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And of course the famous Lazenby pose in front of the houses of parliament.
Other than that, been to Paris and of course the Eiffel tower, and along the Seine where some of the taxi raced in AVTAK.
Was also lucky enough to visit the chateaux of Chantilly as seen in AVTAK. Saw many of the locations as seen in the film. Wonderful place.
Would love to visit many more. Especially Piz Gloria.
If anybody has any photos to share, that'd be great. :)
Amsterdam. Took me a while to realise one of the bridges I walked on to get from the metro to the office is the 'skinny bridge'. Never saw any floating ladies thankfully. Now I work at a different place but hey.
Paris, Rome, Venice.
Then Bregenz, saw the opera stage.
Florida Keys. Huge dissapointment that we couldn't drive on the old wooden bridge.
Did see the Hemingway house, only later realising that was in the movie too.
Las Vegas.
London, did see the Vauxhall Cross building and the College of Arms.
Bangkok as well. Didn't go to any of the film locations though.
India, Udaipur. Did go to 'the other' floating palace where Bond actually lands. The one with the women however is a 5 star hotel I couldn't go to, and the monsoon palace I only saw from very far away.
I think that's it. And if the rumours are true about Bond 25 and Craotia I stand a very good chance of having been to the locations too... :-)
Fictional: I went to Cuba and walked along the Malencon in Havana, where Bond is supposed to walk in DAD, except for the actual filming taking place in Spain.
I'd love to visit Beau Desert, the house Bond stays in in Dr. No and Live and Let Die in Jamaica. Going with Quarrel to the Pushfellar's restaurant. I hope there is a place like that in Jamaica and I do hope to visit there one day.
I, too, would love to visit Jamaica some day. But Europe is higher priority for me, including Amsterdam.
Florida, including the Keys, I have had my fill of. Not even retiring there, just moving on up north when that happens. Enough mojitos (though I still enjoy them). Yes, I've seen the sunset on Mallory Square, eaten the warm banana bread sold by the singing Conch Republic citizen, been to the Hemingway house and counted the cats' toes and touched his typewriter, heard so many Jimmy Buffet songs to last a few lifetimes (and I used to really like him), and driven the 7 mile bridge way too many times. Still ... my memory of first reading Live and Let Die set in my hometown shines brightly; a shock and very intriguing.
Well @4Ever, you have Japan! How much a Bond-location do you want to live in?
It's funny about St. Pete - because back then, when Fleming wrote about it, it was exactly like that. The graveyard where people retired to and died. The shuffleboard being played. The green benches where people just sat. The newspaper being free if the sun didn't shine for 24 hrs. All of that. It has changed, but what a shock I had reading that for the first time. ;)
Italy- Rome, Lake Como, Venice
Germany- Berlin
France- Paris, Riviera incl. Monaco
Austria- Vienna
USA- NY, NOLA, LV, SF
Brazil- Rio
B-)
I am truly looking forward to Paris, Rome, and Switerland (I think doable for me within next 3 years).
https://mi6community.com/discussion/903/your-bond-location-pilgrimages/p1
I was hoping for some more folks to post here, also.
I'm not sure I have a favourite but of the three places you mentioned, I would happily go back to Rome. Just to get lost walking through the old streets again.
I would also go back to New Orleans in a heartbeat.
The other country I didn't mention (because it wasn't Bond-related enough) was Spain and I really enjoyed places like Granada, Seville and Barcelona.
The countries I'd like to visit next are Japan, Greece and Turkey.
Thinking about it, a lot of my travels HAVE been Bond-inspired. Travelling for me is an important part of a well lived life. Though it doesn't leave me with much money for other things... ;-)
Forgot about vienna, been there too. Guess I've been to quite a few places by the looks of it.
If I were wealthy, I'd take a Bond World Tour. Definitely.
My itinerary might look something like this. I'd spend several days in each place ~
1) London (but of course), all the main spots
2) Paris (but of course)
3) Germany
4) Amsterdam
5) Switzerland (for Audrey H., too)
6) Rome (and other great places in Italy - I'll eat my way through the country quite happily, hopefully will do so in 2020).
7) Greece
8) Jamaica
9) back to London, but also Scotland this trip
That would do me nicely. Yes. What would be your ideal itinerary? :-bd
My best experience was visiting Udaipur in India, where much of Octopussy was shot. The place was thick with Bondage: Octopussy’s boat still moored on the lake, we were able to visit the “Lake Palace” (a hotel/restaurant), and taxi drivers claimed they’d been Bond’s driver! By far the best was watching Octopussy while eating in a rooftop restaurant (yep - they were milking their association for what it was worth) and seeing Kanal Khan’s Monsoon Palace on screen, then looking across to the hills and seeing it for real.
Gibraltar for TLD is cool, but especially since you saw it the same year it was released.
Oh and are you on twitter? Because I follow somebody with your name on twitter who does an outstanding job posting on Bond.
And I am on Twitter, but under a different name - sorry to disappoint.
Just so long ago ... ;) Beautiful. Please click into it to view this fascinating film.
But... everyone in these moving images is dead now.
Just kinda makes me feel... transitory...
We move through history but we cannot possess it...
(you can see London used to have them too). On a side note, visiting the London transport museum is definately worthwhile.
@4EverBonded , I must say, thanks for suggesting I read this thread. Eloquence, charm, respect— even when differences would arise— articulate and absolute class.
This can teach us all how to behave on this forum.
Sir Henry was passionate but prescient. That must be the second or third reference to QoS he had made, and I think in some circles, we are seeing what he forecast.
Once again, thanks for suggesting this. It’s a wonderful read, educational in both content and behaviour.
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On this thread, we have never had the stabbing, angry, "you're so wrong" cutting responses back and forth. And no spam; all meaty. SirHenry established the tone so well. We certainly disagree and have differences. But we enjoyed talking with each other, shared many stories, gave each other encouragement, and some snarky but good-natured humor. I come here also and read the older pages to give myself a lift in these tiresome, impatient (understandable), but often too angry, miserable sounding times.
Since SirHenry's passing, it would have been natural to leave this thread utterly dormant as it is. Most people don't know about it now. For sure, it is a treasure, chock full of great Bond info, insights, and thoughtful opinions. OR we could keep it going a little, knowing full well it will never be the same. We carry on here a bit, from time to time.
I consider this one of the best threads ever, when SirHenry was in charge, from on any Bond forum. The first set of reviews is so great - and I miss many of the members there who are no long joining us, for whatever personal reasons (Kerim, LordFlashheart and quite a few others).
SirHenry also did a second look at each film, with all of us chiming in - and in that set, he included great background info, copied from several sources. So yes, I hope more people would join us here now but also look back into the early pages of this fine thread. It's golden.
I would suggest leaving this thread untouched. It’s an archive of great fan writing and respectful discourse.