Too Quiet! - Game Time!

Ok World Travelers we cannot travel... And that Sucks.

So let us share a picture and take a trip virtually.
I am posting the first picture.
If you guess where it is you get to post the next picture.
Only one picture at a time.

So the first one is for all you sailors...
Make your guess and I will respond yeah or nay!
And if hints are need I will add when appropriate

What port are are these beautiful channel markers located?

No idea why, I'm guessing Gibraltor.

Fort St Angelo, Malta

It sure looks like sleepychef is right:
Link to Google Maps

I'm impressed!

Dan

Sleepychef is correct...

That did not take long at all.
I hope you have seen it or read about the entrance instead of using Google.

A very special day we crossed through that entrance.

Sleepychef your turn to post the next picture.
You have 24 hours to post

Thanks so much for joining in so quickly.

Sorry never learned to post pic on this forum, but yes I have sailed into the port and all over the Aegean and Adriatic, Med before coming to the Caribbean so someone else please post a picture while I figure it out, thanks.

Totally understand sleepychef on the pics.
Carol probably knows exactly where it is, but Beerman did a great post on how to upload pictures.
We would love to see some pics of your adventures.

Ok travelers
The game is open! First person to post has the thread.
Remember one picture at a time
Anywhere in the World!
It must be your picture
And we usually wait 24 hours before giving hints.

Next?

This is an oldie, out in front of a restaurant in the NE. I will provide hints and yes I am in the photo. Extra points if yo can guess which one I am..

TravelHat, is it the old hotel in Martha's Vineyard? Oh and I see Ron Silverman in the back there, off of the show, Parks and Recreation. Lol, but it looks a lot like him.

So what gives Tom? I was playing the game, but no answer from TraveHat?

Sorry but I was at work until 10 cst. You are correct. Martha’s Vineyard circa 1982.

SXMFOX you are up! Where to next?

BTW - TravelHat which one were you in the pic

Ok Tom, I’ll make mine extremely easy, just to keep things moving along. Everyone should get this. Have fun!

Well, count me out on the 'everyone should get this'. I have no clue!

The hint is look at the boat and the rocks to the left.

In the front wearing the sport coat.

Fox--I still have no idea.

So I going with your name, SXMFOX that it is SXM

Is it looking to the left on Cupecoy Beach?

Your right Tom, it is on SXM, so I guess that counts! I really can’t believe folks didn’t get this sooner. It was taken sitting at BUGBYS looking out across Dawn Beach.

Tag your it Tom, way to go!

We have been to SXM 5 or 6 times since 1995, but to Dawn Beach only once.
That was in 2002
You are generous to give it to me...
Let me take a second to get the next one up

BTW - TravelHat that was my second choice - First choice was the guy on the far left

SXMFox--No, not Bugby's. I think the spelling was Busby's. Never a big fan of Dawn Beach, so that's why I didn't get it.

Ok, travelers the next location is up!

Location (City) and What are you looking at?

I did photoshop the writing on top the edfice

No idea, but nice photoshop!!

Well Carol one of the things I did photoshop out was the last line

ERECT. CI)I)CCLXXV

It looks like Roman Numerals but it is a style used by book printers when mass production first began

CI) = Roman Numeral M
I) = Roman Numeral D
The rest are the same

Hint #2

If you deciphered the number above you know the year.

The color of the edifice matters.
It is associated with family or should I say dynasty.
Today when you visit that country and see that color you know someone of importance lived there.
It is even the the color on the Brazilian Flag

JOSEPHO II. AVGVSTO ET MARIA THERESIA IMPERANTIB. ERECT. CI)I)CCLXXV, that’s what you photo shopped.

Schönbrunn Gloriette , Wien ,Austria

That was too easy Tom, but I’ll pass the torch along to someone else.

Well I guess I didn’t guess correctly. Lol, NEXT

No, SXMFOX you did guess correct...

We just had a wonderful dinner with wine from Bandol, visited some friends for some BS time (social distancing of course) and wonderful Friday Evening. I am a little slow in response.

The yellow color is Schönbrunner Gelb or some may say it the yellow of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy.
Which is also the same yellow of the Papal State and the yellow on the Brazil flag.

