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Post by pieter on Sept 16, 2006 12:18:28 GMT -7
Pawian,
It was a beautiful summer then in juli, and I see a mountain in the distance, a gass pump machine and a Ford billboard. City, land, villages!
And was someone replacing a tire there (the guy in the left under corner)?
Pieter
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Post by Pawian on Sept 16, 2006 12:40:06 GMT -7
And was someone replacing a tire there (the guy in the left under corner)? Pieter Well, not exactly. The guy is fastening a car onto a flatbed truck. Hmm, you should have already guessed the country so far. There is a certain detail in this second round of photos which reveals the secret. You were close before, try again hahahahahaha
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Post by pieter on Sept 16, 2006 15:15:36 GMT -7
Pawian, I have studied the photo's piece by piece, did not see words clearly, nor have I a knowledge of number plates, because I don't have a car and don't drive one. Could be near Wroclaw, could be Eastern-Germany, could be Czech republik, could be anywhere in Poland, I don't know which details you mean. The painted image on the wall of the building, the Modern glas and concrete building constructions (haven't been enough in Poland to say in which city that is). The houses dousn't ring a bell either? Up to the next series of photo's. ;D Pieter
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Post by Pawian on Sept 16, 2006 15:36:26 GMT -7
Pawian, I have studied the photo's piece by piece, did not see words clearly, nor have I a knowledge of number plates, because I don't have a car and don't drive one. A very correct guess - that`s the clue I meant - the registration plates in the second picture. OK, some characteristic landmarks in the city: And rural landscape characteristics
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Post by Jaga on Sept 16, 2006 16:22:40 GMT -7
This looks like Holland to me!
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Post by kaima on Sept 16, 2006 18:53:25 GMT -7
I just returned from a road trip in Alaska, so I had the advantage of reading some of the last posts first. I copied and enlarged several of the photos and could not get areadable N, D, or P on the licence plate, or enlarge the town sign to read that.... so I h\join the honorably stumped in this quiz.
PS. American cable stayed bridges are superior to European cable stayed bridges. Why?
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Post by Pawian on Sept 17, 2006 0:23:51 GMT -7
I copied and enlarged several of the photos and could not get areadable N, D, or P on the licence plate, or enlarge the town sign to read that.... so I h\join the honorably stumped in this quiz. OK, it turned out more difficult than I thought. But thank you all who tried to put up an honorouble fight. Everything American is bigger and better hahahahahaha
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Post by scatts on Sept 17, 2006 0:53:01 GMT -7
As I was reading down I was thinking "this reminds me of the drive between Vienna airport and Bratislava". It seems my impression was correct.
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Post by kaima on Sept 17, 2006 0:58:31 GMT -7
American Cable stayed bridges (the type you show in your photo) ARE better in America than those built in Europe - Why?
No Pavian nervous laughs …
Take a guess. You should know I do not have a reputation as an American chauvinist, so it IS a valid question... are you afraid to face the truth?
PS. It was true at one time, but perhaps the Europeans have learned something from their American counterparts and do a better job these days ...
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Post by Pawian on Sept 17, 2006 1:07:48 GMT -7
As I was reading down I was thinking "this reminds me of the drive between Vienna airport and Bratislava". It seems my impression was correct. Yes, it was correct but you kept it to yourself and now it`s too late hahahahaha. You won`t win the prize - more pics from Austria, the country I liked very much because it reminded me of good old Poland.
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Post by Pawian on Sept 17, 2006 1:12:21 GMT -7
American Cable stayed bridges (the type you show in your photo) ARE better in America than those built in Europe - Why? No Pavian nervous laughs … Take a guess. You should know I do not have a reputation as an American chauvinist, so it IS a valid question... are you afraid to face the truth? The simple truth is that in building their bridges Americans use good-quality iron manufactered in Nowa Huta Steel Mills, Poland. Every bridge I saw in the USA bears a stamp "Made in Poland." On the other hand, Europeans use worse-quality iron, manufactered by Krupp or other minor steel producers scattered all over Europe. That`s all.
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Post by pieter on Sept 17, 2006 2:00:14 GMT -7
Pawian,
Good, old, Österreich, I did not get that impression, because it looks so flat. I only was twice in Austria, for skiing in 1989, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, South-West of Salzburg, and Wien in 1994. Wonderful city Wien (Vienna). The Alps are magnificent, both the Austrian and the Swiss one. Real Alp Connaisseurs say that the Swiss Alps are the most beautiful part, and I don't know the French, Italian and Slovenian ones. I have only seen the German (Bavarian) and Austrian part.
Pieter
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Post by pieter on Sept 17, 2006 2:03:26 GMT -7
This looks like Holland to me! It could not be Holland, Jaga, because the architecture of the farm houses look differant, our cities are more narrow build, and the country is a little bit greener. That is one of the few things I always like when I come back from abroad, the fresh Greenness of the Dutch countryisde. Pieter
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Post by pieter on Sept 17, 2006 2:04:03 GMT -7
That is also, because it always rains in Holland! ;D
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Post by Pawian on Sept 17, 2006 2:17:37 GMT -7
That is one of the few things I always like when I come back from abroad, the fresh Greenness of the Dutch countryisde. Pieter Is it greener than on the Emerald island?
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