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

[notamermaid]

2 hours ago, Canal archive said:

Notamermaid now that would be telling wouldn’t it? CA

Grin. Okay, okay, I agree with Coral and say Asia as well. But no further idea.

 

notamermaid

 

[Canal archive]

I can confirm that the continent is neither Europe nor Asia so depending on where you were taught you have four, five more to choose from. CA

[dogs4fun]

Guess that leaves North America and Australia. I've seen pier restaurants on both continents but have absolutely no clue where this particular one is located.

[acwmom]

5 hours ago, Canal archive said:

I will take this wild card. If this place is still there it should be quite straightforward for some. Taken almost pre digital. City and river please.

New Orleans, the Mississippi?

 

[dogs4fun]

Well done @acwmom - looks like you've identified Algiers Landing Restaurant. The structure was closed in 1995 and demolished in 1999.  Must have been a nice place with a view during its heyday.

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/article_2bbab2ad-51c8-5977-8c58-b7fc158e4528.html

 

[Canal archive]

Well done acwmom. I took the photograph some time ago as you could have guessed from me saying I’m not to sure if it’s still there and it was almost pre digital. New Orleans was wonderful I’d go back tomorrow. 
I wanted to find something a bit different as we haven’t as yet been to Asia or Australia or Russia it had to be from our all to short cruise on the Mississippi. CA

[acwmom]

This one is a gimme, but, seemed fitting, given the upcoming weekend. Name the river and place.

[dogs4fun]

17 minutes ago, Canal archive said:

I took the photograph some time ago as you could have guessed from me saying I’m not to sure if it’s still there and it was almost pre digital. New Orleans was wonderful I’d go back tomorrow. 

Just curious, CA ...

Did you take the photo from your cruise ship or did you dine at the restaurant? Tulane University has the 1985 menu from Algiers Landing Restaurant in their digital library. Check-out their prices back in '85 - wish I could find those same prices today (love Cajun food). 

https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A17461/datastream/PDF/view

[dogs4fun]

6 minutes ago, acwmom said:

This one is a gimme, but, seemed fitting, given the upcoming weekend.

Yes, very fitting - so many lost their lives in this war. Like how you captured just one cross in the foreground with the lovely colors in the background.

[notamermaid]

8 minutes ago, dogs4fun said:

Like how you captured just one cross in the foreground with the lovely colors in the background.

Agree. Makes it all the more striking.

 

 

No idea where this is.

 

notamermaid

 

[Canal archive]

Collville sur Mar Normandy, Seine.

 

dogs4fun on I must admit a day cruise so did not go to the restaurant which I think was closed then. Taken on film but as my scanner is playing up I just rephotographed it on my iPad. I have far to many photographs to digitise both at home and for our archive. CA

[acwmom]

49 minutes ago, Canal archive said:

Collville sur Mar Normandy, Seine.

 

dogs4fun on I must admit a day cruise so did not go to the restaurant which I think was closed then. Taken on film but as my scanner is playing up I just rephotographed it on my iPad. I have far to many photographs to digitise both at home and for our archive. CA

Yes, The American Cemetery in Normandy.

Back to you!

[Canal archive]

We went there on our Scenic Seine cruise, beautiful serene place we all had poppies to place wherever we wanted and all of us chose those known unto God. There was a vet there talking to youngsters. Before we had been to Pont de Hoc very interesting and informative. 
Just looking for the next picture. CA

[Canal archive]

Here it is so - name of river, city and place. Please.

 

[dogs4fun]

Oh yes, I recognized this right away - vestiges of the Black Death. 

[Canal archive]

Yes but it dates from well before the Black Death. CA

[Coral]

6 hours ago, acwmom said:

New Orleans, the Mississippi?

 

I was thinking it could be anywhere in the South in the US.

[acwmom]

2 minutes ago, Coral said:

I was thinking it could be anywhere in the South in the US.

I recognized the hotel in the background!

 

[dogs4fun]

1 hour ago, Canal archive said:

Yes but it dates from well before the Black Death. CA

Right you are - I believe that the grounds at this site were used as a burial site way back to Roman times. However, I thought that the building's ghoulish ornamentation appeared after and as a result of the Black Death. I find it amazing that the macabre images on these old timbers still exist. 

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by dogs4fun

[Canal archive]

As ghoulish as some of the other artefacts found and displayed on the site. CA

[dogs4fun]

1 minute ago, Canal archive said:

As ghoulish as some of the other artefacts found and displayed on the site.

Like the cat, for example? 😳 A very interesting area to be sure.

[Canal archive]

I think there was a rat as well. Of to bed now. Hope the news is better when I wake up. Sleep tight all. CA

[Coral]

2 hours ago, acwmom said:

I recognized the hotel in the background!

 

Good job!

[notamermaid]

A wild guess: France?

 

notamermaid

 

[Canal archive]

Notamermaid yes correct country. CA