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Post by kungfuzu on Jul 3, 2019 21:39:24 GMT -8
Yes it is. One is almost inspired to say, "Es lebe das deutsche Volk." (Long live the German people) But considering what Merkel has been doing, I don't think we have to worry too much about it.
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Post by timothylane on Jul 4, 2019 11:07:37 GMT -8
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Post by kungfuzu on Jul 4, 2019 12:10:07 GMT -8
Yes, that is probably the most famous building in Singapore now. That is the Marina Bay Sands Casino in front and the three building behind it are hotels. That strange looking thing on top has a big swimming pool on the far left hand part that is pointing out.
None of this was there when I moved back to the USA, but it was almost finished the last time I visited. This project is just one of a huge building spree which has gone on since 2000 to raise the international profile of Singapore. Interestingly, Marina Bay is no longer a bay. The government enclosed it to make a large reservoir for water as Singapore is dependent on Malaysia for much of its water and this is not a good situation. Over time, the salinity of the water has decreased and it is probably already being used in the city.
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Post by timothylane on Jul 17, 2019 9:14:51 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Jul 18, 2019 10:17:17 GMT -8
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Post by kungfuzu on Jul 18, 2019 10:36:40 GMT -8
It is hard to say when that photo might have been taken, but I don't think it is decades old.
I haven't been to Paris in about 40 years, but in those days, Paris and Rome were the two most beautiful cities at night.
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Post by timothylane on Jul 18, 2019 11:03:36 GMT -8
The distant view of the lighted Eiffel Tower is nice.
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Post by timothylane on Jul 29, 2019 13:51:44 GMT -8
Nice scenery, but one does wonder what happens if one of those many trees falls on the house (or perhaps on a neighbor's property). These aren't just idle concerns; they can and do actually happen.
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Post by timothylane on Aug 14, 2019 9:03:39 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Aug 29, 2019 11:38:15 GMT -8
The Alps are on Bavaria's southern edge and the Bohemian Forest on the eastern edge, so I assume the top photo was from one of those, the Alps being the best bet. Northern Bavaria is in the Main basis, but most of the state is in the Danube basin. I suspect the bottom photo would be the Danube. (I wonder if there's any part of it that actually does look blue. One of the American Tidal Wave aircrew -- the low-level bombing raid on Ploesti in the summer of 1943 -- was stunned to discover that it wasn't blue at all. "It looks like the Colorado River at Moab.")
One episode of Hogan's Heroes included some German officers fundraising for "Beautify Berchtesgaden" charity, and expecting a hefty contribution from Klink.
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Post by kungfuzu on Aug 29, 2019 12:27:53 GMT -8
I don't recall exactly where the photos were taken. The top two might have been around Chemsee. They could have been from around Garmisch. The bottom two were taken on our way to Austria and Berchtesgaden is located in the area of Bavaria not so far from Salzburg.
As to the Danube (Donau) Strauss was taking a lot of poetic license. I have been up and down a fair stretch of the Danube from Budapest to Vienna to Krems and even further toward the source. None of what I saw was blue. But I do have some beautiful photos of it around Krems and Duernstein, but I think most have pictures of my family, friends or myself.
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Post by timothylane on Nov 1, 2019 6:29:07 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Jan 22, 2020 7:48:05 GMT -8
Here's an interesting view of Capetown. At times it looks like a toy town.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jan 22, 2020 9:34:34 GMT -8
That is a nice photo of Cape Town. I’d love to see the view from those cliffs.
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Post by timothylane on Jan 22, 2020 10:19:06 GMT -8
That would be a nice view, though I suspect it would look much like the photo (albeit from a different angle). This may be the first time I've ever seen a picture of Table Mountain, and the name becomes a lot easier to understand after looking at this.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jan 22, 2020 12:42:17 GMT -8
If you look at this Google Map image of Cape Town, it looks as if those cliffs are actually between the ocean and the city. I had naturally assumed the cliffs would have been toward the interior. But they are so close to the city in that photo, it would appear that they are the cliffs to the west of Cape Town. Interesting geography. --- There was a little label on the map for Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. That seems like it would be a splendid place to visit.  [ Original]   .jpg) That's all a wonderful bit of color and order in what is otherwise a rugged (but quite beautiful in its own way) landscape. |
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Post by timothylane on Jan 22, 2020 13:18:15 GMT -8
That is interesting. At first I noticed that big mountainous area on the right and wondered what you were talking about. Then I noticed the much smaller area toward the tip of cape. It would be interesting to have some sort of panoramic series of pictures there, covering the ocean, the city, and the distant mountains.
I didn't see the botanical gardens on the map (my copy might have differed slightly), but I did see a couple of nature preserves that would probably be worth a look. Elizabeth and I toured a botanical garden in San Antonio on our trip there. It was large and extensive, with a variety of sub-gardens. (One was for smelling more than looking, which of course was useless for me, though she appreciated it.)
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jan 22, 2020 14:17:03 GMT -8
This one is looking south from just north of Green Point. If you compare it to the Google Map, you can see that distinctive long mound of mountains in front of of Table Mountain. It’s the light brown mound.  Again, I’ll make my case: Fascinating geography!I haven’t done any research on it, but I wonder if Table Mountain is the remnants of a huge lava flow. What the almost man-made lighter brown stretch of mountains is, I have no idea. More flow? It’s called Signal Hill which you can see from this zoomed-in view.At first I though that could be the core of an old volcano. But it just seems to spread out for that. Okay…time to punt and to do some research… The Cape Fold Belt is a… What is a fold and thrust belt? It is… What is an orogenic belt? Basically this is part of the earth’s lithosphere (either crust and/or the deeper mantle) that is shoved up and squished due to two tectonics plates crashing into each other. Whatever it is, it’s pretty spectacular. Her are some shore-side residences. This is possibly a view of Clifton/Camps Bay/Bakoven.  [ Original] South Africa seems too big and grand for even the indigenous people there to destroy it anytime soon. If I had a place there, I would call it “Easy” so that my address was 107 Elm St., Easy Bakoven. |
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Post by kungfuzu on Jan 22, 2020 14:26:50 GMT -8
Don't count on it. They ain't no indigenous people left, or very few. Many Hottentots (Khoikhoi) died or were killed over 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The people one sees in South Africa today are, in large part, immigrants who came in violently like the Zulus or were brought in as laborers.
I have never visited the place, but know people who lived there and they loved it. It is a very beautiful and wealthy country.
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) also used to be wealthy, but four decades of Robert Mugabe and his clique' took care of that.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jan 22, 2020 14:42:24 GMT -8
LOL. No doubt.
And it looks as if they have a gondola ride up to the top of Table Mountain. That is Lion’s Head in the background which is attached to the mound in the rear which is called Signal Hill. It is the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway. And going by Google Map, it will take you all the way up to the very top where you can enjoy something in the Table Mountain Aerial Cafe. Why not, I say?  Looks grand. Would it be cool for you, me, and Timothy to meet there over a cup of black coffee? Or does one say “African-American” coffee these days? Why didn’t James Bond ever use this location for filming? |
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