Monday, April 19, 2010

109 (D-22) More on Monterey

109 (D-22) Monterey. Clues to Scrambled Words in Post 108:

1. HOJN KNEEBCIST A famous American writer we already saw in Post 25 who baptized Route 66 "The Mother Road." He lived in Monterey for a short time and he immortalized Monterey with some of his novels, and the play "Of Mice and Men."

2. TEBORR SUOIL SSEENNVOT Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer we already saw in Post 30 because he visited The Petrified Forest.

3. YERETNOM ABY AAUIUCQMR A place where we can pay to see fish, marine mammals, amphibians, octopus, birds and more. If you are interested, take a look at the animal guide: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/default.aspx

4. RANNYEC OWR, a novel and a film, takes place on a small fictional street lined with sardine fisheries in Monterey known as "RANNTEC OWR" (Ocean View Avenue in Monterey, which later took the name of the novel) The story revolves around the people living there during the Great Depression. Number 1 above wrote the novel.

5. SSEENNVOT UOHES is located at 530 Houston Street and there you can see various items that once belonged to the writer in Number 2. In the past, it was called The French Hotel and in 1879, this writer spent a short time there.

6. MISHFERNAM'S FRAHW There's a famous one in San Francisco too, which we will visit.

7. NOMTERYE ZAJZ TESILAVF Started in 1958, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday were there.

8. RNMTYEEO OPP AFTEVSLI Started in 1967, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Janis Joplin were there.

9. EMOTENYR ESLUB STEVFAIL Started in 1986, another kind of music!

10. RYNETOME CAJK EEECHS (!) Americans make this "French food"! And, Monterey is in an American Viticultural Area, (AVA), a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States.
________________________

FYI: In November 1995, California Governor Pete Wilson proclaimed Monterey as "The Language Capital of the World". Monterey plays a major role in delivering translation and interpretation services around the world.


Jane

No comments:

Post a Comment