Well let us take a trip down memory lane... I am sure there are 100s of people on this forum that have been to this location However, this is what it looked like 30 years ago!
And it would be great when you get it to post a more recent picture!
Last edited by TomB; 07/29/202011:21 AM.
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
You are correct! The island was formerly known as Bergen Island. Many moons ago it fell under Sweden-Norway deal, which I do not understand.
The shot was taken on our first sail charter in July of 1989. The boat, Rising Sun, was destroyed months later during Hurricane Hugo (Sept 89) From my understanding it was at Yacht Haven in front of the old Ramada Inn. (also gone)
Here is pic of Rising Sun
You are up Jeannius!
Last edited by TomB; 07/29/202003:46 PM.
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
SAIL445 - you are correct it is Cooper, but Jeannius already got it and has posted a new pic.
BEERMAN - I just went back at went through pics real quick. I thought it was the park next to the Negresco at the musée Masséna. But I am wrong. The BV has me stumped, but it sure looks like Nice or somewhere on Côte d'Azur.
Still standing by my guess - Nice. But hey... I have been wrong before.
Last edited by TomB; 07/30/202011:17 AM.
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
The person in control of the thread (right now Jeannius) will post the picture. Kinda on the honor system no Google until 18 hours after the post was originally posted. This is because we have people from all over playing and on different work shifts.
The poster will give hints if no one gets it after some period of time to keep the game moving.
If you guess right you post the next picture. If you have problems posting pictures shoot me a PM and I can help you, but it is easy.
Remember if it has to be a picture you posted. Oh yeah make sure change the name of the picture if it says where it is taken. For example SXM19-001 would make it pretty easy to guess.
Again glad to see you and SAIL445 join in!
Last edited by TomB; 07/30/202011:16 AM.
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
Apologies, I've just realised the image quality has been degraded when I loaded it to TTOL and you can't zoom in to see the detail that is in the photo.
Carol... Is it possible to load the images at the original resolution?
Mike--I do not know if it would make any difference, but you can try to upload the photo to one of our image galleries. I assume what you did was use the 'image' tag and the photo is stored somewhere else on the internet, and the quality of the image there---wherever it's stored--isn't the best. Perhaps it would be better if you upload it directly to TTOL, I don't know.
Correct. The statue in the earlier photo, if you could see at the original resolution, had the letters BEZ visible. It was probably pretty much impossible without seeing that.
We rented a canal boat for 4 weeks and did the entire Canal du Midi and Canal de Garonne last year. The locks were a fun experience and a great piece of engineering.
Rick is right and before Carol, but her's is date stamped earlier. Y'all fight it out! I had a hint, but couldn’t figure out how to add to the gallery😣
Here was the hint, but you were too quick. 16 years between visits; cruise stop then pre-sail trip. I Would still like to go back again. This from on the walk to Oia....your kind of hike Rick! We took a ferry to Mykonos from here, then 7-night sail a few days later from Athens.
Last edited by jphart; 07/30/202009:44 PM. Reason: Update
sleepychef it is no harder than attaching a photo to an email. Here is the easiest way
Use the full editor In the grey section at the bottom of the window you will see Attachment Manager Click on Attachment manager It will open another window and allow you to drag and drop from your computer or use a file select a file Once you have completed that hit done And you are finished. When you post your response the picture will be attached at the bottom
Which this gave me a chance to post a Santorini picture from 2003
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
Two for the price of one! See it was not to hard to post
The first pics looks like a Peloponnese amphitheater we visited when sailing in Greece. Cannot remember name. I will have to dig out the picture album... (remember those)
Second one I am clueless
As for hemispheres... there are 4 - N & S and E & W So I am guessing that they are both in Northern Hemisphere and both in the Eastern Hemisphere Would that be Correct?
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
ok, Croatia was our guess for waterfalls, but they are in mexico...way off ha! edited to say kinda sorta sorry for using that term, now I have to call my cousin who shags on the weekends, great dancer she is!
Ok, much fun! Thanks Tom and Carol for help in the photo posting department. I may have to catch up on some trip reports! (Can’t compete w Tom and Rick though) How 'bout this one?
May be a little tough, but hints to follow make it easier.
Winner, BEERMAN is the winner poster. And yes the “Fly me to the moon” posters were all over the city last year observing the anniversary of man on the moon. I was going to add a pix of the gardens and a comment about “singing” You’re up Rick...
Edit, But, oopps,...I just saw a PM from Sleepychef identifying Salzburg which was dated 10Pm last night Game master TomB....your rule decision awaits
No guess on your shot Beerman, but I had to laugh on jphart's Salzburg picture. I had one ready to go if I guessed right yesterday.
See attached...
It is the graveyard from the Sound of Music in the closing scene. Albeit the actual graveyard in movie was in a studio in LA they recreated it very carefully from the original in Salzburg.
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
The 'official' language of the area is visible in the photo if you zoom in on the right bit. It's a tough one this but I just like the photo of my boat in a great location so wanted to use it.
Close but wrong French island group. I'll settle for the island group because unless you've been there, or read my wife's blog which contains the photo, I don't think anyone will get the name.
Very close now so I declare BEERMAN the winner. It is actually the Manihi Pearl Resort on Manihi in the Tuamoto Archipelago but I don't think anyone would get it unless they've actually been there. Also, it is made harder by the fact it has been closed since 2012. I didn't know that when posting the photo.
