Where in the world ?

[Host Hattie]

This is another view of the area not far from my two ship photo above.

[bluemarble]

16 minutes ago, Host Hattie said:

This is another view of the area not far from my two ship photo above.

 

That's for the hint. That helps a lot. For those still working on it, I used exlondoner's technique from the La Coruña photo and noted there is a Spanish flag or two on ship masts in Host Hattie's original photo. For a while I was thinking that was a red herring because I couldn't find any Spanish port that fit. But now I have found what looks like a match using this second photo. I'll give it another hour until I reveal my guess.

[Host Hattie]

As that one's nearly gone, time for another ...

This is a bit of a cheat as the ship is underway rather than docked or at anchor.

[rafinmd]

On 8/27/2020 at 1:17 PM, carlmm said:

 It's Kiel. Germany 😉

Absolutely right.

 

If nobody had gotten it I was thinking of a possible clue.  Kiel is the home of one of QE2's original propellers, I believe removed during the refit from steam to diesel.

 

 

It actually is quite an attractive city, but the cruise terminal is about a mile north of the center of the city and my view of QE was near my hotel, looking along pretty much a commercial waterfront.

 

Roy

[bluemarble]

21 hours ago, Host Hattie said:

How about this one ?

 

OK, I think this one is Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Not the Spanish mainland, but a Spanish port nonetheless.

 

How old is this photo? I wasn't able to match this either yesterday or even now looking at online photos of the Arrecife port. I wonder if the cruise port has been upgraded since this photo. Or else I just haven't found the right angle which is entirely possible.

[exlondoner]

1 hour ago, Host Hattie said:

As that one's nearly gone, time for another ...

This is a bit of a cheat as the ship is underway rather than docked or at anchor.

 

Possibly Lisbon. I can never remember the date it is named after.

[Host Hattie]

You're both correct, Arrecife in December 2014 & Queen Elizabeth sailing from Lisbon taken from Queen Victoria.

[sfred]

3 hours ago, bluemarble said:

 

This one took longer than I expected it would since there is so much detail in the photo to work with. I was way off in the wrong part of the world for most of my searches. Finally found it in the far east. Those surrounding hills played a roll in the level of destruction the area suffered 75 years ago this month.

 

This one is Nagasaki, Japan.

Correct, bluemarble!  The photo was taken from Mt. Inasayama observatory on the western side of the harbour looking down on the city, on a QM2 voyage in March 2017.

[rafinmd]

27 minutes ago, Host Hattie said:

You're both correct, Arrecife in December 2014 & Queen Elizabeth sailing from Lisbon taken from Queen Victoria.

I was stymied by the angle of QE in the river.  Was she sailing from the terminal close to the bridge?

 

Roy

[Colin_Cameron]

23 hours ago, Host Hattie said:

How about this one ?

Two Cunard ships. QM2 (obviously) and Cunard Crown Dynasty ( now Fred Olsen’s Braemar)

[DaisyDancer]

2 hours ago, Ray66 said:

Is it Flam?

Yes it is. Bluemarble, Flam is one of my favourite places as well.

[bluemarble]

Here's my favorite photo from our one and only cruise on QE2. Where in the world was she here?

[Ray66]

Possibly Geiranger, Norway?

[Ray66]

One from me. Easy this one.

 

 

[bluemarble]

Just now, Ray66 said:

Possibly Geiranger, Norway?

 

You got it. Here's a wider view of that same Geiranger port call in the style of @sfred.

 

[bluemarble]

@Ray66, that's another good one in the style of @sfred. All I'll say about it for now (to leave it for someone else to guess) is that when we tried to get a similar view at that port a couple years ago, we were completely socked in by clouds by the time we reached the top. A bit of bad luck that.

[sfred]

3 hours ago, Ray66 said:

One from me. Easy this one.

 

 

 

Looks like Bergen Norway from the Granbakken?  I haven't been there in several decades, and unfortunately not by ship.  I was doing a project in Oslo and went to Bergen on a weekend.  I think I recognise Johanneskirken on the sight line to QV's bow?

 

sf

Edited August 29, 2020 by sfred

[Host Hattie]

10 hours ago, Colin_Cameron said:

Two Cunard ships. QM2 (obviously) and Cunard Crown Dynasty ( now Fred Olsen’s Braemar)

Thanks, I hadn't realised that when I took the photograph. I've only been on Braemar since she was owned by Fred Olsen.

[Host Hattie]

Shame about the street light in this one

[Ray66]

6 hours ago, sfred said:

 

Looks like Bergen Norway from the Granbakken?  I haven't been there in several decades, and unfortunately not by ship.  I was doing a project in Oslo and went to Bergen on a weekend.  I think I recognise Johanneskirken on the sight line to QV's bow?

 

sf

 

Never heard of the Granbakken. But it was taken when we went on the Floibanen funicular railway in Bergen.

[sogne]

Just now, sogne said:

maiden call and as far as I know the only one

[Redrobo]

16 hours ago, Host Hattie said:

This is another view of the area not far from my two ship photo above.

 

Very much like Lanzarote..

[Redrobo]

On 8/26/2020 at 9:24 PM, DaisyDancer said:

The first one is probably far too easy. Hopefully the second photo will be more challenging - there is a ship there in the distance!

 

Looking back towards your hotel.  3rd November last year.

[sogne]

another maiden call  stern  of Oriana

Edited August 29, 2020 by sogne

[bluemarble]

We have plenty of other ports to identify today, but here's my contribution. I don't think this one should be too difficult.