When I was a little child, Movie was one of important channel for me to know the outside world. Thank my parents, They gave me the chances of going to the cinema at least one time a week with their poor imcome then. From then on, Many places where those stories happend in classic movies became my destinations of travel.

Okay, Here is my list of top 10 classic movies relate to travel:

1. Roman Holiday (1953)
Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn are my favorite stars. This movie was filmed in Rome, Joe Bradley(Gregory Peck) showed Rome to Princess Ann(Audrey Hepburn), Landmarks such as the Spanish Steps, The Roman Forum, The Pantheon,The Colosseum, Mouth of Truth were the witness of their romantic story.

2. Out of Africa (1985)
“I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills…” I can never forget this beginning. Coffee plantation, Hunt game, Native custom, Karen’s(Meryl Streep) tenacity and Deny(Robert Redford’s) freedom character, That’s Africa!

3. The Sound of Music (1965)
The musical contains many popular songs, including “Edelweiss”, “My Favorite Things”, “Do-Re-Mi”, “The Lonely Goatherd”, as well as “The Sound of Music”. I love Maria von Trapp’s story so much. And the place where the movie was filmed: Salzburg, Austria and Bavaria, Germany. I have been to Bavaria already, Salzburg is still in my next destination list.

4. Around the World in 80 Days
Day1 at London; Day10 at Paris; Day17 at mediterranean sea; Day24 at Turkey; Day31 at India; Day38 at China, Day45 at Pacific Ocean;Day52 at San Francisco…Day80 back to London. What an amazing tour!
It’s said Jules Verne wrote this novel in Amiens. I still have no chance travel around world like Phileas Fogg, But I am glad that I have been visiting Jules Verne’ house in Amiens.

5. Cinema Paradiso(1988)
This movie was filmed at the town of Palermo and Cefalu at Sicily, Italy. The imagery in each scene can reflect everybody’s idealised memories about childhood.
It’s said Palermo was also one of the film locations of The Godfather, Sicily alway so wonderful and mystic to me.

6.The English Patient(1996)
The entire film was shoot on in Italy and Tunisia. Photography began at the town of Pienza in Tuscany, 52 kilometers south of Siena, to film scenes which take place in and around the monastery, Then desert of Tunis. I love the rurality of middle ages, And the story of course.

7. The Motorcycle Diaries
It’s a biographical film about Ernesto Guevara, who became the internationally known iconic of Marxist revolutionary “Che” Guevara. The film recounted the motorcycle journey across South America by 23 years old Guevara and his friend in 1953. The journey lasted eight months, the partners traveled over 14,000 kilometres, from Argentina through Chile, Peru, and Colombia to Venezuela.
I hope I can visit the Road of Guevara in South America some day.

8. Casablanca(1942)
Though it was filmed at California, USA, Most time in Warner Brothers’ Burbank Studios. But the film and the song made Casablanca a special city in everybody’s heart.

9.The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988)
Milan Kundera, Prague, Czechoslovakia, these three names are already magic enough. This film has a chinese name as Prague’s Love, Maybe they think Prague is the best sample of Bohemian and Bourgeois.

10. Tomb Raider(2001)
I don’t think it’s a classic film. But I love Angelina Jolie, And her adventure at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. I hope I can enjoy the famous sunset of Angkor Wat this Autumn.

They are still many, But I can only list these this moment. So, How about yours?

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