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

[Host Jazzbeau]

So @dogs4fun if you don't want your turn, I guess we have another wild card!

[notamermaid]

1 hour ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

So @dogs4fun if you don't want your turn, I guess we have another wild card!

Looks like it. dogs4fun, if you could just let us know and give the go-ahead for it.

 

notamermaid

 

[dogs4fun]

Just now, notamermaid said:

Looks like it. dogs4fun, if you could just let us know and give the go-ahead for it.

 

notamermaid

 

Absolutely - Wild Card!

[vada_9]

I'll take the wild card should be an easy one to keep the game moving.

[dogs4fun]

I am keeping my big mouth shut and comments/thoughts to myself! 😉

Edited October 24, 2020 by dogs4fun

[vada_9]

8 minutes ago, dogs4fun said:

I am keeping my big mouth shut and comments/thoughts to myself! 😉

Yes, your signature tells me you have been to this location.

[QueenofEverything]

The Three Gorges Dam lock on the Yangtze?

 

[franski]

The locks on the Main/Danube Canal?

 

Fran

[vada_9]

40 minutes ago, QueenofEverything said:

The Three Gorges Dam lock on the Yangtze?

 

Correct,  your turn. There are 5 locks that you step up or down, can't remember how long it took to go through,  There were at least 4 -5 boats in the chamber each time. Since our visit there is now a lift for smaller vessels.

[jklc123]

It’s certainly a HUGE system of locks. When we went through, we were seated at dinner. I think I was the only one who went outside to watch. Quite an experience.

[notamermaid]

@vada_9 The steps is probably what got me confused. The photo shows a half open gate with a view of a closed gate. This kind of close-up photo does not really work at the locks I know. I thought you were at a ship lift. Does this work as chamber after chamber without real sailing in-between? Sounds more like English canal flights of locks than a standard European river lock.

 

Fascinating hydrological engineering.

 

Looking forward to QueenOfEverything's photo.

 

notamermaid

Edited October 25, 2020 by notamermaid
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[dogs4fun]

Fun factoid: the massive Three Gorges Dam slows the earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds. Can you feel it? 😉

[jpalbny]

1 hour ago, dogs4fun said:

Fun factoid: the massive Three Gorges Dam slows the earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds. Can you feel it? 😉

 

No wonder 2020 seems to never end!

[QueenofEverything]

Ok!  This may seem obscure, but it is in a very popular location!  (That's your hint)

 

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

Please, DO NOT POST any PHOTOS unless it is your turn.

[notamermaid]

Hmmm, happy angels playing instruments. Four of them on ceiling boss?

 

I reckon a musical venue or designated ballroom in castle or palace. Age very difficult to say.

 

Location or even river - no idea.

 

notamermaid

 

[QueenofEverything]

Not on a ceiling

 

[ljandgb]

Looks like the top of a doorway.  There seems to be someone standing on top that medallion, maybe with a lion.

 

All that gold and fru-fru (AKA baroque style) reminds me of Melk Abby.

Edited October 25, 2020 by ljandgb

[Ritabob]

Rhine, cologne cathedral, ?

[notamermaid]

A stone door frame, yes, I would assume that now. Most likely a lion, if it is Marcus (Mark) the evangelist that is with him then an ecclesiastical building makes more sense than a castle or palace. Seems a little older to me than baroque. Wish I could remember more about Cologne Cathedral, must be about ten years since I was in last. I would put this more in Germany than Austria, but that is just a feeling.

 

notamermaid

 

[vada_9]

10 hours ago, notamermaid said:

@vada_9 The steps is probably what got me confused. The photo shows a half open gate with a view of a closed gate. This kind of close-up photo does not really work at the locks I know. I thought you were at a ship lift. Does this work as chamber after chamber without real sailing in-between? Sounds more like English canal flights of locks than a standard European river lock.

 

Fascinating hydrological engineering.

 

Looking forward to QueenOfEverything's photo.

 

notamermaid

For @notamermaid here are a couple more photos first is us waiting to enter the first chamber - check out the "fog", I called it "smog" - you can sort of see the flights - there are parallel flights. The 2nd is from the viewing area. By the way we were here in 2012, so things have probably changed.

[notamermaid]

@vada_9 Thank you for the photos. I understand the construction now. Fascinating engineering.

 

notamermaid

 

[QueenofEverything]

18 hours ago, ljandgb said:

All that gold and fru-fru (AKA baroque style) reminds me of Melk Abby.

 

Not Melk Abby

 

18 hours ago, Ritabob said:

Rhine, cologne cathedral, ?

 

Correct River, wrong city

 

17 hours ago, notamermaid said:

an ecclesiastical building makes more sense than a castle or palace

 

Yes!

[NewCruiser2016]

Strasbourg Cathedral Organ?

[QueenofEverything]

30 minutes ago, NewCruiser2016 said:

Strasbourg Cathedral Organ?

Yes!   Wow, I thought that was really hard.  The thing that impresses me most when visiting Europe is the incredible detail in all of the old structures.  There doesn't seem to be a square inch that has been left unadorned.  This is actually the bottom of the organ pipes.

 

You're up New Cruiser!

 

 

 

[NewCruiser2016]

Queen of Everything, your photo was a true challenge. I only guessed Strasbourg because of the questions and hints

 

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

Please, DO NOT POST any PHOTOS unless it is your turn.