Where is this?

Originally Posted by RHP

Where is Apex's beach, I didnt see an answer?

Not MY beach Richard, Guillermo made the teaser. I even did not make this RIU Hotel (but many others).
This one is the RIU Calypso at Playa de Jandia, looks like a cupboard with open drawers, not my hallmark.

[Guillermo]

Sorry to be slow, but I'm busy working.
Playa Jandía it is and Morro Jable the town. Hoytedow was in the right track with Fuerteventura.

The villa close to Morro Jable was built and owned by Gustav Winter and was said to be a refuge for the nazi submarines' officers. There is a novel of Alberto Vázquez Figueroa named "Fuerteventura" which develops an story about that and the "Enigma" coding machine the nazis used.

Read more on the villa at: http://www.sunnyfuerteventura.com/vi...ter/index.html

Cheers.

Lots of rumour and telltales about that "submarine base". That did never exist, if you want my opinion. First, the local fishermen would have known of a cave of such size, and that knowledge would have survived the passing time. Second, a German sub. base would have needed so much equipment to be operable that would have been a serious problem to ship there hidden. We shall not forget that Spain was a neutral nation during WWII! Though most of the Spanish ports were used to refuel and provisioning by German U boats (at night and alongside a German freighter which officially was interned).
The massive wiring and fuses in the Winter villa is a sign that there was a radio station, capable to cover the south Atlantic. That makes sense.
Just my 2c


And the next? Who´s it???
Hoyte?

[hoytedow]

Name the river and the fort.
Clues:
From it, river was visible.
Robert E. Lee tried to recapture the lost fort.
Richmond defenses
The Great Traverse
Union gunboats

[bntii]

James- Fort Darling?

[hoytedow]

It is the James River, but not Fort Darling.

Originally Posted by hoytedow

It is the James River, but not Fort Darling.

Jaa, then:



there are not too many left.


from Wikipedia,

Fort Fisher
Wilmington, North Carolina
Battle of Fort Fisher

In use 1861-1865
Battles/wars First Battle of Fort Fisher
Second Battle of Fort Fisher

Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. It protected the vital trading routes of the port at Wilmington, North Carolina, from 1861 until its capture by the Union in 1865. The fort was located on one of Cape Fear River's two outlets to the Atlantic Ocean on what was then known as Federal Point and today is known as Pleasure Island. Because of the roughness of the seas there, it was known as the Southern Gibraltar.

[bntii]

I did not want to have to tell you all..

"to the victor goes the spoils"
This is one of the names of the fort:

Fort Burnham

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Ah, oh, yes BURNham.

[hoytedow]

Yep. The Yankees changed the name to Fort Burnham after they took it over. It was Fort Harrison under the Confederate flag.

[bntii]

I will try a throw:

Back in 2002, mid august, I was sailing along the coast of 'vacationland'.
I managed to knock my wife off into the water while landing the tender through the surf on this island:



The only reason we were going to the trouble was to view a funny little sea bird which was about to vacate the place for its yearly flight to the north.
Back say some 100 years ago, this island group is the only place this bird would have been seen along this coast.

My wife is a good sport- the 60 degree water hardly damped her spirits.
What island is this?

[Raggi_Thor]

I don't want to ruin the game, so you have to change that picture's address

I can tell we are in USA, the east coast, up north..

Originally Posted by Raggi_Thor

I don't want to ruin the game, so you have to change that picture's address

I can tell we are in USA, the east coast, up north..

You do´nt like "matini on the rocks" Raggi?

Btw.
was the Bus recommendation worth anything?

[Raggi_Thor]

Originally Posted by apex1

By train to Arona (Lago Maggiore) then by bus to Varallo Sesia, further with regional bus!here: http://www.klingenfuss.org/busplan.pdf
and: http://www.klingenfuss.org/valsesia.htm

You do´nt have enough snow in Norway hähh?

Btw. buy a village while you´re there, most of them are abandoned.

And do´nt miss the "Rifugio Val Vogna" in Sant’ Antonio near Riva Valdobbia. Try the rabbit in wild herbs and a "Papa Celso" red wine! Or the "Grillo Brillo" in Rima! Deer sausage in wine sauce...................you´ll never forget.

Have fun mate!

Regards
Richard

Thanks Richard!

Now I think maybe we will order a taxi at Malpensa anyway, because we are five to share it and the driver is also a keen freerider they tell us.
We will stay in Alagna for a few days and then at Refugio Guglielmina, quite high up in the Monte Rosa, for the last couple of days.

We have snow in Norway, but in January it's very dark and cold here, and Italy has more lifts, wine, grappa, pasta, antipasta

[Raggi_Thor]

Originally Posted by bntii

Shoot.. how to do that?

You mean the picture address?
First download it, then edit it a little, scale it up or down a few percent, then upload it. Then you confuse us, you remove the file name and attributes.