Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Places I've Visited (or Plan to Visit)
Have visited:
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| The Strahov Monastery Library in Prague, Czech Republic |
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| Make Way for Duckings sculpture by Nancy Schön in Boston Common Garden celebrating the children's book: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey |
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| Winnie-the-Pooh original stuffed animals on display in the Stephen A. Schwarzman building of the New York City Public Library |
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| 'The Art of Eric Carle' exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
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| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. Home to over 420,000 rare books and seven million documents. |
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Juliet sculpture in Verona, Italy "Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." -Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare |
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| 221b Baker Street, London, home of Sherlock Holmes Actually it is a fictitious address |
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| Franz Kafka sculpture in Prague, Czech Republic, the author of The Metamorphosis and Other Stories |
Plan to Visit:
(We are heading for a trip to the UK in a few weeks)
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| Jane Austen Festival , Bath, England Austen book set in Bath: Persuasion |
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| Hill Top House, home of Beatrix Potter, author of Peter Rabbit, Sawrey, England |
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| Culloden Battlefield in Scotland, featured in the book by Diana Gabaldon, Outlander |
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| Stratford-Upon-Avon, home of Shakespeare We have tickets to see "As You Like It" while we are there. |
I look forward to reading other TTT posts for new ideas for bookish places to visit in the future.
-Anne
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