Guess What

rayb · #1 (**permalink**) November 16th, 2009, 06:56 PM

Here along a river was a church. Can you say what river,city and country when we took this picture?

ready2gonow · #2 (**permalink**) November 16th, 2009, 07:11 PM

Ray, I wouldn't even venture a guess, but I sure am glad to see your pics, again! I'll have to wait on the other, more worldly travelers, to guess.

Phil&Liz · #3 (**permalink**) November 16th, 2009, 07:22 PM

No idea Ray. Glad to see you on and doing ok.

By the way...Marc is asking about you two. Maybe PM him.

Phil & Liz

Captain Tennille2 · #4 (**permalink**) November 17th, 2009, 01:36 AM

St. Georgy (victorious) cathedral at the Samarskay square
Samara Russia
Volga river

Donna · #5 (**permalink**) November 17th, 2009, 07:32 AM

Looks like somewhere in Russia?

Marc · #6 (**permalink**) November 17th, 2009, 02:53 PM

Sure looks Russian so probably from your Russian River cruise. So I would guess either the Don or Volga rivers. Since it doesn't look to be too crowded, I would say it might be Rostov on Don.

Marc

rayb · #7 (**permalink**) November 19th, 2009, 06:32 AM

This picture was taken while cruising on the Volga River in Russia . We were on the Kon Tiki ship. The Town is Ulanovsk, Russia

Captain Tennille · #8 (**permalink**) November 19th, 2009, 08:59 PM

Ray, I believe you are mistaken as to the location. (Unless there are two churches that look EXACTLY alike).

This church is where I said it was.... Samara, Russia.
AS well, this church (cathedral) is facing AWAY from the river, so could not possibly be photographed from the ship.

Thomas · #9 (**permalink**) November 19th, 2009, 09:29 PM

Dang, I could have sworn it was First Baptist Church in Memphis on the Mississippi.

Regards,
Thomas

beenie weenie · #10 (**permalink**) November 19th, 2009, 09:50 PM

You know Ray I have been on maybe a tiny fraction on the number of cruises you and Helen have been on, and for the life of me I don't know how you keep it all straight. I've been going through the pictures we took over the past couple of weeks, and I have already forgotten which ports some of them were taken in

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If you get the continent right, that's close enough for me

rayb · #11 (**permalink**) November 20th, 2009, 09:54 AM

Capt--you could be right on the location, however, in my listings as I traveled along the Volga river we did stop in Ulanovsk, Russia. And we did stop in Samara and I did take several pictures there. I hope I have not gotten my captions mixed up. So we let it be. It is in Russia and we were not on board the ship when the picture was taken.

rayb · #12 (**permalink**) November 20th, 2009, 04:06 PM

Another shot of the church while in Ulanovsk.

Cruznut2 · #13 (**permalink**) November 21st, 2009, 03:48 AM

I hardly ever know the places you post. I do enjoy the pictures. I can only dream of seeing the places that you and Helen have seen. Keep them coming, I alway enjoy seeing them.

Laura

Captain Tennille · #14 (**permalink**) November 23rd, 2009, 02:10 AM

Ray, sorry but it is without a doubt Samana, not Ulanovsk

supporting evidence:
Samara Sightseeing - WayToRussia.Net Guide to Samara, Russia
Hotel "Equator" in Samara - The sights of Samara
Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!
Amina's Samarskaya square 29.05.09 Photo Album - MySpace Photos

you can even see the cement columns behind you in your second photo in the google earth image.
I can pinpoint exactly where you were standing when the photo was taken.