Singapore, which is an island and city and nation, all in one. (I had a few hours' stopover at the airport there on my way to Oz )
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Estonia
"Why, Sir,’ said Lucy. ‘I think – I don’t know – but I think I could be brave enough.‘”
Amarillo, a town in Texas (and featured in a song title from the 1970s - that dates me!)
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
@coracle Not necessarily... I know that song too, and I was born after the 1970s! (But I grew up with parents who listened to a lot of "classic hits" radio...)
Osaka, Japan
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
"Why, Sir,’ said Lucy. ‘I think – I don’t know – but I think I could be brave enough.‘”
Axioúpolis [Central Macedonia, Greece]
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
Sydney, Australia.
Yangtse River, China
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Essex, a shire in England, inhabited by the East Saxons in the Dark Ages.
Xertigny [Grand Est, France]
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
Yellowstone (the American national park)
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
El Bolsón [Río Negro Province, Argentina]
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
Nether Wallop, Wiltshire, England
(probably my favourite place name in a country full of quirky place names )
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Portsmouth (a naval centre in southern England)
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Hungerford, a rather esurient-sounding town in Berkshire, England
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)