Euro Travel Quiz # 39 - Potpourri...
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Euro Travel Quiz # 39 - Potpourri...
Back by not so popular demand but here goes today's quiz:
1- In Bruges, Belgium it is popular to ride a bike or take a boat out to this old port of Bruges - now a small town with some imposing old Flemish facades on the main canal - about 5 miles from Bruges itself. What is this small old port?
2- What are the fabled Misral winds and what direct do they blow and where?
3- In Amsterdam the Melkweg is very famous for years now - what is the Milky Way as it is called in English and where is it?
4- What is San sebastian, Spain's name in the local language of Basque?
5- In France what is the basic diference between a Boulangerie and a Patisserie?
6- Hatfield, a small town just north of London, is known for Hatfield House, one of Britain's fine stately houses/estates - but what famous even happened near Hatfield on the railway several years ago?
7- To get to Paris' Euro Disney what RER station would you get off at (same name as the all-new planned town it is in?
8- Marco Polo allegedly was born on this Adriatic island - even though facts may not prove it nevertheless there is a Marco Polo House on this island.
9- What are the infamous words (in German or English translation) emblazzoned on the entrance gate to Auschwitz Concentration Camp/Memorial.
10 - Mosel white wines are highly touted - the Mosel is one of Europe's most northerly wine-producing regions due to the deep gorge and dark slate stones that where the valley faces south allows it to be warm enough to have vineyards. Q - What is the official name of this wine growing region - not just Mosel but Mosel-????-???? wine district (names of two other river valleys nearby).
Good luck and the winner wins (plus S&H)!
1- In Bruges, Belgium it is popular to ride a bike or take a boat out to this old port of Bruges - now a small town with some imposing old Flemish facades on the main canal - about 5 miles from Bruges itself. What is this small old port?
2- What are the fabled Misral winds and what direct do they blow and where?
3- In Amsterdam the Melkweg is very famous for years now - what is the Milky Way as it is called in English and where is it?
4- What is San sebastian, Spain's name in the local language of Basque?
5- In France what is the basic diference between a Boulangerie and a Patisserie?
6- Hatfield, a small town just north of London, is known for Hatfield House, one of Britain's fine stately houses/estates - but what famous even happened near Hatfield on the railway several years ago?
7- To get to Paris' Euro Disney what RER station would you get off at (same name as the all-new planned town it is in?
8- Marco Polo allegedly was born on this Adriatic island - even though facts may not prove it nevertheless there is a Marco Polo House on this island.
9- What are the infamous words (in German or English translation) emblazzoned on the entrance gate to Auschwitz Concentration Camp/Memorial.
10 - Mosel white wines are highly touted - the Mosel is one of Europe's most northerly wine-producing regions due to the deep gorge and dark slate stones that where the valley faces south allows it to be warm enough to have vineyards. Q - What is the official name of this wine growing region - not just Mosel but Mosel-????-???? wine district (names of two other river valleys nearby).
Good luck and the winner wins (plus S&H)!
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I guess annhig is boycotting now - or girlcotting actually because of past reprimands, rather unfairly done IMO but he's the final arbitrator from Percy - she is on double secret probation but does not know that (don't tell her either!)
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1. Zeebrugge
2. North winds over the Northern Mediterranean, particularly down the Rhone Valley.
3. Former sugar refinery and milk factory, now a concert venue, behind the Stadschouwburg, on the Lijnbaansgracht.
6. Train crash in 2000,2001?. 4 killed.
2. North winds over the Northern Mediterranean, particularly down the Rhone Valley.
3. Former sugar refinery and milk factory, now a concert venue, behind the Stadschouwburg, on the Lijnbaansgracht.
6. Train crash in 2000,2001?. 4 killed.
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Have to leave again soon
Time for a few hints
#5 They are bakeries that make different treats.
#7 The initials are M-la-V-C .
#8 They may make his home a museum, it has a lookout tower ( loggia). Island starts with K .
#9 Two lovely valleys near Koblenz. ( S and R )
Bye have to run
Time for a few hints
#5 They are bakeries that make different treats.
#7 The initials are M-la-V-C .
#8 They may make his home a museum, it has a lookout tower ( loggia). Island starts with K .
#9 Two lovely valleys near Koblenz. ( S and R )
Bye have to run
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Well I was thinking of Damme instead of Zeebrugge for #1 but can justify Zeebrugge as well - so I'll go with percy's being more forgiving and Zeebrugge does make sense though more than 5 miles from Bruges - I've biked between Zeebrugge and Bruges (Zeebruges?) many times but it ain't that far so here's to the winner, hetismij2!




