside to a fire in the fireplace, some good red wine and a book by Josh :), our cheeks red from the cold and our eyes clear.

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Yes, this!

*sighs*

[Anne]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "Yes, this!

*sighs*"

I can actually see Will and Taylor in a setting like this ;)

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

With us! :D

[Anne]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "With us! :D"

Of course!

[Sara]

Anne wrote: "Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "Anne wrote: "The Northern countries are expensive that is true, but what a setting if you want a taste of Nordic Noir :)"

True! :) I can only travel at the end of s..."


Anne, that sounds beautiful!

[Josh]

Hambel wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Cleon wrote: "Hambel wrote: "Reading Out of the Blue while on my hols in Spain.

"
Hols in Spain? Oh, I'm so jealous!! ;)"

Yeah, Hambel, how was your hols in Spain? You never tol..."

Heh. You sound like you had a very good time! :-)

[Josh]

Karen wrote: "Josh wrote: "My God that thing is huge. We probably should have reduced the font or the spacing or something!"

I received my copy about a week ago. Yes, the font size and type spacing could have b..."

In a funny way I think it ended up being a compromise between large print (which I've considered but I know some readers actively HATE it) and regular print.

We left the line spacing at 1.5 which works so nicely on the ebooks, but had I reduced it to 1 it would have made for a cheaper (though perhaps harder to read) book.

[Anne]

Hambel wrote: "Anne wrote: "Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "Anne wrote: "The Northern countries are expensive that is true, but what a setting if you want a taste of Nordic Noir :)"

True! :) I can only travel at..."

It is beautiful - and cold :)

[Johanna]

Anne wrote: "-- with the Northern lights playing across the midnight sky and the stars so big and clear as you never see them anywhere else. And when we walk across the snow our footsteps make that special sound you can't hear at any other time. And then inside to a fire in the fireplace, some good red wine and a book by Josh :), our cheeks red from the cold and our eyes clear."

Sounds wonderfully familiar. :) And if there would be thaw the next day, Will and Taylor could make weird looking snowmen and have a snowball fight (with you and Emanuela). ;)

[HJ]

Karen wrote: "Josh wrote: "My God that thing is huge. We probably should have reduced the font or the spacing or something!"

I received my copy about a week ago. Yes, the font size and type spacing could have b..."

No! Don't reduce the font size! It's lovely to be able to read a book painlessly and without even thinking about the font because it's just the right size.

[Kari]

Hj wrote: "No! Don't reduce the font size! It's lovely to be able to read a book painlessly and without even thinking about the font because it's just the right size."

Me too! Don't reduce the font size! Lost my glasses so I can't read pretty much anything in print right now. (One would think losing my glasses would be difficult since I wear them on a chain around my neck. One would be be very wrong.)

[Roby]

I love to see pictures in this thread!

I don't know how to post pictures but I want to share this with you.
After the second big earthquake we had to leave our house and take our things in a great hurry. I took clothes, underwear, toiletries and... my printed copy of The Dark Tide!

[Anne]

Roby wrote: "I love to see pictures in this thread!

I don't know how to post pictures but I want to share this with you.
After the second big earthquake we had to leave our house and take our things in a gre..."

I like that! It is good to see you have your priorities straight :)

[Roby]

Josh wrote: "Yes! Let's hear everyone's what I did on summer vacation stories. :-D Seriously, though. I love traveling vicariously.

Plus it helps me figure out where to set my next stories"

I went to Rome. This is the place where Julius Caesar was killed. It's a good setting for next stories!




Thanks Manu for your instructions!! I can post pictures now!

[Anne]

Roby wrote: "Josh wrote: "Yes! Let's hear everyone's what I did on summer vacation stories. :-D Seriously, though. I love traveling vicariously.

Plus it helps me figure out where to set my next stories"

I we..."

Lovely picture. Rome is a good setting for anything, including a Dangerous Ground story :)

[Johanna]

Good to hear from you, Roby! I, too, liked hearing that you can really prioritize in case of emergency... ;)

Great picture! :)

[Sara]

Anne wrote: "Roby wrote: "After the second big earthquake we had to leave our house and take our things in a gre..."

I like that! It is good to see you have your priorities straight :) "

Absolutely!

[Sara]

Roby wrote: "I went to Rome. This is the place where Julius Caesar was killed. It's a good setting for next stories!"

That would be an excellent setting for any story. Fab picture, Roby!

[Queen A.]

All those pretty pictures have inspired me to put some paperback editions of my favourite ebooks on my wishlist. Who knew the internet would turn out to cost me so much money? :p

[Roby]

Which Lanyon's couple would you see in Venice?



The picture is mine, I had my first and only gondola ride two years ago when American friends came to visit Italy.

P.S. it's so good to be able to post pictures!

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Gondola race! :)

[Roby]

I was on the gondola on the left! I thought it was a thing for turists but I have to admit it was funny.

[Darkm]

Roby wrote: "Josh wrote: "Yes! Let's hear everyone's what I did on summer vacation stories. :-D Seriously, though. I love traveling vicariously.

Plus it helps me figure out where to set my next stories"

I we..."
Looks familiar, LOL!

Nice pics Roby :)

[Josh]

Roby wrote: "I went to Rome. This is the place where Julius Caesar was killed. It's a good setting for next stories!..."

Isn't it incredible to see these places -- that they places still exist? We have such a bad habit of tearing down the old in this country.

[Josh]

Roby wrote: "I love to see pictures in this thread!

I don't know how to post pictures but I want to share this with you.
After the second big earthquake we had to leave our house and take our things in a gre..."

