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Judy Mar 21st, 2001 02:22 PM

To Pemberley, with Mr. Darcy of course! <BR>Judy :-)

Art Mar 21st, 2001 02:27 PM

To many real places that I haven't been to yet. <BR>

jhm Mar 21st, 2001 02:39 PM

not all necessarily fictional: <BR> <BR>Nature: <BR>100 Acre Wood with Christopher Robin and the gang <BR>"Darkest Peru" to meet Paddington's relatives <BR>Land of the Lorax and the Truffula Trees (pre-rampant-destruction) <BR>The house all made of candy in Hansel and Gretel (sans witch) <BR> <BR>City: <BR>Eloise's Plaza <BR>another vote for Wonka's <BR>East 88th street with Lyle, Lyle Crocodile <BR>The LA of LA Story where traffic signs on the freeway talk to you <BR>each one from Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities <BR> <BR>

Mythos Mar 21st, 2001 03:11 PM

Narnia or the Secret Garden!

Ger Mar 21st, 2001 03:54 PM

Like Edmond, I was brought up with the legend of Tir na N'Og - the land of eternal youth - very compelling. Brendan must have visited Bermuda, definately not the East Coast of the US given our experience this winter! <BR> <BR>I have always wanted to visit Bram Stoker's Transilvania (mixture of fact and fiction)and Jane Austen's Bath (as it was then not now). <BR> <BR>Re Rex' posting Edmond - does SIDHE mean Fairy?

elvira Mar 21st, 2001 05:09 PM

Definitely Brigadoon. <BR>Definitely Babylon 5 (as long as Bruce Boxleitner is still in charge) and Star Trek Voyager (as long as Captain Janeway is in charge; she's very cool). <BR>Maybe Shangri-La. <BR>Manderley, but I'd have to speak up. <BR>

Celia Lynn Mar 21st, 2001 06:17 PM

Why, Shangri-La, of course! Everyone is young, healthy, no wars or hunger, and perfect weather, kinda like Camelot was supposed to be!

Desiree Mar 22nd, 2001 03:38 AM

Judy, I was dreaming the same dream!! <BR>Couldn't we share Mr D'Arcy??:o) <BR>There's enough of him to go around. <BR>(A&E version, right? Laurence Olivier's Mr. D'Arcy is only in black and white, we need living color!)

Judy Mar 22nd, 2001 05:00 AM

Desiree: I could "swoon" when Darcy(Colin Firth) emerges from his swimming in his pond, and comes upon Elizabeth. Stuff with which dreams are made! Judy ;-) ps. I watch A&E's "Pride" whenever it is on!

carolyn Mar 22nd, 2001 06:07 AM

Camelot.

sandi Mar 22nd, 2001 10:59 AM

Dinotopia!

Julie Mar 22nd, 2001 11:05 AM

I want to travel more so here are other places I want to visit: <BR> <BR>Oz <BR>The Jetson's <BR>The Flintstone's <BR>Gilligan's Island <BR>Narnia <BR>All Magic Schoolbus field trips <BR> <BR>Lots more, but I won't be greedy. <BR>

Cindy Mar 22nd, 2001 11:11 AM

I know this place is real, but we aren't ever allowed to visit it: <BR> <BR>Santa's Workshop

Hunkster Mar 22nd, 2001 11:18 AM

Whatever planet my Wife's on...

Wendy Mar 22nd, 2001 12:33 PM

Never Never Land! To be the only girl (besides Tinka) with all those boys & never ever get a wrinkle. And that adorable Peter in tights...

Ellen Mar 22nd, 2001 12:42 PM

I think that even if I could go to a fictional place, I'd still want to travel from there! (just no satisfying that wanderlust!) The best sea voyage would be in Dr. Doolittle's large pink snail, and then a connecting flight onto the luna moth, to land on James' giant peach. From the peach, I would then cruise the land of Oz in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, right straight into Mary Poppin's picture park with Dick Van Dyke (Burt). Dine with the dancing penguins, and then off we go by umbrella to the Keebler elve's tree for dessert. Would another fodorite like to continue the journey from there? I've used up all my miles.

kalena Mar 22nd, 2001 12:58 PM

Another traveler to Dinotopia!

Mary Mar 23rd, 2001 07:41 AM

Pern - I've always wanted to ride a Dragon!

Spanky Mar 23rd, 2001 09:44 AM

Horatio Hornblower's ship, whichever one he's assigned to....then shore leave whereever the ship docks.

Mary Mar 23rd, 2001 10:19 AM

Shangri-La. <BR> <BR>Rex: "Sidh" = "Fairy Mound." So translates into "Women of the Fairy Mounds." The ancient tumuli (grave mounds) of Ireland were commonly regarded as fairy mounds. "Sidh" can also be used to designate the inhabitants of the mounds; a 7th-century biographer of St. Patrick refers to the "sidh, or the gods who dwell in the earth." (I believe another word for sidh is shee, as in "the Shee.") In this sense, the sidh are a big part of the mythological history of Ireland; in that history they are known as the Tuatha de Danann.


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