That's it! It's probably most accurately a "chick flick for middle age and over", but I loved it!

This artist, influenced by Rodin, has a park full of his works named after him.

6, 8
7th letter of 2nd word is "N" from SaN Salvatore

Gustav Vigeland?

grandmere just beat me to the punch!

grandmere, you're up again!

DT, if you have one, you take the turn; I'd need to think about this a while. Feels like the only things left are the very obscure or the very obvious in my knowledge bank!

This one armed writer and world traveler of scottish and swiss decent was born in Switzerland on the border of France. What was his nom de plume?

Two words - 1st word 6 letters, 2nd word 8 letters. The 5th letter in the first word is the "S" from Gustav Vigeland.

Here is a hint:
His real name was Frédéric Sauser.

pseudonym for Blaise Cendrars, who lost his arm in WWI?

correct! And the town he was born in was Chaux-de-Fonds.

This island, once had a highest recorded population of 176 residents, saw its last 22 residents left in 1953. It is now possible to stay overnight on the island as tourists.

5,7
2nd letter of 2nd word is "L" from Blaise Cendrars.

This one I may actually know. :)

Great Blasket?

Yes Clifton! Now it's your turn! :D

Ok.

The Prince of Wallachia was imprisoned for seven years with the walls of a gothic castle by the future king of Hungary. In what town does this castle still reside today?

9 letters, the 4th is "E" from BlaskEt.

Nuremberg, the city my brother was born in?

Nope, sorry. That wasn't it.

I found Visegrad, near Buda. But that only has 8 letters... :-?

Visegrad is definately where Vlad was held in Soloman's Tower.

Ah, no that's not it either. Hint: Focus on the Prince, rather than the King.

or I should say, the Prince's homeland

Found it. Hunedoara Castle was the place where Dracula Prince was imprisoned 7 years by Matei Corvin
Her is a link with photo
http://www.castle-dracula.com/hunedoara/

D_T- you beat me to it!
Did learn a lot about Vlad tonight :-B

Yes! That's it. I'm always stuck for a new question if I ever get one right. This time though it was fresh in my mind, as Hunedoara is on the list of to-do's on our Romania trip this fall and I just got my Lonely Planet guide in the mail tonight. ;)

You're up DT.

I really love this thread. I have learned and read about so much random stuff that I wouldn't have even considered previously.
yk, if you have a good clue feel free to go next. I don't have anything in mind now.

After reading all this about Hungry and Romania, I am really tempted to see if wifey would consider eastern Europe for this years trip. We really love castles and there are definately some great ones.

That's what we thought too. We do want to see many of the places that are so popular, but this time, we wanted to really get into areas that weren't as well traveled. Once I got reading about Romania, it seems that it's not built for 4 and 5-star hotel people and it's got some real sadness left from past history. But some of the towns, architecture and scenery just look incredible and hardly visited (relatively speaking). We decided to give it a try.

Most looking forward to the town of Sighisoara in Transylvania, and the monasteries of Bucovina.

It's time for I-)
Plus I can't think of any clues for now.
Clifton- yes, the sights and scenery do look stunning (via the internet, of course). Will be on my list...eventually

D_T? Ready to give us a good clue?

Let's try this...
This small street, named for a 19th Century painter, whose most famous work is housed in The Art Institute of Chicago, has been inhabited by the likes of Lawerence Durrell, Chaim Soutine, Emile Lahner, and Kurt Seligmann among others.

2 words - 1st words is 5 letters, 2nd word is 6 letters
The 5 letter of the second word is an "A" from Hunedoara.

Villa Seurat?

Correct! Located in Montparnasse, I made a pilgrimage to visit bis 18, the townhouse that Henry Miller lived, last year.

This prince had a famous architect in the early 19th century build a hunting palace, which still exists today. Chopin was one of its most famous guests. There is a connection between this prince and one of the former US First Ladies. First name 6 letters, 9 in the last. The "A" in Seurat is the second letter of the last name.

topping

Antoni Radziwill? (related to Jacqueline Kennedy's brother-in-law?)

That's it!

Four letters. Move the "Z" from Radziwill into third position in this word. It's a place where artists try to outdo one another in painting the walls of the town.

how 'bout a hint?

hint: There's an annual contest.

Correction: Biennial

Is their a possibility that we did this one before, months ago? Not that I remember the answer, but the clues and search seem so familiar!