"Been There" Virtual Travel Quiz? Round #41
See Round #20 for info about and rules for the contest.
Round #26 won by MCD
Submitted by BKMD. Photo of a suspended orange tree in Old Jaffa, an area at the south end of the Tel Aviv, Israel. Jaffa is thought to be the oldest port in the world, with its history going back 4000 years! This is a work of art by artist Ran Morin, who created the statue in 1993 can be found in the Lion alleyway.
Round #27 won by TravelGuy
Submitted by AlanS. The Sun Gate at Machu Picchu, Peru. 1.2 mi. and 1000' of climb on a rough, rocky, steep, trail from the entrance to the main archaeological site. Peru & the Galapagos Islands.
Round #28 won by AlanS and Portolan.
Submitted by JohnS. Sadhus in Kathmandu, Nepal in front of Pashupatinath Temple (cremation site). The Sadhu's are frequent users of cannabus- smoke it and drink a beverage infused with it. The pictures were taken on the Tauck Northern India and Nepal tour.
Round #29 won by JohnS
Submitted by KathyM. The (formerly McDonald-Randolf) Randolph Hotel in Oxfordshire, England. Episodes of the British TV show inspector Morse were filmed here in the "Morse" Bar and throughout Oxfordshire.
Round #30 won by Claudia Sails
Submitted by Sealord. Peacock Clock at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Tauck’s small ship cruise to the Baltic and St. Petersburg.
Round #31 won by Smiling Sam (again!!)
Submitted by ClaudiaSails. Statues of Vikings(?) on the right bank of the Seine River at the Boieledieu bridge in Rouen.
Round #32 won by JohnS with assist from Sealord
Submitted by Smiling Sam. This is Mumbai India. These people in the white suites are lunch delivery people. They are called Dabbawala and part of a lunchbox delivery and return system that delivers hot lunches from homes and restaurants to people at work in India, especially in Mumbai.
Round #33 won by Smiling Sam and AlanS
Submitted by SueMS. Le Cordon Bleu cooking school, Paris, learning to make Macaroons under the guidance of Pastry chef instructor Éric Verger. It was at the beginning of the Savoring France Rhone River cruise, which started in Paris. Then we boarded the TGV train to Lyon for embarkation. Oh. and we got to keep the aprons and hats.
Round #34 won by rwilso15
Submitted by MCD. The memorial at the killing fields in Cambodia. Full of the skulls and bones retrieved from the mass graves. Seen on the Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos tour.
Round #35 shared by AlanS and Smiling Sam
Sumitted by BKMD. Tesla Supercharger charging stations at the Al Manaseer gas station along Hwy 15/45 (Desert Hwy) between Petra and Amman, Jordan. Jordan is one of only two, UAE being the other, middle east countries that has Tesla infrastructure. Seen on Tauck's Israel and Jordan trip.
Round #36 won (tie) by Smiling Sam and TravelGuy
Submitted by JohnS. This is Athabasca Glacier on the Columbia Icefield in Alberta, Canada. The pictures were taken last year on the Tauck Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park Tour.
Round #37 won by JohnS
Submitted by AlanS. La Fenice (“The Phoenix”) Opera House in Venice. The history of the theatre (and Venice society, etc.), the 1996 fire that destroyed it, and its reconstruction were chronicled in John Berendt’s best selling non-fiction book “City of Falling Angels.” A metaphore for sure, but the falling angels referred to the sculptures that fell from the structure of the theater and nearby buildings during the fire.
Round #38 won by JohnS
Submitted by Smiling Sam. The Cisterna Bazilika/Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, Turkey - 1963 James Bond film "From Russia With Love"
Round #39 won by Smiling Sam and with a big assist from BKMD
Submitted by AlanS. Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence Italy. As noted in the responses, numerous Renaissance luminaries designed, decorated, are buried or memorialized there, probably the most notable being the master himself, Michelangelo Buonarrati. The small piazza in front is the site of the annual Calcio Storico Fiorentino. For three weekends in June the city celebrates its Renaissance heritage through a “sports” competition (a mix of soccer, rugby and big time wrestling) between four teams- Santa Croce, Santo Spirito, Santa Maria Novella, and San Giovanni. Like the Palio in Siena, it appears that the main rule is that there are no rules!! Visited during a Segway tour of Florence in our free time while on Classic Italy, Small Groups.
Round #40 won by Travel Guy
Submitted by SueMS. Oberammergau, Germany. Backstage at the Passion Play Theater and a display of the wardrobe worn by the actors in the Last Supper scene.
Round #41 is officially open. Submit your photo in a reply [Leave a Comment] to this announcement.
Comments
Where?
What?
Who owns it?
Sure looks like an airport down there. You being a pilot, that would make sense.
Sealord, is that from your jail cell?
BKMD - Good observation! The ultimate punishment for a pilot is to have his cell look out on an airport.
Gibraltar? The Brits.
Yup- view looking north from one of many the tunnels in the rock of the North Front Cemetery and airport runway just beyond. That is the Royal Gibraltar Regt Devil's Tower Camp with red roof on the right. Ownership is in dispute: The sovereignty of Gibraltar is a point of contention in Anglo-Spanish relations because Spain asserts a claim to the territory. Gibraltarians rejected proposals for Spanish sovereignty in a 1967 referendum and, in a 2002 referendum, the idea of shared sovereignty was also rejected. Since the 1960s, Gibraltar has been included in the United Nations list of “Non-Self-Governing Territories subject to Decolonisation”. It is a sticky issue.
Yes. Gibraltar, Gun port or gun station, the Brits. I’ll let Alan call the winner.