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Where Am I thread....
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gotta be Corsica or Sardinia then..
but what zoo character?.. Attenborough had alot to do with Malta..
Not Corsica or Sardinia - bit further east. The zoo character probably wasn't as famous as Attenborough. He had a brother who was also an author.
This really isn't a hint, but the mention in the book of the building in the photograph has something to with kissing the feet of a dead person - and that's not as weird as it sounds, honestly
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In the meantime can you educate us on the zoo/author/feet info ?
The author is Gerald Durrell - he spent some years as a child living in Corfu, and in later years was involved in several zoos, including one in Jersey that's named after him. The book that covers his childhood in Corfu is called 'My Family And Other Animals'
The feet bit is related to the (alleged) remains of St Spiridon in that church - and there's some kind of festival every year (presumably on that saint's day, I'm not sure) where people queue up to pay their respects to the remains of the saint - and the feet are accessible - you're supposed to kiss the feet to pay your respects. It's all wrapped up in clothing and the feet are in some kind of slippers, so you can't really tell if there's an actual body inside there or not.0 -
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