The Gloriette as you identified sits a top a hill overlooking Vienna (Wien)
The roof is flat and offers a great view of the city or over the forest in the other direction
The ladies, back in the day, waited their for the emperor and his party to return from hunting for lunch in the Gloriette.
Stunning views from the roof.

SXMFOX it is your call - but you deserve to post the next photo. If you do not by 1400 EST the board is open.

If you have not been to Vienna - Here is a view of the city and the Schönbrunner Palace from the roof of the Gloriette.



As my father would say... Those are adequate quarters!

Just googled and that is what it is. Maybe we should extend the response time.

Late night prowlers😀 great pictures and background Tom.

The game is open for a new picture. Anywhere in the world...

Here is one.

Come on folks, everyone knows this statue!

Concur SXMFOX
It is written on the front of it.

There use to be a Current Events page 15 years ago on TTOL where we would a discuss things happening around us.
Carol had to shut it down because it got way too personal.

TravelHat - would love for you to post something that is not going to piss off half the membership and make the other half go yeee hah....

The Pineapple Fountain in Charleston would be much more along the lines of the game...
Plus it does not have the city name on the front of it.

You got any other pics?

Sorry I didn't enlarge and see Charleston on the monument. Try this one.

I am guessing you have taken us to the British Isles?
Now the hard work begins. There must be 1000 Castles!

Are there any TTOL Brits or British travelers out there?

And then I could be totally wrong at it is a castle on the Rhine...
I just cannot see the flag well enough in the background

Actually it’s in the US

Next hint, US first school of engineering

M.I.T.

Try again. M.I.T. Was founded 59 years later.

If it is engineering then, I would say it was one of the military academies
I have been to Annapolis many times and I can say it is not the Naval Academy
So how about West Point?

i believe West Point!

Correct

Next up we have favorite wedding location since 1198 AD.
Hint... that rules out the church being in the USA

Here is another hint...
You will have to figure out the hint, but it will get you very close to the location once you do.

The inside of the church. As you can see it is very small inside. Looks big sitting on the hill, but it is not.

I will guess Italy.....but narrowing down to a city?? I can say coastal lol

You are correct on both Beerman...

Now just go East to the next town from where you hung out on the Italian coast...

Monesteroli?

You are halfway there
Go East Young Man!

From the windows of the Church you can see CT

Ah St Peter, Portovenere! When this covid bs goes away we are very interested in going back to Italy! But our Iceland memories are popping up....so which will be first?!!!

This pic is of me perched up high, reflecting on what I've accomplished after my first retirement!

Beerman.... May want to post another pic.
The name of this one is Zion...
I am guessing you are in Zion Natl Park....

That does not count

And you are correct! Italy - Not Iceland - Food and Wine Better

Rookie mistake! .......

I'm going with Matterhorn. though it needs a bit more crook in the top.

Ellen

You are correct Ellen! From Zermatt it does have a bit more crook, but way up where we were hiking it took that angle away!

I've never put a picture up, so here's my first attempt.

quickly....save pic without location on it, i just did that ha!

Oops so you know one of the two countries. i iwll find another without a clue on it.

OK, no label on this one, but I think it will be guessed pretty quickly.

wonder if we stayed in the same hotel?

We can compare balcony views.

Stunning picture, Ellen! ...of course I have no idea where it is!

close aye!

Lucerne, Switzerland

Yup, that is the winner. The other photo, that i forgot to take the name off of, was from Porto, Portugal.

After the "germ" goes away, Carol you are going to NEED to do some world travelling.

Well it looks like TravelHat is up - where to now?

Tom--Yeah, I have had several medical issues in recent years, making travel where there is a lot of walking, pretty difficult. I would love to go to Europe when all this crap is over, but I kind of doubt it will happen.

Totally understand - I was not aware of medical issues.

Although one of the best ways is find a great street cafe and watch Europe go by.
I can sit for hours along a canal in Amsterdam, or even better rent a canal boat (VRBO) and sit on the roof.
Tapas in Andalucía at beach side bar staring at the Med and Gibraltar in the distance with a bottle of wine is hard to beat
and as you have seen in Beerman's and my pictures in the past... A balcony in the Cinque Terre will create a lifetime memory.