I'm truly honored.

Nice to see you back, Roby!

[Roby]

Josh wrote: "Isn't it incredible to see these places -- that they places still exist? We have such a bad habit of tearing down the old in this country. "

In Italy we don't tear down but it can happen that the place where Caesar was killed it's now a shelter for cats.... Too many historical places here!

[Roby]

Josh wrote: "Nice to see you back, Roby! "

Thanks :) It's good to be back!

[Darkm]

Roby wrote: "Josh wrote: "Isn't it incredible to see these places -- that they places still exist? We have such a bad habit of tearing down the old in this country. "

In Italy we don't tear down but it can hap..."
At least cats are nice.
The problem is people writing on the ancient monuments or breaking them out of spite.

[Josh]

Darkm wrote: "The problem is people writing on the ancient monuments or breaking them out of spite.
..."

I lose hope for the human race sometimes. We have that out there too in the desert -- Indian hierogylphs scrawled over with graffiti. WHY? Or pieces broken off and carried away.

[Liade]

Josh wrote: "Darkm wrote: "The problem is people writing on the ancient monuments or breaking them out of spite.
...
I lose hope for the human race sometimes. We have that out there too in the desert -- Indi..."


While we lived in the States my parents came to visit. I took them to DC and particularly to the National Mall. One of the memorials (I think it was the Vietnam one) had a book with the names of all who had died in that conflict, and it was just a regular book, under a plastic cover to protect from rain but otherwise open to browsing. My father (late seventies at the time) was just astounded and actually quite jealous: in Germany any such book would have been vandalised within minutes of its existence.

[Calathea]

I'm back from Scotland, too. Unlike Antonella I've been to the east and did all the touristy stuff as it was my first time there. Just let me say: I loved it!

Unfortunately, I couldn't bring my hard copy of ASW with me. I only ordered it shortly before I left for Scotland and arrived at home while I was there. So the Kindle version must do.

Here's one pic that I took on the wall around the south yard at Rosslyn Chapel that most people know from Angels and Demons and the other books by Dan Brown.
You just have to believe me that it is where I say it was taken. ;)

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The other one was taken at the Sir Walter Scott Monument in Edinburgh. I could wrestle a travel companion into holding the Kindle for me, so I could take the photo with the monument as a backdrop. When he saw the name Holmes on the cover he was quite curious about the book because he was (what I didn't know) a big fan of anything Sherlock Holmes. So I told him. I don't know if he's going to read it... ;)

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[Antonella]

Calathea wrote: "The other one was taken at the Sir Walter Scott Monument in Edinburgh."

Nice pics, but why didn't you say something in advance? I climbed the 287 steps of the monument last Wednesday! Where you there?

[Calathea]

Steps? What steps? (Are we talking about the same thing on Princess Street?)
I've been there on Sunday... Wednesday, I think I was at Loch Ness and with lots of luck not in the area of the flood. Just lots of storm and rain.
Sorry for not saying, it was on very, very short notice. :)

[Antonella]

Calathea wrote: "Steps? What steps? (Are we talking about the same thing on Princess Street?)"

I'm glad we were not there in the same day.

Scott Monument: you can climb up and have a lovely view of the surroundings. Not for people with claustrophobia or overweight though: the last bit is really narrow. I had been in Edinburgh at least other two times, but I never did it.

[Calathea]

I didn't realise you can climb it! On the other hand I've been a bit on the run through the town to see most of it in one afternoon. It's really beautiful, though. I'd like to come back some day with more time on my hands.

What I climbed was St. Rules tower in St. Andrews. First you had to get through this gate (and believe me when I say, it was a tight fit) and then get up a narrow spiral staircase. At the top you have a wonderful view of the town and the sea.

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And those of you who don't know why I just had to climb the tower, need to read The Student Prince! :D

[Johanna]

Welcome back, Calathea! Very, very, very nice pictures!!! :)

[Josh]

Calathea wrote: "I'm back from Scotland, too. Unlike Antonella I've been to the east and did all the touristy stuff as it was my first time there. Just let me say: I loved it!

Unfortunately, I couldn't bring my ha..."

Love these!

[Karen]

Great pics, Calathea! This looks like a lovely, lovely trip.

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Wonderful pictures!

In St. Andrews I ran on West Sands beach, like the protagonists of the movie Chariots of Fire, singing the soundtrack by myself :)

I didn't climb anything, I was too lazy at the time :)

[Calathea]

Karen wrote: "Great pics, Calathea! This looks like a lovely, lovely trip."

It was! I took literally hundreds of photos like every proper tourist would do. ;-)

[Kari]

Outstanding pics, Calathea!

Emanuela, I run only when chased...sometimes. :-)

[Anne]

Lovely pictures! Thanks for posting them. I want to go..

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Kari wrote: "Outstanding pics, Calathea!

Emanuela, I run only when chased...sometimes. :-)"

LOL, it was 10 seconds of folly :)

[Cleon Lee]

Calathea wrote: "I didn't realise you can climb it! On the other hand I've been a bit on the run through the town to see most of it in one afternoon. It's really beautiful, though. I'd like to come back some day wi..."

Lovely pics, Calathea. :) Really fairy tale-ish.

[Sara]

Calathea wrote: "I'm back from Scotland, too. Unlike Antonella I've been to the east and did all the touristy stuff as it was my first time there. Just let me say: I loved it!

Unfortunately, I couldn't bring my ha..."

Great pics, Calathea!

[Roby]

Beautiful pictures, Calathea.
I want to go. I've never been to Scotland, only England and Wales for me.