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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby redandblack » Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:28 pm

No.
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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby JAS » Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:31 pm

Only seen it from plane but maybe Mont Blanc?

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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby redandblack » Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:38 am

That's good enough for me, JAS.

Mt Blanc it is.

(Actually, Aguille du Midi, from Chamonix, the mountain next to Mt Blanc.)
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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby JAS » Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:09 am

Wow :shock: why can't i have this kind of luck when I'm picking lottery numbers :?

OK this one doesn't show much detail so a little clue from the outset...I'm looking across a border and if you're old enough to remember the early 70's you will have heard the name of this famously disputed piece of land on news reports back then...

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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby abber » Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:26 pm

Golan Heights?
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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby JAS » Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:17 pm

abber wrote:Golan Heights?


Wow well done abber :D

It's the southern edge taken from Jordan...that's the Israeli border in the valley.

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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby redandblack » Fri Aug 27, 2010 6:00 pm

An easy one to kick things along.

Which city is this shop in?

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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby Sam_goUUUdogs » Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:20 am

Edam?
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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby redandblack » Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:25 am

Dam good guess, Sam, but not right.
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Postby redandblack » Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:47 pm

On second thoughts, Sam, and due to the overwhelming number of responses ;) , I think we'll go with your answer.

I thought it was Amsterdam, but it might have been Alkmaar, both not far from Edam.

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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby JAS » Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:26 pm

OK R&B if Sam isn't going to then I'll help keep this going.

Which people used to work in this building?...bonus if you know the building's name.

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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby redandblack » Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:21 am

Been mulling over this one. Looks imposing.

Cars are parked for left-hand drive, so presumably continental Europe and the architecture is hardly flamboyant, so:

A spy building, Russia, Moscow, Lubianka, I'd say?

When were you there, if so, JAS?
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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby JAS » Sat Sep 04, 2010 4:57 pm

Yep spot on R&B it's the the old KGB HQ, Lubyanka in Moscow.

No idea if there's any truth in it but all the tour guides make a point of telling you that people used to avoid walking past it cos you could sometimes hear screams coming up from the basement. Given some of the sh*t that went on during the Cold War I guess it could be true...afterall it's not as if they could have complained about the noise to anyone.

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Postby redandblack » Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:27 pm

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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby sherminator » Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:13 am

Champs Elysee, Paris?
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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby redandblack » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:29 am

Yep.

I'm not 100% sure if it's the Champs Elysees or the avenue at right angles to it, but I think it's the CE. (Taken from the top of the Arc de Triomphe)).

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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby sherminator » Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:23 pm

Bit of a rubbish photo! I still don't own a digital camera so I had to scan an old one. First time I've ever done that!

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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby redandblack » Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:17 pm

Interesting one, mate.

Cobbled square and architecture seems European, perhaps Eastern Europe, baltic states or Russia?
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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby sherminator » Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:34 pm

redandblack wrote:Interesting one, mate.

Cobbled square and architecture seems European, perhaps Eastern Europe, baltic states or Russia?


Not Russia, but you are right on the other two ...
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Re: Where is it? - Ex SA Edition.

Postby redandblack » Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:40 pm

I haven't been to that part of the world (Finland's the closest), so I'll make a multi-guess and say Riga or Tallin or somewhere in Poland?

(Can't remember the capital of Lithuania :? )
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