Where in the world is HAL?

[rotjeknor]

5 minutes ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

Yes, It was a day scenic cruising in Prins Christian Sund, one of the most beautiful places on the planet, I think, and the weather was glorious when we went through (it isn't always).  Some more photos of that day:

 

 

 

 

Dave

wow, stunning !

[RetiredMustang]

Here is one that is going to be very easy to at least one person who has posted on this thread.  What's the name of this beautiful place?

 

 

Dave

[ski ww]

3 hours ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

 

How 'bout Cadiz, Spain

Correct

[St Pete Cruiser]

1 hour ago, rotjeknor said:

Yep. Longyearbyen to be precise ! The next day we saw a few polar bears when we were cruising near Smeerenburg. The captain got a message from a small French cruise ship, I think it was L'Boreal, that polar bears were seen there. Instead of cruising around Moffen Island ( what's in a name...) we saw the polar bears.

That's wonderful. I was there in 2010 on the Prinsendam and the only polar bear was in the hotel lobby, stuffed like most of the ships guests. I remember the sign and also one that read: do not go beyond here without a weapon. 

[ski ww]

Where is Maasdam.

 

[rotjeknor]

1 hour ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

We were there with Eurodam in 2009.  The tender pier looked long, but it was slanted so that as the tide rose and fell, no matter when, they could only get one tender alongside at one time.  It made for a crush when six busloads of us came back from the Edinburgh Tattoo at the same time.  Have they changed the pier at all?

 

Dave

Not as far as I know. After high tide it’s a bit slippery. We were there august 2019 last time.

In 2017 with the Prinsendam, we docked in Rosyth on the other side of the river. 

[rotjeknor]

43 minutes ago, St Pete Cruiser said:

That's wonderful. I was there in 2010 on the Prinsendam and the only polar bear was in the hotel lobby, stuffed like most of the ships guests. I remember the sign and also one that read: do not go beyond here without a weapon. 

You mean this one ! 

[St Pete Cruiser]

2 hours ago, rotjeknor said:

You mean this one ! 

Yes! Thanks for sharing this. 

[VMax1700]

3 hours ago, RetiredMustang said:

Here is one that is going to be very easy to at least one person who has posted on this thread.  What's the name of this beautiful place?

 

 

Dave

I waited and waited, but my fingers got itchy...... that is Cobh, Co Cork.😁 My home port!! haha

[RetiredMustang]

41 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

I waited and waited, but my fingers got itchy...... that is Cobh, Co Cork.😁 My home port!! haha

 

Winner!  Yes, indeed, you were the one I thought of -- you live about as far from Cobh as I do from Seattle.  We thoroughly enjoyed our day in Cobh, and were glad we did not try to go to Galway to see where some of my ancestors emigrated from (one of my grandmothers was a Lynch {not my last name}, but a couple or so generations in the U.S. after the migration of the Famine.)  Cobh is a fine small city.

 

Dave

Edited September 30, 2020 by RetiredMustang

[RetiredMustang]

6 hours ago, bennybear said:

 

Looks like you need a hint, 

 

 

It looks sort of Aegean-y, or of the eastern Med, but I don't recognize it.   You've stumped me.

Dave

 

 

Edited September 30, 2020 by RetiredMustang

[Copper10-8]

Which tender port does Oosterdam find herself at?

 

 

[Mandalay1903]

Santorini, Greece

[RetiredMustang]

This one may be tough.  Where is this tender pier that Westerdam used?

 

 

Dave

[bennybear]

5 minutes ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

It looks sort of Aegean-y, or of the eastern Med, but I don't recognize it.   You've stumped me.

Dave

 

 

 

6 minutes ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

It looks sort of Aegean-y, or of the eastern Med, but I don't recognize it.   You've stumped me.

Dave

 

 

Very near your post yesterday!  

[VMax1700]

15 minutes ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

Winner!  Yes, indeed, you were the one I thought of -- you live about as far from Cobh as I do from Seattle.  We thoroughly enjoyed our day in Cobh, and were glad we did not try to go to Galway to see where some of my ancestors emigrated from (one of my grandmothers was a Lynch {not my last name}, but a couple or so generations in the U.S. after the migration of the Famine.)  Cobh is a fine small city.

 

Dave

Galway as a day trip is a long journey!  You may have noticed that our roads are not very straight 🙄

Galway city or county for ancestors?

[RetiredMustang]

15 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

Galway as a day trip is a long journey!  You may have noticed that our roads are not very straight 🙄

Galway city or county for ancestors?

 

City for my grandmother -- family lore has it she was part of the family of Lynch Castle (note to others -- not really a castle, but a wealthy merchant's house), but if her forebears emigrated, not the wealthy branch.  But the Irish in the U.S., like many immigrants, clustered near others who came from the same part of the world, so I believe I have some from the county as well.  Like above though, if they were of my branch of the family(ies), that means they were the poor relations who got on the boats (and survived the crossing), so at best I would have found second cousins many times removed if I had looked for them in Galway.

 

Dave

Edited September 30, 2020 by RetiredMustang

[RetiredMustang]

19 minutes ago, bennybear said:

 

Very near your post yesterday!  

 

O.K, yesterday I posted follow-ups to PEI, and posted photos of Dubrovnik and Fremantle.  Your photos don't look like the areas around Perth or Charlottetown, so I'm guessing near Dubrovnik.  Maybe I'm being obtuse, but the photos are still not ringing bells (even the one in the tower).

 

Dave

 

 

[bennybear]

Correct! Cavtat, about half an hour from Dubrovnik!  Ok, next one will be easier! 

[bennybear]

As promised

 

[bennybear]

3 hours ago, RetiredMustang said:

This one may be tough.  Where is this tender pier that Westerdam used?

 

 

Dave

Looks like Naplion, but I think you dock.   

[rotjeknor]

14 hours ago, rotjeknor said:

One to make Copper10-8 happy. The Statendam and Rotterdam proudly showing off their port of registry ....

 

Hey Copper10-8 ! Come in .....

[VMax1700]

14 hours ago, RetiredMustang said:

 

City for my grandmother -- family lore has it she was part of the family of Lynch Castle (note to others -- not really a castle, but a wealthy merchant's house), but if her forebears emigrated, not the wealthy branch.  But the Irish in the U.S., like many immigrants, clustered near others who came from the same part of the world, so I believe I have some from the county as well.  Like above though, if they were of my branch of the family(ies), that means they were the poor relations who got on the boats (and survived the crossing), so at best I would have found second cousins many times removed if I had looked for them in Galway.

 

Dave

Interesting story!  Thank you.  

We often chat here about the mindset of those who emigrated and how the family remaining at home would have felt.  Nowadays with Zoom, WhatsApp etc contact is so easy, but back in those days when the emigrant left the nest, it was probably the last time that they were seen by the parent.  Letter writing was of course an important means of contact, but we know now how much it means to see and hear from those who have gone a distance.  They were all brave people, whether the decision to emigrate was voluntary or forced upon them.

[StLouisCruisers]

21 hours ago, RetiredMustang said:

Where was Zuiderdam when Seabourn Quest passed?  (Sounds like the title of a Victorian thriller.)

 

 

When was your Zuiderdam cruise in Prins Christian Sund?  We were on the Seabourn Quest August of 2018 and scenic cruising there on August 9, 2018.  This was followed by about 6 stops in Greenland ports and some awesome Canadian ports.

[RetiredMustang]

14 hours ago, bennybear said:

As promised

 

 

Southern Italian architecture, a mountain that looks familiar, but not from the usual postcard angle.  Looks like Vesuvius but from the south, like around Pompei looking north.

 

Dave