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

[Host Jazzbeau]

7 minutes ago, Renmar said:

It is so nice for us here on the west coast of Canada when you post the picture just before you are calling it for the day because that gives me time to search and try to get the answer.

I think I got it right this time;

The village of Alken along the Moselle river, the castle is called Burg Turant Castle.

 

Theo

Hopefully this makes up in part for your inability to sign up for Celebrity PowerUp Webinars because East Coasters grab all the spots! 😉

[jpalbny]

Ah, the Mosel! I took a quick look at my Rhine pics and didn't see any likely candidates. Don't have many shots of castles on the Mosel though.

[Canal archive]

Renmar I spent a lot of my teenage years touring around Europe with friends on my trusty Lambretta including Portugal, photography then was an expensive hobby money was for fuel not film. Now I am, or will be again, cruising in luxury and using digital photography for my arcane photographs which I hope will show the diversity of Europe. I was so lucky in having a father keen on photography who supplied me with a decent camera and I married a man who worked for the best European film company (he would say the worlds)

PS it’s interesting how Europe has changed from the 60s/70s. CA

[notamermaid]

@Renmar that was quick, Alken it is. I went there on a day trip last week, hence the barren slopes. I painted over the writing "Alkener Burgberg" on the vineyard's wall. The photo shows the Moselle with the town and Burg Thurant as you will see it from the other bank at the village of Kattenes.

 

Alken is popular with British cruisers, but AmaWaterways also stop there on the West to East itinerary through Germany (and vice versa). The Dutch are very regular customers: https://www.feenstrarijnlijn.nl/cruises/over-de-rijn-en-moezel-naar-cochem/ 

 

Over to you, Renmar.

 

notamermaid

 

[dogs4fun]

I'm really late to the feast 😟

Wow @notamermaid - I am very impressed that you so quickly identified Jazzbeau's photo. I never would have correctly guessed & I have twice attended organ concerts in the cathedral. Since music is my "thing", I should have known but, alas ... 

I love castles so, please, keep those photos coming. 🙂

 

[notamermaid]

@dogs4fun just a lucky combination of ideas for a Google search.

 

Castles, have I mentioned before that there are supposed to be 25,000 in Germany? 😉 

 

If this game runs long enough I have big plans for venturing out into neighbouring countries and photograph some there as well. You have been warned.  

 

notamermaid

 

[dogs4fun]

@Canal archive, I had to Google "Lambretta" to see what one looked like. I've seen many of these scooters in movies and, especially, in Italy - just didn't know their name. Sure must have been fun tooling around Europe on your Lambretta back in the day.

Edited February 22, 2021 by dogs4fun

[Canal archive]

Oh so much fun you would not believe. Gave me a love of travel, photography, history and people. CA

[Renmar]

As we have never been on a river cruise I don't have very many pictures of actual river locations. I do however have a lot of pictures of places we visited by land which are very close to rivers and could possibly visited during a river cruise. I just like to stay within the latest rules and regulations of this tread and would like, for any of you that has it memorized, post those R&R again. I could try to go through all the posts but I bet that somebody has this somewhere.

3 hours ago, dogs4fun said:

"Lambretta"

They also had (and still have) "Vespa's". My sister and I had one when we were a few 😉 years younger and did some touring in the "Benelux" countries.

 

For now I will call a wild card.

 

Theo

[gnome12]

9 minutes ago, Renmar said:

They also had (and still have) "Vespa's". My sister and I had one when we were a few 😉 years younger and did some touring in the "Benelux" countries.

I didn't drive myself, but I enjoyed Vespa tours in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on my Mekong cruise. They were a lot of fun.

Edited February 22, 2021 by gnome12

[Daisi]

I'll take the wildcard.

 

This is from an excursion for the river cruise, and I will accept either the river you cruise to visit the city, or the river that the city is on.  First to name what it is, location & (either) river gets to post the next pic.

[dogs4fun]

Is that the Madonna & Child in the Corn Market (Kornmarkt), Heidelberg, Neckar River (Rhine cruise)?

Edited February 22, 2021 by dogs4fun

[dogs4fun]

@Renmar, as long as your location could be visited from a river cruise, the photo would be within the rules. The location does not need to be along the river. Hopefully @notamermaid will chime in with the rules. Most of my photos are not from river cruises - they are from land visits (but could be visited on a river cruise). 

Looking forward to some of your photos.

[Daisi]

26 minutes ago, dogs4fun said:

Is that the Madonna & Child in the Corn Market (Kornmarkt), Heidelberg, Neckar River (Rhine cruise)?

 

 

Yes, it is.  Tried to do an easier one to encourage those reading in the background to participate.

 

Your turn @dogs4fun

[dogs4fun]

1 minute ago, Daisi said:

Tried to do an easier one to encourage those reading in the background to participate.

Ha - that is what I was attempting with my submission of yesterday as some of my photos were becoming a tad too obscure. Sorry I jumped in & messed up your plan. Please post another photo & I will hang back. 😏 Very nice pix BTW.

[Daisi]

@dogs4fun, no problem.  You can go ahead and post something.  I just think sometimes we get a little to complicated for some that don't have a lot of river experience.

 

Thanks for the compliment on the pic.  Please post something so we can continue the game. 🙂

 

[dogs4fun]

I have no photos ready so ... wild card.

[Canal archive]

You don’t need to river cruise for this one. CA

[gnome12]

Parliament building, Budapest, Danube River

[Canal archive]

Yippee absolutely correct your turn gnome12.

 

There was always a bit of rivalry between  Lambretta and Vespa. CA

[gnome12]

Wild card!

[Renmar]

OK, I will take the wildcard this time. Name the location- the city & the river. There are excursions to this place from river cruises. Get it right to post your own.

 

 

Theo

[Renmar]

2 hours ago, dogs4fun said:

@Renmar, as long as your location could be visited from a river cruise, the photo would be within the rules. The location does not need to be along the river. Hopefully @notamermaid will chime in with the rules. Most of my photos are not from river cruises - they are from land visits (but could be visited on a river cruise). 

Looking forward to some of your photos.

I'm going to the tedious process of sorting out pictures that might be suitable to use for this entertainment. First one is posted above in post 2576.

 

Theo

[dogs4fun]

I recognize the house where your photo was taken @Renmar. 😉

Will give others an opportunity to identify though. Really love the city where it was taken. 

[jpalbny]

That is indeed a beautiful place, dogs4fun! The tile work on the roof outdoors is simply stunning. Glad to see Renmar posting.

 

It's Hôtel Dieu, in Beaune. Rhône River, (well, technically off the Saône).