So many rush to the museums, Cathedrals, and tourist attractions that they miss Europe.

I remember when I first got on this board everyone always talked about "Sand Gravity" in SXM
You can do the same in Europe!

Ahh but at last... for now we have the "germ" and are not welcomed

Tom--We may have to try it that way, SOME day..

Carol, have you been to Europe? You have enjoyed cruises before...they have some tempting ones even for this guy who has never been on one! It would have to be a relatively small one though!!!!

We have been to London, been to Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Germany, but not since the 80s..

Sorry for the delay

Hint

Empoli, Italy?

Looking at a map, that is a good guess.

My wife guesses Castelflorentino?

OK I'm going Pontedera

.... and now we wait... I think TravelHat can only log in at night.
I think one of the three of are correct, but we shall see

I have a screwy schedule. All good try but no winner. here are a couple more hints

Ok I had to do it....
I put in all the cities on the sign in Google Maps
then asked for directions

Then I realized it had to be between Certaldo and Baccaiano

Which low and behold that took me to: Montespertoli, Tuscany

Then using the little man I dropped him on the intersection that made sense and I found this sign.

Notice even the lines on the white sign at the bottom are the same which was in TravelHat's hint

I guess being a old USCG Navigator in a seaplane forced me to keep drawing lines until they all intersected...

Good job Tom, that was one of our choices! But you took the research an extra mile!!!

Nice job

Well here is a place that is a little more recognizable, but still off the beaten tracks.



Anybody been here?

Gibraltar? And if I guessed correctly, no I have not.

Sorry Ellen you have not guessed correctly.

Hint 1 - The way most people go to see this formation is by Ferry.

Those look like some kind of military defense bunkers on top.

The Needles, Isle of Wight, UK. Sailed past them many times but never with the sea looking that calm!

On the previous photo, I came up with most of the places suggested with the help of Google but I rejected them all because of the Olympic rings on the road sign. I couldn't come up with any place with an association with the Olympics. Anyone know why this town has the Olympic symbol on a road sign?

I'll come up with a photo but I might be a bit limited as I'm not at home with my backups.

Try this, hints later if needed...

Jeannius,

Just to make it official... You are correct with the Needles

The Needles is where a young 23 year old Guglieimo Marconi set up the first radio transmission station in 1898.
His invention based on Hertz electromagnetic wave theory from a decade earlier, brought wireless communication into the 20th Century.

Over and Out

The yellow and red boat makes me think the picture was taken in Malta.
Maybe going to see the blue grotto up close?

I am randomly saying Dominca, water looks a pretty color and it doesn't look cold enough to be up north.

Trying to get on or off the dock at Saba?

That's a nice guess but not correct.

Hint... It is an island in the Atlantic.

Saba?

So that give us the
Azores
Canary
Falkland
Sandwich
Coronation Island
?????

of which I have only been to the Azores

No guess just watching thread. 4th grandchild should be here soon. We have big brother watch.

good luck on this one..
Love to hear the story.

Not in your list Tom.

Further hint... A famous French General ended his days on this island.

St Helena

I believe your the winner Beerman! I think the last hint gave it away, lol!

Correct. I thought it might take little longer but as soon as I put where a french general spent his last days it came straight up.

St Helena was amazing. When we were there, 2011, there was no airport and no proper harbour. Those lines hanging down from the frame are what you had to grab hold of to get ashore in anything other than dead calm conditions!

Since then they've built what is often described as the world's most useless airport. Not planned properly and the most common approach direction suffers from severe wind shear regularly which results in flights being cancelled for days at a time.

I actually saw a travel show a few months back including St Helena, I believe the host jumped on a cargo or mail ship to get there? Interesting exile for Napoleon

Where and who lived here? extra pic walking away from it!

Paul Revere.

Oh and in Boston.

that was fast! really like Boston!

Here’s one not in Boston.

Antibes?

Antibes?RMS (Royal Mail Ship) St Helena. Did/Does a once a month round trip from Cape Town.

