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  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    RogueAgent wrote: »
    Cool pictures jwpepper!!

    Gracias...I mean eskerrak.
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
    edited March 2018 Posts: 2,541
    The house :)

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    Just this close to Puppy:

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    And don't forget the photo from the bridge where the scene ends...

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    And our particular "Archivo 007 was there" ;)

  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    OK, @ggl007, you've got a sort of unfair advantage. And I wasn't even in Bilbao for the purpose of taking those pictures. :-)

    Wait till I get to doing my comprehensive look at the Hamburg locations of TND.
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    OK, @ggl007, you've got a sort of unfair advantage. And I wasn't even in Bilbao for the purpose of taking those pictures. :-)

    Wait till I get to doing my comprehensive look at the Hamburg locations of TND.

    My pleasure :)

    Don't forget to park the car properly...
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    ggl007 wrote: »
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    OK, @ggl007, you've got a sort of unfair advantage. And I wasn't even in Bilbao for the purpose of taking those pictures. :-)

    Wait till I get to doing my comprehensive look at the Hamburg locations of TND.

    My pleasure :)

    Don't forget to park the car properly...

    Unlike Bond, I presume...but I do have a garage parking place in the middle of the city and will do the tour on foot.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    edited April 2018 Posts: 3,176
    I really want to visit Bilbao - a giant floral dog is something I'd enjoy seeing even without the Bond connection.
  • JeffreyJeffrey The Netherlands
    edited April 2018 Posts: 308
    Love the pictures.

    I actually am shocked at how little Bond related locations I have visited. I certainly plan to visited more in the future.

    This for now:

    Venice, Italy (MR / CR)
    Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy (FYEO)
    A82, Scotland (SF)
    Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland (TWINE)
    Eiffel Tower, France (AVTAK)

    I've been to Amsterdam lot's of times (since I live in The Netherlands) but never went to see the specific Bond locations. Been to Rome as well, same there.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Jeffrey wrote: »
    Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland (TWINE)
    Come to think of it, I was there in 2004:
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  • JeffreyJeffrey The Netherlands
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    Nice photo's @j_w_pepper!

    One thing a lot of Bond films trigger me with, is the urge to go on vacation (in a positive way haha).
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Excellent photo’s. Lovely castle too.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    I really want to visit Bilbao - a giant floral dog is something I'd enjoy seeing even without the Bond connection.

    @Agent_99: Better bring rain clothing. In terms of precipitation, Bilbao is right up there with the likes of Britain...and Hamburg.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    But...but I was informed the rain in Spain fell mainly on the plain!

    (Thanks for the tip!)
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Wasn't it "the rine in Spine is minely on the plines"?
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I never know where to put these things when they're object pilgrimages rather than location ones, so here: DAD hovercraft at the Hovercraft Museum, Lee-on-Solent.

    Fact I learned: they bolted so much junk onto the big one to make it look scary that it became too heavy to hover, and had to be towed!

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    HI PIERCE!

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    Amongst loads of other interesting stuff, the museum has the last surviving SR.N4 cross-Channel hovercraft, the Princess Anne. Sister ship Princess Margaret appears in DAF. Sadly Maggie has been dismantled and cannibalised to help with the restoration of Anne, but her bridge is still on display in the Bond section.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,041
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    I never know where to put these things when they're object pilgrimages rather than location ones, so here: DAD hovercraft at the Hovercraft Museum, Lee-on-Solent.

    Fact I learned: they bolted so much junk onto the big one to make it look scary that it became too heavy to hover, and had to be towed!

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    241468_600.jpg

    HI PIERCE!

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    Amongst loads of other interesting stuff, the museum has the last surviving SR.N4 cross-Channel hovercraft, the Princess Anne. Sister ship Princess Margaret appears in DAF. Sadly Maggie has been dismantled and cannibalised to help with the restoration of Anne, but her bridge is still on display in the Bond section.

    The place does look a little crowded, doesn't it?
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    The place does look a little crowded, doesn't it?

    They're very pushed for space, which is why they could only save one of the big SR.N4s. They have a lot of little racing / leisure / search & rescue hovercraft, too!
  • JeffreyJeffrey The Netherlands
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    I'm thinking about going to Corfu this summer. Does anyone have tips with regards to FYEO locations (other tips are welcome too)?
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    No FYEO tips, but I loved Corfu - it was stunningly beautiful.

