tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post5062194396454831067..comments2023-07-08T08:33:50.710+01:00Comments on Speculative Horizons: European adventures: Venice, Verona and Lake GardaJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-81114379447268131452009-05-26T16:18:45.187+01:002009-05-26T16:18:45.187+01:00Very nice! I love European architecture, makes Lon...Very nice! I love European architecture, makes London look so bloody dour. <br /><br />"The balcony where Juliet is meant to have waited for Romeo (a totally false historical connection, but it's a nice scene)"<br /><br />LOL, a fake connection because they're fictional characters! Wonder how many people actually believed it though..Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997142121586211366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-7181370455941407642009-05-25T20:28:40.996+01:002009-05-25T20:28:40.996+01:00You won't be disappointed :) Portugal has very bea...You won't be disappointed :) Portugal has very beautiful cities and villages, but also very beautiful mountains and forests :P<br /><br />And be free to tell me something when you decide to come here. I would be glad to show you my country, and it would be great to talk with you about fantasy and science fiction :PFrancisco Noregahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908440015546367239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-59618034328205987362009-05-25T09:31:15.378+01:002009-05-25T09:31:15.378+01:00Gabriele, Kendall, glad you liked the pics.
Fran...Gabriele, Kendall, glad you liked the pics. <br /><br />Francisco - I've been to Portugal at some point when I was much younger, and don't remember anything at all of it. I'll have to try and get there at some stage...Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-31100082097329096712009-05-24T21:35:22.395+01:002009-05-24T21:35:22.395+01:00Nice shots :) As I've been busy for a couple of we...Nice shots :) As I've been busy for a couple of weeks, I couldn't visit your blog for a time, James.<br />But this shots... wow, are amazing. I have to find some time to restart visiting blogs :)<br /><br />Have you ever come to Portugal? Is very beautiful too ;)Francisco Noregahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908440015546367239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-55307168988799260472009-05-23T20:07:18.895+01:002009-05-23T20:07:18.895+01:00Awesome pix; I visited Italy many years ago, inclu...Awesome pix; I visited Italy many years ago, including Venice, and still have fond memories (and <EM>hundreds of pix</EM>) of the trip. I want to return one day, so I'm jealous of your trip! ;-)Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127409362906807882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-79562072114613820722009-05-23T16:14:53.812+01:002009-05-23T16:14:53.812+01:00Very nice pics. Love the Roman stuff especially, b...Very nice pics. Love the Roman stuff especially, but I've been bitten by that bug ages ago. :)<br /><br />Iain, I so need more books for my TBR pile. lolGabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-60778575829525987322009-05-23T11:06:46.929+01:002009-05-23T11:06:46.929+01:00Glad you enjoyed the pics Iain, and thanks for the...Glad you enjoyed the pics Iain, and thanks for the recs - I really must read more history, but it's so hard to find the time!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-10110798182009245432009-05-23T10:48:06.842+01:002009-05-23T10:48:06.842+01:00Excellent pictures James.
As you included pictur...Excellent pictures James. <br /><br />As you included pictures of the Venetian Arsenal and The Tetrarchy statue, nicked from Glorious Byzantium by those evil Venetians, I have a couple of book recommendations for you. The first is Empires of the Sea, which is about the Venetains, Spanish, French, Maltese and Turks fighting for control of the Mediterraean in th 16th Century and the other is the Fall of Constantinople, which as you can imagine is about the siege and fall in 1453. Both are by Roger Crowley.Iainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02071546979497176969noreply@blogger.com