If you thought you had it bad parking… This was shot from the fifth floor window of our hotel room.
Day: April 28, 2008
Rome, McDonald’s & the Pantheon
Famous First Lines, Part 2
1. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. Jason, Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone by Rowling
2. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. Mark, The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald
3. Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York Criminal Court Number 3 and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruelly hurt his daughter, who had tried to dishonor her. HINT: This was the beginning of a famous movie trilogy. Amy, The Godfather by Puzo
4. At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember, there lived a little while ago one of those gentlemen who are wont to keep a lance in the rack, an old buckler, a lean horse and a swift greyhound. DON QUIXOTE by Cervantes
5. The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended. 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY by Clarke
6. Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood. THE DIVINE COMEDY, INFERNO by Dante Alighieri
7. Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery. Mark, The DaVinci Code by Brown
8. Call me Ishmael. Jason, Moby Dick by Melville
9. All children, except one, grow up. PETER PAN by Barrie
10. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Amy, Anna Karenina by Tolstoy