How about Evansville, IN.
I figured Evansville was in the realm of "close" to St. Louis. I guess we're in MO, then. I'll let someone else venture a guess before I take another stab.Not Indiana. See my response to Konadog above.
Yes, Riga. This was on a visit in 2011.
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Heh. It says "City of Riga" in Latvian on the blue sign on the building on the right.Or perhaps not. Yes, Riga. This was on a visit in 2011.
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The architecture is very distinctive if you've been there. To be honest I thought you'd managed to get a photo without the tower at all, it took me a while to work out the angle. But that photo does sum up the experience for me - I wasn't quite sure what to expect but I was rather underwhelmed by the tower and far more impressed by the cathedral and baptistry (the round building front-left) which nobody seems to talk about much.
So, educate us Yanks. That's a cricket pitch(?) up front, right? If so, that narrows it down to current/former Commonwealth nations.
Yes, that was my experience and you captured what I was going for. You've got a keen eye. It's worth a visit if you're in the area but Pisa has milked it for more than it's worth IMO.
With respect to the current pic, Cape Town?
So, educate us Yanks. That's a cricket pitch(?) up front, right? If so, that narrows it down to current/former Commonwealth nations.
Technically the pitch is just the 22 yard strip in the middle, the surrounding grass and any buildings for spectators etc is referred to as a cricket ground. But a ground that big must be one of the major international cricket venues, as that's where the money is that would justify that amount of spectator facilities.
The fact that there's a major (rugby) football ground next to it cuts it down much further, as you don't really get those in the West Indies or the subcontinent although (association) football's starting to become a bit of a thing in India now. So that cuts it down to UK/SA/NZ/Oz, and there's not many colocated like that.
Plus it's obviously next to a bloody great mountain, which made me immediately think Newlands, Cape Town.
Wiki suggests it was also home to Ohlssons, one of the breweries that ended up in SAB.
That's a much better answer than mine (I figured it was Table Mtn and yes saw the major cricket and rugby grounds). With @bruce_the_loon ,s approval, I nominate you to post a pic.
I like your suggestion, let's open it up. If nobody has posted in a half day or so I'll find something.Nah, it's OK, I posted one only this morning so it's someone else's turn - either you take it or we throw it open to a non-regular to do one?
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