Brought to you by a wee touch of wanderlust and wishing for magic...
Wednesday, 7 July 2010 10:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Eeh but the middle of the week is sometimes so mundane... I don't even have a veggie box to look forward to today, cos I forgot to order one... just more marking and expense sheets... *sighs* So I went for a wee search and found The 15 Most Magical Places in the World... gorgeous photos for days of dreaminess and wanderlust...
A sorcerer's castle and an enchanted forest...

A wizard's town and a magical lagoon...

The Emporer's palace and the knight's ship...

Prince Charming's castle, and the Golden Pagodas...

The Faraway Tree, and Rapunzel's tower...

The Wishing Bridge, and the Warlock's castle...

The Snow Queen's lair, and a hobbit house...

...and finally, the Lake of Dreams...

How fab are they? There are other pretty, wanderlust-y pictures over at that website too, if you're feeling like a wander... I think my favourite of this fifteen is actually The Faraway Tree - which seems strange, if I'm longing for magic and adventure, to choose what's perhaps the most mundane (though gorgeously atmospheric) picture of all of them, but... I do love some of the others - Versailles! I must visit one day! - oh, and Giverny too, I want to see Giverny...sorry, where was I?! The Faraway tree! There's just something about a magical mist, and maybe it harks back to growing up and just longing to be in just that sort of magical, quintessentially English place... Oh, or the road ahead, where you can't quite see what's over the rise - especially if you're heading to the seashore...
Aaaand... back to work... *sighs*
Edited to Add - Sleeping Beauty's Castle!

A sorcerer's castle and an enchanted forest...
A wizard's town and a magical lagoon...
The Emporer's palace and the knight's ship...
Prince Charming's castle, and the Golden Pagodas...
The Faraway Tree, and Rapunzel's tower...
The Wishing Bridge, and the Warlock's castle...
The Snow Queen's lair, and a hobbit house...
...and finally, the Lake of Dreams...
How fab are they? There are other pretty, wanderlust-y pictures over at that website too, if you're feeling like a wander... I think my favourite of this fifteen is actually The Faraway Tree - which seems strange, if I'm longing for magic and adventure, to choose what's perhaps the most mundane (though gorgeously atmospheric) picture of all of them, but... I do love some of the others - Versailles! I must visit one day! - oh, and Giverny too, I want to see Giverny...sorry, where was I?! The Faraway tree! There's just something about a magical mist, and maybe it harks back to growing up and just longing to be in just that sort of magical, quintessentially English place... Oh, or the road ahead, where you can't quite see what's over the rise - especially if you're heading to the seashore...
Aaaand... back to work... *sighs*
Edited to Add - Sleeping Beauty's Castle!
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 09:12 am (UTC)I don't want to be here. I want to be there . . .
Giverny is gorgeous.
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 10:12 am (UTC)I wonder if you could do a day trip... or just a wee one-overnight-trip...
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 09:40 am (UTC)*is entranced*
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 10:21 am (UTC)Ooh actually, Castell Coch's not far from you, is it - I always think of that as rather fairytale... it's years since I was there, but I remember a pink castle, and sparkling rooms...
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 10:50 am (UTC)Oh, and you should totally watch Merlin. Just don't expect it to stick to any of the classic legends, because it doesn't. It just takes the central concept and runs with it in a whole new direction, and is great fun!
(oh but crap, I no longer have my Arthur icon, so have Uther masquerading as Giles instead)
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 12:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 12:33 pm (UTC)I love Merlin, but it isn't for everyone. As long as you aren't too married to the classic legends but instead are willing to accept the premise of the show for what it is and run with it (plus remembering that it sits in the Saturday teatime slot like Doctor Who), you'll be fine. Most of the characters are just adorable, and although the writing has its ups and downs (as with all shows), overall it works well. :)
I hope you like it! Did you ever finish Rome, btw?
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Date: Thursday, 8 July 2010 07:46 am (UTC)And yeah, I did get that Merlin was the lazy-Saturday-kids version of the myth, so my expectations are duly adjusted!
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 10:01 am (UTC).... Is what I just thought of looking at all those photos! Next time I write some wizarding fic, I shall be coming back round here for inspiration!
You absolutely MUST go to Versailles - it was, by far, the best part of my recent trip to gay Paris!
Never seen the like in my LIFE. *g*
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 10:29 am (UTC)I must get around to watching Merlin one of these days... I completely missed it when it was on telly... there've got to be dvds, right... I was so into the whole Arthurian thing, but I've not paid any attention for years... which is weird, cos now I'm here, where Arthur used to be! Ohhh, wonder if Arthur of the Britons is on dvd... Ooooh...
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 12:08 pm (UTC)Those photos really are magic. I thought Rapunzel's castle looked like the ruins on top of Glastonbury Tor at first - very similar architecture from what I can remember of it, and way high up!
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 12:15 pm (UTC)And ooh, an atmospheric Glastonbury Tor would be rather fairytale too, wouldn't it!
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 12:27 pm (UTC)There's an LJ comm, too. . Just sayin'. *g*
I should so not be allowed anywhere near Amazon...
I hear you. Spent some money there myself earlier today - Torchwood seasons 2 and 3, plus two copies of The Mabinogion. Yay for internet purchasing on cold wet rainy days.
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Date: Thursday, 8 July 2010 06:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Thursday, 8 July 2010 07:19 am (UTC)My interest in The Mabinogion was sparked by our visit to Tintagel where I first saw it mentioned - am looking forward to that. And yeay indeed for creative writing! It's always interesting when fictional and "real" worlds collide.
And The Snow Spider looks interesting too and I can imagine it being used as a plotline for a Torchwood fic. Did you read all three in the trilogy?
As for Torchwood - I've had S1 for ages but only just sat down to watch it (funny how visiting Cardiff can have that effect!). Now I can't wait for S2 and S3 to arrive.
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Date: Thursday, 8 July 2010 08:38 am (UTC)I did read all three of The Snow Spider, and I really liked them... I thought I'd posted about it, but can I find it? No...
Oh, and Torchwood! The one thing that's tempted me to glance at another fandom (and then run away very quickly, but that's the fandom side, not the Torchwood side, which I still adore... and there is some rather cool fanfic... I'm still rather in love with Cardiff too - I must go again! I need tyres and enough money for petrol, and then I'm off! *g*
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 03:06 pm (UTC)Atmospheric Glastonbury - what, like this, you mean?
Can't remember where I found that one - not mine, but I couldn't resist keeping it because it was so magical!
Giverny sounds wonderful. Never been there. What with that and Versailles, I reckon I should be planning a French trip!
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Date: Thursday, 8 July 2010 06:58 am (UTC)And oooh, yes - just like that! I must put that up in my post too, if that's alright! Hmmn, what do you think it is, though... oh, Avalon, of course! *g*
I so want to be planning a French trip - to Giverny and Versailles! If you find yourself stuck for a travel companion, give me a shout! *vbg*
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Date: Thursday, 8 July 2010 11:47 am (UTC)Hmmm, Giverny - so tempting....
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 12:16 pm (UTC)Shall stare at the fairytales, and imagine how to make more for a while... *g*
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 03:12 pm (UTC)I hope something exciting (but pleasant comes your way very soon!
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Date: Thursday, 8 July 2010 07:01 am (UTC)There will be excitement soon - MS is on stage in Windsor in just two weeks, wheeee! I completely missed AMFAS, so I'm so pleased I'll get to see him live after all!
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Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 03:28 pm (UTC)Thanks for this lovely post!
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