Modern Vespa

I've been playing a game with some of my other well-traveled friends in our group chat for the last couple of years, and thought it might be fun to play it here on MV as well. It's called "Where In The World Is _____" with the last bit being the person's name.

The idea is to post a photo from your travels (generally while traveling) and see if the others can guess Where In The World you are. Over the years, we've made it progressively harder by avoiding highly-recognizable landscapes and signage that might give away too many clues (like a sign saying "Maui" or "Paris" or some such).

For our Modern Vespa version, here are the general guidelines:
- Any travel away from home is fair game, whether it be by plane, train, automobile, boat, or scooter.
- You can make the photos as obscure or as obvious as you like, but don't be too disappointed if you go full-obscure and nobody participates.
- You may give hints, or post more photos if nobody is getting it.
- Bonus points* if you got there on scooter, or there is a scooter in the photo.
- Double bonus points* if there is a Vespa in the photo.

* Bonus points are figurative and have no actual cash value

And of course I'll start this off.

Where In The World Is Jess?

Montréal?

Oui!

New location tomorrow.

Oh, and there was a scooter picture involved, but when I looked closely, it had a clear giveaway, so I decided not to post it.

It is easily the worst fake Vespa I've ever seen.

If you're feeling up to it, you can try to pinpoint the precise locations.

Where in the World is Rob?

Kyoto?

Right on! Cherry blossom season 2005. That Maiko was on her way to work. Odd scoot in the background, don't know what model it is.

Honda Gyro! Should have got a picture of that as well.

Where in the world is Jim?

Hint: I'm standing upside down.

Syd …ney

Ha, didn't notice that. Yes, Darling Harbor in Sydney, Aus. I didn't notice what looked like a super cell overhead untill we returned home.
Something harder next time.k

Where in the world is Bryan?

Honda Gyro X.

Fun thread!

Where in the world is Cogind?

Nowhere near Bryan?

And guess this one……

I would think not.

Brownsville?

Haleakalā Observatory?

Jess, Does each post have to be solved before moving on?

No, not at all.

With that, where in the world is Bill?

Temple of Canova in Treviso Italy

Where in the world is Coddy

Amongst all of the interesting and often beautiful places posted in this thread, I will take it upon myself to bring the average down a couple of ticks, and submit a few relatively....'cheesy offerings', to hopefully perplex the group, if only for a moment...

La Gleize in Belgium

YEGO is available in several cities... Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Malaga, Zaragoza, Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Nice.

I reckon that could be Torre Glòries in the background, and maybe the Collserola mountain range behind that?

Barcelona?

Excellent answer!

You got the temple name correct.

And I guess it could be called in Treviso, but it is 40 KM northwest in a small town called Possagno.

Where in the World is fleece.?

fleece

You kinda gave that one away with the sign over your head

D'oh!

Yes! Montjuic specifically. They had all these electric scooters for rent, right in the area where new drivers took their local road test for licensing.


No guesses where I was on that orange scooter with the oil light on?

Where in the world was Juan?

Top photo: from Reddit in December, not my picture but the scooter made me want to go there.

Bottom photo: actual location last month, taken by me. Precious few scooters in this location, for reasons not clear to me. Did very much enjoy wine and grilled cheese "toasties" in the "Loose Canon" bistro there…O'Rhea crew waving from the window.

Wrong Island.

Are you in Dublin?

I was indeed, as well as Galway - the weather was nearly perfect for a week, as the blue sky above the building suggests. But there were hardly any scooters in Ireland despite a lot of spectacular roads to ride in.

Reason - rain!