Showing posts with label tourism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tourism. Show all posts

Monday, May 23, 2011

Docile Demons

"From this height the gargoyles perched against the church were almost within reach. I suppose they were designed to look menacing, but they seemed quite unaffected to me - almost bored. Like a security guard at a nursing home working the graveyard shift who was memorizing Shakespeare on the job. "
The Drunken Tourist page 75
Gargoyle of Notre Dame
Photo courtesy of apassionforhistory.blogspot.com

Monday, May 16, 2011

A Fine City

"Take Manhattan around 59th Street from Park Avenue west to Lincoln Center, add a taste of Prague and a good serving of Paris and you get an idea of what a fine city Vienna is." 
- The Drunken Tourist, page 103


Stephansplatz in Winter
Photo courtesy of The Travel Editor