Bath, in southwestern England, was the first home Jane Austen knew away from her tiny village when she moved here at about age 25. Though the author only lived in Bath from 1801 to 1806 and did little writing here, no doubt this spa city on the River Avon gave her inspiration. After all, Bath was a popular resort at the time for Britain"s upper crust—the posh, mannered society types whom Austen satirized so wittily in novels like "Pride and Prejudice."
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Tortula moss, Netherlands
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Tour de France
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Italy s submerged village
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Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Gdańsk on the banks of the Motława, Poland
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Water colors
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Happy New Year!
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A species no longer at risk
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