The while-we-wait-for-river-cruises photo quiz

[Host Jazzbeau]

Congrats on 2500!  [We made it work...]

[notamermaid]

1 minute ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

Congrats on 2500!  [We made it work...]

You did, not sure how, but you did. Biiig smile.

 

Thank you.

 

notamermaid

 

[Renmar]

So you choose 2500! I would have taken 2501 just to start our goal towards 5000 which is not too much to ask for. It took only 4 months to go to 2500 and by the sound of it we still have another few months to go before we can cruise again safely. Normally I am an optimist but in this case I can see the writing on the wall and I am not holding my breath for our planned cruise in September.

So, keep the pictures coming and continue the fun.

 

Theo

[dogs4fun]

 If it is my turn I declare a wild card.

[Canal archive]

Have just found the ferry that uses the jetty by the nose!

[Canal archive]

Try this one as a wild card as I can’t for the life of me remember what river or country it is, I do know it’s on the entrance or exit depending on direction of a lock.

Help

[notamermaid]

This looks like something devotional, a little chapel with "mother and child". The couple do not ring a bell in my memory but I got the feeling this may be on the Danube that I sailed, possibly near the German/Austrian border. I think there is also a legend attached to it.

 

notamermaid

 

[notamermaid]

4 hours ago, notamermaid said:

The couple

It is only one figure, on my smartphone it looked like two figures at first. It is on the Danube.

 

notamermaid

 

[gnome12]

I think there are 4 figures; a Madonna and child in the shrine, and the other 2 figures are a man and a woman.

[AnhaltER1960]

7 hours ago, notamermaid said:

This looks like something devotional, a little chapel with "mother and child". The couple do not ring a bell in my memory but I got the feeling this may be on the Danube that I sailed, possibly near the German/Austrian border. I think there is also a legend attached to it.

 

notamermaid

 

Yes, youre right. See https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jochenstein

The lock, which CA describes, is just a couple of metres upriver, as can be seen on Google Satellite.

[Canal archive]

It’s on the Main Danube Canal, a sailor and his lady plus the tiny chapel. I found a picture on, I think it’s called Almay images but no lock number only the stretch of water it is on.

I think it’s your turn AnhaltER 1960 for your diligent research. CA

[AnhaltER1960]

20 minutes ago, Canal archive said:

It’s on the Main Danube Canal,

Are you sure ? If so, we are talking about different chapels and I am wrong. The Jochenstein, which I (thought to have) identified, is in the Danube, some 20 km downriver from Passau and, as @notamermaid correctly remembered, on the Austrian - German border.

[notamermaid]

I go for Jochenstein, one figure, the Nepomuk statue. Here are some close-ups: https://www.binnenschifferforum.de/showthread.php?1423-DER-Jochenstein

 

So, agree with @AnhaltER1960.

 

notamermaid

 

[Canal archive]

It was an Alamy stock image that I got the info from but I know only to well how especially images can be wrongly titled. Battery nearly gone got to charge! CA

[dogs4fun]

As I recall, there was also a mermaid in this general area? Perhaps the Danube Mermaid? Anyone recall exactly where she is located or does anyone have a photo?

[dogs4fun]

Never mind ... opened the link provided by @AnhaltER1960 and read that the mermaid's name is Isa & she is located on the North bank of the Danube opposite the Jochenstein. Interesting legend. More info and photos here:

https://www.schoener-reisen.at/thread/5412-3-sankt-nepomuk-der-brückenheilige-teil-3/?pageNo=7

https://www.binnenschifferforum.de/showthread.php?1423-DER-Jochenstein

 

Edited February 14, 2021 by dogs4fun

[Canal archive]

Thank you all for your input I now know all about one more of my pictures. I will find one more for further research. CA

P.S. It certainly challenged me to decipher the German.

Edited February 14, 2021 by Canal archive

[notamermaid]

27 minutes ago, Canal archive said:

Thank you all for your input I now know all about one more of my pictures. I will find one more for further research. CA

P.S. It certainly challenged me to decipher the German.

Meanwhile, I think you had earlier already awarded the price of next photo to @AnhaltER1960, is that correct?

 

By the way, I later realized that we (Germans) had talked about Jochenstein and the Isa legend on the thread on the Danube about a year (?) ago and was a bit annoyed that my memory had only done a partial retainment of info. Apart from the fact that I am not 30 anymore, I think Coronavirus situation weirdness has added to the impact of age... I really need to get back to work and out into the world.

 

notamermaid

 

 

Edited February 14, 2021 by notamermaid
Missing word

[Canal archive]

Your right Notamermaid, AnhaltER1960 is next. Also I quite agree my husband and I have just been discussing this, of to get our lives back. Looking forward to the next picture. CA

[AnhaltER1960]

Thank you, CA, though @notamermaid should deserve the credits - she was well on the right track.. Anyway, this should be a quick one - showing one of the most photographed edifices in the world. Please name city and building.

 

 

[dogs4fun]

39 minutes ago, AnhaltER1960 said:

one of the most photographed edifices in the world

 Are you referring to Sacré-Cœur or the building in front? 😂

[notamermaid]

No, @dogs4fun, I think he is referring to the famous platform edge, everybody loves it. 😀 It is in my top ten, but my favourite is the crescent one in London, I think it is at Bank tube station (seriously). But, my, they have a "Kabelsalat" here! Need to get that sorted, even if they like the "laissez-faire". Even the British know how to organize cables in London and that is difficult! I will show you a photo of an organized train station in a minute. Only kidding of course, the British are very good at health and safety.

 

notamermaid

 

[AnhaltER1960]

32 minutes ago, dogs4fun said:

 Are you referring to Sacré-Cœur or the building in front? 😂

Not sure about the building in front, I think most pictures of Sacré-Cœur show another foreground.

 

Your turn @dogs4fun

[dogs4fun]

Wild card

[Canal archive]

Okay wild card, Notamermaid you mentioned health and safety these structures in England we hope never come to the attention of the health and safety executive because to those who don’t understand them.

Which river and the name of the structure.