I was going to guess Devil's island with Dreyfus
but was not sure Devil's Island was in the Atlantic.
Living by phone at daughter house. I am now a poppa for the 4th time mom and baby doing well!

Congrats Granddad!!!!

Yes to Antibes! Another winner.

I wasn't sure about that. I know Antibes has a wall like that but I suspect another 20 places in the Med probably have something similar. Now I've got to find another picture!

Don't think this will last long...

Lake Cuomo! edited to say that's not correct....its Lake Como!

It is but you don't get away that easily Town/City?

Bellagio ?

Well done.

Where are we?

Marigot, St Martin?

You would know!!!

I thought you were psyching me out, with something too easy!

I have to say, not sure whether I can post a picture up next because most everything I have is St. Maarten/St. Martin. Will look for something tomorrow. All my pics from Europe are way pre-digital..

My joint favourite marina of all time (along with Leverick Bay in the days of Nick and Monica)... Fort Louis, great staff great location.

Carol until you take a pic of a pic we'll keep the game going?!

Beerman--great! Thanks!

Well I need a hint...

Well....we wish we knew how to speak French in this part of the Lesser Antilles!

Somewhere I really love but I'll leave it for a few hours to see if anyone else comes up with the answer as I'm running short of suitable photos.

This archipelago's largest island is shaped like a butterfly, you can just see the butterfly in this pic sitting about 20 miles away.
.

The french hint leads me to St Barts?

look south for the butterfly then go a tad farther....

Guadeloupe is a buttfly and then further south, Martinique? I am totally using Google at this point!

that pic was taken from a fort named after a famous french general exiled on st helena!

Fort Napoleon! The island looks lovely. I have not been to any of the French islands. Time to put them on my list

Guadeloupe is a beautiful island(s)
It is in the shape of a butterfly, and they call them the blue and green Islands.
Technically it is two islands.

Some say the best food in the Caribbean.
We had some mighty fine meals when we were there.
Classic French, Indian, and Caribe all marry to a cuisine that is absolutely amazing.

We stayed on the blue side but hiked the green side extensively.

Would love to return.

Can't resist any longer... Isles des Saintes, just to the south of Guadeloupe. Terre-de-Haut to be more precise.

Guadelupe?

... ok I have to come clean - I am big fan of Death in Paradise filmed on island of Guadeloupe.
The story takes place on a fictional island off the coast of Guadeloupe.
If you have not seen it the first 5 or 6 seasons are on Netflix
PBS just finished season 9

No judging!

Just to keep the game going, I certainly did not guess that (even with Google help!).

Who is this and where is this?

I haven't seen Death in Paradise around for a while! Really enjoy that show.

Ah, OK. We stopped at Isle de Saintes a LONG time ago on a cruise, but didn't really remember it.

perfectly precise Mike! Terre-de-Haut has a lot to offer for a small island, French influence is strong! it's one place we would like to return!

I know who it is....but no idea where?

There is some French spoken there as well.

We are the champions of the world....

Montreux, Switzerland

is my guess

And you are correct!!

Very interesting story also from there is to google the tie to Smoke on the Water. When we went and my husband figured out we were in the same hotel as Deep Purple and then of course we went to Funky Claude's bar.

And of course the statue is Freddy Mercury, if you missed the champions tie in.

Has anyone stood in front of this piece of stain glass?

oh yeah, there are 4 hints in the window itself

I'm thinking probably Nagasaki?

Hiroshima bombing date, German writing....somewhere in Germany but where?

Sorry, got the cities mixed up. And yes, definitely looks to be German.

2 clues solved
Atomic Bomb and you have solved the country

I used google ha!

Nuremberg?

sorry travelhat wrong city

leaving to go home will check back abot 10 this evening

So can we cheat by googling???

I think so. everyone has not been everywhere

I think we should set the rule that Google is allowed after 18 hours after the original post time and no correct guesses have been received

So I say tomorrow at 1000 EST (1400 UTC) Google answers accepted.
Of course we are on the honor system
Is that fair?