    (I picked Corfu as a destination because I loved My Family and Other Animals so much as a child. I did see one of the Durrell family's villas, and swam at Larry's favourite beach.)
  • bondsumbondsum
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    I've just been reading @00Agent's wonderful posts and I was always under the impression that Bond never actually visited Macau and that it was all studio-based. After a little investigation I can see that I was completely misinformed and that Bond did indeed visit Rua das Lorchas in Macau. The irony being that I too visited this same street to see a British antique shop in one of those little buildings and was completely unaware that I was in fact visiting a site used in TMWTGG.
  • bondsumbondsum
    edited May 2018 Posts: 3,333
    Jeffrey wrote: »
    I'm thinking about going to Corfu this summer. Does anyone have tips with regards to FYEO locations (other tips are welcome too)?
    The Achillion Palace, Gastouri in Corfu is where this was shot below, plus the casino scene...
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    Agios Spyridon Tower, Corfu Town, is where this scene of Bond and Melina shopping was shot...
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    Both Paleokastritsa Road, Bouas-Danilia Village and Environs, Pagi Village, Corfu, is where the car chase was shot...
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    Cliffs, The Old Fortress, Corfu Town is where Bond kicks the Mercedes off cliff with Locque in it, plus the tunnels in the fortress were used in addition to the Albanian warehouse action sequence...
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    Villa Sylva, Kanoni, Corfu was where Gonzale's spanish villa with swimming pool was shot...
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  • JeffreyJeffrey The Netherlands
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    Thanks very much @bondsum !
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Great thread.

    The Guggenheim is such a beautiful building. As is Bilbao, Corfu, and, well, everything!

    Impressive trip, @00Agent!
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    edited May 2018 Posts: 5,185
    Thanks guys :)
    You all make me very curious for Corfu. It was not on my list but i love greece. I have been to it two years ago, went to Athene and took a ship down to the islands because i wanted to experience the Trip from Colonel Sun :D (yes i am obsessive like that)

    Currently i am actually on little sightseeing trip in Munich, but there are no real Bond connections here. Except for the main BMW Facility and museeum with some nice little shout outs to GE and TND

    Oh and I had a really cool Moment when I walked down this beautiful garden in Front of a palace, and in the middle of the Garden was a white marble Pavillon, and inside was a guy playing his piano, and just when I came in he played Skyfall by adele :D not kidding. Had to give him 5€ just for that
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    00Agent wrote: »
    Currently i am actually on little sightseeing trip in Munich, but there are no real Bond connections here.

    Don’t Bond and Tracy get married in Munich? Possibly at the British consulate if I recall. Haven’t got the book to hand if someone could check?
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    edited May 2018 Posts: 5,185
    TheWizardOfIce wrote: »
    00Agent wrote: »
    Currently i am actually on little sightseeing trip in Munich, but there are no real Bond connections here.

    Don’t Bond and Tracy get married in Munich? Possibly at the British consulate if I recall. Haven’t got the book to hand if someone could check?

    Oh my god you are right! I just checked it.
    They even stayed in the Four Seasons, Tracy calling it her favorite hotel in the world.
    I was wondering the whole day where i should have Cocktails this evening, that settles it then. Tomorrow morning i'll check the british consulate.
    Thanks Wiz!
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited May 2018 Posts: 11,189
    ]Not as glamorous as some here but over the Bank Holiday weekend I visited Stonor House, Stoke Park golf course, St. Giles Church, Nettlebed House and stood outside a little place called Pinewood Studios :D

  • mybudgetbondmybudgetbond The World
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    I'm in London at the moment for work and had a day off today so I managed to get to M's house in Skyfall (also John Barry's house of course!), the tunnels in Spectre where M and Bond are attacked, the Royal College of Arms from Majesty's (which is actually about 1 minute from the Spectre tunnels), the "new" MI6 entrance into the tunnels from Skyfall and the building from the "Shanghai" scenes in Skyfall where Bond follows Patrice.

    Fun day!

    Pics will be going on my instagram soon.
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
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    Posting live from the Bar at the Four Seasons in Munich :D
    Had already two Cocktails so i hope i make any sense. Will try ans upload a couple pictures later. For now i will only say DAMN Fleming knew how to have a good time, this place is something.
    I could be even sitting in his favorite seat... Crazy
  • JeffreyJeffrey The Netherlands
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    00Agent wrote: »
    Posting live from the Bar at the Four Seasons in Munich :D
    Had already two Cocktails so i hope i make any sense. Will try ans upload a couple pictures later. For now i will only say DAMN Fleming knew how to have a good time, this place is something.
    I could be even sitting in his favorite seat... Crazy

    Have a good time. Cheers ;-)
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    00Agent wrote: »
    Posting live from the Bar at the Four Seasons in Munich :D
    Had already two Cocktails so i hope i make any sense. Will try ans upload a couple pictures later. For now i will only say DAMN Fleming knew how to have a good time, this place is something.
    I could be even sitting in his favorite seat... Crazy
    Excellent work Sir.
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