Orvieto, Oxford, Paris, and Lake Como
I'm re-reading The Defector by Daniel Silva. I like Gabriel Allon novels - he visits lots of neat places I've never been. In this book, he begins in Umbria, near Orvieto, restoring a painting for the Vatican while staying at an estate that was once a monastery ....
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- Orvieto
Next he's off to Oxford, England, where he meets a friend and Russian defector on the Magdalen Bridge ....
- the bridge with Magdalen Tower in the background
They then go to Paris, the Jewish quarter, where they eat at a restaurant they wish was as good as the famous but disappeared Jo Goldenberg's ....
- Jo Goldenberg's
I've just reached the part of the book where Gabriel assembles his team in a villa on Lake Como :) .....
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- Orvieto
Next he's off to Oxford, England, where he meets a friend and Russian defector on the Magdalen Bridge ....
- the bridge with Magdalen Tower in the background
They then go to Paris, the Jewish quarter, where they eat at a restaurant they wish was as good as the famous but disappeared Jo Goldenberg's ....
- Jo Goldenberg's
I've just reached the part of the book where Gabriel assembles his team in a villa on Lake Como :) .....
posted by crystal | 10:24 PM
3 Comments:
Hi Crystal,
What a wonderful travel post!
Nice photo of Orvieto. Did you take it or was it found on the web somewhere?
That's a phto from the wikipedia page on Umbria - here
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