That should give plenty of time for those who have seen it and not a chance to guess.
You know Travel Hat the night lurkers.
What the heck we will make up the rules as we go....
I just hope I get another one right - I got a great idea!

Hope you guys read the back story...
Pretty powerful!

Going from the E=mc2 I'm going to say Albert Einstein's birthplace. But I don't know where that is without google.

Jeannius,

Good Guess, but that is not the correct city. Einstein was born in the city Ulm, Germany.
Ulm is the home of the tallest church in Europe... or the world... I cannot remember, but I do remember walking to the top.
And I am scared to death of heights! But that is another story.
Attached a funny statue that is in the square close to his house and a brick marking his birthplace in Ulm.

Hint: The city where the stain glass resides is where US Army had their HQ following WWII (USAEUR).
About ten years ago they moved it from this historic German city.

Heidelburg?

EllenS you are CORRECT!

The stain glass in located in the Church of the Holy Spirit Heidelberg, Germany.
A beautiful place to visit at Christmas time.

It is known as the "Physics" window - Johannes Schreiter, the artist, added these 4 elements layered in red highlights:

1. The date the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima is inserted (August 6, 1945)

2. The equation developed by the German scientist (Alfred Einstein) that made the atom bomb possible.

And two scripture verses:
3. Peter 3:10 "the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up"

4. Isaiah 54:10 "Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken"

The artist had been commissioned to replace all the windows that had been blown out by allied bombing, but the church leadership said it was too radical and re-competed the task.

Where to now?

I'm going out on a limb and saying European Christmas Market, the candle windmill thingy, leads me to Germany?

Ellen,

You are up you guessed the city where the stain glass resides.
The picture is of the Church of the Holy Spirit Heidelberg, Germany where the window is installed.

I took at Christmas time when we were on Christmas Market River Cruise a few years ago.

So it is your turn to post a picture

Sorry my mistake, work is getting in the way.

Here you go!

Blue Buildings... I kept asking myself Blue Buildings I know I have seen them...
But when you zoom in on the uniforms were the clue!
Wow that is a longgggggggggggg way from Lake Norman

The DMZ crossing in Korea?

As reported on the news not soooo long ago, even thought it seems like a lifetime.
I guess simpler put - Pre-COVID.

Since we have BC (BCE) AD (CE) Do you think we may establish PC - Pre-COVID
Me I am looking forward to AC - After COVID

Wow, I thought that one would last a bit longer. Yes it was a mighy long airplane ride. We took our teenaged adopted son back to see Korea and we loved it. Have the say the DMZ was a bit scary. Lots of rules.

Pictures of the North Koreans looking at us looking at them. Me inside the blue buildings with the very intense military, the bridge of no return, and no trip is complete without looking for mine signs.

So cool that you would make that journey!
I think I would be fairly uncomfortable at the DMZ.
I cannot believe the border guard allowed you pose with him.

Thanks for sharing the extra photos and the background stories.

So the next one on the hit parade, I call attention to detail.
Many travelers have seen this shot... but did they notice?
Country, City, Place on this one please.

Buckingham Palace? I like unicorns!

I would have never guessed that you were a Unicorn Kinda Guy...

You are correct - England - London - Buckingham Palace - Front Gates

Where to next?

I’m in the mountains and tried to post a pic from my phone and it’s not working. If someone wants to post a pic until I get home tomorrow please do!

ok, I will hold your place.

I know it’s easy. What’s the place?

Shoot, I actually knew that one of Buckingham Palace! About the only one I have known!

I want to say it is a shot of the flags that have controlled St Croix.
Definitely in the USVI

But it is missing one... The Knights of Malta were in controlled for a short period of time.

Travel Hat--willd a$$ guess--Panama Canal?

No Carol. Tom is right on St Croix I may have not caught all the flags in the shot. Tom or anyone, can yo name the spot it was taken on island?

I have never been to St Croix for a visit. Landed there frequently in USCG Helo in the 70s.
My wife has been a couple times and has almost the exact same photo.

It is the old Rhum factory... I think

The thread has grown in length and for ease of management we are going to close this one and start a new thread.

Here is the link: Too Quiet!-Game Time- Part Two

All new entries and photos should be place there.