If you do want a really get away from it all, do nothing other than laze and, snorkel and dive then I thoroughly recommend the Tuamoto's. We also went to Fakarava which is an incredible place for divers, providing you like sharks!
JP is correct! Driving the Ring Road is certainly a highlight of all of our travels, we want to go back! If you can guess the name of these falls the next time I see you beers are on me!!!
I am going to say Toronto. My cousin was married on the island across from it and that as the view I am sure. Some where I have a neat shot and sunset...
So is Toronto right?
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
TomB, nope! But here’s CCN Toronto, the referenced island beyond, and the city airport. We Went up first, sailed around second, and flew out of last Sleepy chef is right, and YES we did both of those too. View down at an important historical sight, for extra credit.
Thingvellir National Park, however we didn't venture into that specific spot in your pic. It's a beautiful area in Iceland. Here's one looking towards where your pic was taken I believe...
Sailed under it on our final cruise before selling Jeannius. Much more pleasant going under that bridge than the following 65 ft bridges in the ICW with my 65ft mast
Now I have to find a photo! Give me a little time...
Carefully! It wasn't too bad. In areas were there was a decent tidal range, we just went under bridges at low tide. When there wasn't much of a tidal range, ie Morehead City, we went outside. We did have a bit of a problem around Roanoake where, if the tide was low enough to get under the bridge, then the charts said there wasn't enough water to float. Fortunately it had been recently dredged and we made it.
We did have a real problem in the Dismal Swamp Canal and lost our vhf antenna and wind instruments to a bridge. I'm pretty certain that we caught something hanging below the bridge as there was no reason for that bridge to be lower than the one twenty yards earlier that we passed under without a problem.
Is that your home town the place nobody can get the sauce name right, my guess comes from reading one of your blogs and the age or the look of age of the picture.
Is that your home town the place nobody can get the sauce name right, my guess comes from reading one of your blogs and the age or the look of age of the picture.
You've got it. Where I live now in the UK but not my place of birth which is rather more well known. I took it off my profile but the blog gives it away. The sauce was going to be my second clue, the first being that the river flowing between the cricket ground and the cathedral has the same name as the river flowing into the Chesapeake, just near the bridge in the previous photo. Shall we let it run to see if anyone else can get it or do you want to claim it?
Hey Tom, that’s the old baggage claim building at SXM airport! The hint is you can tell that that person sitting there is waiting for their luggage to pop out of one of those windows. LOL
Well darn Tom, sure did look like the baggage claim area! Lol, don’t know how I missed that one, lol. Back in the game now, we had a little disturbance around us of late. All is good. Ready to play!
So I guess the Man with the beer is up next? So I’ll go ahead and Pre Guess, (without a photo), Europe, Iceland, BVI, Midwest, Left Coast, Spain, Med. these are my answers, sorry Beerman, I read a lot, lol! Gosh Tom, I may have broken a rule by Pre Guessing.
Tom--Only been to Happy Bay once. We rented a villa right above it last June, but too lazy to make the trek down there, and most especially, back UP from there!
SXMFOX...btw, how did your area hold up this week? Our friends just moved tnorth of Wilmington last month, We are considering NC for retirement move..making a trip down there soon....I’m drawn to New Bern? Can I PM you for local knowledge?
Absolutely Beerman, I lived in New Bern for over eighteen years. I meet my wife there back in 1991 and we still have strong ties in New Bern. Lawyers, Realtors, and even know the administrator of the hospital. He was in our wedding! LOL. and just about anything else you may need, very hooked in to that town, but now in N Topsail Beach, by choice of moving around. But by all means please PM me, no worries sir. Be glad to help!
The only thing I think of that is of that magnitude around here is Great Falls I have not been there since the mid-60s so I just a vague memory. Just remember being in awe of all the water.
Great Falls?
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
The picture was taken from hotel room in the Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel late Sept The Youtube clip is from the following January: Qasr al-Nil Bridge
It looks like the guy filmed it was just a floor or two below where I stayed.
Sleepychef you are correct it is the Qasr al-Nil Bridge in Cairo, Egypt
You are up!
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
Tom, I wish I had a cabin overlooking the falls, would probably be in the multi million range!! Ours is in the GW National Forest on the Virginia/WV line.
That looks like a race track for open wheeled race cars. The yellow boxes are the car placement, but where in the heck is it, and the over grown stands and what appears to be a soccer field has me stumped.
Carol you are correct - Nuremberg Zeppelin Field where the major Nazi rallies in the 30s were held.
I stood at that platform and I can honestly tell you I could sense evil. I have been to many memorials and historic places and been moved, but never never have I felt evil. And not sure I could even describe it today. I was very uncomfortable to stand in a place where the worst of the human race chanted.
TravelHat it has been used for formula track finish point, but not in many a year and also a HS soccer field.
The amphitheater structure was falling into ruins, and when I was there they were debating what to do restore or destroy.
Last edited by TomB; 08/09/202010:52 AM.
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
I bet this is their phone number +49 911 869382 ? That was a really good one Tom! The angle of the picture is really deceiving for this game! Great job!
Tom--have you been to Dachau? I felt evil there. Also, those of you from the DC area will remember John Mohammed, the DC sniper. He was tried in my home courthouse at the time, Manassas. I happened to be there for his arraignment, and I felt EVIL incarnate then.
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