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

[Canal archive]

This might help.

The gadgets used for tours on Scenic work as you cruise along and click in when you pass something interesting but sorry cannot remember what was said about the nose I cannot even find it on goggle.

[Renmar]

Looks a bit like a dock for a ferry. A ferry just for foot passengers of course looking at the size of the walkway.

 

Theo

[notamermaid]

Yes, that dock. I guess it is for excursion boats. From this angle it looks less like France. More like a typical German fence in the background. But the road sign is not German.

 

notamermaid 

 

 

[QueenofEverything]

St. Lorenz near Krems, Austria.  Danube

[Renmar]

Die Wachauer Nase (The Wachauer Nose) Danube River, Wachau Austria.

Google to the rescue, again.

 

Theo

[jpalbny]

It's just a short distance from the church with the seven stone hares of St. Michael, which was recently posted here. 

[Host Jazzbeau]

15 minutes ago, jpalbny said:

It's just a short distance from the church with the seven stone hares of St. Michael, which was recently posted here. 

 

Just a hop?

[Renmar]

If my (cheating) guess is right I gladly give up my turn for a wildcard.

 

Theo

[jpalbny]

22 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

 

Just a hop?

 

And a swim; it's on the other bank of the river...

[Host Jazzbeau]

14 minutes ago, jpalbny said:

 

And a swim; it's on the other bank of the river...

Or a pitch and a putt.  [Which I am no more likely to manage than a swim across a river...]

[Canal archive]

It’s one of the most peculiar art installations I’ve ever seen just plonked on the bank of the river like it is but- wait for it ————- at least it’s not running 🏃‍♀️.
 

so it’s now a wild card. CA

[notamermaid]

I have looked it up. The nose was a project and is an installation (permanent) by a group of four artists. They took "plaster casts" of 70 noses in Krems and say the nose is a hybrid of two noses they had decided on. The nose is so big that you can walk into it. Depending on the surrounding conditions the nose can smell of flowers and others things and even of "dirty river". As one newspaper put it (in near quote): "it gets regularly flushed through and a good clean when there is flooding".

 

notamermaid

 

[Canal archive]

I suppose the flushing through could be referred to as ‘blowing the nose’. I’m so glad I remembered it now. CA

[Coral]

11 hours ago, Renmar said:

Die Wachauer Nase (The Wachauer Nose) Danube River, Wachau Austria.

Google to the rescue, again.

 

Theo

I missed it when sailing through Wachau, Austria.

Edited February 6, 2021 by Coral

[Canal archive]

Okay try this one river and City please.

[notamermaid]

Wild guess for a complete change: the Meuse river. No idea of city. I think the tower marks the entrance to another body of water, or an area like a marina. The brick and white stone construction makes me think North and West of Cologne, hence Meuse, Netherlands or Belgium. Could be a gauge tower, flag not sure, local or national?

 

notamermaid

 

[Canal archive]

Bit further south and the tower was originally living quarters. CA

[Renmar]

1 hour ago, notamermaid said:

Wild guess for a complete change: the Meuse river. No idea of city. I think the tower marks the entrance to another body of water, or an area like a marina. The brick and white stone construction makes me think North and West of Cologne, hence Meuse, Netherlands or Belgium. Could be a gauge tower, flag not sure, local or national?

 

notamermaid

 

@notamermaid Buildings do not like Dutch more like Belgium or even Luxemburg. I think I go with Luxemburg (the country), Moselle river. No idea which town.

 

Theo

[notamermaid]

A caravan, red brick and flat river banks? Naa, must be the Netherlands or Belgium.

 

Now that you say it, the tower has got an old ornament on the lintel, so more a keep as part of a former castle?

 

Is it the flag of France, looks the wrong way round to me?

 

Edit: Theo we crossed paths, Luxembourg area - good idea. Flag the right one, hmm?

 

notamermaid

 

Edited February 6, 2021 by notamermaid
answer to Theo

[Renmar]

If you look closely it is the flag of France that flies on the tower. The flag of Luxembourg is horizontal and this one is vertical. So it could be either river the Meuse (Maas in Dutch) or the Moselle.🤔

 

Theo

[dogs4fun]

Is it La tour du Doyenné located in Chalon-sur-Saône? 

Edited February 6, 2021 by dogs4fun

[Canal archive]

Well done dogs4fun, it was where Scenic moored when they cruised from Chalon sur Soane, off you go your turn. Oh how’s your puppy? CA

[dogs4fun]

1 hour ago, notamermaid said:

Now that you say it, the tower has got an old ornament on the lintel, so more a keep as part of a former castle?

If I correctly recall, we were told that the tower was once part of a cathedral that was demolished. The tower served as the home of the cathedral's cannons dean. The tower was sent to Paris & later returned to Chalon-sur-Saône as a gift to the city courtesy of Jay Gould. Busy little traveling tower. 😏

 

Edited February 6, 2021 by dogs4fun

[dogs4fun]

Crazy about my puppy @Canal archive but she does keep me busy - definitely a labor of love. 🙂

Wild card.

[notamermaid]

8 minutes ago, dogs4fun said:

If I correctly recall, we were told that the tower was once part of cathedral that was demolished. The tower was then reconstructed in Paris & later returned to Chalon-sur-Saône as a gift to the city courtesy of Jay Gould. Busy little traveling tower. 😏

 

Thank you. Quite a story. Chalon-sur-Saone - that is quite a way further South than I expected. The brick looks untypical of the area. A tourism website tells me the tower is standing on an island in the Saone.

 

 

Now, who is lurking in the background who is eager to take another wildcard and show us their photo? Let us guess where you have been along a river. Anyone around who has not posted yet or not for a long time? Beat the regulars to it, I am convinced one of them is getting ready to post already.

 

notamermaid