bluemarble Posted October 21 #5526 Share Posted October 21 (edited) Ok, @carlmm, when were you in La Coruña? 😁 I've been checking all the ports on your recent QV Mediterranean cruise with no success of course. Then I've been checking the ports you've been to on QV based on your posting history, again with no success since I don't have you down for a QV cruise that called at La Coruña. Here's where getting too deep into this game backfired on me. You do get around! 🤣 Good job on making this last contribution of yours an excellent challenge. Edited October 21 by bluemarble 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted October 21 Author #5527 Share Posted October 21 Not a new port, not sure if there's enough here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted October 21 #5528 Share Posted October 21 48 minutes ago, Host Hattie said: La Coruña ? Perfect! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted October 21 Author #5529 Share Posted October 21 1 minute ago, carlmm said: Perfect! Thank you, it's a great photo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted October 21 #5530 Share Posted October 21 26 minutes ago, bluemarble said: Ok, @carlmm, when were you in La Coruña? 😁 I've been checking all the ports on your recent QV Mediterranean cruise with no success of course. Then I've been checking the ports you've been to on QV based on your posting history, again with no success since I don't have you down for a QV cruise that called at La Coruña. Here's where getting too deep into this game backfired on me. You do get around! 🤣 Good job on making this last contribution of yours an excellent challenge. Thank you. I was there in September of last year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted October 21 Author #5531 Share Posted October 21 This will be easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted October 22 #5532 Share Posted October 22 6 hours ago, Host Hattie said: Not a new port, not sure if there's enough here I'll take this one. It is the harder of your two latest photos, but there is enough here to figure it out. I think this one is Livorno, Italy. Google Maps tells me the silos in the background are the Silos E Magazzini Del Tirreno (S.P.A.). The two smokestacks further back belong to the former Centrale Termoelettrica Marzocco. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted October 22 #5533 Share Posted October 22 The easier one of @Host Hattie's photos looks like QA at Ajaccio. A great port. Mrs sfred and I greatly enjoyed our walks and wanderings during QE's call there in September 2022. We had stopped at a restaurant for a late lunch when a thunderstorm released a drenching downpour. We were dry under an awning, and there was plenty of wine to accompany our croque monsieur sandwiches, so we just waited out the storm. Luckily the rain ended before the wine ran out. A dog at a nearby table took extra shelter under its owner's chair to watch the storm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted October 22 #5534 Share Posted October 22 On 10/17/2024 at 10:24 AM, sogne said: another photo from the same departure which might provide a clue As another example of my not checking in often enough recently to contribute much to the thread, I have a photo of this exact location, taken from a slightly different angle, that I took from the Stockholm-Tallinn ferry last year. Don’t have any visible cormorants in mine, though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted October 22 #5535 Share Posted October 22 17 hours ago, Host Hattie said: This will be easier I'll identify the other cruise ship in port with QA who's bow is at the far right of this photo. That's Saga Cruise's Spirit of Adventure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted October 22 Author #5536 Share Posted October 22 They didn't last long, well done both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogne Posted October 22 #5537 Share Posted October 22 where is this statue? who is he? and what did he do? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted Wednesday at 03:56 PM #5538 Share Posted Wednesday at 03:56 PM (edited) On 10/22/2024 at 9:43 AM, sogne said: where is this statue? who is he? and what did he do? Statue is of Joachim Ronneberg and is located in Alesund, Norway, which was his home town. Highly decorated World War II veteran for his work in the resistance. The most famous exploit (okay, the one I know about...others may have been more famous) was commanding Operation Gunnerside, the advance team for the attack/sabotage on the heavy water plant that was a key component of the fissile material production and nuclear weapon development operations Heisenberg was running for Germany's war effort. The US movie "Heroes of the Telemark" (1965) was a retelling of the operation. Edited Wednesday at 03:57 PM by ExArkie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted Wednesday at 07:32 PM #5539 Share Posted Wednesday at 07:32 PM 3 hours ago, ExArkie said: Statue is of Joachim Ronneberg and is located in Alesund, Norway Some additional photos of the statue, and the history of operation Gunnerside, are at the following web site: https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/147023/Memorial-Joachim-Ronneberg.