Oh, I'm sorry, Walter. Did you mean "Caribbean"? If so, the answer is still no -- but now I can tell you to go 120 degrees east (approximately).
Dream islands, Indian ocean?
Note that dream here is not used as a name...
Indian Ocean, yes.
Les appelez-vous des Rêves ? C'a pu être... eux semblent comme les rêves à moi.
I must check on that.
If I google "Dream Islands" I get anything from Martinique to Tahiti, but mostly the Maldives. This market is on an island in the Indian Ocean, but it is not part of the Maldives. A little closer to Africa.
Tico wrote:Indian Ocean, yes.
Les appelez-vous des Rêves ? C'a pu être... eux semblent comme les rêves à moi.
I must check on that.
C'est presque ça, ce sont des iles de rêve.
Their capital is a very puritain queen...
Yes .... but we still need to name the islands and the city!
(Oui... mais nous devons appeler les îles et la ville!)
Wonderful guess, Letty! The island nation is the Seychelles (in my mind I always say Seashells), the particular island is Mahé, and the city is also called Mahé and sometimes Victoria (Francis's puritan queen).
These are my fantasy islands, that I daydream of visiting someday.
(And thank you to Francis, for putting up with my high school French.)
Well, Tico. The only reason that I guessed that place is because I knew that Victoria was a puritan queen.
and I forgot to add that Walter told me.
Ok, Tico. I wasn't certain.
Where is this and what is the significance of the statue:
I was quite surprised to discover this.
James Joyce's grave in Zurich
believe it or not, i could make out "James" at the top of the inscription. was that cheating? before that, i was looking at Gandhi statues.
unlikely Gandhi would be depicted seated cross-legged.
UhOh, Mr. Turtle. How you read that I will never know. I certainly could not. Fascinating man, Mr. Joyce.
A little of the history:
The James Joyce Memorial over the writer's grave in Zurich is one of the most famous pieces of of sculpture in the world today but it owes nothing to anybody in Ireland. Instead it exists thanks to the efforts of an art dealer, Lee Nordness and an artist, Milton Hebald.
In the early sixties, Nordness visited Joyce's grave and was shocked to find the writer buried in a pauper's grave, marked only by a bronze plate big enough to contain his name. The city authorities were also perturbed that no monument marked the spot because, in accordance with local tradition, Joyce's remains were soon, after 25 years, to be cast into the Zurichsee to make room for another occupant in the potter's field.
Nordness at once began to take action, seeing the mayor of Zurich and Giorgio Joyce and arranging to postpone the deposition and procure a suitable burial ground. He asked Hebald, to undertake the working of creating a monument and the life-size statue became a joint gift to the memory of Joyce. Hebald and Nordness were also instrumental in moving Nora Joyce's body to lie beside her husband.
Thanks for playing. Somehow, I got a tiny bit depressed.
Your turn.
the response time is sooooo slow. Don't know what's up.
took a long time finding this...enjoy.
