capriccio Posted March 7, 2021 #3051 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Time for another clue. It is near this famous sight: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmar Posted March 7, 2021 #3052 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I know the name, city & river but also waiting to give a "lurker" a chance. Theo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ritabob Posted March 7, 2021 #3053 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Come on, Lurker, you can do it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted March 7, 2021 #3054 Share Posted March 7, 2021 17 minutes ago, Ritabob said: Come on, Lurker, you can do it! With a capital 'L' it sounds like the villain in a superhero comic. Lex Lurker for Superman, or The Lurker for Batman... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmar Posted March 7, 2021 #3055 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I used to be "LURKING" on this tread before we decided that we should go on a river cruise and asked a few questions and received a lot of answers. Now I think this tread is one of the most interesting and fun on Cruise Critic. We, my DW & I, learn a lot about and at the same time longing a lot for river cruising. If nobody will give the answer by the time we come back tonight (about 8:00PM Pacific) then I might become the villain and give the answer just to keep it going. Theo 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted March 8, 2021 #3056 Share Posted March 8, 2021 One last clue: located in a capital city with 2 districts on either side of the river. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted March 8, 2021 #3057 Share Posted March 8, 2021 24 minutes ago, capriccio said: One last clue: located in a capital city with 2 districts on either side of the river. The lurkers must have taken the day off! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ritabob Posted March 8, 2021 #3058 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Hmmm.... is this the city with the beautiful parliament buildings shown on every river cruise add? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted March 8, 2021 #3059 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Just now, Ritabob said: Hmmm.... is this the city with the beautiful parliament buildings shown on every river cruise add? Yes indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmar Posted March 8, 2021 #3060 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Looks like no takers. The Fishermen's Bastion, Budapest, Danube. Wildcard. Theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vada_9 Posted March 8, 2021 #3061 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) Not a "Lurker" - but will take the wild card if that's ok. Hopefully, this will redeem me after my photos on page 116. I would like the name of the town and also the location that the photo was taken from please. PS, I don't know the name of the building this roof is on. Edited March 8, 2021 by vada_9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted March 8, 2021 #3062 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Wow, somebody really liked eyebrow dormers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmar Posted March 8, 2021 #3063 Share Posted March 8, 2021 @vada_9 I think you supposed to wait until @capriccio gives the okidoki 😉. I might have been wrong. Maybe I should not have mentioned Wildcard, sorry for that. Theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vada_9 Posted March 8, 2021 #3064 Share Posted March 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Renmar said: @vada_9 I think you supposed to wait until @capriccio gives the okidoki 😉. I might have been wrong. Maybe I should not have mentioned Wildcard, sorry for that. Theo Sorry, thought it was your photo. I will also add that the original was the roof of Matthias church in Budapest. I will yield till confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted March 8, 2021 #3065 Share Posted March 8, 2021 This would have been the give away! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted March 8, 2021 #3066 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I think that Fisherman's Bastion (post 3051) was the first CLUE but the original picture is all the way back in post 3032, and it is of St. Mathias' Church. Looks like it all worked out because vada_9 gave the answer and the next picture. And I'm not sure about that one - it reminds me of Nordlingen, where many of the buildings have dormers, but I can't find one shaped like that. Maybe somewhere else along the Romantiche Strasse, but I don't have a picture corresponding to it exactly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted March 8, 2021 Author #3067 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Awaiting @capriccio's confirmation and I think that makes it all settled. Meanwhile I too of course have had a close look at the red rooftops and think this may most likely be close to the Danube. A cluster of old buildings and what looks like the wall of a church certainly points to an old town with either a vantage point or the chance to climb a church tower. I have also learned a new architectural word: eyebrow window. I did not know that one. Eyebrow dormers as in this photo translate as Fledermausgauben (the plural). I find the eyebrow more descriptive than calling them "bat", either way, I find them a bit eery. @jpalbny we have talked about Nördlingen before, I think it was part of your river cruise replacement trip, wasn't it? Nördlingen is one of my favourite old places in Germany. If you, the community people reading, get the chance to choose between Rothenburg or Nördlingen, difficult choice, but from photos and videos I would say go to Nördlingen, especially as you can then say at home: "I have seen a million diamonds sparkle". notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ritabob Posted March 8, 2021 #3068 Share Posted March 8, 2021 And here I was about to guess this photo was taken in Rothenburg ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted March 8, 2021 Author #3069 Share Posted March 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ritabob said: And here I was about to guess this photo was taken in Rothenburg ... It may certainly be there, I just got a different "vibe" which made me think Danube 18th century. Never been to Rothenburg myself. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted March 8, 2021 #3070 Share Posted March 8, 2021 1 hour ago, jpalbny said: I think that Fisherman's Bastion (post 3051) was the first CLUE but the original picture is all the way back in post 3032, and it is of St. Mathias' Church. That is the correct description of both pictures. I'm glad the game continued while I was getting my beauty sleep 😁. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted March 8, 2021 #3071 Share Posted March 8, 2021 OK. Now back to the picture that's in play. I found the city. Trying to find the name of the building. Hint: we are all in the wrong country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted March 8, 2021 #3072 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Finally found the exact location! And I've been in the same spot from where you took that picture. In the lower right corner of your picture, that roof belongs to a hotel with a rooftop restaurant, where we ate lunch after seeing the restaurant from our vantage point! I have a close-up pic of the restaurant which also includes some of your roof and the square yellow tower to its right. There are some workmen on the roof in question. I'll post it later for some additional perspective. And Google doesn't identify that building specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted March 8, 2021 Author #3073 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I hadn't exactly settled on a country, just the river. Not sure, but I say a smallish town in Austria on the Danube. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogs4fun Posted March 8, 2021 #3074 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) I also know the exact location of the building - think the photo was shot from the tower? Attempted to check-out the definitive use of the building through its address - alas, no luck. 😟 Edited March 8, 2021 by dogs4fun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vada_9 Posted March 8, 2021 #3075 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Good work everyone, whilst I slept. Here are 2 more photos to help you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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