NewCruiser2016

Thank you for your excellent review. I particularly enjoyed your pictures. This is not an itinerary I had considered, but would now having read your write-up. I hope you do another trip (and review) soon! Safe travels home.

24 minutes ago, cruiseej said:

It's called Test Now and Go. It's a division of Genetworx, which is a major testing lab based in Maryland. They have a location in New York City and one outside of Philadelphia in Malvern. The cost for the PCR test is $100 in Pennsylvania. They promise results in under 24 hours. 

 

Making an appointment and pre-paying for the test online was fast and simple. I can't vouch for the results until we go there next week!

Thank you so much! I hope your test is negative and that you have a wonderful cruise!

Cruiseej, it looks like you are in Philadelphia. If so, can you share the name and location of the testing facility you are using? 

Notamermaid, The race track/help and support article you linked is heartwarming. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

Notamermaid, I am so glad you are safe in this devastating situation. The photos and video in the news reports show a terrible tragedy for so many. Thank you for your continued reporting. All best wishes for your continued safety and good health and for that of your friends and family.

Happy Holidays to everyone and a special Thank You to Notamermaid and all participants for your gift of this Photo Quiz. The Quiz has helped sustain me though this challenging time and helped me appreciate even more the travels I have been fortunate to take.

Here are a few non-quiz-worthy photos from various Christmas markets as we await Santa’s visit.  These are not part of the game; just a way of saying Happy Holidays.

Dogs4Fun’s Wildcard still stands.

Yes, this is the Zurich train station. Zurich (like most cities) was beautifully lit. There was a small, but fun, Christmas market near the lake. Here are some pictures of the market and lit-up Opera House. JP, your turn.

Not Lucerne.

Name what is in the photo. First guess the river. After that name the place in the picture. The person who first guesses correctly gets to post the next photo. (Probably another easy one, but has Christmas lights.)

Munich airport Christmas Market, Danube?

 You're right. Vienna it is.

Your turn.

Here are some more Christmas lights.

Name what is in the photo. First guess the river. After that name the place in the picture. The person who first guesses correctly gets to post the next photo.

St. Gilen Christmas Market near Lake Wolfgangsee (Danube)?

Dogs4fun, you are correct. The photo is the Cafe in the Kunsthistoriches Museum. Your turn now. The photo was taken in December -- the Cafe had been set up for a special holiday dinner. Here is another picture, looking down at the Cafe from a higher floor of the Museum. Of course, the Museum and its architecture are spectacular any time of year, but it was particularly special during the holiday season.

To be clearer, it is part of a larger complex.

10 minutes ago, notamermaid said: I still think it it part of a larger complex. But it is not the Opera House "ante-room for coffee or dinner" (my words).

 

I think we must be close to the answer

Yes, this is getting close. Not a small coffee house; part of a large complex.

8 minutes ago, Daisi said:

Danube, possibly Vienna.  Looks like a dining area, but I think I would have a hard time eating there as I would be looking at the ceiling all the time!

 All entirely correct Daisi.

Notamermaid, you convinced me.

Name what is in the photo. First guess the river. After that name the town/city/place/river. The person who first guesses correctly gets to post the next photo.

Time for another Wildcard!

Austrian National Library, Vienna, Danube?

Let’s do a Wildcard.

Luxembourg Garden in Paris, Seine?

Ulm Minster, Danube River?

Bake Apple - You are right. The photo is of a Janet Echelman sculpture in Porto, Portugal. We saw it on a bus tour of Porto during our Douro river cruise. The bus driver was kind enough to stop by the side of the roundabout and let us take pictures.

The sculpture is called She Changes. You can read more about it at https://www.echelman.com/project/she-changes.  If you go to Porto in Google maps, you can see additional pictures of the sculpture if you put "rotunda da anémona" in the search box.

Your turn.

Bake Apple - You are definitely on the right track, just not in the right place.