Clue: I took the photo today, the team plays in its country's Premier League and it's team colour is yellow.Attachment 5540
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Clue: I took the photo today, the team plays in its country's Premier League and it's team colour is yellow.Attachment 5540
I cheated and used a search engine
Interesting as it's my photo and not posted anywhere else but we know how sophisticated search engines are these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Looking at that sky, it's southernish Europe and I'm guessing ir's an old Soviet bloc country, but, having looked on Wikipedia, the only countries on mainland Europe with a Premier League appear to be Russia and Ukraine!Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
yep, I was surprised, but a couple of sites were able to instantly identify the locationQuote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Kazakhstan :thumbup:
Which city and which team?Quote:
Originally Posted by blue matt
The capital city club FC Astana, or has it changed its name again? It seems like only yesterday it was Nur-Sultan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Wrong city, old fruit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorcus
Jenner Park?Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
So Almaty then & Kairat. I am also friends with G00gle.
How do you get on with the language there?
That's cheating! :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
The main language in this region is Russian (even though it was just 150 miles from the Chinese border) and by transliterating the Cyrillic script I can understand a few things but it's not easy, which I like. 'Twas part of the Soviet Union, of course
I have since moved on to a neighbouring country, where getting around is even more of a challenge but, once again, Russian in the lingua franca here too.
Not seen a tourist since I landed several days ago and months of preparation have paid off handsomely for my very complicated schedule slightly off the beaten track.
Not as brave as you. I’m doing a farewell to Poland (& work) grand driving tour in June. 8 countries already on the list, checking the logistics for others. Contemplating going to Lviv but looks like I can’t get insurance.
Lviv and let Lviv, I say. Visited Kyiv/Kiev and Odessa/Odessa a few years ago. The latter had a bit of a Parisian feel about it and flying between those cities showed exactly why it is the breadbasket of Europe. Flat, cultivated fields from ear of corn to ear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
Entering Ukraine via bus from Transnistria was spooky though.
I've never tried that before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Quickly received an answer that I assume is accurate!
Who says you can't learn useful stuff on this message board
Today's ground I visited belongs to a team that plays in the capital city of a double-landlocked country (and it shares the latter characteristic only with Liechtenstein).
Don't worry about the name of the club itself but what city is it?
And no googling!
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I'll try Dushanbe this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Close but no cigar. Tajikistan borders China, which obviously has a coastline :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorcus
Kyrgyzstan?
Indeed. You have won a thousand litres of yak's milk and a weekend in a yurt!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Worcester
And now the stadium that City played in against Torpedo Moscow. The two photos of the external of the building are mine (and taken today) but the internal one I filched as I couldn't blag my way in.
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UzbekistanQuote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
TashkentQuote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Here's a photo I took yesterday outside the national football stadium. As I tend to walk around for six or seven hours every day it's easy to include such stadiums on my routes. I'm not here specifically to photograph them :-)
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