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted Wednesday at 07:35 PM #5540 Share Posted Wednesday at 07:35 PM (edited) Here's a webcam image of a Cunard ship anchored offshore from this previously-seen port. I've cropped off the date/time and location from the top of the webcam. Edited Wednesday at 07:37 PM by sfred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogne Posted Thursday at 09:18 AM #5541 Share Posted Thursday at 09:18 AM 13 hours ago, sfred said: Some additional photos of the statue, and the history of operation Gunnerside, are at the following web site: https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/147023/Memorial-Joachim-Ronneberg.htm 17 hours ago, ExArkie said: Statue is of Joachim Ronneberg and is located in Alesund, Norway, which was his home town. Highly decorated World War II veteran for his work in the resistance. The most famous exploit (okay, the one I know about...others may have been more famous) was commanding Operation Gunnerside, the advance team for the attack/sabotage on the heavy water plant that was a key component of the fissile material production and nuclear weapon development operations Heisenberg was running for Germany's war effort. The US movie "Heroes of the Telemark" (1965) was a retelling of the operation. Ray Mears BBC documentary The Real Heroes of Telemark gives a much more accurate account of Operation Gunnerside and the aftermath tham Kirk Douglas. The stature is outside town hall and visible fom berth. He died aged 99 in1019. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare D&N Posted Thursday at 01:35 PM #5542 Share Posted Thursday at 01:35 PM 17 hours ago, sfred said: Here's a webcam image of a Cunard ship anchored offshore from this previously-seen port. I've cropped off the date/time and location from the top of the webcam. There are lots of similar pictures found using Google Lens. Looks like Airlie Beach/Pioneer Bay webcam at Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted Thursday at 02:15 PM #5543 Share Posted Thursday at 02:15 PM 4 hours ago, sogne said: Ray Mears BBC documentary The Real Heroes of Telemark gives a much more accurate account of Operation Gunnerside and the aftermath tham Kirk Douglas. The stature is outside town hall and visible fom berth. He died aged 99 in1019. One small correction: his death was in 2018, according to the New York Times obit that gave a good concise account of his life and accomplishments. I never meant to imply that an entertainment movie should be interpreted as any sort of accurate accounting for any historical event or person (I suppressed a scream at the screen several times during the recent movie on Oppenheimer). Sorry if it came across that way. Just thought that one would be something recognizable…although I think no one actually pays attention to movies from 1965 any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted Thursday at 02:26 PM #5544 Share Posted Thursday at 02:26 PM 9 minutes ago, ExArkie said: One small correction: his death was in 2018, according to the New York Times obit that gave a good concise account of his life and accomplishments. I never meant to imply that an entertainment movie should be interpreted as any sort of accurate accounting for any historical event or person (I suppressed a scream at the screen several times during the recent movie on Oppenheimer). Sorry if it came across that way. Just thought that one would be something recognizable…although I think no one actually pays attention to movies from 1965 any more. I think Dr. Zhivago and The Sound of Music, at the very least, may still be pretty popular. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted Thursday at 06:41 PM #5545 Share Posted Thursday at 06:41 PM Dr. Zhivago? I read it long ago before it was made into a movie. I was so bored I never finished the last 100 pages. After the movie, everyone raving about it, I thought I must have missed something, so I read it again. Still couldn’t make the last 100 pages. EM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted Thursday at 07:36 PM #5546 Share Posted Thursday at 07:36 PM 5 hours ago, D&N said: There are lots of similar pictures found using Google Lens. Looks like Airlie Beach/Pioneer Bay webcam at Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia. Airlie Beach is correct. I think we have it recorded in our port list as "Whitsunday Islands (Airlie Beach)" as Cunard has referred to the location differently over the years. QE was there on 21 October for her first port on the current voyage around Australia. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TouchstoneFeste Posted Thursday at 07:37 PM #5547 Share Posted Thursday at 07:37 PM 54 minutes ago, Essiesmom said: Dr. Zhivago? I read it long ago before it was made into a movie. I was so bored I never finished the last 100 pages. After the movie, everyone raving about it, I thought I must have missed something, so I read it again. Still couldn’t make the last 100 pages. EM Possibly they were raving because they could now pretend they'd read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare *Miss G* Posted Thursday at 07:49 PM #5548 Share Posted Thursday at 07:49 PM I loved the movie, but I was quite young and impressionable when I saw it. I don’t think I ever read the book, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfred Posted Thursday at 07:55 PM #5549 Share Posted Thursday at 07:55 PM (edited) 19 minutes ago, sfred said: Airlie Beach is correct. I think we have it recorded in our port list as "Whitsunday Islands (Airlie Beach)" as Cunard has referred to the location differently over the years. QE was there on 21 October for her first port on the current voyage around Australia. Mrs. sfred and I were last there in December 2020, for a Christmas petsit for Blackie the cat (photo shown below expecting breakfast). Airlie is a great location for the barrier reef islands and beaches, and has several good walking trails. The summertime humidity can be a little intense, but that is Queensland. Edited Thursday at 07:56 PM by sfred 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted Friday at 02:08 PM #5550 Share Posted Friday at 02:08 PM Here's a webcam capture showing a Cunard port we've seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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