Anywhere near here??:Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
http://2.wildwalks.com/gallery2/247512.jpg
Or maybe here???:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3204/3...4d6_z.jpg?zz=1
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Anywhere near here??:Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
http://2.wildwalks.com/gallery2/247512.jpg
Or maybe here???:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3204/3...4d6_z.jpg?zz=1
don't think so :p
Is it cheating to ask mkbilly's missus?
:(Quote:
Originally Posted by studiose
That really sounds dirty.Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
IIRC, characters in a English cartoon?
Sorry about that mate. ;) I should have been more patient.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koz
No dirtier than Pula :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Koz
Not cartoon characters, towns... in what countries?
Two different countries?
yes
Canada and Portugal.
France, and Portugal
Belgium and Azerbaijan? :)
right continent at least, and fairly close to Cunit :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
Netherland and Greece ???? :)
Muff sounds very English. I suppose it's in UK or Ireland.
Cunit - I have no clue. I thought it's somewhere in the "slavic" area. But if it's close to France and Portugal...
Let's choose something exotic: Andorra?
If "lingua" means only "language" then I definitely love it. :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
very close gadjo... in fact I'll hand you your Muff :erm: as it's in Northern Ireland.
Now for the bonus :erm: :andrea:
What ****ry is close to Portugal, France and Andorra?
(oops I meant country)
p.s. Língua means tongue :erm: as in language tongue :)
In Spain,
in Spain....
( Telling it like Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady...)
Well Cunit's in Catalonia to be precise, but close enough ;) :p
I drove through it a couple of weeks ago but it wasn't funny enough for the others (all Germans :p ) to stop for a group pic.
Your Q :up:
Where in this world is a merry cemetery?
Name the village/town.
In Merry? In 'Merrica :dork: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
hmmm.... can't think of the name...Quote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
it's the one everybody's dying to get into, right? :erm: :andrea:
Shame on you Donks, this is a grave matter.
skulldiggery if you ask me :mark:
This thread has gone deathly quiet.
Wait... I think I can hear someone coffin.
I would have thought answers to this Q would have been coming up in spades.
< cough >
suddenly turned dead serious :dozey:
Oh well, donkey's bedtime...
see y'all tomb orrow :wave:
G'night Donks.
We'll see you in the mourning.
:laugh: :up: :wave:
Bloody pun-dits. :hmph: :p :
Some tips:
The Merry Cemetery is a cemetery in the village of ............that is famous for its colourful tombstones with the native paintings that represent scenes from the life of the buried persons and even poetry in which those persons are described.
The unusual feature of this cemetery is that it grows apart from most of the ..........cultures, that consider death something solemn. Sometimes this is put in connection with the .......... culture, whose philosophy was based on the immortality of the soul and the belief that somebody's death was a joyful moment, as that person was getting to a better life.
The cemetery has its origin in some crosses sculpted by .......... ,born 1908 - died 1977,his own grave will be seen here ,made by himself before dying. In 1935, ........ sculpted the first epitaph and since the 1960s, the whole cemetery was populated with over 800 such crosses, sculpted from oak wood, and it became an open-air museum and a tourist attraction.His work will be continued by one of his learners,by ............,restaurating now old and creating new tombstones.
Pictures to follow.....
I think "native paintings" should be read "naive paintings".
Ah, now I know what you’re on about gadjo.
I’ve actually seen this in, of all things, a cooking show (Anthony Bourdain) on the telly :mark: .
The brightly coloured tombstones (many blue, if I recall) are found in a cemetery in Romania. Sorry, I don’t recall the name of the small town/village :mark: .
Ha! The Merry cemetery in a cooking show....Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Anyway, since I don't think anybody would remember the name of the village and for the continuity of the thread I'll take your answer as right.
The name is Sapanta ( well, the 2 "a" and the "t" have a special pronunciation ) and is placed in Maramures county, northern Romania.
Pics of the place: Merry Cemetery in Sapanta,Romania Photo Gallery by Franz Bauer at pbase.com
Travel to Maramures - Sapanta - Merry Cemetery - Pictures, Information
And these are some crosses of those who died in car or train crashes:
Captivating Romania » Blog Archive » The Merry Cemetery, S
Your turn Schmenke!
cool :)
I remember seeing that now in a documentary too, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a cooking one :crazy:
Ahem, just for the record, I’m not in the habit of watching many cooking shows :erm: Anthony Bourdain’s show is aired on the Discovery Channel :mark: (decent show; have a boo when you get a chance).
Um... next Q up in a bit... :erm:
Seen it a couple of times. It is quite good. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Apologies in advance as this probably qualifies more as a civil engineering rather than a geo question :erm: .
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6...863ab3be81.jpg
At 1,160m, there are many suspension bridges around the world with a longer centre span, i.e. distance between towers. However the one in this photo has the distinction of having the longest span between anchorages, 2,626m, in the western hemisphere.
The total length of the bridge, including the approaches over water, is over 8kms. For comparison, the world’s longest bridge, the Akashi-Kaikyo in Japan, has a total length of just under 4kms.
Where, approximately, is this bridge? I.e. name the body of water it spans (or at least the two nearby significant major bodies of water), or name the two points of land that it connects.
Hints provided upon request... :erm: .
Good luck!
Well, that was quick :s
Yes, it's the Mackinac Bridge, spanning the Strait of Mackinac which connects Lakes Michigan and Huron.
Well done Starter :up: . Have a go!
I can’t help but feel guesses to this Q will span several pages.