Puzzle Solutions!

A huge thanks to those of you who participated in the Guess the Itinerary games. Here are the results with all hints explained:

Cologne, Germany
Hint 1: Cologne in Germany is Koln with an umlaut
Hint 2: Movement 4 of Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony was inspired by the cathedral in Cologne
Hint 3: Paco Rabanne – a fashion designer famous for men’s cologne

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hint 1: Red and Green symbolize the red light district and the legal use of marijuana in Amsterdam.
Hint 2: Amsterdam uses an emblem with great frequency that demonstrates protection from Fire, flood, and Plague
Hint 3: A dutch colonial

Bruges, Belgium
Hint 1: Colin Farrel was in a movie called In Bruges
Hint 2: This giant drum is a music box that plays the bells in the Belfry tower in Bruges
Hint 3: Bruges is building a beer pipeline.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Hint 1: “The inventor of the saxophone without his instrument.” This refers to Adolphe Sax. If you remove the word sax you get “Adolphe” which is the iconic bridge of Luxembourg
Hint 2: Luxembourg City has some of the longest underground fortifications in the world. These are referred to as Casemates.
Hint 3: it’s the Toyota HiLux. Hi Luxembourg!

Metz, France
Hint 1: like Babies and Oranges: Navel – Nave. 41.41m is the height of St. Stephen’s cathedral’s Nave. It is one of the tallest naves in the world.
Hint 2: Wright plays for the Mets. Mets… Metz…
Hint 3: This was the worst hint in the world. It’s a waveform from the band Metz – but I can’t think of anyway that someone could convert this into music. Especially at this resolution.

Thanks again to all the players, and a special thumbs up to Sander’s efforts on the last puzzle. It was so thorough I was almost convinced that I had remembered my trip incorrectly.

Final edition: Where in the World is Mike DiDonato?

Guess my itinerary! Final Edition!

Destination 1: Dusseldorf
Destination 2: Cologne (guessed by Patrick)
Destination 3: Amsterdam (guessed by Patrick and Shamus)
Destination 4: Bruges, Belgium (guessed by Patrick)
Destination 5: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (guessed by Patrick)
Destination 6: _______

Hint 1:
like oranges and babies bellies
41.41m

Hint 2:
[youtube]https://youtu.be/JmvM5hqilBY[/youtube]

Hint 3:
Waveform

Where in the world is Mike DiDonato?

Guess my itinerary!

Destination 1: Dusseldorf
Destination 2: Cologne (guessed by Patrick)
Destination 3: Amsterdam (guessed by Patrick and Shamus)
Destination 4: Bruges, Belgium (guessed by Patrick)
Destination 5: __________

Hint 1:
The inventor of the saxophone without his insturment

Hint 2:
[youtube]https://youtu.be/Sjli6jkPSMU[/youtube]

Hint 3:
Toyota

BRUGES in terrible pictures.

The next stop on our Europe 2015 trip was Bruges, Belgium. Although Bruges is the capital of West Flanders, Belgium it feels like less of a city and more like the perfect quaint touristy destination. It’s also amazingly picturesque. It’s no surprise that I really don’t have many bad pictures from our time here.

We only spent two nights in Bruges. And really, that was just about enough. There isn’t tons to do. There’s an amazing tower with a super-amazing music box style bell ringing system. But that’s about it.

The streets are cobble stones and cuteness accented with adorable canals. That this following picture was one of the worst pictures from the trip is quite telling.

Bruges1

Then we have this terrible shot from a train:

Train

But really, that’s it. Every other picture was wonderful. In a week or so I’ll post all the awesome pictures from the trip. Bruges will have plenty of highlights in that post.