I never made it over to Prague. I toured France, Italy, Germany, and slipped int Salzburg, Austria in 2000, then lived in London for four months a couple years ago. But I am American, Californian to be exact.
I found London to be the same way. It was astounding to be walking down the street, to turn a corner, and come face to face with something a hundred times older than me. The Palace of Justice in London just... made my jaw drop to my ankles. And it came out of nowhere! All these sixties buildings, some nineties buildings, and WHAM. ANCIENT. It was amazing.
Those pictures are gorgeous. That stairwell reminds me of a more modern stairwell in the Vatican. But so much older. And the outside shot looks like something out of the jungles of India.
I believe that movie was called The Ninth Gate. And if that was Sintra, then it truly is astoundingly beautiful. I loved the setting in that movie.
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Date: 2005-08-31 07:59 pm (UTC)From:I found London to be the same way. It was astounding to be walking down the street, to turn a corner, and come face to face with something a hundred times older than me. The Palace of Justice in London just... made my jaw drop to my ankles. And it came out of nowhere! All these sixties buildings, some nineties buildings, and WHAM. ANCIENT. It was amazing.
Those pictures are gorgeous. That stairwell reminds me of a more modern stairwell in the Vatican. But so much older. And the outside shot looks like something out of the jungles of India.
I believe that movie was called The Ninth Gate. And if that was Sintra, then it truly is astoundingly beautiful. I loved the setting in that movie.