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You guys are awe! Never guessed you got that Firenze out of nowhere. This sure is near impossible:
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I am not good at guessing, but I'll post this place. Because the scooter doesn't provide much information, I am posting a second.
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You guys are awe! Never guessed you got that Firenze out of nowhere. This sure is near impossible:
Don't know. Croatia? Like the Tempter, though. I had one of those.
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I am not good at guessing, but I'll post this place. Because the scooter doesn't provide much information, I am posting a second.
Prayer Wall in Bethlehem maybe?
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Prayer Wall in Bethlehem maybe?
That would be Jerusalem.
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That would be Jerusalem.
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You guys are awe! Never guessed you got that Firenze out of nowhere. This sure is near impossible:
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Don't know. Croatia? Like the Tempter, though. I had one of those.
Why Croatia and not rural France?
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Why Croatia and not rural France?
Probably is France, given the signage, but it just looks like rural Croatia to me. I used to travel between Split and Sinj a lot, and there were stretches that looked like that. There should be mountains, now that I think of it...
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Where in the world is Bryan?
Answer to my first post: Sunset at the observatories on Mauna Kea, on the Big Island.

The second one is easy one for anybody with small children...
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Probably is France, given the signage, but it just looks like rural Croatia to me. I used to travel between Split and Sinj a lot, and there were stretches that looked like that. There should be mountains, now that I think of it...
I was asking the same question -- France or somewhere off the beaten path -- which is why I was curious about what your cues were.

I still have no idea. I spent some time doing google image searches and trying to get some clues. This is the closest I could get, which I am fairly certain is only similar and not the actual spot.

https://images.app.goo.gl/KN574zUw9cwLRzsH8
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Prayer Wall in Bethlehem maybe?
JKJ-FZ6 wrote:
That would be Jerusalem.
Correct, prayer, some call wailing, wall in Jerusalem.
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I posted this one a few weeks ago, so don't reply if you already saw it, and don't cheat by looking through my posts!

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I guess everyone had already seen it, or was stumped.

The location was Big Basin Redwoods State Park, which is still recovering from the wildfire that swept through in 2020. We stopped there to stretch our legs during Classico Moto Italia in May.
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Akureyri, Iceland.
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I was asking the same question -- France or somewhere off the beaten path -- which is why I was curious about what your cues were.

I still have no idea. I spent some time doing google image searches and trying to get some clues. This is the closest I could get, which I am fairly certain is only similar and not the actual spot.

https://images.app.goo.gl/KN574zUw9cwLRzsH8
Trip, and photo is from 1985. Were were somewhere in France as travelling from Finland to Paris, and I recall we were at Gologne, and this was after arrived to France. No idea what was the place, but googling gives mass of same looking willages/towns. It could easily be that this building is no more, or just in different use and this "parking" could be filled with another building. I used 2 nights on this mystery of mine without any luck.
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Trip, and photo is from 1985. Were were somewhere in France as travelling from Finland to Paris, and I recall we were at Gologne, and this was after arrived to France. No idea what was the place, but googling gives mass of same looking willages/towns. It could easily be that this building is no more, or just in different use and this "parking" could be filled with another building. I used 2 nights on this mystery of mine without any luck.
Hah. I've been doing the same. I even had a chat with ChatGPT (o4-mini) about it, and it suggested that the photo is likely from either Grand Est, Centre-Val de Loire, or Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
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Bermuda?
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Bermuda?
Correct!

My home from late 1990 to 1994.

Our house was the small pink one in the middle of the photo, taken from Front Street in Hamilton.

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I worked off and on in Bermuda from 1993-2012. Beautiful place.
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I guessed it would be easy, but not that easy!
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Trivia: There are many different motifs for pedestrian lights in Germany and Europe. They often symbolize local personalities or attitudes to life. The best-known motif is the "Berliner Ampelmännchen", originally used in East Berlin, they spread to West Berlin after German reunification ("The Wende") and are now a popular motif for tourists and all kinds of merchandise.

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I guessed it would be easy, but not that easy!
You gave me a very specific and unique element to search by
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One more for the traffic light crossing sign posse.
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Where was Boulty yesterday?
Wellington, NZ.

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Where in the world is Oliver?
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Where in the world is Oliver?
Muscat?
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Où suis-je dans le monde ?
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It is indeed Muscat in Oman. Well done, fleece.
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It is indeed Muscat in Oman. Well done, fleece.
Dude looks like he got caught short 💩
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Another easy one..

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Valencia?
right country Bill, but wrong city

(clue in the emoji)
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Metropol Parasol Seville in Spain

As for yours, looks at bit like the area around le Touquet. Is it Northern France?
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Metropol Parasol Seville in Spain [spot on]

As for yours, looks at bit like the area around le Touquet. Is it Northern France?

[sorry DougL, the French translation and Renault 4 are both red herrings.. ]
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sorry DougL, the French translation and Renault 4 are both red herrings..
Which Renault 4??? I only see a white Dacia (Romanian subsidiary of Renault)...
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Which Renault 4??? I only see a white Dacia (Romanian subsidiary of Renault)...
are you referring to photo i posted about 6 hours ago?
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are you referring to photo i posted about 6 hours ago?
My fault…
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fleece, the windows suggest anglosphere. The chimneys make me think it's in Europe, not in America. Channel Islands perhaps. (Never been there.)
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Où suis-je dans le monde ?
I think I can just about see yellow number plates so together with the chimney and bricks the UK is favourite.

Not enough of a landmark to narrow it down though

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