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

[Coral]

2 minutes ago, capriccio said:

Dogs4fun gives excellent clues 😁

I did recognize him (I love Monet) but as everyone here knows - I haven't been to France! When I was in Vienna, there was an amazing Monet exhibit at the Albertina. 

 

I was trying to google Monet sculptures when you posted.

Edited April 3, 2021 by Coral

[Canal archive]

Capriccio you got the answers so your turn. Here is the full picture.

 

Thats me finished for the time being decided to leave this thread alone for a bit. CA

[capriccio]

Wild card!  Provide a picture with instructions to guess the object, place and river.  

[vada_9]

Name the river and Country where this lovely lady had a market stall.(No need to name the town). Nothing in my size was available.

[notamermaid]

Definitely on the Asian continent or nearby. I am not familiar with the rivers and cruises there, I would say not Vietnam.

 

The lady has about my figure and nice essential clothing she is offering there. Wouldn't mind having a look around and trying something on.

 

notamermaid 

 

 

[dogs4fun]

Hmmm ....

Could the young woman be Thai or Cambodian? Her dress looks like the traditional silk pattern found in these countries. Might you be in Bangkok, Phnom Penh or thereabouts?

Otherwise, no clue.

 

Edited April 4, 2021 by dogs4fun

[vada_9]

5 hours ago, dogs4fun said:

Hmmm ....

Could the young woman be Thai or Cambodian? Her dress looks like the traditional silk pattern found in these countries. Might you be in Bangkok, Phnom Penh or thereabouts?

Otherwise, no clue.

 

Neither of those countries. But nearby.

[vada_9]

9 hours ago, notamermaid said:

Definitely on the Asian continent or nearby. I am not familiar with the rivers and cruises there, I would say not Vietnam.

 

The lady has about my figure and nice essential clothing she is offering there. Wouldn't mind having a look around and trying something on.

 

notamermaid 

 

 

You are correct it is not Vietnam, but nearby.

[vada_9]

Another stall in another town. This one is selling school uniforms

[gnome12]

Myanmar, Irrawaddy River?

[vada_9]

50 minutes ago, gnome12 said:

Myanmar, Irrawaddy River?

I am indeed on the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar, a country I would love to return to - so glad I was able to visit when I did.Over to you.

[gnome12]

Wildcard!

[Host Jazzbeau]

I'll take the wild card.  This may be really tough [but with you guys, that rarely proves true!].  It is something that you could see on an excursion from a river cruise.  Not one that I have taken, and not one that very many people on this forum have probably taken, but a genuine river cruise.

 

Name the river and location.

 

 

[Renmar]

Looks like French Renaissance architecture. I guess it is somewhere inside a castle/chateaux in the center of France. If that is correct I would say either the Saone, or Loire river valleys. Have to do some more searching to get the name of the place.

 

Theo

[notamermaid]

The ceiling has a distinctive pattern with a snake/dragon figure. I have seen that symbol before. The architecture, I would agree with Renmar, looks French Renaissance.

 

notamermaid

 

[dogs4fun]

Yes, I agree - the Chateau is indeed French Renaissance and is, I believe, the largest in this particular river valley.

Edited April 5, 2021 by dogs4fun

[dogs4fun]

2 hours ago, notamermaid said:

The ceiling has a distinctive pattern with a snake/dragon figure.

I believe it is a salamander. 🙂

[notamermaid]

21 minutes ago, dogs4fun said:

I believe it is a salamander. 🙂

Oh, yes, thanks. My memory had failed me there. But it did come back to me earlier that I had seen the ceiling in a documentary on the castle. The TV programme mainly focused on the double helix staircase. I am a fan of spiral staircases you know...

 

It is Chateau Chambord in the Loire valley.

 

notamermaid

 

Edited April 5, 2021 by notamermaid
Grammar

[Daisi]

We just watched a program about the Chateaux of the Loire Valley...I was thinking that looked familiar. 

[Renmar]

4 hours ago, notamermaid said:

It is Chateau Chambord in the Loire valley.

When I woke up this morning (which is a good thing, the alternative sucks) the answer was already there. After some more searching it is indeed the spiral staircase that is the famous part of this Chateaux. Here is a picture as shown on Wikipedia.

 

 

Theo

[notamermaid]

Thanks for the photo, Theo. I am afraid, I just have too much time on my hands to watch lots of documentaries and the info sticks - most of the time, kind of worked here, it is getting a  bit more difficult to retain...

 

Waiting for confirmation from @Host Jazzbeau

 

Meanwhile, a bit more info: https://www.chambord.org/en/

 

Jazzbeau, I am envious. Did you get some wine from the winery?

 

notamermaid

 

 

[dogs4fun]

France has some magnificent castles.

[Host Jazzbeau]

Yes, it is Chambord. @Renmar’s photo was going to be my next clue. No surprise that @notamermaid got it, since I chose this River in response to her wishlist of rivers not yet covered here!

 

Over to you...

[notamermaid]

10 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

I chose this River in response to her wishlist of rivers not yet covered here!

 

Thank you.

 

I am afraid this one is a more straightforward, standard choice. As we celebrate Easter Monday here, have a look at this photo with some slightly abstract Easter decorations. Please guess the river that you would cruise on to see this place and the name of the village, yes, I would like you to go through the "grand tour of villages" in this area in your head to find the right one:

 

notamermaid

 

[acwmom]

25 minutes ago, notamermaid said:

Thank you.

 

I am afraid this one is a more straightforward, standard choice. As we celebrate Easter Monday here, have a look at this photo with some slightly abstract Easter decorations. Please guess the river that you would cruise on to see this place and the name of the village, yes, I would like you to go through the "grand tour of villages" in this area in your head to find the right one:

 

notamermaid

 

Riquewihr, France, an excursion from the Rhine.  Here is my Easter photo of the same place.